[09:10.35] <Claudia> the eastern expedition had finally left the desert wasteland of the western Fringe and entered the first mountain range that contained the first break of the Leyline. It was a rough climb－but a path had been laid out for them that was accessible. Claudia wore her travel cloak with her large mace attached to her back and was near the front as they climbed up the steep incline. She used hooks－ to prevent them from slipping but it wasn't a vertical ascent
[09:13.42] * Rachna follows along as near to her 'sister' as possible, her own outfit the Velkan uniform with no frills at all, mostly unzipped for cooling, "So... This is fun... You mentioned a path, huh?" she－ prod's Claudia's back very lightly as not to off-balance her, and smirks."
[09:15.22] <Claudia> "Yeah, at this peak i'm sure..." she said. She occasionally looked back as they got higher. The vast wastelands of the Fringe quite a sight. The outposts they stayed at all invisible to the－ eye. She focused on moving up as the lead zebra scout called themto keep going.
[09:20.06] * Rachna sighs and soldiers on, doing her best not to disrupt the line, though even with a few month's practice the short mare sometimes reverts to all fours to get over particularly nasty terrain,－ "Yeah, I hope so..."
[09:21.41] <Claudia> eventually Claudia calmoured to the top just ahead of Rachna. It was a steppe that flattened out and the likely path they were told about. She didn't look down though. She seemed－ frozen and was staring forward with a gasp
[09:24.34] * Rachna frowns slightly, hoisting herself up all the quicker to see what had frozen her partner... Once she's onto level terrain, looking for Claudia, first, and then past her...
[09:26.39] <Claudia> beyond the steppe padded out and the mountain range slowly got lower, giving them a clear rocky pathway through. However a vast stream of multicoloured lights moved through the－ skies like a slow moving river, covering the mountaintops and sides. To their left was a vast mountan that the stream seemed to just pass through. More amazingly, there were numermous
[09:28.00] <Claudia> numerous floating rocks of varying sizes littered in the skies above cause up in this massive river. Just floating stationery. It felt extremeley otherwordly. The other party members as－they arrived all looked on insimilar states of shock. Claudia's chest constantly had a faint yellow light to it as her Linker Core did what it was designed to do by marlene's people, that is absorb latent energy－ nearby
[09:34.38] * Rachna stares blankly and in complete awe. No  quips or jokes this time, her jaw just sets half-open for several seconds... "Woah..." she finally says, though at a volume that's equally dwarfed y－ the massive stream of arcana.
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[09:35.44] <Claudia> as they all gradually climbed up, one of the zebric scouts took out a map and a few others discussed directions. Claudia rose up to two legs and looked around at the otherwordly scenery－ "So this is the Leyline huh... I can feel it's pressure even from here... and this is just the break, not the main part yet!"
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[09:37.12] <%ForAllBooks> (Heh. They should consult Comede. He'd be a living compass.)
[09:37.18] <@Wisdom> ( #cofconference ! )
[09:37.29] <Claudia> (haha)
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