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Seeking Arctic

Feb 26th, 2022
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  1. He shook her off. “Not what you think.” He placed the dagger on the scroll, weighing down the flapping paper, uncapped an inkwell, and scrawled Enchant this dagger to lead us to Arctic and Whiteout, then stab Arctic once in the foot, injuring him enough that he has to stop, but not so badly that he bleeds to death. Above all else, stop him from crossing the Great Ice Cliff.
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  3. Darkstalker wrote with unhesitating confidence, ignoring the shiny green beetle that popped out of the sand, scurried over his claws, and buried itself again. The wind lifted his wings and the sun burnished his scales to gleaming ebony. He looked heroic and sure. He didn’t even have to pause and think. He knew exactly what he wanted to write, his carefully crafted spell.
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  5. He has no doubts, Fathom thought. He wished he could have just a moment of feeling that way, of that kind of belief in himself.
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  7. But it was better that he didn’t. The world might not survive it if he let himself stop being afraid, even for a moment.
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  9. Darkstalker shot him an irritated glare. He’d finished the spell, but the dagger wasn’t moving. “Why isn’t it working?” he growled.
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  11. “Maybe he’s protecting himself with his own magic,” Clearsight suggested. “Maybe instead of attacking him, we should —”
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  13. Darkstalker flicked his tail, cutting her off. “Yes! His shielding earring!” He stabbed his talons into the sand and dragged out the green beetle, who squirmed frantically in his claws. It had tiny black pincers that snapped at the air.
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  15. Enchant this beetle to find Prince Arctic as fast as possible and take off his shielding earring, Darkstalker wrote.
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  17. The beetle flickered into the air like a puff of smoke and a few moments later, the dagger rose up and spun like a compass needle. Suddenly it shot away, heading northwest.
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  19. Darkstalker C28
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