The Call Of The Gods

Aiyana was VERY tempted to take her clothes off right now. If not for there being nothing on underneath it, which she normally did, she would have taken it off by now. Maybe if she had been alone on this exploration job, but not today! For today she was with a mage of a friendly guild with hers; one with the name of Elyx. They had been on a couple together so far due to him summoning her, and those job had been tough one for the two. Having made it through that safely, Aiyana had felt that this particular job would be quite fun for the two of them.

Out in the Forgotten Deserts a temple had been unearthed, and the original crew that had gone down had never come back. It was two weeks after that had happened, and the Celestial Spirit had taken it upon herself to go in, find them, and figure out what happened. To Aiyana, it sounded like they had either gotten lost or found some traps. She was hoping for the first one, as the second would mean finding a mess that neither mage would be happy to walk in on. Looking into the large entrance, Aiyana said one simple question as she half-turned her head to look over at her help for this job.

”Well, we ready to do this?” The woman did not sound worried at all. She was used to jobs involving the fate of towns and cities now, a simple search and rescue was nothing in comparison to that.

Aiyana had been the one to call him into a sudden found hidden Temple for them to explore. It sounded like something new to do, though he was a bit shamed for being unable to find something like a temple after seven runs of the same job. That was not a detail that Aiyana needed to know, provided she did not ask him if he had been here before, and the chances of that were rather low. He was alone in arriving, no Ignite by his side, who was spending the day looking at ammunition for rifles. Apparently there was a group that get themselves caught in this temple, whether it be forced in or just simply lost, they had to bail out the group.

Addressing her question, he'd keep a relaxed posture, his hands placed in his pockets and his back straight. Ready when you are. Elyx would reply, removing the right hand before dragging it across his body. A grip on the handle of Bound Iris was obtained, followed up with a forceful pull to relieve the sheathe of Bound Iris, his blade. As of currently, he planned to be only using that for battle since magic would be wasted if it were like any of the previous Desert jobs. With his current strength, it would not be necessary to use magic. There was Aiyana as well, who had brutal amounts of strength. It was more than likely he not even need to fight. If there was anything to fight in the first place.

The celestial spirit did not wait for an answer before beginning to walk into the darkness. Lo and behold, there were lacrima lights on ceiling that lit as the pair walked, quite slowly, into the ancient temple. 'Well, whomever built this place knew enough about magic apparently.' she thought as she looked around the place; her wide eyes giving her a childlike look of intrigue and curiosity. Surely, with lights, the original crew had not gotten lost, something Aiyana knew meant they were probably dead at this point. 'I just hope Elyz can help with traps down here..' While the man was powerful, she wasn't sure how well his sense of traps was.

It wasn't long before the two, after a good walk through a long hallway, found a large and open room. The sole item occupying the room was a semi-clear, glassy looking, blue statue of a tall man that was wearing clothing of ages past. In one hand he held a scepter, the other holding some kind of strangely shaped item she couldn't guess at. Atop his head were two plumes, making him look like royalty of some ancient civilization of times unrecorded.

”Wow, that statue is beautiful,” the young woman said as she slowly walked towards the object. She got almost close enough to touch it before she bumped into the second item there, one she hadn't noticed while staring at the statue. Looking down, one could see a locked case made of the same material the statue was. Inside was a set of celestial keys! With eyes widened even more in surprise, with her eyes somehow not popping out of her head, she realized why the others must have wandered the place. If one could find a key to open this, the set of five could be theirs, holding an unlimited amount of potential being where they were from!

Maybe there is more than what just meets the eye. If we are impressed now, imagine what happens later on. Elyx would explain, placing his hands behind his back as he would look around as if it were some sort of museum. It was a splendid place, surely, especially with some of the statues in there. However, the keys were an interesting development, and so he would have a view of them locked inside the case. There was a socket that would have to be unlocked, and whatever was inside was theirs. But... We need to investigate, gather some clues as to where the key might be located. It can't be too far from here since the case is located here. He would explain, looking down to his pouch of his own Celestial Keys, Aiyana's included. Placing out Virgo and Aiyana's keys, he would examine them. Maybe a Zodiac key would be needed? Or... Maybe even the key of the Nine-Tailed fox? There were 12 Zodiacs, 13 if you technically included Zack. However, there was only one Aiyana, the only key that was a Nine-Tailed Fox as well. Maybe one of these keys could do the trick. Care to find out? He'd ask, looking back to the fox spirit, still keeping his keys close. He was not going to hold them out towards her, just in case she had any doubts. Perhaps a flaw in his logic considering not many people would have her key, much less knowing the Pharaoh's Call Guild Master's existence. Still however, SOMETHING had to unlock the case.