by Samira Nassar 21st December 2019, 9:36 am
"Owwwwww!!!!" Cried the spirit known as Serqet, who was attacked by a small scorpion. Not just any scorpion, but an ice-like scorpion. Being a spirit that was part scorpion she was excited to see and meet such a thing. It was possible that she planned to claim it and it's skittering pals as pets. Unfortunately, the winter scorpions didn't seem to like her very much. "That actually hurt! I think it gave me frostbite where it hit me!" The spirit blew on the hand that got stung, as if that were going to help whatsoever in the long run. "Huh?" The spirit looked up as she heard the click clacking of the winter scorpions increase and head in her direction. They were coming for her now and if those were considered stings of affection then she could live without them! The spirit screamed and ran to the other side of the room.... Which wasn't far from the group of scorpions since they were all actually in a pit in the ground. She had pretty much jumped in without thinking so she could say hello to the creatures. The scorpions apparently wanted people to knock first or something.
"This is why you do not jump into random holes in the ground." The summoner the scorpion spirit belonged to said in a very nonchalant tone while looking down into the pit. Honestly that one was hopeless. Samira had even tried to tell her not to rush ahead and jump in but it was too late. The capability to listen was turned off.
"I never have this issue with normal scorpions! Help me get out of here!" The whine turned into another scream, this one mixed of both horror and surprise as a giant block of ice fell right into the pit, crushing the rampaging scorpions and nearly taking her with it. If she had not been right at the edge she probably would have been crushed.
"Problem is solved." Another spirit was now standing at the opening of the pit, right next to Samira. This one being the representation of Skadi. A spirit that was never bothered by the winter cold, controlled wolves made of frost, and apparently had blocks of ice stashed in her pockets.
"Solved?! You almost squished me too!"
"Would have solved second problem."
"Enough of that," Samira added before Serqet's whining got worse. "Help her out of there, please."
Skadi shrugged. "Is another way to correct problem. More effort for less than pleasant result though." That result being Serqet would still be around to be the normal annoyance that she typically was. It would have just been easier to have her squished under that block of ice to send her back to their special section of the celestial realm. She did what was asked of her though. The ice spirit summoned up an ice ladder that could be used for Serqet to climb up. That was one hell of an easy rescue operation, but that was not why any of them were there, was it? Not even close.
Originally, the Goddess of Ishgar had gone to Desierto to look for something. The strange map that the prophet Sanura had given her was supposed to lead her to something there. Something that she needed to find supposedly. The old woman had cautioned her about trying to use it too early and warned that it might not work, instead leading to danger or nothing at all. Such was the case currently. A few scattered ruins had been found, but nothing was there whatsoever that she or even her spirits could tell. Surely, something so important would be a bit more obvious. Then the weather had begun to change drastically and rapidly. It was an unexplained phenomenon that should not have been able to occur naturally. Was magic somehow involved? It would have had to be very powerful to affect an entire country! That was one of the real problems that was staring the woman in the face. Not Serqet having trapped herself in a pit, or her annoying habits. Granted, those same antics led them to discover a secondary issue. With the new weather new creatures had started to appear. Or so Samira could conclude with the ice scorpions. She could only hope that they were the only new surprises to be found in the once sandy desert's winter cold.
With Serqet saved and now clinging to Skadi as her rescuer, they were pretty much ready to continue on. That is, until a an all too familiar announcer voice killed the silence and echoes of the temple ruins. "MAIL FOR SAMIRA NASSAR!!!" In a confetti of particles a letter appeared to hover in mid-air in front of her face. With a twitching brow, Samira waved the sparkly particles away from her face and snatched the letter out of the air. "Honestly, I thought they got rid of that system by now," she commented, recalling her adventures with that broken magical mail system the mailman of Magnolia tried to set up and instead littered the world with fireworks, letters, trash mail, and packages.
'Weeelll they did temporarily to work out the kinks. I still like to use it every now and then for giggles though. That one came from Team Ruvel. I think. Maybe? I actually didn't ask, but it seemed like his party.'
"I see." She supposed that made some sense. Although why she would be getting word from the other summoner was unknown and intriguing. The folds of the envelope parted as she begun the process of opening it and taking out the paper within. "Why did you not just bring this to me yourself? It is not necessary for you to use a mail delivery service when you can literally appear right in front of me this very instant."
'It's cold out there, man. I'm not built for that...'
To that Samira rolled her eyes while shaking her head hopelessly. Agni had literal flame inside him and was pretty much built like a walking talking molten monstrosity. To say a bit of chilly air got to him was ridiculous. It was no where near as cold as it was during their adventure in Iceberg. Now that was cold. "If you say so." The Wizard Saint pretended to believe his reasoning and let the topic drop. Her entire focus was now on reading the letter that had been sent.
After a quick moment to read its contents, Samira folded it back up and slipped it into her pocket. Thankfully, it wasn't a matter of urgency or word of trouble. It was more of an invitation for both Leona and herself. If she had absolutely nothing to do she would have been delighted to receive it. Unfortunately, being a mage, and a high ranking one at that, she had responsibilities. Samira couldn't just drop everything every time a festival or a social gathering presented itself. There was the matter of the strange weather and a change in the creatures, though. Technically it would not be ditching her responsibilities if she took the time to investigate the situation. And a good investigation involved seeing if anyone else knew anything about what was going on. Or at least warning them if they knew nothing about it. The logic was reasonable enough. Despite a few chuckles coming from the guardians connected to her mind. "Oh, hush. If everyone is in the area we may as well team up to figure out what is going on. I am still concerned about those ice scorpions too. What if there are more of them?"
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. You need a ride or what? The cat isn't here to do his damn job, so I guess that makes me ride number two. Yay for me." The sarcastic voice of another spirit said while summoning herself on the outside of the temple ruins. A large winged serpent she was, and one capable of getting to the coordinates that were given quickly enough. The serpent snapped her jaws at Serqet when she tried to get on though, making the scorpion spirit flee back to Skadi to safety. "Who invited you two? I offered the ride to the summoner. The two of you can get lost."
"But... I wanna gooooooo. How are we supposed to get there?"
"Is okay." Skadi assured the other spirit while bringing her in closer by the shoulder and waving her free arm in the air. "I have great plan." What was that great plan? Well by the time Skadi's outfit transformed to have protective gear on it and she summoned up a snowboard it was a bit obvious what the plan was. "We snowboard down hill!" A second snowboard was passed to Serqet and then Skadi took off down the hill like a pro. Serqet... well she took off. Unwillingly. That tends to happen when tripping over the board after dropping it.
"They do know the coordinates are further away than just one hill, right? Just how many morons do we have in this crew?"
Samira blinked as she tilted her head and watched the two spirits go. It was actually kind of unbelievable that they neglected to consider how far away they would be going. "I guess they will figure it out at some point." She shrugged. Well that was that. As soon as she was on the large winged serpent, the spirit took off towards the meeting coordinates.
Word Count: 1575
Event WC of 1500 Met
New Samira WC: 75
Scorpions
Ice Elementals
Snow Brute
Yeti