Short notice trip and destination change

[Acacea]

[INDENT]She crosses her arms and looks skeptical towards the man in front of her, having to crane her neck to do so properly. "You are the third person to ask me of the First in a week's time! I have decided to just put an end to the questioning and run a wagonload with me to the bridges and have done with it then." She winks at her comment, the bells on her wrists chiming together."Besides, it is not so inconvenient for me. I have been crossing the bridges almost every quarter for the last few decades..." She trails off, a hint of melancholy in her melodic voice, though she is smiling. "They do not yet open the door to me, nor has the Hierophant or anyone else decided yet to let me guard the key, but for now to stand singing outside the door is enough!"

She says this in confident tones, as though it were only a matter of time before the key is given to her, despite the listener's skeptical look. She toys with the easy hundred others hanging on her as she listens to the response, then frowns and throws her hands in the air. "What good is taking a wagonload to the bridges if none of the askers can go?" The halfling woman pouts and turns, making for the glowing portal beside the Shack.

"What about bridges? Who said anything about bridges? We are going to the Rift, silly. Haven't you ever heard of Shalic Layor?"[/INDENT]

[SIZE=10]((Short notice change if any intended to go to the bridges in about 30 minutes from this post. Reorienting to head for the Rift. All levels welcome and encouraged; we may go for a jaunt around inside but depending on who shows are unlikely to go further.))[/SIZE]

[Acacea]

[INDENT]With a pouch of diamonds to be given to the druids maintaining the sea barriers in Hempstead, the small group separately makes their way back through the portal and the torch is doused again. Acacea flips a gold coin into the air and makes it disappear into her sleeve, having managed to at least recoup the portal costs. "What? Now we are away again," she says to the inside of her sleeve. "Well I don't know where exactly we are going next, but that is half the fun of it, you know. Perhaps Willow's Weep; it has been some time since anyone asked of Athus. Oh-h, or maybe the buried tower, for were we not just mentioning Eon at the Rift? A good lead-in! We shall see. I said we'll see!"

((Thanks to Jennara, Samnyma, Argali, Caerwyn, and Tod for coming along!))

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