[Astra]

[Lucatiel]

There's a knock at the door and then it quickly opens, revealing the young Lucatiel and her ever-by-her-side Carbuncle. Perhaps having not thought about it, she seems dressed as usual and not specifically for a temple or jungle or anything specific - her long white dress and boots. However, she did have the foresight to bring a small backpack that is now strapped to her back, and the Carbuncle is carrying a small bag wrapped around it with medical supplies aplenty. If it had features that could convey emotion, it might seem upset but blessedly it is ever stoic.

“Astraaaaa! I'm here! Treasure!” The girl cheers loudly and excitedly, looking around the house before landing her eyes on the woman herself. “I'm totally ready for adventure!” Her excitement continues unabated.

[Astra]

Astra house was warm upon entry, but darkened. A Pleasant mixture of spices added to the air.

“Greetings Lucatiel, if you care to wait for the others upstairs, I have everything setup for us there.”

She walked up the stairs beckon Lucatiel to follow to the sitting area with a ritual circle.

[Lucatiel]

“Okay!” The girl happily follows, looking around to no avail as she does. She takes a seat near the circle, looking at it curiously while she waits. “Oooooh….”

[Tretesta]

There was another knocked on the door, which swung open to reveal a none-too-amused hyur. Tret was certainly geared up for something; steelcapped boots over long slacks that had pockets near the knees, what appeared to be a pocketed canvas button down shirt, a loaded rucksack, and a metal tipped quarterstaff secured by the outer straps of the pack. With a grunt he unloaded and set the bag down on the ground, then turned to close the door behind him and step out of the way “Hey! anyone home still or did I miss the fun?”

[Astra]

“Mister Tretesta, is that you?” Astra voice called from the second floor. She called out again,“We're up here, Oh! Did you bring rope?”

“Miss Lucatiel, do you study arcanist magics from a sharlyan scholar?”

[Lucatiel]

“Huh? Shar-lay-uh? Umm… Wassat? Is that those weird people that live on an island far away from everyone?” The girl looks confused but not entirely unsure, having heard about something similar.

[Astra]

Astra looked at Lucatiel, furrowing her brow,“They are scholars that prefect their usage of aspects magic.”She looked down,“or so I am told, uh… who is teaching you then?”

[Lucatiel]

“Ohhhhh… Nope! I'm teaching myself! And umm, Vinalo helps a lot! That Lalafell from the bar the other night! They've helped me figure out how to control my aether!” She looks absolutely proud of herself.

[Tretesta]

“Rope? Yeah I've got plenty of rope.” Soon, a head of blue appeared coming up the stairs, but stopped at seeing the women and the circle. He wouldn't speak out about the former, but hesitated for a few moments before he continued up the stairs “…yeah… Rope was always a 'must have'. Along with a few other things. Do I need to bring everything up here or …”

[Astra]

Astra raised an eyebrow,“Vinalo knows Aether?”

Astra looked over to Tret,“Preferably, unless you only want to bring your body and not your pack. The attunement is done. Just waiting on A'erina, and ummm I forgot his name already.”

[A'erina]

Fashionably late as usual despite being just up two or three sets of fucking stairs. A'erina finds herself outside in the yard of Astra's home, usual attire on, satchel ever present and both her Greatsword and her Axe, strapped across her back, a Bandolier of sorts keeping the two in place. Close attention at the tavern would have saw her with a Sword she had no desire to bring along to a place like this, a gift from F'loki for Starlight, but is was too heavy and she hadn't practiced enough to get used to it's weight yet, opting to leave it at home, instead bringing her favoured sword which was much Lighter and perhaps slightly more expendable, and could be replaced if she should lose it or break it. She looked at the outside of the house and the surrounding Goblet for a minute, after all, this was her home too. She let out a big sigh and nudged the door with her foot as it opened slightly. “ …The fuck? ” She gripped the handle of her blade and proceeded to kick the door as it swung open. It appeared quiet for a few seconds but then she heard voices coming from upstairs. She made a face like she ~~had just watched someone get smacked in the face with a can of Twisted Tea~~ had just done something she shouldn't have, and proceeded to close the door behind her as if nothing had happened.

[Haimus]

Haimus came barreling up the stairs outside of Astra's estate, poor sap overweight and out of breath. His eyes were glosses over, he looked like he was on a bender from the night before. More or less still drunk, he had just entered prior to A'erina entering. He made no means of communicating with the others, just looked like he was constantly on the verge of passing out or vomiting. He only carried a sword at his waist, and his attire looked quiet tight for him.

[Tretesta]

With a sigh, Tret turned and headed back downstairs for his bag…. Only to find a hulk of a man waiting for him. Tret found himself taken aback, circling around the stranger slowly as he judged the precarious look on their face “Er… Ello. Easy now, big guy…. Hey Astra? I think we've got an uninvited guest… Looks drunk as-” He turned immediately as the door banged open again to reveal Rina “Son of a… At least I know you belong here. Careful of this guy. I think he's about to tip…”

[Lucatiel]

Excited by the sounds from below but unwilling to go look herself, Lucatiel cheerfully calls downstairs. “Treeeetty who is iiit!? Is it Reeena!?” She sounds quite eager for A'erina's entrance, though not for any specific reason.

[Astra]

Astra made her way down stairs, to see the Highlander,“Really, I paid you for another job and what do you do? Get drunk!”She sighed,“He an extra body, Team, this is Harold.”She walked past them and made her way to the kitchen.“where is it…” pulling the eorzean version of ginger root, peeling a slice, and returning to the group. Waving the group to follow her back up stairs.

Haimus corrected “Hai..” hiccup “Haimus”

Astra was clearly annoyed by the inept new comer. Shoving the slice of root at him.“Eat it or you'll vomit during the teleportation.”

[A'erina]

A'erina looks the rather big fellow up and down, looking at Tret. “ Don't care, never seen him before, unless he's one of Balric's boys, fuckers are always drunk and when they're not they about as useful as a parasol in a sands, but he don't look familiar to me.” She proceeds up the stairs noticing the man had nothing else but a sword on him. Gears in her head turning as she looked at Astra and Haimus briefly before heading up the stairs “ Seems fishy, just what have you got planned, rabbit. ” She'd ask herself in her head.

[Tretesta]

Tret remained careful around the inebriated man, listening carefully for “the noise”. He took his time loading up his pack again and brought up the rear guard ascending the stairs, dropping his burden closer to the ominous circle. “Right then… Anything to do before we go? Anything new youd like to share since we last talked?”

[Lucatiel]

Now spying A'erina who had made her way upstairs, Lucatiel comes to a stand, excitedly bouncing on her feet. “Reeeeeena! You're here!” She stretches out her arms as if hoping for a hug, but even she knew one wasn't coming.

Hearing Tretty, she turns her head to listen in, curious on what preparations remained for their expedition.

[A'erina]

A'erina moves around to her side and just pats Lucatiel's head. “ Of course I'm here. Where else am I going to be? ”

[Lucatiel]

The girl smiles, accepting of the head pat.

[Astra]

Astra tending to the drunkard, “Not really,” pointing to the leather bound shards around, the circle. The circle itself has writing not well known to Eorzean language unless you looked carefully. “Shards are a means of attunement to the point in Golmore. We stand in a circle, I do an spell, poof we there” looking over the young man again, “Maybe not poof we are there, but pretty close.”

Astra grabbed the necklace shard creation and plopped Haimus down on his point of the circle, placing the the necklace around his neck.

A soft snore came from the man.

“Teleportation should wake him up.” she muttered with a sigh.

[Lucatiel]

There is a drawn-out “ooooooh” from Lucatiel in amazement at the woman's explanation, and she looks at the circle very curiously now. Quickly does she drop to her knees to look closer at all of it, though it means virtually nothing to her.

[Tretesta]

Tret reached down and placed a hand on his stomach, then shook his head and crouched down with his bag, checking an outer pocket “Likely wake me up too… Let's not burn time then. The longer we sit here, the more likely I am to just leave…”

[Lucatiel]

Lucatiel looks over at Tret, looking a bit worried. “What, nooooo! We're gonna have an adventure, don't go!”

[Astra]

Astra grabbed a bag, and a jacket that really seemed no purpose other than fashion. Wearing something not normal to her attire, a leather bounded corset, with matching pants, slightly heeled boots that rose to her calfs. The sleeveless jacket with open pleats nearly touched the ground after pulled it on. Her hands were gloved. She handed the rest of the shards out. Slipping her makeshift shard necklace over head and slipping the backpack on.

“Let's not waste any time, the desert does get hot if we wait to long.”

[Lucatiel]

Lucatiel takes the makeshift necklace, happily slipping it on without a second thought. It clinks a bit when placed on top of her emerald necklace, but otherwise sits well. She looks down at it, admiring it happily.

[A'erina]

A'erina takes it and wraps it around her wrist. “ All set. ”

[Tretesta]

Tret shouldered his pack with some effort and stood up straight, taking the necklace and pulling it haphazardly over his head “….Desert? I thought we were going to a jungle….”

[Astra]

“Golmore is an interesting place,” Astra smiled and took a place in the circle. “Don't lose those, they can get us there and back.”

Astra clapped her hands. Rather excitable,“Please stand in one of the circles with in this larger circle, then we can go. Make sure nothing on you is outside of it.”

[Tretesta]

Tret simply stares at Astra, adjusts his back, and then moves as instructed, never taking his eyes off her

[A'erina]

A'erina does as shes asked, double checking to make sure it's all good.

[Lucatiel]

Lucatiel moves into a circle, picking up her Carbuncle and holding it in her arms like a small dog, idly playing with it's paws. “Ready!”

[Astra]

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[Lucatiel]

A bit dazed and disoriented, Lucatiel finds her feet suddenly on some grass nearing the sand. She steadies her head with a hand for a moment before replacing it around her held Carbuncle. She begins to rotate in place, looking around. “Whooooa! That was so cool! It felt all tingly and magicky and now we're here! Somewhere! It's like… a beach and a forest smashed together!” She continues to look around, finally putting her Carbuncle down. Amazement is written clearly on her face.

[A'erina]

A'erina, barely able to stand, has her hand against a nearby tree for support, vomiting onto the ground near her, she still wasn't used to aether travel of any kind, despite messing around with her own aether more recently. She glared Lucatiel's way in the midst of throwing up, wondering why she's already bouncing around.

[Tretesta]

a bit awkwardly, Tret lands on his feet. He was looking about as uneasy as the stranger, but managed to carefully shrug off his pack before dropping to his hands and knees. He stared at the ground for a little bit then began to dry heave. After the most agonizing minute of his day so far, he slowly collected himself, brushed off his knees, and looked about “Urf….right then…everyone doing better than me at least?”

[Astra]

The inept drunk man rolled over onto his haunches, and threw up into the mixture of sand and grass. “Bloody hell, you are a mad woman.”

Meanwhile, the physical drainage was apparent on Astra as she dropped to her knees holding her head for a moment. Slowly breathing, a loud buzzing sound deafened her senses.

As she slowly began to regain some of her hearing, she looked around to see were the party was.

“It worked”she said under her breath with wide smile.

[Tretesta]

Tret crouches down and fishes around in an outer back, pulling out his canteen and a handful of some brown stuff. He starts to take a drink from the former then turns his head suddenly at movement “…I think…. Was that…Huh…” His eyes darted around, looking for more of what he saw, then resumed his drink and snack time “If you say so, Astra… We after that buried thing out there?”

[Astra]

“Yeah, the buried building”She looked up over her shoulder. She slowly stood, pulled the illusion spell off of the cluster only to find it completely devoid of color, and heavily cracked. With a sigh she tapped it with her shoe, and it turned to ash. She venture back upto the top of the sand dune, and began scooping the sand away from roof to partially reveal a very dull window.

Haimus looked around as he was still on his hands and knees, wiping his mouth off.“I.. never seen anything like this before

[A'erina]

A'erina was still busy vomiting and trying to compose herself instead of being aware of where they were or what was going on.

[Astra]

Sound was soft but to Luca and Tret paying attention, they hear a bit of ruffling before a snap of a tree branch. A couple arrows came whistling by as warning shots at first.||

[Lucatiel]

Unsure of what just went whizzing by, Lucatiel looks towards the sound as it passes, curious and confused. Her Carbuncle immediately goes on guard.

“Whoa! What was that!? Something just went by super quick!” There is an excitement to her tone as she looks around, bouncing on her feet still, though it's more for adventure and intrigue rather than wishing to be shot.

[Tretesta]

Having been on edge since he got to Astra's, Tret jerked immediately towards the noise, and scrambled behind his pack as the arrows came in. He barked out to the others “AMBUSH! GET BEHIND A FUCKING TREE.” Rooting around in a leg pocket, he spilled out a clutch of five flat knives onto the ground. Tret grabbed one and whipped it off in the direction the arrows came from

[A'erina]

Tret's alarming level of shouting finally snapped A'erina out of it.

” Ah, shite, here we go again.“

She pulled out both her weapons and stabbed the sword into the ground so that she could wield her axe with ease. Yelling in the direction the arrows had came from.

” Ya can't aim for shit! Come out and play so I can cut yer damned heads off. “

[Lucatiel]

“Oh! Okay!” Not quite understanding what was happening, Lucatiel does as she's told and hides herself behind a tree, flattening up against it. The Carbuncle follows suit, though it's tails peek out now and again as they whip around. “Is someone out there? Do they have the treasure!?”

[Astra]

Astra looked up as the arrows came launching at at the group. Taking a moment to scan the tree line, then yelling out, “They're not missing A'erina, they're warning shots. We are a place no one should be.” She began to slam her foot into the glass. “They wont show themselves, but if you do not help me, then those shots may not be warning next time.”

Haimus began to climb the sand dune to the top, still wiping his mouth, the warning shot were not so friendly toward the man, and landing him in the upper arm. The arrow cleaning punching through to the front, ripping the shirt on both end. The man screamed out in pain as he. “What the hell? Shit. Shit. Shit.”

[Tretesta]

Tret peeks around the bag at the trees, then scoops his pack over a shoulder to make a mad scramble across the sand towards Astra. As he drew up on the window, he reached back and yanks his staff free. Offhanded, he jammed the metal tip at the glass along with the mage's kicks “Then let's get in there!”

[A'erina]

A'erina grabs her sword and moves near Lucatiel, Sword arm stretched out pointing it towards the dense jungle. She narrows her eyes to see if she can spot any of their assailants as she moves, tapping Lucatiel on the shoulder to get her to move from the tree and head to Astra, Tret and the big lad. ” Get movin' Luca.“

[Lucatiel]

The girl looks confused but does as she's told. “O-okay!” Not quite as fast as she could, she moves over to Astra and her tree and the revealed window. Not one of strength, she only watches as they try to open it, unable to really offer any help.

[Astra]

Once the window was shattered, Astra went to the log of weight they brought with them. She snapped the back of the arrow, pulling it through the man. Using little bit of healing magic, she sealed the wound and nulled the pain. “There you go Harold. That should do the trick.” turning her attention back to Tret, “Can we get a rope setup to go down. I can create a shield to prevent anymore arrows coming in. But the sooner we get in, the better.” Turning back to the tree line, “I am also not supposed to be here, and that I am here, I have a bit of a mark on my head for death. Exiled comes at a cost.”

[Tretesta]

Dropping his pack in the sand and jamming the staff next to, Tret gave Astra a look that might kill lesser creatures “Sigh….not now. Do something to cover us.” He then set to task, digging rope from his pack along with a thick three pronged metal hook. Rope through the hook, rope through their makeshift door, and hook lodged into the stonework outside the broken window. Tret then geared back up and readied himself for going in “I'll go in first, send Luca after me, if she can get in here.”

[A'erina]

Despite the itch for a fight, A'erina chose to move with the group to the now smashed conveniently located window as Tret was doing rope things.

“Don't you think it would have been better to tell us the small details before we left?”

[Astra]

Astra created a dome of aether around them. “That should hold for long enough.”

Looking up at A'erina, making a face, “Never really travel with anyone, just throw an illusion glamour on, and go about my business.”

Haimus Looking into the temple, “When do I go then?”

[A'erina]

“Thanks for sharing that with us now. Screw your fucking glamour, wear clothes like a normal person!”

[Tretesta]

“If Astra has to be up here to keep that barrier, you come down before her, big guy.” Satisfied with the hold, Tret then took a moment, fishing another knife out of a pocket and dropping it into the hole first. When it finally made a noise, a grim look came over him “Fuuuuuck me….”

[Astra]

“Fuck you? Astra looked at Tret oddly, “I think you been away from your wife for to long.” she let out a laugh.

“And A'erina, my glamour are not for clothing, I can create an illusion to allow me to look like anyone I want. Actually wear one nearly daily to hide my tribal markings on my face. BUT, I can glamour myself naked if you would like.”

[Lucatiel]

Lucatiel looks between everyone, blinking and a bit confused. “OH! Disguises! I have one of those Astra! I put on a mustache and some gross guy clothes and…” She finds herself distracted by the apparent distress of Tret, moving over to him and looking down into the opening. “Umm… Is that where we're going? D-do I need to ummm… go first? I bet I can fit in there easily!” She nods, as if proud of her small frame, though her tone also speaks of her unease towards the idea of climbing down into a dark chamber alone (with a Carbuncle as a light of course).

[Tretesta]

Tret turns to Luca, Taking her by the shoulders and looking her dead in the eyes “Luca, Shut up and listen. Listen carefully. I don't want you first because we don't know what's down there yet. Here's how you are going to go, though.” he took some slack on the rope and looped around his leg and it over his feet, showing her how to climb down using her shoes as a braking method to control her fall “Do Not grab the rope too hard. Do NOT go down too fast. Keep looking up at the hole as you go down. Rina, Wanna go down first and guard the drop? its you, me, or the big guy.”

[Lucatiel]

The girl looks taken aback, but not frightened, instead listening intently. “Umm…. Okay! Got it! Grab the…. umm, with…” She moves in place awkwardly, practicing the motions with her boots and looking down at the ground. She seems a bit unsteady but relatively capable, continuing her practice.

Nearly unseen, the Carbuncle however casually walks up to the opening and drops itself in, it's aetheric light illuminating a bit around it as it falls like a great big glowy stone.

[Haimus]

Haimus looked anxious, listening to Tret and watching Luca action. “Sure! Either we get in or we get shot by whatever, or whoever.”

[A'erina]

A'erina jumps in after the Carbuncle. Mid-descent, she has her feet on the head of her axe as she falls.waiting and waiting she tries jumping off it when shes not far from little glowy fella, it was going well until she misses her footing and falls unceremoniously to the hard floor. ”… I think I made it.”

[Astra]

Astra looked down around the area that A'erina and the carbuncle. Then to Tret, Haimus, and Luca. “After you three.”

[Tretesta]

“Luca, go, now. Haim next. Go go go!”

[Lucatiel]

“Okay! Come on Carby!” She gestures towards nothing for her Carbuncle to follow, completely unawares that it had already plunged itself into the veritable abyss. She wraps her legs around the rope as instructed, slowly making her way down. Though the pace was snail-like, she could be heard quietly going “Wheeeee~” to herself. As she makes contact with the sand and floor, she moves off the rope, finding her Carbuncle waiting for her. “WHOA! You're so fast Carby, I didn't even see you!” She bends down to pet it, smiling widely. “How did you climb the rope anyway….”

[Haimus]

Haimus followed suit once Lucatiel had made her landing. Going a bit faster than Luca. “Don't fall, Don't Fall.” muttering to himself only to jinx himself and his ass slamming onto the ground, with a Oof, he may fell an extra foot before his feet would of touched the ground. “Oh my ass.”

[Lucatiel]

“Oh! Are you okay!?” Lucatiel whips around to Haimus, looking concerned at the man's sudden impact.

[Haimus]

Haimus looked up at the blonde hair beauty, “Oh my guardian angel, dear I'm great with you around.” he tried to flex for Lucatiel.

[Tretesta]

As everyone wenty down, Tret secured his pack, then called out into the hole “HEADS!” before throwing his staff down. Gearing back up and tightening his straps, Tret looped the rope about his leg and arm and gave a salute to Astra “See you down there….” He sat on the edge of the window frame, then carefully wedged himself in and slid down the rope at a fairly quick pace, slowing to a stop about a foot above the sand and stepping off to look around for his dropped knife and staff.

[Lucatiel]

“Oh! That's great! I'll make sure to stick by you so you stay that way!” She claps a little bit at the pathetic flex, impressed by feats of strength as ever. She barely even notices the staff fall into the sand near her, though her Carbuncle does and rushes over to it, as if expecting it to be some sort of attack.

[A'erina]

A'erina collects herself before marching over to Haimus, grabbing his shoulder to spin him to face her. “ What the fuck do you think you're doing, you slime?! You can quit the funny shit right now or I'll drag your carcass back up there and leave you to the flora and fauna… Got it?”

[Tretesta]

“Rina, Easy. We fight each other after we're home safe, neh? Wanna check to see if there's anything other than sand in here?” He found both of his weapons and looked up at the hole, calling up “It's a far fall! Careful coming down, Astra!

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