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Matthew waited as he watched the army make their way by. The dark cloaked figures giving him pause as he began to wonder if perhaps this world's armies had a separate unit for magic. How common was magic? Could anyone weild it? Could artifacta grant the power to use magic such as a fairies wand? There was so much about this world that he didnt know or understand and everything that had happened so far was just a constant reminder of that. Once the army had made its way out of sight and the first traveler left their hiding, Matthew released a breath he didnt know he was holding. He took a careful few steps out as Merlin described them to be thr army of the infamous Morgan la Fey. Was she also the pale lady? Baba Yaga? The Dark Queen? Would he be stupid to ask?

I stead Matthew pressed onwards keeping his questions to himself and commenting slightly on the conversation before hand. "I-I prefer Kamala's M-Ms. Marvel over Mr. Fantastic and Elongated Man if I'm being h-honest. But that could just be an age thing I don't know." He quickened his step up to Merlin, looking about for Colby when his eyes came upon the tower. "Wooooow" he said in a breathy whispered tone. It was his tower, The Merlins Tower. What wonders awaited beyond the cobwebs filled his mind as he slolwy approached the structure and placed one hand on its stoney exterior. It was real. It was really real. "Colby.. are you seeing this?"

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Cassiopeia watched the army close in on the road, she never dropped her bow and arrow, tracking the soldiers as they walked by. It seemed like a rather large group to just be on patrol. Then again, Cassiopeia didn’t know how it was done there.
She hopped up onto the road when Merlin went to check. She kept her bow up, looking this way and that before they started to move again. Cassiopeia dropped her bow but kept the arrow notched and walked with the bow resting in front of her, just in case she needed it quickly. She stayed close to her sister and Rose.
Once they reached the inside of the tower, Cassiopeia finally relaxed. She put the arrow and the bow away, looking around the tower. It was a decent size but not used. ”Been awhile since you’ve been home, Merlin?” she asked curiously.

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Oh, the blue fairy from Pinocchio. Willow felt silly for not realizing that sooner. She couldn’t remember the fairy too clearly but that didn’t matter at the moment. Willow covered her mouth, keeping as silent as she could as the army passed by. They looked rather intimidating, even in the dark and the safety of the ditch. Willow hoped they didn’t come across them again.
They made their way back onto the road and to Merlin’s quickly. Willow sighed as the tower came into view. She walked in with the others, coming to similar conclusions of it needing work and not having been used in awhile. Still, it was a safe space to be for right now. And they would be meeting their parents here. The idea started to excite Willow and she walked around the tower to burn off a bit of energy.

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"Could've fooled me," Megan deadpanned, smirking ever so slightly. She loved her brother, which was precisely why she both was trying to protect him and mercilessly ridicule him. To do anything else would be a disservice to their relationship as siblings. She did, however, let go of him so she was no longer holding him down behind the bush, trusting that he wouldn't actually be stupid enough to get up and say hello to whatever forces of darkness were marching their way. There was a time and a place for joining a Satanic cult.

Just by ear, she could tell that it had to be some sort of large military force. They seemed to march on by forever, probably a significant body then. She briefly wondered if the noise was at all similar to the army of Ancient Rome, marching off to distant lands to conquer and add to their empire. The knowledge that they belonged to a fairy tale character, of course, ended most of the similarities there. She considered whether or not Le Fay would have outfitted her army with magic - or if they were all standard swordsmen. She didn't dare call out to ask.

Once the army was gone and the coast was clear, Megan carefully rose to her feet. "Do you think any of the soldiers know magic?" she whispered to her brother, as they walked as a group. She was still awestruck as Merlin's tower seemed to materialize out of nowhere. When they went inside to find cobwebs and dust, Megan couldn't help but grin in approval. Cobwebs were her aesthetic.

"Nonsense, it's perfect," she said, contradicting the ginger.

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"You are so nice and clearly I'm getting ganged up on by you people," Jack groaned, rolling his eyes at both Megan and Isabella, "You two I've wanted to have get along at least somewhat, but you two teasing me to no end is not exactly what I meant." With those words towards them, he quieted down as he glanced towards the road to see what exactly was getting closer and heading along the road. Seeing the army coming along down the road was not exactly comforting, given their numerous problems relating to their entire situation. An army was never a good thing, no matter what world you were on.

Rosalia was not too sure what to think about the whole hiding in place thing, but hearing the army get closer and eventually pop up into view. This whole situation was just plain strange, and she was just insanely glad that the army didn't seem to notice them. If they had then the entire group would be in a whole lot of trouble. Standing up against a few people was one thing, but going up against an entire army as far as she was concerned was just plain suicidal. She let out a sigh of relief when the robots wandered past.

"Yeah well that would be assuming they'd even want to be around me," she commented towards Taylor with a bit of a shrug as she headed up back onto the path itself. When Lucky jumped out of her bag, she couldn't help but giggle slightly seeing the little puppy wandering around. "Come here Lucky, you can't just wander out and about like that you could get hurt!" she said towards the puppy, before she went over and picked him up off of the ground, holding the little puppy in her arms, petting his head gently.

"I typically agree with you, but there are a few characters who aren't too bad on the DC side of things," Jack said to Isabella as he head back up onto the road and glanced to see Merlin cause a door to appear out of nowhere, and leading the others inside. "Okay, this is insanely cool not going to lie," he muttered as he followed the others into the tower, looking around at the building as they walked in. This place was so weird, and of course it likely was run by magic. Rosalia followed along inside the building too, still carrying the little dog in her arms.

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"It has been awhile since I have been in here yes." Merlin said as he waved his hands slightly, as a fireplace quickly came to life, along with little candles throughout the entire room started to come to life as well. He then closed the door making sure that it was locked as well. "So, why are we actually here anyway?" Layla asked crossing her arms over her chest slightly as she looked over at Merlin for a moment, as she went to investigate a nearby skull that was on the table and gently nudged it. It fell to the ground slightly Lucky started to get interested in it and started to try and squirm out of Rosalia's arms.

Sierra slowly walked over towards a nearby book and picked it up which didnt have to much dust on it at all really looking a lot newer than the other things in the room were. She noticed that it was a list of their parents names as well, and their current locations as well she made her way over towards Rose. "Looks like your mom is here maybe." Sierra said towards Rose as she looked at the names some of them were scattered else where around this world it looks like.

"We are just here to get a few supplies." Merlin said looking over at Layla after she asked her question, Isabella looked over at Jack and then Megan and shrugged slightly. "Then it looks like it's one thing that we can agree with, it's fun to gang up on you." She said sarcastically, she watched as Merlin started to grab a few things as well and heading up a flight of stairs. Tinker started to make her way towards the door that led into the basement and then pulled out a torch looking at the others. "The tunnel will lead to the city, and other parts just stay close." She said as Merlin came down the stairs with some scrolls and books as well to.

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"Oh I'm not saying it is horrible. But there are so many cobwebs that new ones can't be made. The critters gotta have a fresh area to build in." Bugs, and even spiders, had never bothered Rose. They were part of nature, an important part. She even didn't mind a few in her home. The only ones she'd get rid of (and usually by getting into a Tupperware or something and putting outside) were poisonous spiders. She didn't want those biting her.

Rose watched Layla act like a cat and knock a skull of the table. She smiled. Then Sierra got her attention. Sierra was talking about Rose's mom. That got her attention quickly. She stepped over and took the book from Sierra. Rose looked and found her mom's name. Next to it listed that she was in prison. And that her execution was scheduled for next week. Her blood ran cold, as if someone dumped a bucket of ice water on her. She stood up straight.

"Merlin, how accurate is this book? Like is it magically updated? Or did you write this over a month ago?" The last part of her question rose and anger was seeping into it. If Merlin had lied - If he had knowingly brought her here telling her that her mother was alive and waiting for her but she had been executed a month ago and there was nothing for Rose to do to help. She didn't know what she would do, but it would not be kind. She would have rather never known about this place if that were the case.

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"Yeah I see it." There was a bit of reverence in his voice. Colby had always been interested in magic. He had learned sleight of hand originally because of that love and interest. It was even the reason he had met Matthew originally. They both shopped at the same magic shop.

Colby caught the tone in Rose's voice. She was angry. Whatever was in that book had pissed her off. He stepped behind her and looked over her shoulder at the book. It was a list of names, all their parents. His eyes darted through the list looking for his own father, and Matthew's father's name. Both were listed as in Agraba.

"Our fathers are in Agraba." He said quietly, making room for Rose. There was something about her anger that worried him. She was no cat. He decided he didn't like her, which wasn't hard he didn't like most people.

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Matthew slowly made his way around the interior of Merlins tower. Looking at the skull, cobwebs, and books that littered the place. He wasnt quite sure what kind of supplies one might find in Merlins Tower but he was sure that whatever they were they mustve been amazing. Potions, scrolls, wands, and staves. Brooms, bags, and other enchanted things. It was a wonder to be sure and every bit of wonder brought a gleam into Matthews eye. He spotted Colby from across the room, giving him a loving stair as he recalled how the two had befriended over magic. The loving tone cut through by the sound of anger rolling off of Rose's words. Whatever she had found, it didn't sound particularly good. That same book had told Colby, and by extension Matthew, where their parents were. "Better keep our hands to ourself there. Don't want to lose any bits for theiving there."

His eyes avoided Rose, wondering if her parents locations were also there. Perhaps it wasn't as favorable of a location? A dungeon perhaps? If her parents were in danger then they needed to rescue them. Maddie ran his fingers against the spines of books on the shelves, looking for anything that may help them in the future. If Matthew and Colby could master illusions and magic back in Kansas then maybe they could learn some here as well. His first pass upon the lower shelves brought him nothing. But as he ran his finger against the middle shelf he found one that appeared to be promising. Matthew got on his toes and pulled the book off the shelf, looking at the cover the book was worn beyond recognition. The title had faded from the many passing of years and use. Perhaps a tome of magic that Merlin frequented? Matthew slipped the book into his satchel for later reading.

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Cassiopeia walked a little, glancing around the tower but didn’t have much interest in the old building. The books were cool but she wanted to search the forest more than this tower. She watched Rose walk over and grab a book, flipping through it. Cassiopeia knew Rose pretty well so noticed her tone change right away. Cassiopeia walked over and looked into the book, seeing various names. Names that she recognized to be their parents' names and Rose’s parent was set to be executed. Cassiopeia put her finger on the page and scanned for her father's name.
Tink spoke up and Cassiopeia looked over before finding her father’s name to see a doorway leading down into a tunnel. She supposed it would be safer than traveling on the road but Tink mentioned different tunnels on the way. She wondered if anyone else knew about those tunnels too. Cassiopeia looked back at the book and Rose. Until Merlin spoke, there wasn’t anything Cassiopeia could say.

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Willow ran her fingers over the spines of a few books as she passed them. She didn’t recognize any of the titles she could make out but she did find a few interesting. She didn’t remove anything though encase the tower was boobytrapped or the removal of a book would open up a hidden passageway. She looked over when she heard the skull hit the ground and then watched the puppy squirm in Rosaila’s arms. Willow smiled at the cute puppy, she missed her dog now. ”What’s its name?” Willow asked Rosalia.
Willow turned her head when she heard anger and watched Rose confront Merlin over something that she had read in a book. Willow looked curious at the two of them but didn’t approach. There were already a few people around Rose so she wasn’t going to crowd the woman she didn’t know when her emotions were already high.

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Megan wrinkled her nose at the implication she would ever get along with Isabella. She was rather disappointed that Jack's partner had ended up coming with them on this adventure. She was just so... ugh - quaint? ordinary? boring? annoying? insufferable? Megan couldn't quite place the word to describe her issues with Isabella. She refused to even consider that it may have been an unconscious desire to have her brother's attention to herself or that maybe she felt threatened that Isabella would take away her only real family. No, instead Megan just took her dislike at face value, wishing that Isabella was back in Kansas and not here in Megan's birthplace.

She walked in the room where she felt particularly drawn to - namely, the fallen skull. She picked it up and smiled slightly, imagining herself doing a performance of Hamlet with it. "Alas, poor Yorick," Megan whispered. She paused for a moment, waiting until Merlin came back down the stairs. "Whose skull is this? And might I have it?" she asked. In medical school, they used to have skulls given to them by the school for the purpose of practicing. Megan missed having a skull in her bag as she went about her business.

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"Nope Lucky you are staying in my arms and not wondering off again, that's the last thing I want to happen... Me losing you in this weird world wouldn't be good at all now would it?" she commented to the puppy, keeping a hold on him as she glanced around the tower a bit. This whole place was really weird and made her wonder what all could potentially happen to them while they were in this strange world. Anything could go wrong, no matter what, but there were so many problems that existed with this whole thing that could end poorly for them.

She watched as others seemed to focus on a book or whatever that said some stuff about their parents or something. It wasn't a thing that she eagerly was wanting to look at, so she let everyone else focus on it. Personally, she really didn't want to even really think about it, since she still wasn't too sure what sort of thing to think about regarding her own parents. It wasn't something that she eagerly thought about growing up, since as far as she was concerned growing up, they hadn't wanted her and had abandoned her.

"You two are most definitely strange and at least having you two learn to co exist even if you aren't ever going to become friends or whatever," he said towards the two of them with a bit of a shrug. The two of them fighting is not something that he really wanted to deal with. If they got along that would be fantastic and make his life a hell of a lot simpler, since then he wouldn't essentially have to just stand in between them and try and stop the pair from fighting, without hopefully causing more problems.

He glanced over at Megan when she had a question about the random skull that fell on the ground, and he couldn't help but chuckle slightly at what it was that she was saying and doing. Apparently she wanted a new pet skull of her own? "Meg, why do you want a skull randomly? You don't exactly know where that thing has been, but can I just say of course you want to have a skull to carry around, how many people do you think you could startle or whatever with it? It might be fun to play a few small tricks on people with it, just saying."

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Merlin turned to look over at Rose when she asked how often the book is updated. "I enchanted it so that it magically updates once a week, so it most likely hasnt happened yet." Merlin said as he walked down the stairs and made his way over towards the book and looked it over once more. "We will have to go and rescue your mother Red really soon." Merlin said as he handed the book back over to Rose so that she can keep hold of it. Merlin turned to look at Megan asking about the skull, he didnt really have any real use for it at the moment and gave her a slight nod. "You may keep it for as long as you'd like." Merlin told her.

"Hey, I didnt do anything your sister just really hates my guts for no reason at all." Isabella said crossing her arms over her chest and eyed her for a moment having a feeling that Megan was going to say something really petty to her. Whether that was because of jealousy or not Isabella had no clue at all with what so ever. Lucky would let out a little bit of an annoyed huffing sound at Rosalia and Taylor and eyed Willow wanting some attention as well. "Lucky is the dogs name." Taylor said

Layla stood next to her sister and gave her a slight nudge and looked over at Cass. "So, what are your thoughts right now?" She whispered to her as she eyed the book for a moment. She was really curious if their father was alive or not right now, and was tempted to take a look at the book as Merlin handed it back over towards her. Layla started to make her way over towards the door that led down into the tunnels and then over towards Tinker. "Does it take us to Camelot or whatever right?" She asked, and Tinker nodded. "We'll have to go down there so that way we can get into the city undetected." Tinker said.

"Just stay close we are heading into town now." Merlin said looking at everyone for a moment as he grabbed a torch and used his magic to light it up, and handed it over towards Sierra as she accepted it, and watched Merlin grabbing a few others and handed them off to everyone else before making his way down into the dark and creepy tunnel.

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The anger melted from Rose's body when Merlin explained how the book worked. "Robin Hood is in Arendale." She let anyone else who wanted to view where their parent was take a look, but once they started walking she closed the book and held it close to her chest. She took one of the torches before heading down the tunnel. Rose made sure she was near the front.

Anger from being potentially lied had become anxiety about her mother's well being. Though, the "most likely" part of Merlin's sentence was sitting like a throne in her mind. She was freaked out about someone she didn't remember, as she considered that a flash of her mother's face filled her mind. She was injured, a bandage was covering her face. Red was carrying Rose in her arms as she ran through the woods. Rose felt comfort from the warmth of her mother's arms, but she had a feeling Red was scared.

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"I don't think her mom is somewhere good. I didn't look cause I don't know her name." Colby said shrugging. He was certain the girl had introduced herself. He just hadn't cared to remember. Colby's attention drifted around the room, the thing that caught his eye was a bracelet. He wasn't normally a bracelet type of person, but this one looked neat and shiny. He picked it up and it turned into a shield. "Okay that is cool."

If Merlin didn't tell him to leave it, Colby kept the bracelet. It could be useful. He was a close-up fighter and close-up magician but if he got involved in a fight again with arrows and stuff it could come in handy. When Merlin handed him a torch he took it. Then followed down into the tunnel he had found. "You don't think these might have been discovered in how many ever years you've been gone from here?'

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Matthews eyes followed Merlin as he dashed across the room to view the book Rose was holding. It appeared her family was in trouble and they were running out of time. What did they need from Camelot that was so important? Or did they need to travel through in order to reach other lands outside of Morgan Le Feys gaze. Maddie walked about the room, giving Carroll chin scratches as he looked about ans watched the others interactions. Nothing had stood out at him in particular but it appeared that something caught Colbys attention. A small bracelet that jumped to life and became a sheild. "Woah. Y-youre really turning into a kn-kn-knight in shining armor huh?" That spout of magic made him want to test out the book all the more, stepping outside for a breath of fresh air and room to try.

Matthew opened the book, flipping from the middle of the book towards the first page. There may not be logic to this book but it stood to reason that it began at a simpler spell and made its way towards more challenging ones. He studied the pages and watched the motions of the somatic components. Seeing the diagrams and illustrations that flowed from one side of the page to the other. He tried to mimic the motion starting with both hands at his sides, slowing bringing them together but never touching as they pulled back towards his right and then jutted forward harshly. Small flames sprouted from the palms of his hands as the scent of smoke filled the air. "Ok. Once more." He looked at the page once again, noting that his footwork was off and tried once again. This time a brilliant fireball launched forward into the air and on the dirt snuffing out.

A large dopey grin spread across his face as he realized that he did magic, like actual magic. He gripped the book tightly and said it back into his bag as he ran inside. Matthew halted himself by slamming into Colby and squeezing him tightly in excitement whispering so only Colby could hear. "I just did magic. Actual magic." He let go and did a giddy dance in place until he realized others were in the room. "Sorry for the d-delay. Is there something we n-need from Camelot?"

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Cassiopeia rubbed Rose’s back as they were informed about the book being updated weekly. She smiled at Rose. ”We’ve got time. We can save her,” Cassiopeia said confidently. This is what they were here for after all. Rose informed Cassiopeia that her father was in Arendale. ”Wait like snow queen Elsa and Anna Arendale? With the snowman?” Cassiopeia shook her head out and looked at Layla. ”Well dad just got a whole lot more interesting,” she joked.
She headed to the tunnels with her sister and shrugged. ”I don’t really know. I’m just trying to keep moving forward at the moment. I don’t know how much longer we all can keep traveling before we will need to take a break or set up camp.” She walked into the tunnel behind Sierra and sighed. ”Out of the frying pan and into the fire,” she muttered to herself.

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Merlin explained how the book worked and Willow found it rather fascinating that a book, spelled by magic could tell them where their parents currently were. Willow resisted the temptation of the book though. She knew she couldn’t branch off on her own but if she knew where her mother was, Willow would try and go after her right away.
Willow looked back when the girl standing next to Rosila told her the puppy’s name. ”Oh, how nice. He’s very cute,” Willow complimented. ”My name is Willow,” she said to Taylor, haven’t remembered seeing her back in the warehouse.
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"I wouldn't say it's random at all. I loved the practice skull I was given by the school for learning human bone structure," Megan argued with her brother. She also spent all of her time in the autopsy suite, attempting to uncover what had caused the various citizens of their Kansas town to expire. She spent far more time with the dead than she did the living and she preferred it that way. Living people were so boring and dull and ordinary. The dead at the very least all had something interesting about them and each new case presented challenge and mystery. Megan grinned as Merlin told her she could keep the skull. "Thank you."

She frowned, however, at Isabella's exclamation. "I don't hate your guts. In fact, I would fancy to see them on my autopsy table so I could take their measurements," she corrected. She took one of Merlin's torches with her other hand, holding the skull still. She didn't want to leave it behind or risk dropping it, so she figured holding it would be the most secure option - especially as someone present apparently was throwing around fireballs.

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"Yup, that is his name, just got him not too long ago," Rosalia said to Willow with a bit of a shrug, rolling her eyes slightly at the puppy in her arms seemingly getting a bit annoyed with her. "Hey look, I know that you want to go off and run around exploring but I don't want to lose you. Who knows what we could run into, and you could get lost really easily," she said to the little puppy, petting his head as she spoke and really really hoping that the dog wouldn't jump out of her arms after a bug or some animal and take off running. That would end badly as far as she was concerned.

Jack let out a bit of a sigh at the slight arguing between Isabella and Megan. Yup this was definitely not a fun position to find himself in that was for sure. He really did want the two of them to get along, or at least coexist without him feeling like he tended to get pulled in a million directions. "How about you both just stop and if ignoring each other is what it takes to get you two to stop fighting or stop you from even potentially starting an argument that probably would be best for everyone," he said, shaking his head slightly at the pair of them. He really didn't want to risk them starting to argue or whatever anymore.

Hearing the comment about them needing to potentially go rescue apparently Little Red Riding Hood or something which was really weird for Rosalia to say out loud, so she remained relatively silent when it came to that sort of thing. A part of her still wanted to see about looking at the list letting everyone know where their parents were, but she decided against it, figuring she would likely be better off not knowing in the long run. She wasn't sure if she could handle the idea of finding her parents just to lose them again. "Come on Lucky... Let's get going on this weird adventure," she said to the puppy as she followed along after Merlin.

"I mean, the skull isn't that bad, are you going to give the skull a name or what? I feel like the skull should have a name if you are going to carry it around," he then said to his sister, giving her a bit of a smile as he took one of the torches from Merlin as well. "So, onwards into the dark tunnel or whatever it would seem, this will be so much fun," he commented, before walking downwards into the tunnel. This was definitely an interesting situation to be in, considering what all was going on and the fact that they were in a magical world straight out of fairy tales. This was definitely going to take some getting used to.

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Merlin looked over towards Mathew as he asked why they were in Camelot for, he took a moment and looked over at Megan once as he thought for a moment. "We are making a quick stop and pick up a certain item before heading into town proper." Merlin told Mathew, as he continued to walk down the steps until they were at the bottom finally. They were now in what looked to be some kind of catacombs, seeing a few skeletons here and there in their resting spot. "No one else comes down here for certain reasons." Merlin said, as Colby asked that he would get a feeling that he was being watched, and in the corner of his eye he could see a skull slowly tracking him.

"Just stay close and dont disturb the dead, alright?" Tinker told everyone, mainly at Colby hoping that he would get the hint as well, Layla adjusted her stuff slightly looking at her sister and then at Rose hearing what Rose had said. "He better be getting it on with Elsa or something then." Layla said jokingly as she stared at the skeletons there and shuddered slightly at the sight of them, she didnt think that they would end up bumping into the undead or anything like that. "Dont mess with the dead got it." Layla said to Tinker, while looking at Rose and Cass.

Sierra walked over towards Willow gently resting a hand on her shoulder and gave her a slight smile. "How are you doing?" Sierra asked, hoping that she was doing alright, as she caught something moving in the corner of her eye. But she couldnt see it at all the lighting was really low as well, she looked at Taylor as Willow introduced herself to the girl and smiled. "Nice to meet you." Sierra said, as Taylor gave a slight nod towards her. "Taylor, nice to meet you guys." She said to the two of them as she went to gently pet Lucky who started to calm down now.

Isabella stared at Megan for a moment, getting really creeped out by her words and leaned in and whispered to Jack. "Your sister really creeps me out right now." She told him as she stared at Jack crossing her arms over her chest and stared at him. "I didnt even say or do anything." As far as she was concerned she didnt do anything to Megan at all.

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"I'm no knight." Colby had never considered himself a hero. He was also an antagonist even in his own head, or at best an anti-hero. He was the reluctant hero type. "That's super cool!" Colby told Matt when he came back from having done magic. "I'll have to give it a try when we get a chance." Trying to do magic in a cramped corridor might result in some structural damage that Colby didn't particularly want to deal with the consequences of.

Colby didn't know what those certain reasons were. He also for a moment didn't know why he felt like he was being watched. It seemed like one of the skull's eyes were following him, which was impossible in the human world he had been raised in. Here, why not? He reached out and was about to touch the skull when Tink gave the directive to not disturb the dead.

Colby wasn't good at following directives. He was good at breaking them. He looked at Tink with a twinkle of mischief in his eye. Maybe it was the cat blood. He finished reaching forward and let his fingers carefully touch the skull. He wasn't certain what would happen, but he was too curious to care. These were consequences he was willing to deal with.

The skull stood up part of a full skeleton and reached for a weapon. Colby's face broke out into a grin. He had been getting a little stir crazy a fight would be good to get the blood moving. He activated his newly acquired shield and bashed it, the first hit didn't do much, but the second killed the skeleton. Two more seemed to have been activated by his actions.

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Rose smiled back at Cass. It was nice to have reassurance. She trusted Cass at her back. Sierra was a good friend too. Those were the known elements. Everyone else she had only met today. That made them unknown elements. In a bar drinking situation, she'd be watching them the closest. Making sure they didn't have too much to drink and weren't harassing people.

Rose let out a disappointed sigh as she watched Colby touch the skull. It of course caused issues. Seriously, what an idiot. Rose let the book in her hand drop to the ground so she could draw her bow. She shot two arrows. One smashed through the skull of a skeleton that had risen. The other missed, but thankfully sailed past any of the others.

"Idiot. She literally just told you not to do that." Rose scolded Colby. He gave a careless shrug in response.

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Were all wizards so vague and cryptic? Perhaps that was one of the traits needed to become a person of magic. It would explain why in fantasy novels they paired magical domains with riddles of old to test ones wit. Double speak and hidden thoughts mustve been a foundation to learning such arts. Or Merlin was full of himself. Who knows. But Matthew followed on, his gaze turning towards Megan as Merlins did and wondering what any of this had to do with her. What ever it was it better of been worth risking time for saving someone's parents. His attention spun back towards Colby, rolling his eyes as he said he wasnt a knight. "Well...you are to me" He was about to lean in to kiss his cheek when he hit air. Matthew opened his eyes and saw the grin on Colbys face as he did exactly as he was told not to. It didn't surprise him, but perhaps caution was more needed in a realm of magic.

Matthew immediately placed his hand onto the butt of his hilt in preparation for what was to come. A skeleton came to life and attacked Colby but his knight bravely and quickly dispatched of it. His shoulders relaxed until two more spawned and Matthew went running towards the one closest to Colby and swung his sword, ending the skeletons unlife in a fell swoop. As he watched the bones clatter and sprawl onto the ground, he felt an urge to journal what he'd seen. After all there was only one left and so many of them, why shouldn't he take this time for himself? Matthew sheathed his sword and pulled out his pencil as he quicklt began to sketch the Towers exterior, interior, and the scene in the Catacombs of Colby fighting a skeleton. All the while he muttered out "Colby. A box is all fine till you're in one in time. Maybe pick and choose youre battles in a magical realm?"

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Cassiopeia smirked at her sister and shook her head. ”So we can have an ice princess as a sister? I’m sure that’ll be good for dinner parties.” She lifted her stuff up again, looking in the cat carrier at Arty and sighed at him. He was still awake and looking highly agitated. To be fair, it had been his longest time in a cage. ”I know buddy, hopefully we’ll be out soon.”
Cassiopeia followed the others into the catacombs down below and frowned at the skeletons. She was used to seeing animal skeletons, even collected a few of the cooler, more intact ones to put on display in the hunting lodges but human skeletons? No, that was a bit much for Cassiopeia’s tastes. She had no problems not touching them but Colby clearly couldn’t resist. The dead started to rise and although the hair stood on end and Cassiopeia’s heart was raising, she didn’t lose her cool. ”You truly are a cat aren’t you,” she said shaking her head. ”Just keep moving. Perhaps if we hurry and don’t touch anymore they will leave us alone,” Cassiopeia said as Rose shot at a couple.

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Willow smiled at Rosila and nodded. The puppy did seem a little annoyed to be cooped up but she had to agree that it would be a shame if the cute thing ran off. It seemed a few people had actually brought their pets with them. Willow wished she could have done the same.
They walked into the catacombs and Willow was now walking with Sierra, just behind Taylor and Rosila. ”I am doing well actually, how are you adjusting?” The skeletons down below were a bit creepy and even Tinker Bell told them not to disturb the dead. Willow gulped, not fully believing that they could do anything once they were disturbed but she had a horrid feeling that belief was wrong.
After being told not to touch, Colby in fact did. Willow screamed as one of the skeletons rose and then Colby took it out, only to have two more take up it’s place. Willow’s eyes were wild as she looked at the skeletons rising. Rose took out another one and Willow started to relax, although she was still shaking but she was relieved to see the skeletons could be handled. She agreed with Cass though. They should keep going and if any came at them, deal with them then. They were underground after all and the tunnel seemed long. Willow was sure there would be more rising skeletons thanks to Colby.