Pheona could not be bothered to walk so pitifully through an unkempt forest. Such energy was better suited fueling her potential combat with a Grimm, if even that. It sufficed to say that much of her 'work' was laid upon her steely servant to take care of; transportation included. Pheona sat comfortably upon the massive shoulder of her animated golem, who went by the rather misplaced name Invictus. The robot was of a rather polite nature to be given so brutish a title. His arm was curled upwards, granting Pheona a spot to rest her boots. The grace with which he walked maintained Pheona's position with little worry of her falling. Her expression of indifference further indicated a lack of fear.
The duo had proceeded through the woods after landing with a apocalyptic impact upon the earth after falling from the airship they rode in on. Pheona could, once again, not be bothered to climb down a rope like some commoner. Despite her early entrance into the environment, Invictus kept a steady, slow pace as he proceeded, leading to a majority of the other students taking the lead before her. Pheona had set her sight upon a particular cliffside in the distance, figuring a greater height would offer her some worthy advantage in determining the whereabouts of some 'artifact' as the instructors called it.
"I don't suppose you could suddenly sprout the capacity for scanning the environment?" Pheona asked, poking at something under her nail with a dull look.
"Initiating scanning procedure. 23%..." Invictus replied, tone as monotonous as, well... a robot. Pheona gave a brief glance at the side of her servants head which her back rested upon, and returned to her nail-pruning duties. She knew for a fact Invictus was merely playing; a strange occurrence for the golem.
"No I suppose not," Pheona replied, "How much longer till we reach the cliff's edge?" She couldn't be bothered to look up, either.
"Approximately ten minutes, if I pick up the pace. Do I have your permission m'lady?" Invictus asked. Pheona lifted her elbow and rested it upon the golem's head and clenched his bicep between her ankles, preparing to hold on.
"Granted. I do tire of this scenery," Pheona said, looking ahead. Immediately Invictus picked up his pace, metal feet stomping into the soft earth with a dull rumble. His immense size betrayed the speed at which he sprinted, coursing through trees as deftly as a one-ton majestic deer. The duo came upon the steep but passable terrain that would lead them upwards and to the cliffside scouted beforehand, and Invictus continued to trudge up its heights untiring and unrelenting. At the very edge, she hopped off of her servant's metallic body and brought her hands to her hips. She looked out over the basin.
"Perhaps these artifacts are placed upon some sort of altar for ease of recognition? Surely these instructors would not task us with scouring the forest floor for something potentially small and unnoticeable," she said.
"Unless, of course, they are looking for hunters and huntresses with dedication and no small amount of patience alone," Invictus commented. Pheona glared slightly at Invictus, half-wondering if the golem was poking fun at her temper. She sighed heavily and crossed her arms.
"And I still have yet to meet a partner. Call it luck or whatever. I only hope they are..."
"Worthy of your presence, m'lady?" Invictus finished her sentence. Pheona's glare, this time, was quite evident. The golem's featureless face offered no sense of remorse for his words. Pheona turned around and walked past Invictus' side, heading along the cliffside.
"Searching about through this canopy won't reveal anything, it seems. We continue on," Pheona declared, "We will find someone soon enough."