Sweeper smiled a bit when Amiferia returned the hug and called her 'lovable'. "Thanks Ami," she said. "As for your question-" Then there was the mighty shout.
Neither the Scholar nor the Chambermaid expect Thea to take to the air. Both were confused, though Sweeper knew that her sister was in a foul mood. Though she wanted to go after her, the grey alicorn knew that the Huntress was the fastest of their kin. She could no more catch up with her than a sparrow trying to out-fly a dragon. And that's not taking into account that Sweeper had no way of detecting her kin. If Thea wanted to be alone, then she was going make sure no pony could find her.
The gale of the sonic boom, air tinted green by the blast, blew around them.
"Um… Thea would have been able to explain it better," said Sweeper, eyes wide and legs shaking, to Amiferia, . "Long story short - Town full of cultists, and Thea was outnumbered and couldn't get away."
Sweeper turned her head back to look at Arcon, and then gasped as she saw Winterjet lay in the ruin. "Jet!", she cried. She rushed over to the pegasus with haste.
At the cry, the shock of the Thea's departure had faded from Scroll. He realized that Winterjet was no longer holding him. He turned and saw and then ran as fast as he could. If Arcon had commanded the Scholar to stay, he could not recall. He rushed over to Sweeper, going over the fallen bricks, he almost wanted to cry at the sight. Already Sweeper's horn glowed as she attempted to speed up Winterjet's recovery, though limited as that power was. But the pegasus was so still, Scroll wondered if she still lived.
Scroll turned to the other alicorn and Amiferia's companion. "She needs help… Can any of you heal her?" He looked at Arcon, "I'll answer your questions, but please… She needs your help."
Charter wondered why he was ordered to the lower decks. He was rather curious of the fog, and wanted to take some temperature and magical readings. Was it some sort of magical effect, or just a natural occurrence? But Deckhoof suggested that he stay with him until the were cleared to continue.
"Cleared with who?", Charter asked.
Deckhoof gave a cryptic response - Of the guardians of the depths, the Leviathan. The sailor continued to explain that since Charter did not bear Crashing's mark, that may cause complications. To the unicorn it didn't make much sense. But he went along with the sailor, and pondered if the rest of the crew was going to conduct some ship custom or other above. Perhaps since he was uninitiated, Charter was to be kept from the fleet's rituals.
Strange ideas these sailors have - that Captains are responsible for natural disasters, that their marks give them the ability to breathe underwater, and now this , he thought, laying in his hammock right across from Deckhoof. Then again, what do I know of the s-
There was a cry like he never heard of before - a bestial scream that caused the bulkhead to shake, the deck to sway. He fell from his hammock and hit the deck. It hungers, the sea is hungry! It's going to get- "Shut Up!", Charter said to himself. Then as if the sea heard his command, the deck leveled and the ship became silent.
Charter looked over to Deckhoof. "The Leviathan?" His mother told tales of those fantastic beasts when he and Vast were foals. And he heard whispers at the taverns in Star Harbor. But he could never tell what was reality or exaggeration in those stories. But he was sure about one thing - they were massive.
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A lone pegasus flew through the air, having followed the tracks made by Cutting Wind. They were slightly faded after several days, but the mercenary was trained well by Rose Maid. Still it was hard to detect, and she sometimes took the wrong direction.
The tracks ended at a muddy plain, where the bodies of the pegasi lay buried. She was puzzled, since the trail ended here and the rain obliterated any other tracks. But from the distance she could see the storms that accompanied Torrential. Dean Spoke mentioned that the alicorn wanted by Earthborn was related to the storms. She decided to follow them, hoping it would be a lead.