Island Resort: Round 2

[Kagerus]

{ and in my dreams i've kissed your lips a thousand times }

If it weren't for the grievous wound suffered on the part of the shark just minutes ago, I might have labelled this quest the easiest of the four. No blizzard, no eldritch monster, no natural disaster, just gorgeous white sand and a clear blue sky overhead. I grunt as I gaze up at the firmament, eyes squeezed shut as I administer some sorely needed dream pain-relief. The effects could last from two minutes long to half an hour, but I don't have time right now to decipher which it will be, instead banking on the hope that it will be enough to get me to wherever I need to go.

I open my eyes, shake away the sleep. My leg feels fine, but when I look back at it, its strange, crumpled form is more than enough to send a shot of anxiety through me.

Velk will heal it later, I hear. Jolting, I look up with a shaken smile to find Panthera's angry amber gaze. For now, let's go - we're heading to the beach.

Following with my eyes to the vaste whiteness that the leopard indicates, I momentarily hesitate. The last time, months ago when this all began up north in Icicle Isle, the correct path had been to the right; I had chosen wrong by going to the left. A part of me wants to follow the masses to the right once more, but when I look around myself at all those gathered, I glimpse only a small child heading to the beach. Something about that vision lends me solace.

All right, I agree dispassionately, somewhat foggy due to the pain-relief I'd self-administered. Let's go.

And, limping, we head to the left, toward the empty beach.

KAGERUS

Caretaker of The Sanctuary
Lover of Solace
Immortal, antlered Dreamweaver

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Kagerus goes left, to the empty beach.