{"id":12543,"date":"2021-12-06T19:58:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T00:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/?p=12543"},"modified":"2021-12-06T20:05:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T01:05:09","slug":"the-stone-dragon-series-book-1-chapter-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/the-stone-dragon-series-book-1-chapter-5\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stone Dragon series &#8211; Book 1, Chapter 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2708\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12543-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cdb\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stone-Dragon-1.5.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cdb\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stone-Dragon-1.5.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cdb\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stone-Dragon-1.5.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cdb\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stone-Dragon-1.5.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=12543-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cdb\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Stone-Dragon-1.5.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Stone-Dragon-1.5.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 19:58 &#8212; 29.4MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('12543-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_12543-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_12543-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/?powerpress_embed=12543-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/echoes-from-the-cavern\/id857267086?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fthecaverns.net%2FPodcasts%2F%3Fp%3D12543\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thecaverns.net\/Podcasts\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter Five. The Bones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Read by Celith Wraine<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Down the slope a little from the farming area, just behind the tall white wooden clock tower in among the swaying trees stood a maze of an old graveyard. On closer inspection the graveyard was a series of graveyards, some of them crumbling with headstones that no longer were readable. The old headstones and pockmarked sarcophaguses lay scattered seemingly randomly in a maze of half destroyed stone fences and decaying stone buildings covered in moss and vines. Large trees now grew in and among the markers, sometimes thrusting up through the displaced stones of the destroyed buildings themselves. Passing the area earlier on their way to the windmill, none of the group had paid more than a passing glance at the old graveyard because they were all focused on the windmill and the large sky ship anchored above the town\u2019s gardens.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Looking up at the clock Lucy exclaimed, \u201cFour in the afternoon! We\u2019re missing tea!\u201d She grumbled a little, \u201cI hate missing tea. It usually means I\u2019m doing something that I don\u2019t want to do, like going to a graveyard to look for a half-drunk storyteller to hear the end to a very frightening story that he heard decades ago and none of the story might have anything to do with our mission in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hot tea currently unavailable, she continued grumbling under her breath even as she rummaged through her bags and eventually pulled slightly squishy packages of leftover cheese and mostly fresh bread from her seemingly bottomless pack and a stoppered flask of cold tea.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was hoping to be back at the inn, but these will have to tide us over for now,\u201d and she offered the food and drink to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The group sat under the shade of the clocktower to eat their food and everyone had a moment to have a good look at the graveyard where they were to find Ivan.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t realize Jade Valley had been here quite long enough to have so many old graves.\u201d Zyrina noted thoughtfully while she chewed the last of her bread slowly. \u201cSome of these are hundreds of years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brushing the crumbs away she waited until everyone had finished eating to suggest, \u201cWell let\u2019s get started. He\u2019s got to be here somewhere.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Phlebus started walking toward the nearest section to look for signs of Ivan or a gate with a skull but was easily distracted by reading the graves he passed. Zyrina followed him. Lucy was already distracted and excitedly digging up a plant that she found near one of the crumbled walls and Torgin left to start looking at the other end of the graveyard area.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Torgin was the first to spot the old graveyard with the skull on its gate. \u201cOver here.\u201d He stood near the road, waving.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the others found their way over, Lucy stared at an old set of bones close to where Torgin waited. It looked like a massive dragon had died here some ages past. Torgin was beckoning the others to take a path that snaked from the road past the dragon bones.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember passing these,\u201d Lucy mumbled. \u201cD\u2019you think these are the bones that Jenny was the keeper of? Some are missing.\u201d As she inspected the skeleton of the dragon she took stock of several missing rib bones.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She ran her hands along the massive row of ribs sticking out of the ground as she caught up with her brother. They felt warm to her touch. The sun must have warmed them, she thought to herself and nervously laughed a little.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis way.\u201d Torgin indicated a small overgrown stone path that led behind the dragon bones, right to a small, fenced graveyard. The metal skull gate was obvious, and the yard was surrounded by a rusting spiked metal fence and some kind of prickly hedge that appeared to be dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wonder why this part is fenced.\u201d Lucy mused.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Phlebus peered around at the many graves that were not enclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe these ones aren\u2019t as old, Lucy.\u201d He suggested, \u201cit doesn\u2019t look as decrepit as the rest of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zyrina had walked a little way away to get a closer look at a human sized stone shape nearby.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs that another of those stone statues, Rina?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, it looks like it.\u201d Zyrina shuddered a little.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The statues were so lifelike that Zyrina had a difficult time looking into their eyes. She wondered how long this one had stood in this spot, as some of its hat and edges of its cloak lay in bits and pieces at its feet.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis one is older than the others, Phle.\u201d Zyrina reported. \u201cIt\u2019s beginning to crumble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Torgin pushed the skull door open and led the way into the graveyard. Fading afternoon light cast long shadows on spiderwebs all around them. He prudently kept his dagger to hand in case the weaver of the web appeared. Lucy took a moment before following the others. Before she entered, she pulled a torch out of her pack and lit it with her flint and steel. The light cast was enough to keep from tripping on the grave markers or get caught in the strong spider webbing that could be seen throughout the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just when they were sure they had missed Ivan, he coughed near the large spider covered fountain made of skulls carved into marble that filled the middle of the little graveyard and startled Lucy enough that she squeaked and jumped back causing a chain reaction of her companions wielding their weapons to protect her from whatever danger she had discovered.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpooked a little are ye Miss?\u201d Ivan cackled delightedly at his joke but soon became somber again as he led them further into the shadowy maze. As they followed him, winding their way among the headstones, Ivan continued his story.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGranny crept after her friends into this part of the graveyard that night though she was full o\u2019 fear o\u2019 tha\u2019 ol\u2019 story she had heard whispered in the dark, and dread o\u2019 tha\u2019 terrifyin\u2019 spider they was seeking for Elaine. Granny didn\u2019t wanna be there because she had heard tales from her elders \u2018bout th\u2019 dragon bones comin\u2019 live after dark and turnin\u2019 livin\u2019 humans to dead stone.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She pleaded as they edged closer and closer, \u2018Stop. Please. Let\u2019s come back in the daytime. Strange things happen here after the sun sets. Those dragon bones might come alive. It hunts the valley after midnight for the gullible and mesmerizes you before it seals your fate in a covering of stone. There is no cure, no antidote.\u2019 She pleaded, repeating the story her family had told her from when she were a young\u2019un, but it didn\u2019t have the effect she was hoping for.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2018That\u2019s a tale to keep babies from wandering away from their homes. There ain\u2019t anything scary \u2018bout this place.\u2019 Jon declared.<\/p>\n<p>Even her little brother Jon wasn\u2019t \u2018fraid an\u2019 his bravado made the others bold enough to scoff at Jenny\u2019s story an\u2019 her fears.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Granny said the oldest of the group, Tristan, paused for a split second, looking slightly concerned but then caught Elaine watching him and he stuck out his chest and swore that he HAD to see the dragon bones that night. He, who was obviously showing off for Granny\u2019s pretty friend, insisted they have a look at the old dragon bones after collecting the spider for Elaine and before they disperse for the night. He promised to leave with them after they all peeked.<\/p>\n<p>Granny\u2019s friend, Elaine, finagled Granny Jenny to stay to find tha\u2019 spider and then she promised she would leave with Granny, and so would the others. There was no way Granny would leave her little brother or Elaine in the middle of the night in a graveyard and so she bravely decided to stay, too. Tristan turned to go find the spider before exploring the dragon bones and hesitant as they were, the rest were not about to be left behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The kids looked for spiders among the old graves, finally finding just the one Elaine was searching for, a Ferocious Red Arachnid. She was elated, and after putting a collar on the fuzzy pet, named her spider Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Good, let\u2019s skedaddle.\u2019 Granny Jenny sighed with relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The story came to a sudden halt. By this point Ivan had led the group to the part of the graveyard with his Granny Jenny\u2019s grave. Ivan stopped talking and laid a yellow flower at the base of his Granny\u2019s headstone and then each of the companions had knelt and given a moment of silence and respect for Ivan\u2019s Granny, too. Then Ivan led them back to the skull gate and continued his tale as he walked toward the dragon bones.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSomewhere along the way my Uncle Jon had picked up a stick and when all four had arrived at the head of the dragon skeleton, he heroically thrust his stick into the eye socket of the dragon\u2019s skull proclaiming his victory over his foe. Then things changed and not in the way any of them would forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ivan indicated an area near the fence. \u201cGranny stood in this very spot when the Dragon woke up and looked her straight in the eye with its glowing red eyes. She could feel the breeze as the dragon started to breath in and then the heat as it expelled hot billows of soot and ash from great glowing nostrils formed of shadow and mist. In the instant they were hidden from sight of those penetrating eyes, Granny instinctively reached out and took hold of Elaine and her brother on either side of her. Both had frozen in fear and she pulled them into tha\u2019 small stone crypt over there just as the dragon drew another breath and spewed boiling foul gray smoke all around itself.\u201d Here Ivan pointed to a still intact stone crypt nearby.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe oldest boy did not jump out of the way. Tristan felt the mist before he saw it, and when the dragon\u2019s eyes started glowing, he let go the hand of the pretty girl Elaine. He took a very deep breath, drew his sword, then sprang directly at the dragon, shouting as loud as he ever had and distracted it from his companions. He disappeared into the magnificent swirl just as Granny closed the crypt door behind herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Granny, Uncle Jon, and Elaine with Charlotte tucked up in her cloak didn\u2019t move till well into the next day when the light was strong and the normal sounds of birds calling out in the woods soothed their nerves. They emerged to find the dragon had reverted to dust and bones. In the defined horror of bright light, they could see that their brave friend had been turned to stone, caught in a pose as he attacked the dragon to save their lives, just like Granny\u2019s elders\u2019 story had predicted.<\/p>\n<p>No one ever admitted what happened to the boy when officers of the realm came asking about his condition. Their questions eventually faded after years of looking for reasons with no answers. Jenny, Jon, and Elaine didn\u2019t talk about it much, only enough to tell their families what had happened.\u00a0 They din\u2019t want ta forget why no one was to go in th\u2019 graveyard after dark.<\/p>\n<p>The spider Elaine found in the dark that night grew to a most unusual size and was so aggressive, tha\u2019 it had to be taken down into the tunnels o\u2019 the family crypt an\u2019 kept away from regular folk. Elaine continued to love Charlotte until that spider passed years ago. Built a special sarcophagus for her an\u2019 ever\u2019thin\u2019. Most o\u2019 the family credits digging that spider\u2019s grave with the discovery of silver all around their family crypt. Became quite famous for awhiles. Mining it all went on for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ivan stopped there for another drink from his flask, and a quick nervous squint up at the darkened sky.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then he went on, \u201cMy Granny Jenny an\u2019 her best friend, Elaine, and my Uncle Jon all made it through that night. They had some kinda pact to not talk \u2018bout the dragon and tha\u2019s why I only heard tha\u2019 story tha\u2019 one time. It stuck wit me though, and that\u2019s the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He thought a moment before adding, \u201cThough, I bet my Great Uncle Jon could tell you more about that night now\u2019s everyone else has died off, iff\u2019n yer interested.\u201d Raising his eyebrow he addressed Phlebus directly this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Phlebus nodded and Ivan went on again, \u201cYou\u2019se can find him drinkin\u2019 down at The Raven, The Dragon, an\u2019 The Stew Pot down in the Valley. It\u2019s over on Frojenta Lane north o\u2019 th\u2019 Jade Markets, near the Dougan family Silver Mine and Family crypt tha\u2019 I was tellin\u2019 you\u2019se \u2018bout. Ask anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ivan takes another quick scan of the darkened sky and nervously adds, \u201cI NEVER go ta the graveyard after dark an\u2019 it\u2019s getting\u2019 dark. Anyhoo that\u2019s the endin\u2019. How Ivan\u2019s granny saved the day and lost a friend.\u201d And that was indeed the ending of Ivan\u2019s\u2019 tale. With a quick wave of his bottle he disappeared before anyone even blinked.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then, in the quiet of the early evening, our companions all heard a distinctive fiery snort and then felt more than saw the cold billowing mist begin to rise from the pile of bones right in front of them. It formed the outline of a dragon around the bones, solidifying as it gathered.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Phlebus and Zyrina exchanged a look, and the other two did as well. Each quietly loosened the fastenings on their weapons and readied their various potions and lotions in preparation for whatever might be behind this new development. Even as a dark mist started seeping toward them, they moved into a protective formation around Lucy who was still fumbling with the bandages she had prepared earlier. They then moved as a single organism into the mist toward the moving dragon bones.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ahead, the pile of bones writhed slowly in the dark, forming itself into its full beauty and glory but the dragon was not yet breathing fire. It exhaled a thick black ash, cold and unnerving. The mist slowly became skin and muscle that covered the dragon bones as the form coiled around itself. Its slick orange scales glistened, and its eyes, its eyes GLOWED.<\/p>\n<p>Arrows notched, swords brandished, spells cast, and the companions were as ready as they could be to battle this shadowy menace. Then just as they were ready to strike, the dragon just as suddenly as it had begun twisting, it abruptly stopped moving. The mist slowly dissipated, and the now re-exposed bones lay innocently along the roadway. The dragon\u2019s eye sockets were as empty as the rest of the skeleton.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the Titans was that!!\u201d Torgin was shaken more than he wanted to admit. He dropped his axe to his side but did not put it back in its holster. He searched the area for another attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t know, brother but it\u2019s gone now. Time to leave before it comes back.\u201d Lucy was firm. She turned to the little stone path and led the way back to the main roadway. <br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As they moved slowly away from the bones, not one of them turned their back on them until they were partly around the bend and down the hill and completely out of sight, even then each of them glanced back nervously from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen a dragon do that before.\u201d Zyrina kept her bow notched. She was unnerved and shaking.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Phlebus looked like he wanted to say something but just didn\u2019t know how to start. \u201cI I I\u2019ve never even heard of a magic that could form a dragon from old bones.\u201d He stammered. \u201cI don\u2019t want to say this because you are going to think I\u2019m crazy but,\u201d he took a breath before going on. \u201cThat seems like Obsidian magic from the age when they created Elves, Trolls, and Kobolds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome on, Phlebus,\u201d Zyrina scoffed. \u201cThat magic\u2019s been gone since before I arrived here; for centuries before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lucy spoke up, \u201cPhlebus I don\u2019t think you are crazy. But what happened? Why didn\u2019t it attack us? Where did it go?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe something went wrong partway through spellcasting?\u201d he offered.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was the only thing he could think of. The sudden disappearance of the mist and the receding of the form reminded him of when he was learning and a spell would collapse half way through if he lost his concentration or if something moved in his sphere of awareness.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat spellcasting? Did you see any spellcasters?\u201d Torgin looked around as if he would spot one in the darkness as they walked down the hill toward town.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNope I didn\u2019t see anyone else, except that dragon. Did you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Phlebus looked around the group but no one spoke up.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can\u2019t have been very far away though, spells like that have a range, or so I\u2019ve read. I\u2019ve never seen one performed before. Unless\u2026\u201d Phlebus drifted off into thought.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill that dragon be back tonight?\u201d Lucy nervously asked as she pulled yet another torch from her pack and lit it with the one that was dying. She swung it in a wide circle around the group as if protecting them with its light.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shrugging Torgin looked to Phlebus for an answer, as did Lucy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI doubt it.\u201d He shrugged.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t seem like making anyone more scared was the answer but Phlebus knew he had no idea if the dragon would return.\u00a0 It was puzzling indeed. He wanted to find more information about the dragon in the graveyard, and about the boy who had been turned to stone.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless what?\u201d Zyrina was watching Phlebus who had been thinking.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He looked up, \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless what?\u201d She repeated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, nevermind, it\u2019s not important.\u201d Phlebus shrugged, appearing nonchalant. \u201cJust a passing thought.\u201d He smiled reassuringly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zyrina was not reassured, she knew that look. Phlebus had an idea but wasn\u2019t ready to share it yet. She just hoped he would be ready before it was too late. She suspected he wanted to look something up in a book before spitting it out.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I need to talk with Ivan\u2019s Uncle Jon at The Raven, The Dragon, and The Stew Pot after a cup of hot tea, supper, and a good night\u2019s rest tonight. There\u2019s nothing we can do now except try to find out more information from the locals. Maybe somebody has seen this before or noticed mages around, or strangers.\u201d Phlebus decided when the group reached the sanctuary of their inn a little while later. \u201cThere is shard magic being used here, and I need to find the source of it before there is more destruction and death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoonshard?\u201d Lucy looked concerned. \u201cDid moonshards fall around Jade Valley too? I thought they fell farther north?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot that I have heard, Luce, but some shards are small enough to transport without too much trouble. I\u2019m going to speak with that librarian again in the morning. She might know some of the history of the dragon bones and whether there are any shards in the valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, the plan is to gossip with the locals, and see who knows something they want to share? I can do that.\u201d Torgin was the first to offer with a grin as the prospect of supper and storytelling began to form in his mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll help.\u201d Lucy offered as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zyrina just nodded.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Phlebus pushed open the door and led the way to the crowded restaurant inside. The server suggested they go up to the roof and he would bring their supper up when it was ready. The rooftop pub was also full of people. Apparently, they were not the only ones who wanted to gossip about what the group had found on their first day of the inquiry. Torgin found an appreciative audience for his tale of their experiences in the graveyard. Many ales were foisted on the explorers to aid their storytelling. The gasps and cries of surprize let Phlebus know that the dragon hadn\u2019t formed like this in anyone\u2019s recent history. 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