***Chapter 54***
*As Lilina and Adonato sleep in a Skaal tent the Trio sit, overlooking the village and discussing their plans until they hear a flapping sound approaching and duck into some bushes. A red dragon flies over and Fasrin thinking quick launches a fireball at the ground near the village, Lilina and Adonato run out weapons drawn. They dodge the fire breath before sending a flurry of arrows and spells at the dragon, finishing it quickly. Lilina runs to it and sighs in relief when she begins to absorb the soul, dancing in celebration as she learns the word she needs. After doing her happy dance Lilina leads Adonato back to bed, still exhausted. Jensine and Rowley smile*
Rowley: "Good job, some real quick thinking."
Jensine: "Yes, good work, but back to business, I think we should somehow tell Lilina about the assassins who want to kill her."
Rowley: "How do we tell them without them finding out we are here?"
Fasrin: "Maybe in a letter?"
Rowley: "How would we deliver a message?"
Jensine: "A spider?"
Fasrin: "Why not just a courier?"
Jensine: "We must conserve money, and the courier would describe us to them."
Fasrin: "That seems logical, you should write the letter Rowley, they don't know your handwriting."
Rowley: "What should it say?"
Jensine: "We will include the original assassin's letter so you don't have to say too much, just that they have allies on the island."
Fasrin: "I'll make the letter fire proof, because of the spider."
*she looks over at the small flaming spiders leaving tiny burnt footprints in the snow, meanwhile Rowley writes the note, his handwriting reflecting his days as a country boy*
Rowley: "Ok, done."
Fasrin: "Pass it over, I'll enchant it."
*Rowley hands it over, putting the writing kit away, Fasrin enchants the letter and straps it to the spider*
Fasrin: "Should we send it now?"
Jensine: "Yes, just leave it in front of the entrance, they'll see it."
*Fasrin directs the spider to stand by the tent and wait, the spider crawls towards the entrance of their tent slowly plodding along*
Jensine: "Now you two get to sleep."
Fasrin: "Goodnight Jensine."
Jensine: "Goodnight."
*Rowley yawns and goes to sleep, almost instantly, Fasrin noticing Jensine seems a little tired but figures they all are so she just drifts off*
*the next morning Adonato and Lilina wake up early, they are confronted by the spider and Lilina squeaks as she stomps it to death. When she is done Adonato notices the note and reads it before passing it to Lilina*
Adonato: "Seems we have some friends."
Lilina: "I wish they didn't send a fucking spider, I hope they don't take offence to me killing the poor thing, now I just feel horrible."
Adonato: "Not your fault you freaked out at something the size of your foot, but we must keep an eye out for these assassins. For now I'll have Storn keep this book safe while we cleanse the wind stone. I think it was wind, I don't bloody know."
Lilina: "Which was the closest to the village? The one we walked past coming from Miraak's temple?"
Adonato: "Well the wind stone is the one Storn wants us to go to, you sure you know the right word?"
Lilina: "I could test it out."
Adonato: "Do that there, for now I'm hungry."
*Lilina and Adonato go to the camp fire that is being used to cook some soup, while eating breakfast Adonato asks Storn to keep the Black Book safe and warns not to read it. After breakfast and gathering Lilina and Adonato head out towards the nearest stone, the Trio having to move east quickly to avoid detection. When they reach the stone Adonato drags the people away from the stone a bit and Lilina shouts at it, the four surrounding pillars crumbling. One of the fish people appear from the liquid around the stone and Adonato jumps on it, holding it's head with one hand and plunging his dagger into it's spine over and over until it falls. Adonato walks to Lilina and chuckles*
Adonato: "That felt good."
Lilina: "Having fun?"
Adonato: "I wanted to fight one of those things back in the book, let's get back to the village."
Lilina: "Hang on a minute I need something else to eat, I'm still really hungry."
Adonato: "How? You yelled at a rock and that's it, come on, you can eat at the village."
Lilina: "Fine, but I'm eating some horker and ash yam soup there, ash yams are quite nice."
*Lilina's stomach growls as they make the short trip back to the village, Adonato sitting down with Storn as Lilina eats as much as she can*
Adonato: "Do you know anything about that Black Book?"
Storn: "That Miraak had this? It is a dark thing, unnatural. I would have nothing to do with it. But the dark elf wizard, Neloth… He came to us some time ago, asking about Black Books. I believe he knows great deal about them. Perhaps too much. Seek him out to the south. But be cautious. There is something else at work here."
Adonato: "Thank you Storn, what does this wizard's house look like?"
Storn: "You'll know it when you see it, you can't miss it."
Adonato: "Huh ok, oh, and in the book and at the stone there were these fish people, what are they called?"
Storn: "I don't know much of these books or the creatures that dwell in them."
Adonato: "Alright well we will get going, thank you for your hospitality."
*Adonato grabs the book and bows slightly before retrieving Lilina, taking her south while she chews on some jerky. The Trio follow behind but they seem to be going slower than normal, Fasrin sees Jensine has very laboured breathing. Before Fasrin could say anything Jensine collapses and her breathing stops*
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