We talk to Nyra Story Update – Day 6, Sunset (Skyreach Monastery – Heart Platform): You turn toward Nyra. The little flicker-familiar hovers in place, trailing wisps of pale-blue Spirit light as she drifts through the air currents around the platform. Her movements are slower here—more intentional. She turns back to you, the faint “voice” of her presence brushing your thoughts. "The wind remembers." "So do I." She drifts toward the edge of the platform, where the open sky yawns endlessly. For a moment, you sense a pull between her essence and the winds below—like she’s listening to something only she can hear. Then her form shimmers, and a new pattern glows faintly within her core. Flickerling Familiar: Nyra – Evolution Stage 2 Unlocked New Trait Gained: Aether-Touched – Nyra can passively sense spiritual or magical echoes in the environment. May reveal hidden threads in locations tied to Spirit, Wind, or Memory. Familiar Bonus Improved: Spirit Weave cooldown reduction remains You may now ask Nyra for “Flicker Insight” once per rest: reveals hidden clues or weaknesses in scenes or enemies. She returns to your side, resting briefly on your shoulder. You feel a flicker of comfort and clarity. Current Stats: HP: 27 / 27 EP: 13 / 18 Elemental Strengths: Air: 3 Water: 13 Fire: 10 Earth: 2 Spirit: 10 Buffs: Lightfooted (1 action left) Fatigue: Moderate Companion: Nyra (Flickerling – Aether-Touched | Stage 2) Next Choices (Max 5): Use “Flicker Insight” now – Let Nyra scan the Heart Platform for hidden energy threads. Use the Skyreach Essence to attempt crafting a new Air-based Weave. Rest briefly at the Heart Platform. Recover EP and reduce fatigue. Begin descent from Skyreach Monastery. Search the area manually for markings or secrets. What will you do?

I will consider that motion carried. One sec.

Legs

We probably should chat with her now and then LOOT! Hopefully we find some more money

I'm sure she always knows better than us

Woo hoo! Tattoo and present!

Ok let's hope this is still the right attitude for lowly hero off to save the world We meditate humbly Story Update – Day 6, Sunset (Skyreach Monastery – Heart Platform): You say nothing. Instead, you kneel quietly, eyes closed, breathing in the sky-charged air. Your Codex pulses faintly against your chest. You feel the distant thrum of mists below and the slow heartbeat of wind coursing through the temple. The Guardian of the Winds watches in silence. Moments stretch—long, weightless. Then: A warm current rises from the platform beneath you, lifting your hair and rustling your robes. The glyph of Skyreach beneath you glows softly. “Stillness... is the first breath of mastery.” “Acceptance... is the first step toward flight.” You feel something shift within you. Not forced, not claimed—granted. A choice made not by words, but by alignment of intent. You have gained: Mark of Skyreach – You are now recognized as an Adept of Air. +1 Max EP +1 to Air Elemental Level (now Level 3) You gain the passive “Windstep”: Your first movement during battle cannot be intercepted or slowed. You can now cast 2-element Weaves involving Air. Your Codex’s air glyph glows faint blue. Nyra chirps lightly at your side, glowing gently. You sense her approval. The Guardian fades like dawn mist, leaving behind a small swirling sphere of air essence. You pick it up—it hums with focused energy. Inventory Updated: Skyreach Essence (Air) – Can be consumed to create or empower an Air-based Weave. Current Stats: HP: 27 / 27 EP: 13 / 18 Elemental Strengths: Air: 3 Water: 13 Fire: 10 Earth: 2 Spirit: 10 Buffs: Lightfooted (1 more action) Fatigue: Moderate Companion: Nyra (Flickerling Familiar) – watching the swirling winds with interest. Next Choices (Max 5): Rest at the Heart Platform. Recover EP and clear Lightfooted, slightly reduce fatigue. Speak with Nyra. She seems attuned to the energy here. Use the Skyreach Essence now to try forming a new Air-based Weave. Begin descent from Skyreach Monastery. Search the Heart Platform for hidden engravings or secrets. What will you do?

Pixels

I dunno. We've done well when we've been humble before. If I could vote I'd choose option 5.

I'm going to bed.

Oh fluff.

Let's get this done Story Update – Day 6, Sunset: You tighten your grip on the shifting platform’s edge, timing your steps to the subtle rhythm you’ve memorized. The Flow Timing buff hums at the edge of your senses, guiding you. You move. Each footfall lands with precision as the platforms dip, align, and rise. For a moment, it feels as if the mists themselves lift you forward. The Zephyr Shades screech, but too late—the slick stone and your speed give them no chance to catch you. You step cleanly onto the Heart Platform. It is solid beneath your feet, unlike the others—engraved deeply with the ancient glyph of Skyreach, a swirling spiral of air and light. A low hum stirs in the air. You have reached the Heart of Skyreach’s Trial! Before you, the Guardian of the Winds materializes—an airy figure of cloud and starlight, towering but serene. It speaks without words, and you feel its meaning settle in your mind: "You have walked the mists. You have bent your breath to the winds. Speak your intention, Seeker. What do you claim?" Trial Progress: Reached Heart Platform! Zephyr Shades are trapped behind. Current Stats: HP: 27 / 27 EP: 12 / 17 Fatigue: Moderate (manageable) Buffs: Flow Timing (consumed), Lightfooted (fading after one more action) Companion: Nyra (Flickerling Familiar) - Observing quietly. Next Actions (Choose one): Declare your mastery of Air. (Request the Mark of the Skyreach Monastery.) Ask the Guardian for a boon instead of mastery. (Rare rewards possible, but you delay your elemental advancement.) Request both a boon and mastery. (High difficulty: must pass a Spirit check or offer a gift.) Offer to forge a pact with the Guardian. (Unlock rare Air-Weave abilities but involves binding terms.) Silently meditate and let the Guardian judge your worth. (Let fate decide reward type.)

I'm super tired now. I want to go to bed. Darthe writing his own scenes >.>

Shades

Ok we pause, and take a moment Story Update – Day 6, Sunset: You rein in your instinct to rush and instead crouch low on the gently swaying platform, breathing deeply. The mists curl around you, obscuring your form even further. You focus your mind, slowing your breathing, syncing it with the rhythm of the shifting stones. Gradually, your heart rate calms. You channel a minor Spirit weave inward, allowing you to recover your balance and a sliver of elemental energy. (+1 EP Recovered! Small Observation Buff gained: "Flow Timing") Ahead, you notice something crucial: Two platforms in the next cluster rise sharply, but then dip lower just before aligning perfectly with the Heart Platform. If you time it right, you can almost walk straight across without needing an extreme jump or another weave! Meanwhile, the two remaining Zephyr Shades hesitate at the slicked area you left behind. They circle slowly but are not yet immediately advancing. Trial Progress: Distance to Heart Platform: Very short (perfect timing window spotted) Shades: 2 active, slowed and uncertain Platform Status: Sync point detected! Current Stats: HP: 27 / 27 EP: 12 / 17 Fatigue: Moderate (slightly easing) Buffs: Lightfooted, Flow Timing (+2 to next movement check) Next Actions (Choose your move): Advance carefully across the sync-timed platforms (use Flow Timing bonus, low risk). Use Water Weave (Mist Leap) to glide across the final gap (2 EP) — stylish and Spirit-efficient. Command Nyra (Flicker Step) to create an illusion to fully distract the Shades (once per trial). Prepare a defensive weave in case the Shades charge as you move (costs 1 EP). Wait a few more beats to study the rhythm further, trying for a perfect crossing (+1 reward chance). What will you do?

Window What kind of double glazing you got, that needs an epidural @SinisterDeath lol

I could go with 4 and just do it. I don't like this temple

My youngest is baffled by it all. He's like, so you just talk to people using messages and that's a game? Just writing?

Is it weird that if I'm wrong, the thing I'm most worried about is that Heavy will NEVER let me live it down.

Hey, don't you have proof of that now?

He will rand The Arch Pirate Skibidi It will be a completely random thing that that happens.

I don't like that either.

What the heck dude. You said its been going for hours blah blah blah nothing is ever gonna happen But that wrong VC is on me. I added you on and forgot to take you off.

I'm saying it made me super uncomfortable that she didn't vote him, even though she was right there, and she said he was her top suspect. I didn't even spot the numbers were wrong lol

Fine. I'll have an early night and see if I've completely lost what few skills I used to have. It's only gonna niggle me all the next day otherwise. Unvote. Vote Heavy