Tentatively, she stepped up the steps, gripping the stone with her left hand. She glanced at Narth to see he had opened his eyes, lazily watching her. She crossed her arms, the metal cooling her skin where she held it. She rushed a little too quickly and splashed into the rinsing pool, immediately realizing it was made of salt. She glanced back at Narth and he had closed his eyes again, relaxing, but a smirk rested on his lips. She wanted to stick her tongue out at him, but he wasn’t looking.
She rinsed herself thoroughly, until she was sure salt had invaded every inch of her skin. She pulled the metallic stone out of the water, hoping for two seconds that the salt had an effect on it. It shone, bright as ever, and she wasn’t survived.
Curious, Lani decided to test a small amount of auristics, she would not stare at it for chimes like she had this morning, but just wanted to see how the salt water affected it, and how the heavily trafficked pool she was in would look. She floated to the edge of the pool, keeping her stone under the water, and felt her conscious meddling with the djed in her stomach. She closed her eyes, guiding the djed through the now familiar path. It felt easier than when she tried this morning, perhaps it was because she had now done it more, or because she had done it recently. Within a chime she had the djed resting in her eyes, and opening them. The world took on its two dimensional way around her, and she gasped at all the colors. Every color on the spectrum could be seen, the different paths of people’s auras tracing throughout the room. The pools were centers of white, where the colors mixed, not the brown she would expect.
She glanced down at her rock, and found it’s aura was dimmer, but still the bright and strangely unidentifiable aura of the morning. Not wanting to risk her reaction to the magic that she had this morning, Lani let the djed drop back into her stomach, slowly guiding it back as she had guided it out this time. It was more comfortable to release it, and when she blinked her eyes a few times to refocus her vision, she did not feel queasy.
Her thoughts were stuck on the strange aura, why had the water dimmed it? Was it the water? Or the salt? Or the many many other auras that surrounded it? She didn’t know. But she had taken a long time in this quick rinsing pool, so she clutched the rock to her side again, and began glancing at the other pools for one to relax in.
She rinsed herself thoroughly, until she was sure salt had invaded every inch of her skin. She pulled the metallic stone out of the water, hoping for two seconds that the salt had an effect on it. It shone, bright as ever, and she wasn’t survived.
Curious, Lani decided to test a small amount of auristics, she would not stare at it for chimes like she had this morning, but just wanted to see how the salt water affected it, and how the heavily trafficked pool she was in would look. She floated to the edge of the pool, keeping her stone under the water, and felt her conscious meddling with the djed in her stomach. She closed her eyes, guiding the djed through the now familiar path. It felt easier than when she tried this morning, perhaps it was because she had now done it more, or because she had done it recently. Within a chime she had the djed resting in her eyes, and opening them. The world took on its two dimensional way around her, and she gasped at all the colors. Every color on the spectrum could be seen, the different paths of people’s auras tracing throughout the room. The pools were centers of white, where the colors mixed, not the brown she would expect.
She glanced down at her rock, and found it’s aura was dimmer, but still the bright and strangely unidentifiable aura of the morning. Not wanting to risk her reaction to the magic that she had this morning, Lani let the djed drop back into her stomach, slowly guiding it back as she had guided it out this time. It was more comfortable to release it, and when she blinked her eyes a few times to refocus her vision, she did not feel queasy.
Her thoughts were stuck on the strange aura, why had the water dimmed it? Was it the water? Or the salt? Or the many many other auras that surrounded it? She didn’t know. But she had taken a long time in this quick rinsing pool, so she clutched the rock to her side again, and began glancing at the other pools for one to relax in.
