Round 76

Jeane's wings half-spread instinctively as the ground beneath them gave way, crumbling away in a shower of dirt and stone. Her arm shot out, fingers closing around Seraphine's wrist with iron strength, yanking her friend back from the sudden cliff edge. "Fuck—careful!" The sorceress hissed, pulling Seraphine close against her side as the wizard stumbled.

Seraphine's breath caught in her throat, eyes wide as she stared at where solid ground had been moments before. The forest beyond the new precipice shimmered and twisted, reality itself seeming to warp and bend. "I... I felt it," she whispered, voice shaking slightly. "When I touched Khaos—something pulled at me. Guiding me here."*

Varrika moved closer, her gaze fixed on the entity in the pool below. "I saw something too," the warrior admitted softly. "Like... like a path being laid out for us. Khaos wasn't just showing us—the thing was leading us."*