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Nov. 20th, 2009 08:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
venusadept_2It was over. The lighthouses were lit, Alchemy was returning, and it was time to go home.
They started back to the ship, but before long Felix noticed that Sheba had fallen behind. He turned to look for her and found that she was crouching, evidently quite interested with something on the ground.
"Sheba...?"
She looked up. "Hey, Felix. Come look at this."
He bent over to see what was so interesting. His jaw nearly dropped.
Purple crystals were growing up through the snow. Actually growing, something like a plant, branching and splitting. He reached out a hand and felt an unmistakable tug at the back of his mind.
"Psynergy stones?" he asked, astonished.
Sheba looked up again, grinned, and shook her head. "Alchemy stones. Look around. Has the world ever seemed so alive, so interesting? The seal wasn't just blocking the elements - it was on people's minds, too."
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Life is a road, and I want to keep going,
They started back to the ship, but before long Felix noticed that Sheba had fallen behind. He turned to look for her and found that she was crouching, evidently quite interested with something on the ground.
"Sheba...?"
She looked up. "Hey, Felix. Come look at this."
He bent over to see what was so interesting. His jaw nearly dropped.
Purple crystals were growing up through the snow. Actually growing, something like a plant, branching and splitting. He reached out a hand and felt an unmistakable tug at the back of his mind.
"Psynergy stones?" he asked, astonished.
Sheba looked up again, grinned, and shook her head. "Alchemy stones. Look around. Has the world ever seemed so alive, so interesting? The seal wasn't just blocking the elements - it was on people's minds, too."
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Life is a road, and I want to keep going,