Tales of Ascension

Book 1 Chapter 2

Teluve took a moment to change out of his ruined clothes, Bimy had turned away, just a few feet from Teluve.

Teluve quickly changed, now wearing a second set of clothes, adorned in dark purple, and gold, his clothes were made of a silk-like material, and is very ornate, depicting golden leaves, lilies, lotus flowers, and vines woven throughout its design, all with small crystal opal gems embroidered in place of the flowers anthers. He wore a high collared jacket with an ornate, and elegant design, the collar, and cuffs a solid midnight purple, the upright collar extending over his neck, the right over left folded closure, and tapered sleeves adorned with golden floral designs, the closure held together with golden buttons as Teluve passed them through gold knotted loops, gold piping decorating the seams, and edges of his jacket, having a natural luster, complementing it's exceptionally smooth, and soft texture. His pants were straight cut, and tapered, with the gold floral motif covering its surface, Teluve tying off a golden drawstring at the waistband, gold thread adorning the seams, and edges. Over all this, Teluve put on a sleeveless robe, with an open faced design, revealing a portion of the face of his jacket underneath, it's surface covered in the floral design with a large golden valley lily prominently displayed over his left breast, the robe tapering closed as it reached his waistband, its length falling just over the middle of his shins, its short collar framed his jacket's high collar. Teluve secured his robe with an intricate gold laced midnight purple fabric belt that he wrapped around at his waist. Teluve also donned his metal bracers over his wrists, and jacket sleeves, and replaced his mangled boots, his new boots coming up to just below his calves, made of the same midnight purple colored material as his clothing, the laces a golden color, securely tied, with golden studs, and buckles that added an appealing accent to their overall design, both embroidered with the same floral theme.

"I'm finished Bimy." Teluve called out before he turned his attention to the pool, "Bimy look." Teluve pointed at the pool.

"The water, it's gone?" Bimy looked at the pool, seeing that all the water had disappeared, "Hm, look there Lulu." Bimy pointed to the center of the pool, at what seemed to be a tunnel.

"A tunnel where'd that come from, lets take a look." Teluve led the way down the now empty pool.

Searching the area Teluve noticed that the tunnel was located where the quartz pearl had once stood, "That pearl wasn't just the core of the array, it also sealed off a tunnel, that's strange."

Teluve looked down the vertical shaft, narrowing his eyes, it descending deep down into pitch blackness, "I can't see the bottom, this shaft goes beyond my sight." Teluve thought a moment, then lifted his hand, and placed it to the ground near the edge of the shaft, mobilizing his manna into the earth. Soon after the sound of rumbling resounded as a series of earthen blocks jutted out from the shaft walls forming a makeshift stairway.

"Eee." Kedu chattered from Teluve's back.

Teluve smiled, and pat the side of Kedu's head, "You can do the next set buddy."

"Eee Eee." Kedu chattered happily.

"Nice work Lulu, that's an easier solution than what I had in mind." Bimy stored away a large bundle of rope that she had pulled from her storage crystal.

"It's nothing. We haven't expended too much of our manna since we've been down here, so a minor expenditure like this is negligible." Teluve said as he took a step down, turning to Bimy, he extended his hand, "Shall we."

"He he." Bimy smirked at Teluve's gesture, taking his hand, "We shall."

Bimy, Teluve, and their bonds made their way down the stone steps, every 25 to 26 feet Kedu, and Teluve alternated as they cast their spiritual arts of earth, manipulating the surrounding stone, and extending the stairs further down. After descending about 160 feet of the earthen steps they all reached the bottom.