"I don't think we should. We don't know the situation in the city. We should stay together,"Finny said, his hands on his hips. Merlin blre out a puff of air, and looked to the group. In front of him, his spell book laid open on the  ground, encircled by small vials of unknown liquids, and bundles of herbs. He flicked a page back before speaking.<br/><br/>"We should be fine. Two groups. One can come with me, and help me gather the things I need, and the other can head over to the base. Find anyone, and we can bring them out of the city." The half elf held out his palm."Now one of you hand me something to start working on warding." Finny signed, but dropped it when he noticed the the mage giving him a look that meant the conversation was over.<br/><br/>Vesper smiled, amused at the two, and pulled off a necklace, placing it in the mages hand with some hesitation.It was a golden holy symbol baring the mark of Ixaris the elvish goddess of love and family. Merlin took in and held in gently, the symbol giving off its own low divine magical hum that pressed against the arcane magic in him.<span style="font-style: italic">Good, it'll strengthen the ward</span>he thought as he started to cast the spell,closing his eyes to focus. As the spell was cast, the gold charm gave off a low glow, before it faded as the spell came to completion. Merlin handed it back, and lifted his waiting hand once more. Finny slapped a sheathed dagger into his palm, and the process was repeated again. Once done with the blade he looked to the other two. "Well?"