<div align="center"> Depheree (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=91546.msg3999687#msg3999687) <br/></div><br/>Rianna (http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7817/hermlogo2.jpg) and Tasha & Mardine (http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3830/hermaphroditetwins1.jpg) and their horses appeared at one house on the outskirts of the town and looked about the thing with jaws gaping.<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://www.hometrendesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/shell-house-design-ideas.jpg)<br/></div><br/>They had found a faster journey to the town avoiding main roads but the rocky pathway was dangerous and not one suitable for returning the same way. Several hours to get here down rocky inclines, but the passage wasn't save and returning to Hyra would likely take two days.<br/><br/>Unknown to the three Depheree (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=91546.msg3999687#msg3999687) had followed their prgress perching from tree top to another in silent flight to monitor their progress. It was her plan to look out for trouble and if some did come to direct their movements away from such danger, for the pendant which Rianna had been given was nothing other than a beacon to give Depheree some vague sense of her location.<br/><br/>Something Depheree was not so needful of keeping them unawares of currently.<br/><br/>She flew down to land beside them.<br/><br/><strong>"Depheree ?" </strong>Rinna asked.<br/><br/><strong>"I followed you both to ensure you were not going to get into trouble. This is unsettling, stranger architecture like this exists not far from where we are but much more huddled together like fish do on roads that are black not cobblestone. This one is larger and more separate and more isolated from them for reasons I don't know. Perhaps those who live here are disliked." </strong><br/><br/>Depheree inspected the trees of area all things...<br/><br/>The three villagers of Hyra looked fearful as they started inspecting the deserted house. A minute of wondering peering though the glass walls let them approach a doorway alien to anything they have seen before. Depheree however had ignored the house and was studying the plants. She seemed very intrigued by one area on the ground. So much so Rianna joined her to see what could be more interesting than the strange building.<br/><br/><strong>"Depheree, what is it which captivates you so?"</strong><br/><strong><br/>"From what I have seen from up high ... Its not just buildings that have arrived here magically. <br/>These plants are not from these parts. Some land and a great village seems to have just ... appeared. But I have never heard any history records of such a village. This is not from anything I think our world has seen. Here is where plants of our woods end and their new stranger ones start. Anything beyond that point is from the strange realm. Look.. there is no heat marks, no ruins of movement, no ritualistic marker stones, no wax no chalk, nothing. Yet the transition is seamless, well here it is anyway. If this realm has sent buildings and plants which are new ... it means it could have also brought magic we don't know of and likely may have also brought ... "</strong><br/><br/><strong>"Monsters ! The age of Dragons returning ?"</strong><br/><strong><br/>"Perhaps Rianna that is what scares me. Yet if monsters live in this strange building they are no dragons. They are neat, orderly, clean and have a fondness for items which I am quite taken with. Shall we try and meet one ?"<br/></strong><br/>A few minutes had made them all intrigued by a strange device, one that chirped abrasively in tones getting slightly deeper, slower and quieter.<br/><br/><em>&lt;Auto-Home Security 3000 - Critical power system failure. Alarm offline. Magnetic locks offline. Communication offline. Sensors offline. This is a recorded message. Main battery connection loss detected. Auto-Home Security 3000 ... &gt;</em><br/><br/><strong>"Its fainter now, it was louder a moment before perhaps it be sprite-creature dying. It sounds like how we can talk but with stranger words I dont know."</strong>Mardine observed<br/><br/><strong>"Indeed Mardine, you are a smart one, one reason I am glad your here. Wise priestess you may well make yet !"</strong><br/><br/>Depheree then walked towards the speaker and tried to look commanding.<br/><br/><strong>"Greetings Strange sprite ! Your language is strange. I am Depheree Lady of this land please tell me what manner here ... "</strong><br/><br/><em>&lt;Auuuuuutooooooooo-Hooooooome Secc... &gt;</em>The speaker at finally stopped its batteries exhausted.<br/><br/>The others looked to each other then about the deserted home waiting for something to happen ...