<div align="center"> Depheree (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=91546.msg3999687#msg3999687)  <br/><br/>Rianna (http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/7817/hermlogo2.jpg) and Tasha &amp; Mardine (http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3830/hermaphroditetwins1.jpg)  </div><br/>On the following day the shell house was still an enigma to the three visitors used to medievil castles.<br/><br/>For two hours all three just wondered about quizzically. The idea of moving didn't seem sensible when so many mysteries<br/>were about on ones doorstep literally. The ornamental swords had not sprang into life to kill the intruders like all three had feared they would be magically spelled to. But still nervousness existed. Tasha was busy playing with fridge magnets, fascinated about a magical power that felt so strong, one that non-mages could feel. Others were equally enchanted.<br/><br/><strong>"Come here all of you"<br/></strong><br/>At that first sentence for the day the others came running. Only to see something which caught their breath.<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://www.greatinteriordesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/aquarium-art2.jpg)</div><br/><strong>"The owners of this place must be powerful sorcerers indeed. They have trapped an oceans life force. Perhaps using it to make the strange things we have found"<br/></strong><br/>Rianna didn't answer as she felt nervous. She was powerful but nothing compared to one who can capture an ocean's life force.<br/><strong><br/>"Why would they leave such a powerful thing unguarded?"</strong>Mardine ventured<br/><strong><br/>"They wouldn't. It means the owners are likely dead. Their transportation may have been successful for some things, <br/>but it could have been managed such that the people were .... left behind. What if this artifact CAUSED the transportation in the first place ? Because they triggered something they didn't understand?"<br/></strong><br/><strong>"You sure ?"<br/></strong><br/><strong>"What other explanation is there. NONE would leave such a power alone, not intentionally. We seem to have found a great<br/>artifact, one history has not known of before. Abandoned. We must make a strong hold here. We need to gather more to secure the place for ourselves. Who knows what power this thing can manage. Whatever it is I don't want it in others hands do you? Lady luck has smiled on is this moment. It must be followed up in due haste."<br/></strong><br/>The others nodded and soon Mardine and Tasha were requested to stay and defend the place as best they could while Rianna flew back to gather re-enforcements.<br/>