Jotting down the two tales into her notes, Menya agreed. "We should rest and restock at Sothis, then travel following the same route the Crown took... somethinya of such power should leave traces of itself in the local legends wherever it goes."<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Back in Sothis, when their route took them near the giant beetle, Menya didn't need to be asked twice before she had snatched up a pair of tickets. "Woohoo! Best silver piece I ever spent!" The catgirl did a little victory dance, drawing a few curious eyes when her and Hanifa's numbers were called out. "These tickets are good for the rest of the day, right," she asked, looking at them closely to make sure she hadn't misread the number, almost afraid to believe her good luck. "We can take a bath first, then come back after we're all freshened up..."<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"We've been on quite an adventure so far, have we Menya?  Quite unlike the past ones we've been on together.  I'm kind of scared; tracking down the most powerful of Osirionian legacies...I'm not going to leave your side, but I hope you know what we're getting into."<br/><br/>Menya and Hanifa were both lying on towels, enjoying the attention of a pair of skilled masseurs. The catgirl was stretched out on her front, nude but for a thin strip of cloth draped over her rear as a token gesture of modesty, leaving little to the imagination, though the masseurs probably were used to dealing with pretty half-naked women. She purred as her masseur kneaded the kinks and knots of the past few days out of her back.<br/><br/>"I don't know..." Menya mused, recalling Hanifa's story. "I don't have a reason like you do. 'I grew up in a normal home, then joined the Pathfinders, studied and trained hard, and finally went out on expeditions for them' just sounds plain and borinya, you know? The Crown's not the first danyaerous artifact I've tracked... most people won't do somethinya like that, not for a very good reason or a very large pile of gold, anyway. Kind of stupid of me, when you think about it, but I guess I just never could really appreciate the level of danyaer I'm jumpinya headfirst into."<br/><br/>"And now you've made me feel guilty for dragging you along with me," Menya teased as they moved on into a private stall, scooping a handful of water and splashing Hanifa with it. Before matters could degenerate into a full-fledged water fight, though, they were interrupted by Hanifa's cry of "Thief!"<br/><br/>"My tickets!" The catgirl cried out and gave pursuit immediately, snatching a towel to cover her chest as she ran. Upon leaving the bathhouse an unfortunately timed gust of wind blew the covering away in the opposite direction as the thief was running. Oh well - she could run faster without having to worry about covering herself up anyways. The choice between modesty and the possibility of losing her precious tickets to the beetle was really no choice all. Before she took off after the thief and Hanifa, who had pulled ahead of her, she cast a simple spell that would allow her to run much faster. A nude catgirl doing magic on the street in broad daylight - Menya didn't stop to consider whether that was a wise decision; she just did it and started running.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Status</div><div class="spoiler_body">Casting Expeditious Retreat<br/>Run (with +12 from increased land speed): 30 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=62874)<br/><br/>HP 46/48<br/>Wisdom 5/8 (Wis-based checks and Will save -2 worse than usual)<br/>First level spells 4/5 remaining<br/>Base land speed 60 feet (7 minutes remaining)<br/></div></div>