It took<em>hours</em>for Elea to reach the top of the mountain. How long, she wasn't sure - Only that she put one foot in front of the other, one foot in front of the other, over and over again...<br/><br/>-A sigh of relief purring from her lips, as her gaze fell on the village at last!<br/><br/><em>Thank God,</em>she thought, faint with exhaustion - It was a wonder she didn't collapse where she was standing. But then, a gasp sawed from her silky throat...Her eyes falling on Ishtar! Ishtar, wearing...Rather less than what she'd been wearing before!<br/><br/>"<em>Ishtar?</em>" Elea said, incredulous - "Oh, my - I thought I was the<em>only</em>one trapped here! You mean...You<em>too</em>-?"<br/><br/>Her heart sank...Even as she nodded, her heart in her mouth! "I know...I've tried<em>everything</em>, and I can't seem to log out. The game's acting all *weird* - I barely made it up here. All the NPCs kept telling me to find the Oracle..."<br/><br/>She grasped Ishtar's arm, catching her breath!<br/><br/>"-The Oracle! Have you seen him - her - whatever, yet?"<br/><br/>Elea paused, her midnight tresses framing her lovely features...Hesitating, just for a moment.<br/><br/>"We - *can* go in, right?"