The drow witch chuckled as the half elf walked away over the waves and Dalen bent again to begin digging.  "Not a promissing start, I say tha they failed the first test.  But it not my place to judge them."<br/><br/>Then calling to Dalen, she motioned him back, "Stand back from tha rocks.  Ya done flailed about enough an as much as I could watch ya back bend an strong arms hew at sand all night, I'll be in mah caves 'afore sun rise."<br/><br/>Then with a few whispered words and a motion of raising her hands, the remaining two chests rose from the sand to settle, giving Dalen and Neomi access to their belongings as a few fire blackened bones rolled away along with wet sand from the oil cloth wrapped chests.<br/><br/>She sighed afterwards, and for the first time she looked slightly tired, as if it had drained her.  But the act of the raising or the failure of the group to work together, that was the question.  She called out, "Ya can wait here for yer fancy lad to return from the waves, if the sharks don't get him first.  Ye can make yer way to tha other side of tha island, where ya' find a ship ta take ya from this isle.  If ya observant enough, ya can find fresh fruit and many small streams along tha way.  Or ya can join me in ma home up in tha caves, rest and decide what ya wanna do next.  But I'll be off.  Ya can find me there."<br/><br/>She pointed with one long tapered finger towards the peaks of obsidian that jutted from the center of the island.  Long cooled magma that had sparse vegetation around the lower parts before tapering to a black peak.  It wasn't too far off and maybe an hour would find the travelers at the peak.  Or at least that's what it seemed before the witch added, "Careful tho, this island is far from harmless, an I offer you no safety once you leave this beach."<br/><br/>Then she stood up and moved, bending down to crouch on the black rock.  Her form shifted and she shrank down and changed into a large black bat before winging skywards, heading towards the peak.  Leaving the three still on the beach as the moon began to descend towards the horizon.