Pride watched the recording several times, his eidetic memory absorbing every detail.  He noted the symbols on the tools the amazons used.  He noted the design of the altar, the material of the ropes, and especially the words of the chant...  They sounded vaguely familiar.<br/><br/>After a moment's thought, he identified the ritual.  It was the opposite of many cultures' "spirit-sealing" ceremonies.  If completed, it killed the host and released the demons trapped inside.  Pride took notes on what he could see in case he found an opportunity to have Jude undergo the same process.<br/><br/>Then he slid the device into his pocket and began to think about the recent events in the abstract.  The woman's "proof" was msot suspicious.  First, the image took up less than a quarter of the small device's memory.  Therefore, the recording had been deliberately cropped.  Additionally, the electronic medium was relatively easy to forge-- Pride knew more than almost anyone living about digital forgery, after all.  But he had long ago discarded existentialism.<br/><br/>So.  Even if the recording was false, it included images of many Amazons in the state he had last seen them.  This proved that the person creating the images either visited and took a recording themselves, or had help from someone who did.  There weren't many cameras around when they visited, but perhaps Ace's projector...  He imagined the young duelist.  It didn't seem to fit, but he didn't discard the possibility.<br/>Further, the ritual being used was genuine.  And because it was presented as 'proof,' clearly whoever made the recording knew roughly what the ceremony would do.  Most interesting.<br/><br/>If the recording was genuine, it further proved that someone had visited the Amazons since Jude's departure.  That someone had made the recording,<em>doing nothing to disrupt the ritual</em>, and had returned to the present time.  And<em>that</em>meant that somewhere there was a wizard or group of wizards that could send people to the Amazons in the future.  He'd feared that Vincent was the only one who could do it, but clearly Vincent wouldn't need to use something like this.  The host had already all but gone down on bended knee and pledged his fealty.<br/><br/>So where did he go from here?  If the recording was false, it could still be useful.  But if the recording was genuine...  Moka's inner demon had impressed Greed to no end.  And Greed had an incredible eye for judging worth.  Which almost certainly meant that the creature would be dangerous, and thus actually worthy of his concern.<br/>They had examined the circle before going back.  Could Jude recreate it?  No, a spell like that would be targeted-- a working to transport people from the Amazon future into the normal past.  So that was out.  Gluttony was good at crossing barriers, but this was something beyond him.  So if he wanted to get back to the future, he would need help.<br/>Or should he?  Why rush to take on the entire tribe?  Based on his analysis of the images, the events in them happened within five years (before or after) of their visit to the Amazon world.  Unless the Queen was ageless (not uncommon for a powerful wizard), they had time to find a way to the Amazon world, even find the Queen herself in the real world.<br/>Unless she was lying about the entire "15 years in the future" thing.  Which was not impossible, if she was capable of what the image showed.<br/><br/>Pride, being perfect, could tell when a line of thought was no longer productive.  This was one such situation.  So he turned his mind to the more immediate concerns.  What should he do next?<br/><br/>The answer was clear, of course.  He needed to wake his companions.  Even Jude.  He leaned against the wall and directed his excellent arcane senses inwards.<br/><br/>It became clear that he needed to find the woman, or move her out of range, in order to end the spell.  Well, drat.  Her teleportation made an excellent smokescreen against his efforts to pinpoint her.  The others could resolve that issue, but they weren't awake.  Because he couldn't find her.  A flawless Catch-22.<br/><br/>Or was it?  If he could not go to her, she would have to come to him.  People did not generally go around knocking out entire towns for the sake of fun.  There was something in this place that they wanted or valued...  Pride began moving through town again, looking for significant (stationary) concentrations of magical energy or other objects of value.  He might not be as good as Greed, but he was as good at it as humanly possible.