<div class="floatright">(http://www.millaj.com/pics/uv151.jpg)</div><br/><div align="center">Zoe Lirlun (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=94371.msg4117433#msg4117433)<br/></div><br/>Continued from  (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=95356.msg4155918#msg4155918)<br/><br/>Zoe followed her mentor as he instructed, nervousness seemingly ringing in the echo of each of her footsteps. A sense of doom and foreboding dawned on her, distant, inevitable. Reality seemed to stretch as if the distance between the steps became larger, ascending taking more effort. It could have been her own mind but it also was a sign of powerful magic being performed nearby, such things had an aura like a haze above fires. If her mind wasn't just seeing things, a magical aura this large was scary. After reaching the chamber Zoe gasped.<br/><br/>A striking northerner wearing but a loincloth stood in a glowing circle giving a finely dressed noble woman a furious glare, one she returned with equal passion. Nazhun was nearby looking defeated and defiant at the same time looking over the scene with distant eyes leaning heavily on his staff. Dawning quickly followed and a glance at the circle and magical trappings about the chamber confirmed what made a gasp leave Zoe's lips.<br/><br/><strong>"No ! Master what have you done ? ! I have not been an apprentice for long but you showed me some of these symbols in the first week of my training, warning me to run if I ever see them elsewhere ! You explained why too at great length ! You told me ten times in a row that nothing good can come of anything to do with them, even the best of mages, even yourself  can loose more than they know dealing with .. "</strong><br/><br/>Her eyes then moved to the new figures who seemed about as concerned with Zoe's protests as an elephant would a fly.<br/><br/>She tried to race back down the very stairs that took so much effort to climb but something was stopping her.<br/>Nazhun didn't make mistakes. He never made mistakes. She was about to voice something .. but her thoughts left her.<br/><br/>Magic coursing through that circle was immense. Whoever or whatever made it was capable, if they had her here,<br/>running wasn't going to do much. Running could just annoy them. Zoe shivered, with legs like gelly the apprentice's balance lurched once before a slow recovery followed.