The Sheath of the Blade ~ by SaralynArati

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"We could, if I were scrying you and ready. You would have barely any time to set up at all. Is that enough?" asks Smoke Cat Watching. "I think so. Then I'll deactivate it into just a shallow hole in the ground and lie down in it for cover. Would that work?" answers Summer Wind. "It will work if I'm doing my job as a swordswoman properly. They won't have time to go looking around for young women lying in shallow holes, and I'll keep them from running in the direction of...er my... horse."

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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The next morning does indeed bring council. "Do you remember the two-point only pair of portals that we used with the Dawn Gate battle?" Summer Wind asks her sister. "Vaguely, yes," Smoke Cat answers, and explains for Shooting Star's benefit that unlike regular portals that all go to the Arcane Academy as a hub, and then transfer you back to someplace else, these two were direct, but cut off from the rest of the web. "We could use those to get Shooting Star to wherever I rein in my horse."

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Summer Wind sighs. "I can ride quite well, but I barely know one end of a sword from the other." Smoke Cat Watching merely looks down at her pregnant tummy, starting to show a little, in mute testimony that she can't pass for any type of young male. "Well," Smoke Cat says finally, "if neither of you can do it alone, you'll have to work as a team. Somehow. Let's sleep on it tonight; we're all beginning to get a little tired. At least we have all the skills we need, when we get it together."

10 years ago