"Kiya..." I looked up and frowned, who dared to disturb me practising my runes? Oh, it was JVB, the cute little 17-year-old, dragging a mighty 2-hander after him.
"JVB", I sighed, "drop it, please, you'll hurt youself - and there's no hospital at bay. Come on, be a good boy..." - stubborn adolescents... he came nearer, his face showed excitement, bewilderment and a bit fear of the Unknown. "Come here, Deary," I patted on the ground next to me. "Ok, now tell me, what did you find besides this sword? The Larians should have provided you with a backpack as all the others have, did you look for it?... No? Don't be upset, we'll find it... I'll help you, just let me practise this..."
"Hey, dammit, can't you take care of what you're doing?" My sparks spell had burned little holes in DQueene's boots and let her dance a jig.
"Oh, so sorry, DQueene, I guess, I'd better look for a place more suitable for my experiments. I'm just on page 2 and drawing the runes whilst looking at the book at the same time is a bit thoughtless. I'll go to that little cove over there..." I stood up, redheaded and saw JVB following me. I found a comfy place on a patch of moss and then started to search my satchel for more.
Ah, some herbs, they smelt spicy and were unknown to me - nibbled at them, after all a lot of inventions were made by tasting (Diabetes e.g.). Nothing happened at first, then everything went blurry and transparent for a moment, but I could look much further than normal - even my nearsightedness seemed to have been cured. Alas, after a few moments my sight was back to normal again.
"Aha, this seems to be elven sight or something like that. I'll better keep these herbs and have a lookout for new ones," I mumbled.
The last thing I found in this satchel was a mirror, but I couldn't see myself in it... It showed an old castle, somewhere on a hill. I jumped up, forgot about JVB, my mage book and the satchel and ran over to the group.
"Hey, look what I've got: A magic mirror. Guess, this is the place, where we have to go next, right? What do you think of it?"
