That day, Cam, Leo and Edreus walk back to the inn in despair. The others see them walking together, seemingly getting along. "Hey, you guys are getting along!", Twig says, but Winston asks, noticing their dower expressions "What's going on, guys? Is everything okay?". Cam doesn't respond, and Sylvia asks him "What's wrong, Cam?". Cam says "This is something you all have to know..". Cam and Edreus sit everyone down a table and they explain the whole story to them.
They all sit there, shocked at the sudden revelation. "Cam..all this time..", Winston says while covering his mouth in shock. Cam simply looks down in despair as they all ask Edreus about the Orb and the divine treasures. Edreus interjects, saying "Cam, Twig and I are going back home later today..", everyone gasps in shock, Twig asking "What!? What do you mean we're leaving!?". Winston asks "Edreus! What about the Orb? Are we just gonna let it control Lydia forever!?". Cam comes to a realization, saying "That's right! The Orb..that's what made her leave!". Edreus says "Maybe it was, it seemed to put her in a trance..". Sylvia says "So, we have to find the Orb of Remembrance, now too?", Cam says "No, she most likely still has it with her.". Edreus says "Wait, the Orb of Remembrance is a religious artifact of the Demi Humans, Sylvia, do you know anything about it?". Sylvia simply shakes her head in response. "Then we'll need to find Demi Humans that do know.", says Cam.
They stand up and Cam asks "Grandpa, you've been around the Demi Human Continent, right? Then you must know all the races that follow the religion of the Orb, right?". Edreus nods and says "This will be dangerous, Cam..and we don't even know where exactly we're going..". Twig playfully punches his arm and says "We can handle it, and we're doing it together.". Edreus gently smiles and they leave the inn, with a new determination driving them.
That decide to go shopping for supplies, in separate groups. Cam and Edreus, Twig and Pollie, Winston and Sylvia. As they leave in separate directions, Winston and Sylvia walk awkwardly in silence. "What the heck should I say?", thinks Winston to himself. Sylvia looks in his direction and asks "Do you wanna say something?". Winston says "I..think we..should buy..", awkwardly diverting the conversation. They continue deeper in the market area, buying more necessities for the journey, the silence becoming more and more apparent. Eventually, Sylvia asks "You have a problem with me, don't you?", Winston jumps back in shock, asking her "What? Why..would I.. have a..?", but Sylvia stops him, saying "Come on, man. Just be honest with me.". Winston says "Okay, well I guess I am worried about Cam getting hurt again. I remember the thing about Violet and how much it hurt him..". Sylvia says "I know, he told me about it. Sure, he still misses her, but he's moving on in his own way.". Winston asks "But, you two are dating, right?". Sylvia says pouting "No! Why does everyone..!?", but Winston says "I saw what happened at the inn, you know.". Sylvia panics saying "That..was an accident! We were drunk and..", but Winston giggles, saying "I know, and I also know you care about him.". She nods, saying "I do.", Winston says, extending his hand for a handshake "Can we..be friends?". Sylvia shakes his hand, cementing their new friendship.
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When they regroup at the end of the day, Twig asks teasingly "Well, aren't you two close?", Winston blushes and says "Not funny, Twig!", then looks at Sylvia and says "N..not to be offensive, of course..". Cam and Pollie giggle at the scene and they head back to the inn to plan their next move.
At the inn, they begin to plan. They lay out all the maps they bought on the table. "Okay, there aren't a lot of followers of the Orb. It's only the Dwarven Colonies that and a few Goblin tribes.", says Edreus. Winston says "Okay, we just have to go to the nearest one, right.". Edreus nods in responds and asks him "So, Winston, go ahead and explain what you found out about Spell Circle Magic.".
Winston, ecstatic, explains:
"So, basically, as far as I know, there are nine primary spell circle formations.
1. Apokroúo ( Which is mainly Primitive Repel Magic )
2. Anávo ( Primitive Flame Magic )
3. Dialýo ( Water Magic )
4. Myaló ( Mind/Psychic Magic )
5. Edafos ( Earth Magic )
6. Anemos ( Wind and Air Magic )
7. Vrontí ( Thunder/Lightning Magic )
8. Kaló ( Summoning Magic )
9. Fos ( Light Magic )
Apokroúo and Kaló are the newest and most complex forms of Spell Circle Magic. Apparently, the teleportation spell circles are made up of a specific combination of spell circles. Spell circles can be combined in specific ways to make new, previously unlearned spells possible, like teleportation."
Everyone, intrigued, say "Whoa!". Cam asks "So we can do anything we want with spell circles!?". Winston sighs and says "Well, not exactly. I can only do fire, water, repel and basic mind Magic, so far. And teleportation Magic is still a mystery to me.". Twig says "I even came up with a new way to use Magic. I drew the Dialýo and Edafos spell circles on my gloves, and now I can use plant Magic!". Cam and Sylvia gasp in amazement, Cam asks "So, there's gotta be hundreds of ways to use this stuff!". Pollie says, giggling "Yeah, but it took her 3 days to figure out how to use it properly!". Sylvia inspects Twig's gloves and asks "So, these only work in sunlight, huh?". Winston nods, saying "Yeah, because a mixture of earth and water magic needs sunlight to photosynthesise into plant Magic.". Edreus asks "So, we can all use this Magic, then?". However, Winston says "It's.. not really something everyone can use, Twig and I just have a lot of mana in our bodies.". Cam asks, smiling "I wonder what types of crazy magic combinations we can make."