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Well it wasn't really the glowing disks they noticed, but the fact that there ARE a small group of you travelling on the barren plains now. It was only a matter of time. Plus, light sources here seem to be a lot more visible in the dimness, so that may have been a factor. BTW, welcome back Shayuri.[/sblock]
Mei-ying gracefully glides onto Celes back at which point the Centaur lady turns and takes off. Valak, unconcerned with fatigue, could easily outdistance them over long distances if he wished too, and is a ways ahead of them allready, due to their having to stop to reorganize. Eoghan takes off running after them, bringing up the rear of the group.
After a few minutes, Eoghan is getting tired, and as he glances over his shoulder to see how much they've gained, he stubs his toe on something hard and hits the dirt full-tilt(3 subdual damage). It takes him a few seconds to regain his breath, at which point he realizes that his foot is throbbing. Glancing down, he sees a trickle of blood running from his wounded foot to seep towards a black, metalic object sticking partially out of the ground. From any further away, it would have appeared to be a rock. As he watches in amazement, the blood begins swirling around the object, seeming to melt the ground away from it, revealing a pitch black gauntlet. Digging at it, he uncovers a second. As he grabs it, he cuts his hand on one of the spikes (1 damage). The gauntlet seems to soak up the blood, none of it staying on the black surface.
Eoghan sits for a moment, mesmerized by this strange pair of spiked gauntlets he has uncovered.
It takes that same moment before anyone realizes that Eoghan isn't right behind them anymore, and by the time Mei looks back, her and Celes are a few hundred feet away.