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Message: <blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 2801887" data-attributes="member: 3192">Deciding the best thing to do was to leave the choice up to the Gods Ben repeated his prayer.  Divine energy filled him and the light in his eyes changed.  He could see the auras of those around him again.  Kayla’s was white, but so was Whoshang’s.  “Well that doesn’t help,” thought Ben.  The glove was strangely silent.  Ben held it up to his face, but saw no aura other than his own.  Looking around he noticed Dram’s green aura had turned whiter in nature.  Ormand’s too.  Ben pulled out the gold ring he had taken from Hanz.  It gave no aura either, but that was normal for mundane objects.  Looking across the roadway at Hanz he saw the mercenary still had no aura just as before.  “Did this ring steal his soul?” thought Ben.  He quickly pocketed it again.  “I have prayed for guidance, but received no revelation to help me choose,” Ben said aloud.  “Next time try Thor!” shouted Dram from in back of the crowd.  “Here!  Let me take it!” said a voice.  Ben felt something grab his gloved hand.  Power jolted from the glove outward and he heard a voice in his mind scream in pain.  Rose’s now visible smoking form appeared unconscious on the ground in front of him.  Ben backed away as others rushed forward to help.  Darius channeled healing power into Rose healing her wounds, but she did not wake.  Dalin and Ormand carried her into the wagon’s bed.  Dram and Darius laid Jakob comatose body next to her. “I think the glove believed it was being stolen,” said Father Ben.  “I probably have to give it up willfully.” “I agree.  That is the wise choice,” said Kayla.  “But you must choose a user of magic to wear it.”  Ben pondered the situation.  There was a discussion on the nature of what the glove might be.  During it Houshang admitted to dabbling in the mystical arts.  In the end, Ben resolved to choose the lesser evil in his mind though it grieved him to do so.  “Perhaps if one of you agreed to give a donation to the church?  Kera is in dire need of a temple.””What is this?” shouted Dram.  “Some sore of bribe for your Gods?”  Ben looked away embarrassed.  “No.  But if the owner of the glove rules Keep Alderweg, maybe the new owner could promise to introduce religion in the nearby area?”  Both Houshand and Kayla readily agreed to the stipulation.  Ben pondered again.  “What Gods do each of you follow?” he asked.“I grew up learning from Balorn,” said Kayla.  “He didn’t really have time for Gods or religion.  And I must admit I have learned nothing about them.””I’ll teach her!” called out Darius.  “I will teach her about the ways of Thor.  Will that suffice?”  Ben still waffled on what to do which angered the dwarf.“In my land we have many Gods,” said Houshang.  “The wind and sand are venerated.”“Wind and Sands?” mused Ben.  “They are Gods?”  The decision was getting more difficult, not easier.  “Listen.  I will vouch for Kayla,” said Darius. “That should be enough!”Grog moved forward and put his hand on the strangers shoulder.  “Grog pouch for WhosangBen scratched his head trying to think clearly.“Enough of this!  Give it to Kayla!” yelled Darius.  “She’s going to get it in the end anyways!” Ben took step back.  The dwarf looked ready to fight.  “I-I don’t know…” Darius drew his hammer and moved to a fighting stance as if he were going to smite Ben.  The priest cowered.“Okay! Okay.  I will give the glove to Kayla,” said Ben.  Looking over to Whoshang he apologized.  “I have known her much longer I have you.  This is probably the best choice, okay?”  The stranger said something in a tongue no one understood.Ben reached forward with his gloved hand and touched Kayla’s.  The glove melded over to her and reformed.  The conflict was over.“Wow!” exclaimed Kayla.  “Ben, you were right about the voice in your head!”“Oh yes!  Though it’s not like the voices I normally hear.  Or like the voice I heard when…” Ben rambled off looking embarrassed again.  He moved away from the group to go bind Rose’s wounds in the wagon.  “FIND THE ENEMY” Kayla heard in her mind.“Who?” she thought back“THE OTHER IS THE ENEMY.  FEED US THE ENEMY”“Who is the Other?  This Enemy you speak of?”“THOSE NOT OF THE LIGHT IN THE KEEP”Kayla conversed in her mind as most of the team watched.  She learned the powers she now commanded, beyond those Ben had written of.  “Darius,” she called the dwarf near.  “It says I will have the ability to hurt flying creatures when in the Keep.  I think this Enemy it speaks of might have the same power.  You should tell your eagle not to get too close.”  Darius nodded and relayed the message.</blockquote>

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