#anywhere

Zara crouches, shadows swirling.

And Earl kisses her on the forehead.... QUICKSILVER in play

And then.. she's off! Surely, yes, she's somewhere in the cloak of darkness...

And darts fly

Zara races along, the shadows making her a harder target, but still... she's got to dodge, dive, Dip, duck.. ah what was the fifth one? AND Dodge!

Her keen ears hear the whistling of the near hits... the clatter of the terrible misses

Not her preferred approach, this direct... but dexterity is still more her field than strength.

As one nearly chokes on his own dart, another gets dangerously close, a shot passing through her hair. But that one shot is the missing one.

But which way is she.. damn it she is still in a maze.

So what? who knows puzzles and patterns better than she?

Who indeed?

Still, it's one thing to solve a maze when you had time to be patient. But the whistles of darts coming at you, while mainting a cantrip is.. argh.. she's gone the wrong way.

Fortunately, it was only a little off. She'll only have to dodge two more shots she's sure of it.

Doubling back, Zara leaps onto a ledge and squirms into a hole... the last two darts clattering.

A tiny grumble.

And she finds a note in Siv's happy hand writing. Their chimerical poisons are just knock out by the way. I think. Well, queasiness.. oh, right, a rhyme. Here goes 'You've managed to Survive a maze of death (Or at least many pricks). Surely adventure is how you get your kicks! The The prize here should be some threads on spool. But next go to where we first quested, it was cool'

And yes, there's the spool. On the other side, she sees a hand reaching in for the spool!

SNATCH.

"HEY!" an offended voice "Who'se in there?"

She knows the voice. It's Zane!

"Hmph!"

"Hello? I was treasure hunting with no danger to the culture? " Zane's eye ball looks in the hole. How come no one is shooting HIM?

Shadows cloud his vision.

"Oh come on" he pouts "Symon? Nah... you couldn't be Symon"

Silent retreat!

A clumsy satyr mitt goes deeper in. If she had teeth she couldd have bit him, but she's already sliding back

and she comes out on the other side, and then see sees the Chimera, they are not aiming her. She passed the gauntlet it seems. In fact, they salute her

A bow.

"Thank you, gentlemen."

"Long health to you and yours"

Zara has no doubt there are treasures here in other caches, behidn other locations. but that wouldn't be very honorable.. or smart

"To valley and river next, Love. I know the place."

Earl takes her into her arms.She's nto been hit, but he doesn't know that, and he looks her over, turning her in his hands "Are you okay? Hurt?"

Oh he's making a fuss!

Kiss. "I am fine."

Her kiss and assurance set him at ease "Good. You.. dodged them all? Even with quicksilver and shadows that was... that was amazing" He gazes at her with a new adoration. It's rare when she shows off her agility in that way. She's a little short on breath but... yes.. endorphins might be buzzing.

A bit of dross, and they are whisked away

To that most exotic and strange place of all, a land of green in New Jersey! A place of Giants that don't much hate the Jets. A place where Dame is less respected than Hearth though they are one in the same woman. They vanished, to River vale

(To RV)