UPDATE: The story of Ysera's awakening has seen some significant changes, mostly towards the latter half of the story, but also some fixes here and there ^.^

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After their return from their excursion to Listanta, Lavini sets off again right away with Cassie in tow this time to look for the ancient Keeper of Rivers. Will they be successful? Or will they get spooked off by these strange visions they keep seeing?

Oof, this was a long time coming. It took me so long because I just couldn't decide on how I wanted things to go, how I wanted to write things, and then an art block made things even worse!

But at long last, I've managed to finish it! I hope you'll enjoy and sorry for the long wait!

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and me ^.^

Previous part: Like Clockwork AT 05:20 - Return to New Stepolis“The goddess gave us time, and in doing so, she has gifted us the power of change. We would still be sitting around in caves, throwing spears to hunt for our food if it weren’t for time. We grew. We learned. We created. Everything we see around us. Everything we use around us. Down to my own latest technologies in magitech. It is thanks to time that we have progressed this far and we can only be thankful for that. Hence why we come together in this church. To thank our goddess for this wonderful gift that she has given us.”
Akita fell silent in order to let the moment run its course and allow the gentle ticking of the building fill the air. The church was jam-packed with people yet again, all eager to listen to the teachings of Alinavious. They bowed their heads to thank the goddess just as Akita had asked of them. It was great and exhilarating to see it all happen! It sure gave her an insight into what Bridget enjoyed so much about performing in front of an audience.

Next part: Like Clockwork AT 6: The Eb and Flow of Time P2The three women stuck around where they had been for a moment longer. After all, a lot of questions had now been answered. The ‘ghosts’ that the villagers of Aliglyn were talking about turned out to merely be the spectral memories of the slumbering Ysera, reliving memories of her life. At least, so far, they had seen the memories of her life from when she was still human, living here in this forest. Considering that this was also the place where she chose to build her own shrine, however, they were sure to run into memories from after her transformation as well eventually. It was still a little unclear why these visions were made of water, however.
Eventually, Rylla led them further down the river, towards the shrine which turned out to be only two river bends away. There were barely any traces that there had once been people living here in this forest anywhere, so to see the area open up before them for quite a distance around the metal structure of the ancient shrine to A

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