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You never were all that good at resisting your urges...so why start now? You place your hand on the communication orb and channel just a bit of your mana into it while adjusting a dial nearby to tune it to the right frequency. "Golden Mirage, this is Acting Captain Valentine do you read?" You query out loud.
"Golden Mirage here, we read you. What's up?" You hear the light tone of Ms. Weaver respond from the orb, which glows brighter and dimmer in synch to the volume of her speech.
"Aren't you the quartermaster? What are you doing up at the helm?" You ask, immediately getting distracted.
"Oh, you know, gambling with the Captain. Cleaning him out. The usual!" She replies, chipper. You think you might hear a despaired wail from Captain Keats in the background.
"Remind me never to gamble with you, Ms. Weaver." You chuckle.
"Aww, come on. You might win big, you know...we could bet on <span class="mu-i">anything</span>." She teases you with a suggestive tone. Damned temptress! "And don't call me that, by the way. It makes me sound old! You can just call me Celia." She adds on.
"I might, later. But for now, I was actually going to tell you guys that I'm gonna branch off for a little bit, do some exploring. Don't worry, I'll make sure to bring us back to the base before sundown." You say, seeing Val shift around to look at you with a quirked eyebrow from the corner of your eye.
"Alright, don't be late! Otherwise you'll be stuck on sorting duty instead of me." She says. You can practically see her sticking her tongue out at you, despite the fact that this older orb can only transmit audio.
"Promise." You say, removing your hand and thus cutting the supply of mana to it. You turn to face Val fully. "What?"
"Exploring?" He asks.
"Yeah. I figured it'd be a good chance to, you know, spread our wings a little. Get our feet wet. Live a little!" You reply. Val considers it silently for a few moments, before grasping the brim of his hat and giving you a single nod before he turns back around. Guess that's enough approval for you...?
You man the helm once more and turn the ship away at an angle, pointing you towards the Verdant Spire. It's actually not hard to see it even from here, the magnificent and utterly massive emerald spire jutting up out of the ground - of which, the base of it actually IS too far away for you to see, being obscured by atmospheric fog - and piercing itself into the very Core itself that hangs in the center of the world. Were you to turn the ship a bit more, you don't doubt you'd see the base of the considerably closer Crimson spire...and should you turn the opposite direction from that, you'd see the Azure spire off in the distance. Sadly, the violet spire is wholly obscured by the Core from where you are, hidden behind the bright gold glowing mass.
