Touring *Gentri*

[Henry Bloodwrath]

(OOC: Since you have the "journals", you can add posts to the Journal Entry threads - if you want.)

After Gentri took the books, Henry replied, "Well, there's a lot of other stuff to do, but I'd rather you see the treasury first." Catching himself, he hurriedly added, "That is, if you want to. There is also seeing the outside, viewing the small river of magma I've tunneled to, and viewing the various species I've created."

Interesting designs on her arms - did she use some rune magic on herself?

Reluctantly, Henry finally said, "And of course, there's always the option to return to the marketplace."

[gentri]

"Sure, bunch of jewels lying around all over the place, worth hundreds of thousands...what else does a girl have to do?" She smirked a little, knowing a mortal or someone material would be totally estatic. She'd tell Nina about them and see if she was interested, although if her listening ears had told her right, Nienna might be getting a job at the new school. So, maybe Gentri would be head of the biz now. "Nah been there, done that a million times" she said about the market place. In fact she was very comfortable in the market place, but she knew Henry was excited about finally having a visitor, and she didn't want to burst his bubble.

"Rive of magma.....who wouldn't want to see that?"

[Henry Bloodwrath]

Comforted by the thought that Gentri would stay for at least awhile longer, Henry smiled and said, "Then follow me to the 'river'." Henry turned and started to walk back along the tunnel, back to the main cave. When he stepped out of the room, he stopped fueling the fireballs in the room with magic, so they slowly dimmed and then went out. He also, as an afterthought, turned off the glowing spell laid on the wall-map.

Getting back into the main cavern, Henry walked towards where the fiery half-circle was located, and knelt down on the ground. Placing his right hand palm-down onto the rock (whatever earth that had been near the teleport place had long ago been fused into glass by the heat, and removed), Henry muttered a few words to a spell, and then sank his hand and arm about six inches into the ground. Of course, while doing this, his eyes started glowing again.

After he had finished lowering his hand through the solid rock, Henry completed the second part of the dual spell, and then smoothly rose to his feet, bringing his arm up with him, which also raised a pillar of rock. He continued raising his arm until the cylindrical pillar, about 2 feet in diameter, was roughly 4 feet tall. Murmuring a word of release, he raised his hand out of the rock, and then surveyed his pillar. Comparing its height to Gentri's at a glance, he pressed down on top of the pillar and shortened it to around 3 feet tall using a small shaping spell. Then, using the same spell, he made a shallow bowl-shaped depression at the top.

Turning back to Gentri, he said, "Sorry for the wait; I just made this so you could put the journals down here, or other stuff, so you won't have to lug it around." Then, staring into the distance, Henry murmered, "Now where did I put those - aha!"

Reaching into one of his vest's pockets, Henry brought out a bag that clinked softly. Opening it, he searched around inside until he produced a small obsidian disc, with a radius of around an inch. Embedded in the center of the disc was a small ruby, which, like the map's gemstones in the library, glowed slightly.

Putting the sack back into his vest, Henry handed the disc to Gentri, saying, "This is a small amulet to help protect you against heat. I'm not sure at what heat it will break up, but when I last tested that design, it held up to being submerged in magma for about a minute."

Henry then walked over to where two tunnel entrances were a few feet apart. One had a large diamond embedded above it, and the other had a reddish glow coming from the end of the tunnel, but radiant enough to be seen from the main cavern. Gesturing to the tunnel with the diamond and then to the glowing tunnel, Henry said, "That tunnel is the one that leads to my treasury cave, whereas this other one leads to the magma river." Half-bowing down to Gentri, until his head was lower than hers, he said, "Which do you choose? After you..."