The group moved quickly up the shore, looking for water element plants until it was time to move inland.
Rae and Thor picked a few plants as they went, not magical resources, just decorative plants for either their space or the Tiny World.
{There is something good to the southwest.} Remi updated them a half second before Hawk sent the mental chirp that meant he had found trouble.
Or mice. The two noises were nearly the same excited tone.
Mark was instantly on alert as his senses picked up the same thing, and the two Ninjas vanished, prompting Rae to do the same.
She was not about to miss out on stabbing something because she was curious and forgot to hide.
What they found were five other Clan Members standing around a glowing stone on the ground with weapons drawn. It was impossible to tell if they had come together, but they were obviously not intending to work together now that they had found whatever was in the middle of the circle.
"We can likely leave them to their devices, it’s not a plant at all." Thor noted.
"Or, hear me out..." Cara began, which caused Mark to laugh and the group to notice their approach.
"It’s ours, we found it." One of the men insisted.
Cara folded her hands in a reverent manner and bowed in imitation of the wise Monks that she had seen in the Clan.
"Wise man says possession is nine tenths of the law. Wise man forgot to tell you the other tenth is me mugging you and taking it anyhow." She intoned in a slow, even tone.
Mark was laughing openly, having seen that one coming.
But Cara’s comment had the desired outcome. All five of them dove for the stone, intending to put it in their inventory before Cara could take it from them. The situation quickly turned into an all out brawl, while Cara took out a bag of caramel popcorn and offered some to the Berserker.
"You are the fun kind of evil, badger."
"Thank you, I do try my very best."
"You’re not going to try to get it?" Mark asked.
"Nope. I’ve got like eight of them in my pile of loot already. They’re not that valuable. If it were something new, I would have taken it already. The butterfly excels at illusions, after all."
Opal was so silent, floating along behind the group, that most of them had forgotten she was there. But she was perfectly capable of taking the item and replacing it with an illusionary item.
However, Opal didn’t want it either. It was just a slightly flawed Totem Rank Earth Stone. She could literally just ask Tian to make her one, and it would likely be better quality.
"We will pass wide of the fight. They can sort out their loot issues on their own. You’d almost think that the Moron was with them, the way that they’re fighting over every possible Clan Credit worth of loot.
That guy is always broke, even now that he somehow managed to advance."
Cara laughed. "It’s not even been a week. Give him at least a year to pay back all his debts and start building up some wealth again. He also advanced his class, so he might start getting on the right track again.
Or not. His old skill that triggered random advancements is technically still active."

"Ah, that makes sense. I thought that you were some sort of Fae, given the green hair. But we should be close to where the Ember Flowers might be found.
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