Ruin of the Skye - the third choice.
Lark eventually pulled herself through the last of the mist and was helped to her feet by a blonde human woman, who introduced herself as Linnea Flynn. The two girls carried on together, joined by Linnea's Iltirian girlfriend named Kestrel, leaning on each other when their nightmares of the Mist got to them. Eventually, the nightmares stopped, and they formed a friendship.
Their next stop on the Novice Path was the Ruin of the Skye, rumored to have been built not long after the first knowledge seekers approached Orilium. It was a tradition for new students to leave a piece of themselves behind in the Ruin as they continued on their path, something sentimental or useful. Lark pulled a scroll from her pack and began to write a journal entry, detailing her path through the Mists of Solitude. She wrote down every emotion and hardship she felt through the ordeal and then hid the scroll within the Ruin's walls. To her, it signified letting go and being able to move on with the rest of their journey. She felt free afterwards, as if a burden had been lifted from her.
Here, within the ruin, Lark truly felt as though she were home. The moss, the vines, and the willow trees all spoke to her and welcomed Lark with a gentleness that she had yet to feel on this path. It was as if this was where she was meant to be. The old stones called to her and so did the writing carved on them. Stories of old and and of travels. The stone walls were filled with the experiences of those long gone who had traveled through here. It was mesmerizing. Lark could spend forever here, reading everything that she could and taking it all in.
When they reached the shrine, each novice left a gift and Lark chose to leave one of the arrows in her quiver. She had made them all herself, they were like a piece of her. She would gladly, however, leave one behind, as if she could stay behind as well.
After everyone left a gift, the group descended the stairs to the lower portion of the ruins. Suddenly, however, it felt as though the world had shifted. The earth around them could sense a presence and Lark could feel it so keenly, she wondered if anyone who wasn't an Earthling could feel it as well. A dark, shadowed figure loomed at the end of a long hallway, watching without moving. They were off, however, as though they could barely hold themselves up. A tall Ilterian girl moved forward, taking the first steps to figure out who this was. However, once she got closer, the head of the figure snapped toward them as a spirit separates from the body and rushes past everyone with a horrid scream that lingers after the spirit disappears. Kestrel, who wishes to study Necromancy, is one of the first to rush after the spirit, closely followed by her sword wielding girlfriend Linnea. Lark looks toward the woman who was inhabited by the spirit and wanted to help her so badly, but many had already rushed toward her to help. So, Lark made the decision to follow Kestrel and the rest of the group that was searching for the spirit.
While they could not find the spirit, they took the time to explore the ruins more thoroughly. The old architecture and overrun nature was too strong of a pull to be ignored. Of course, she also loved the idea of discovering long forgotten ghosts. The novices decided against anyone going around alone, lest they become a vessel for an angry spirit, so Lark explored with Linnea and Kestrel. They took down notes for the writing they couldn't read and the murals along the walls.
Eventually, everyone was called back in order to continue on the Novice Path and listen to the girl's stories, who introduced herself as Mira.
Choice Three - What's your character's first instinct:
C: Who cares about them, have you SEEN the beautiful way nature and magic become one here, not to mention the the beautiful astronomy murals??! (But with a little bit of caring about them...)
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