At the Park

Claire drifted on the magical currents faster than even the speed of light. She thought as she swirled on the eddies and vortices of the need to go far away. Given that they had gone to search for Kaliadra on the Eastern Continent, she did not feel it was a good choice to hide the necklace there.

She sped west until she joined with the makou tunnel and found her energy bolstered. Like lightning, inspiration struck and she found herself racing over the bridge into Heifong III. In a blast of dazzling purple light she appeared in the park. One of the bums laying on the grass gave an involuntary squeal of terror and jumped up, running as quickly as his drunken legs would carry him.

The otherwise deserted park was silent except for the scurry of rat feet as they rattled the garbage on the ground. Claire walked over to a stunted tree, taking care to look around herself before kneeling. From her pack she pulled a small locking casket. She took from it her mother's locket with a frown and slipped inside the necklace Kaliadra had used to traverse the planes.

Closing the box, she locked it and laid it on the ground. She tapped in to the lifestream of the planet, asking it to aid her. She placed her hands on the box and pushed. Willingly, the ground accepted the box, absorbing it. In her mind's eye, Claire watched the roots of the gnarled tree take the necklace into its grasp and tuck it beneath itself.

'May you never be found.'

Claire rose and looked around once more. Secure that no one saw her, Claire once more traveled the magical currents along the freeway out of the city and back into the makou tunnel she found herself back in the city of Westbridge in no time.