[Trade] Frozen Treasure

Magic swelled around the trio of Reoseans as Rivule channeled her magic, calling water from deep within the cave which came flying past Cappuccino and Men who stood there and observed what she was doing.

The eyes of the chaser a deep icy blue seemed to direct the waters flow toward the chasm, stringing a bridge made of water across it, before it froze into a solid arch. A precarious bridge but a bridge nonthelesss.

Rivule bowed in a mocking fashion before she walked onto the icy bridge to cross the chasm.„One at a time.“ she said, turning her head just long enough to hurl the words at her two traveling companions. Truth be told, Rivule did not usually act like this, but she was impatient and angry at the lack of problem solving done by her two companions.

She made it across the chasm with no issue and Men followed suit, finding the surface of the bridge had small indents that helped provide support for his paws as he made it across the chasm.

For Cappuccino however it was a different story, the tyrian stood there, observing the to him small ice bridge, giving Rivule a quizzical look on if the bridge would hold under him, who just rolled their eyes in response, of course she had accounted for the tyrians weight. Or at least thats what she thought, because when Cappuccino made it to the precipise of the bridge as a loud crack could be heard and visible breaks started to form in the ice.

„That doesnt look good.“ noted Men, face contorted in worry as he watched Cappuccino.

„You want to move slower than you have so far,“ instructed Rivule. „Make sure to distribute your weight evenly. I‘ll patch the cracks in the ice as you go.“ Calling on her magic once again she pulled water from deeper within the cave, less than previously, using the water to fill the cracks and freeze them over again in hopes of keeping the bridge in one piece for as long as the tyrian was still crossing it.

A shacky journey across the icey bridge later and Cappuccino semi collapsed onto the cave floor, body shaken from the adrenaline. Rivule knew he could have taken to the air if things had really turned dire so she dismissed his distress for nerves getting the better of him.

"We should continue." added the chaser, whereas Men stayed behind a bit longer to ensure Cappuccino was going to be alright. As the chaser rounded the corner, the nagging feeling she had in the back of her mind made her lips curl into a smile. Before her lay wooden boxes, half encased in ice, as if the breath of an ice drake had frozen them into place. The glimmer of golden coins shone faintly through the ice, coming from within the crates if the torchlight struck it in just the right angle.

No doubt the treasure they were on the lookout for.

There was only one problem, and one thing slowing down Rivules progress to thaw the ice off of the crates. freezing things was easy, but magic to reverse the effects... not so much.

Glancing over her shoulder she watched as the soft glow of Mens pelt drew closer, the soft glow outlining the lumbering form of Cappuccino trailing after Men.

The two upon noticing the same thing Rivule had laid her eyes on seemed euphoric at the discovery with Men pulling out the map again to crossreference.

"This is the real deal." he noted eyes wide in wonder as he realised that the symbols on the crates matched with the rumors he had heard. In preparation he had made multiple mock sketches of what the crest could have looked like and one of them looked eeriely close to what he had sketched earlier.

Cappuccino who had been looking over his shoulder too nodded. "There's only one problem. How do we get these blocks of ice out of the cave?" added the tyrian. Eyes fell onto Rivule, but she sat, curling her tail around herself and looked away, clearly indicating that she wouldnt be the one to do this, realising however that her behavior was childish, she offered to explain a little bit why she was behind the way she was.

"I cant thaw it if thats what you are asking. I can only freeze things." her ears lay pinned back against her neck, annoyance or maybe frustration on her face.

"Well..." started Men, approaching the chaser. "We've seen you manipulate water, so if we use actual fire to melt away the ice, you can pull the water away so that it doesnt freeze over again." a simple idea, one that would cost them a fair bit of time yes, but the trio also knew that without access to fire magic this would be their best shot.

Rivule sighed, then turned around to face Men. "I will try my best. Anything to get to check out the crates contents, the suspense and my curiosity is killing me." she admitted with a huff.

Truth be told, Cappuccino and Men too were feeling that itch of curiosity, the crates were so close, almost within their collective grasps, but a thick layer of ice seperated them from it. For now. Though the three would see to it that this wouldn't stay that way for long.