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Characters: Kori and anyone else
Open? Very!
Where: The castle library
When: the 5th of Rebirth's Height, Morning

As often he was, Kori was sitting in the impressive looking, but not quiet as impressively stocked library, his own personal library of huge leather bound tombs stacked around him. Because he'd been told that the Heroes might be coming to see him for information, he'd already summoned a large tray of breakfast treats of all sorts and had already powered through quite a few muffins already.

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Kori, however, had very little of the poise that Clef had, not having the years of knowledge and experience. Or even manners.

"Kori's the best of the mages," he preened. "The most powerful White Mage in all the land!" There was a tone to the boast that seemed far more likely to come from an old man than a young boy.

"Then since you are the most powerful mage," whether he believed that or not Eagle still chuckled, quite amused by the boasting, "maybe you could tell me more about these thorns your world is having trouble with? When did they first appear and what have they been doing? Anything you can tell me about them, even if it seems trivial, can only help."

"Not sure when they first appeared, they'd already grown a lot by the time they were found, during the last Great Heat." Kori's tone was starting to even out to be more serious as he spoke, losing it's childish edge. "Since they were found, they've been expanding outward, devouring the land and anything they come in touch with. They even grew in the Great Cold, when nothing else does. And Kori can't destroy them with magic," he near pouted, childish tone returning in his unhappiness. "Tried everything!"

"It even withstood magic?" That didn't bode well. "Have you noticed that these plants have a weakness of any kind? Maybe if they have defense against magic they might be weak to swords?"

"Swords can cut them, but they grow back really fast and the more that cut at them the faster they grow."

"It doesn't sound like they would be easy to get rid of." Eagle was beginning to understand just why everyone in this world had been so desperate for a 'hero'.
“You say you don’t know when the plants arrived, but can you tell me where they were first discovered? Maybe there is a clue to their origin there.”

"Towards the unexplored lands."

"The unexplored lands?" Things were getting vague again... Solution, "Maybe you have a map of your world some where?"

Kori brought his hands together with a clap, the books and muffins on the desk vanishing to be replaced with a map~~that looked much more like a real map than that crappy drawing~~.

"Thank you."

This map was given a complete looking over. There were a lot of smaller places, but the 'Unexplored lands' the boy had mentioned looked so far away from where the thorns had recently captured a village.

"Have you lost all of the ground between here and the unexplored lands or did the plant manage jump ahead and root itself in West Haven without taking all of the ground in between."

The mild of a military Commander trying to find where the 'front' really is.

"Also your forces, you must have some kind of army stationed some where? Do you know where they are or should I ask some one else?"

"West Haven wasn't eaten," Kori blinked. "Everyone just disappeared! The thorns are over here," he gestured, and the image of creeping thorns rose up from parts of the map.

It was a good thing he had asked. The servants he had spoken to earlier and their King, had been very vague about the whole situation.

"Just disappeared, with no warning?"

Kori nodded. "There wasn't even any signs of people leaving!"

"Could that be magic again?"

"Kori doesn't know! Kori hasn't been to see. It'd be a pretty big magic if so!"

"So no one has been to see what happened? Some one must have arrived at the castle to tell you everyone in town had disappeared?"

Kori nodded. "But Kori can't go. Kori has to stay here." He kicked his feet slightly.

Eagle was curious about that town but, sigh...

"Are horses really the only way to get there?"

Taking some one from an advanced age and plopping them down in medieval times does leave that person at something of a disadvantage. In this case Eagle was entirely unfamiliar with the art of riding a horse.

"...Walking takes too long. And you aren't a Mage." Kori pointed out.

That is precisely what he was afraid this young boy would say...

"I guess I will have to look for a knight who doesn't mind having an extra passenger."

Kori stared, eyes wide. "You mean you can't ride? Even as a knight?"

Clearly, this was a baffling concept.

"My world used machines to travel, not animals. I am afraid I am entirely clueless when it comes to animals."

The little mage's expression did not change. "Machines?"

"Metal objects, sort of like the suits of armor I have seen in the halls of this castle only they are taller than a building, and require a pilot to get them to move."

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