The CD is Mozart. It's in its desc. (I have mouseover power!)
I ran out the doorway and into another hall to catch up with Fooruman and Leetzan. “Did you find the others?” I called after them. My question was answered before they had a chance to respond, as I noticed Uberbob, Fawriel, and Spherey waiting at the end of the hallway.
Uberbob was sort of our leader. Nobody particularly knew why. He was a thin gray rabbit with pale green eyes that tended to wander around and examine every random object they could find. His most noticeable feature, though, was his missing ear and two robotic limbs. I lingered back, hoping he wouldn’t feel the need to initiate a conversation.
Fawriel was a healer of sorts. Other than that, I was not entirely sure what he was. His long tail and ears, along with the rest of his body, were covered with light green fur - the only exception to which was his hair, which was blue in color and hung down past his shoulders. He typically carried a spear with him, but his current one was clearly new and a bit fancier looking. He had a shield slung loosely across one arm, and some sort of golden ribbon braided and tied around his waist - likely of some magical significance.
“Been shopping?” I sarcastically asked.
“Yes, in fact,” he answered seriously, “online shopping was one of the many forms of torture we were exposed to in your absence.” I’ll admit I did not see that coming, but the more I thought about it the more sense it made.
Uberbob, evidently, decided it was his duty to take charge again. “The employee exit is right down this hall. We should leave this structure, and subsequently leave this islan-” he began, but suddenly stopped as his eye caught a loose rock on the ground. He quickly kneeled down, picked up the rock, and put it in his pocket.
Leetzan took this opportunity to pose a rather important question. “What about Araches?”
“Who?” responded Uberbob.
“Araches,” Leetzan repeated. Uberbob raised an eyebrow. “That sorceress with the exposing attire. We left her in a tunnel back somewhere.”
“Oh, her!” Uberbob said, “why didn’t you just specify her quantity of clothing to begin with?” Leetzan looked off to the side and sighed, frustrated, but Uberbob had already wandered off to investigate another apparently loose rock on the ground.
“Island self destruct in four minutes,” a digital voice announced over some sort of speaker system.
“Should we be concerned about that?” I asked Leetzan
“Archmage Fooruman said to ignore it,” she responded. “By the way, he wanted to see you about something outside and to the east. If you get a chance, go find Araches while you’re out. I’m going with Faw and Uberbob to find whatever teleportation ward was keeping us on the island before.” She led me through a few hallways to a staircase, then slithered away to go find Uberbob.
I went up the stairway, exiting through a trapdoor skillfully hidden in the middle of a grassy pathway. I appeared to be a in an open area of forest again. It was good to be out of Unfooruman’s citadel; the forest had various flowers and bushes growing wild along the edges of pathways, which lead to the north, south, east, and west. The echo of music was slightly audible from the southwest.
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