 Sassenach | RAVENPUFF | Sing me a song of a lass that is gone | bookDRAGON | #awkwardturtle<#
Archer watched the mist, his mind flashing through all sorts of possibilities. It was like a hand, and he took a step backwards. Whatever it was, it didn't feel good. He had left his wife with a kiss and breakfast, and he held onto her face. Yes, he would be returning to her tonight.
He turned to Lucy, and was about to reply when Olly glanced over. He tried to give her a look of confidence, but even for a grown man, Archer wasn't worried about showing his discomfort at the situation. He wanted to suggest they leave, but there were children inside. His nephew was in there. He gave Olly a nod. Samples. That was a relatively easy thing to do, and it didn't currently involve going into the mist.
He sent a nod out to Kat. Having her team of plant removal specialists working with his botany team would be of great value. He wanted to know whether this mist, even though not a disturbance of weather, was composed of water or something more ominous.
Archer went to get some phials from his cloak, and knew that his team had grabbed a supply for their samples too, without having to check. He had a look and used his wand to levitate a small amount of soil from near the misty tendrils, into one phial. With a marker, he wrote a short description before stowing it back into his cloak.
Archer knew they weren't just going to be collecting samples and going home. No, not when there were people beyond these gates needing assistance. He knew they would somehow be going beyond the gates, and his heart almost sank as Lucy and Mariana suggested it first. "I think you're right," he said to them both. He needed Olly's final word on this, because he couldn't go into any situation without being 100% confident of your leader. That was Olly. And today, as always, she had that confidence from him. So, it was to her he spoke. "I think if we're going in, we will need masks. Goggles. Full-body protection against the mist. Our own oxygen supply, perhaps."
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