As soon as they return to the universe they've been frequenting, Arashi takes to the air to check some details against the maps he'd been looking over during lunch. Waltzes, like Mages, have poor visual acuity when it comes to documents, but can focus easier on moving things - like terrain below when flying
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Arashi, meanwhile, is landing. "I've found the mountain trail the dwarf mentioned."
"How much are we getting paid for this, again?" asks Blaze.
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((I coulda swore I'd replied to this >.< ))
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Then she squeaks as she catches the toe of her new boot on a stone and stumbles. Oh... this is going to take a little learning.
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When she trips, Mistral will immediately move to catch her. He's not about to let anything happen to her.
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When they get closer, they'll be able to hear the other two talking.
"Maybe, but what would eat a dwarf?" asks Blaze.
"Goblins would," says Arashi.
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"Glad to see you made it," he says. "We've been guarding the hole, but my workers are miners, not soldiers. Do you need lights? It's this way." This particular breed of Dwarves didn't need lanterns underground, but Rurik knew humans did. And at least two of the group looked human-ish.
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This done, she hides behind Mistral.
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"We have a lantern, if you think it's needed," Blaze says, retrieving one from his pack. It's one of the LED kind, so very anachronistic here. Not that the Waltz cares.
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Mistral's attention is mostly on the rats. He has the four of them under his control now, and just makes them calm down and go back to their scavenging. No threat here, really.
Rydia gives the door a glance, thinking of anyone she knows that could open it from the other side.
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"I can open it," she says, and vanishes.
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Mistral lets Rydia pick Silver up, and the two of them go to update the dwarves on things. Meanwhile, the other two Waltzes chase the Hobgoblins all the way down the mountain, zapping at them with spells whenever they can see them running below. They'll return when they're done having their fun, but it's a safe bet that hobgoblins will steer clear of this area of the mountains for quite some time to come.
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