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[fearlessly]

[ there are few things that can wind alisaie up more than sitting on her hands, feeling useless, feeling idle, and most especially now of all times. no sooner were they home to their own bodies and healed enough to enjoy it, than disaster struck yet again - as it seems it always does. from the moment they lost their grandfather it has been a chain reaction, crisis after crisis, and while alisaie feels somewhat privileged to have been born into a time where she can make a real, tangible difference, it is nevertheless quite exhausting, sometimes.

though honestly, what would she do with herself, were there no great enemy to hunt, no great mystery to solve, or people to protect? this is her life's work now.

these towers, however, are a new and frightening mystery. alisaie is a stalwart young woman, it takes little enough to shake her, but the sight of that tall tower as they travel toward the floating city is enough to make her stomach clench. it sits idle, quiet and almost unobtrusive, but it feels so terribly sinister, like a sleeping beast at rest, gathering its strength, waiting to strike in some awful way that they cannot hope to predict. for all that they have learned about the ascians, there is still so much that they have yet to grasp, and the true nature of these towers.. well, they could be capable of most anything. it is safe to assume that whatever they are up to, it is certainly not good, it will bring problems and pain and, if she is being realistic, death and blood and loss. the scions will do everything they can to keep the catastrophe at bay, but who can say what will happen? and how quickly?

which is why they are here, of course. there are so many towers and so little time, and so the scions have split into teams to cover what ground they can, to take in and study what they can of the towers. she travels with her brother this time, and while she certainly won't say it out loud, it's a bit.. nice to have some time away with him, to work with him. for as much as they squabble they also work well together, and so often their duties take them separate ways, so she cherishes what time they do get on their own, existing together, even when they're working toward averting the end of days.

that won't keep her from griping. they're nearing the floating city, and she would like to reach the tower in a timely manner. alphinaud is strong in many ways, but he is not quite so athletically inclined.. alisaie turns on the path. ]

Honestly, are your boots made of lead?