He carefully makes his way downstairs, creeping carefully towards the group of fighters. The colt can make out three blobs fighting, but he doesn’t know who is who.
Emerald steadies himself, and then drops his shield and casts a push spell.
Two unfamiliar zebras wearing small gas masks are revealed, as is a slightly haggard looking Nishan covering her face with a piece of torn material. The rushing gas and sudden clearness of the area surprises all three, and Emerald takes the opportunity to unload some magical missiles into one of the ponies before quickly shielding himself again. Before the gas refills the space he sees one of the zebras go down, and Nishan leveling a heavy blow into the other.
It goes quiet, and after a few seconds of shuffling Nishan accidentally walks right into the shielded Emerald. She is now wearing one of the face masks.
“Come, I need to get out of the gas. I’m about to pass out.”
Emerald leads Nishan back towards the stairs and next to Ruby. Nishan looks around and then says,
“Did you manage to find Loupe?”
Emerald shakes his head, and then looks worriedly back down at the smoke. It’s starting to dissipate, but it’s still pretty thick.
“Don’t worry about her. This concentration of gas isn’t lethal, at least not adults but…” Nishan says, slumping down slightly, “It will knock us out. Here take the mask and go see if you can find Joyride and the others.”
Nishan unhooks her mask and then finally passes out, nearly dropping the breathing mask into the gas below. Emerald picks it up and puts it on and ties the bandanna back around his neck.
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