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They were in a field. An open, empty field with nothing but tall grass in it. A light breeze blew, causing ripples in the plant life, and small animals occasionally disturbed some of the blades as they went about their lives.
“Well, where is it?” Sam asked. “The temple’s supposed to be here, right? Did you read the damn map wrong again?”
“I didn’t.” Kurt said. His thin face was buried in the aging map. “I’m absolutely sure this is the place.”
“That’s what you said about that last one, and we ended up fighting those swamp dragons because of it.”
“That was not my fault! The map was outdated, and the landmarks were all wrong. Besides, we got a lot of good materials out of that.”
Laura sighed and let her male companions bicker. She took the time to actually look around the place. It was a lovely area, and the only thing that kept it from being the ideal place to rest for awhile was the fact that the grass came up to her waist. The air smelled fresher than anything back home, or even the other cities the trio had come across recently, and the quiet of nature was all around them. Well, mostly.
“Oh would you two shut up and think for a while.” She said. “There are four options. One is that Kurt is wrong.”
“Which I’m not.”
“Right, okay, let’s assume that you read it right.” She continued. “The other three options are pretty obvious. One is that it’s hidden by some kind of magic. The second is that it’s right above us. The third is that it’s right below us. Probably a mix of the first and one of the second two.”
Sam looked up, watching the skies for any sign of a magically hidden temple. He gave up quickly and looked at Laura.
“Great, so even if it is here, we don’t have any way of getting to it, especially if it’s floating or something. Which means this whole trip was a waste of time.”
“No, it means it’s just a little harder than we thought it would be.” Laura said. “We’ve got everything we need to reach the place no matter where it is, we just have to find out it’s exact location first.”
“She’s right.” Kurt said with a shrug. “We’ve got tons of equipment and magic and stuff that’ll work.”
“Yeah, sure. Easy for you two to say. You both got magic when, well, you know.”
“Well then, big guy, just sit back and let the magic people do our things. We’ll wake you up when we need a meat shield.”
Sam grumbled and flopped onto the ground. The grass covered him completely, and the only reason the other two were able to keep track of him was the sound of his voice. That was fine. He was great in a fight, but not quite as useful out of one. The other two nodded and got ready to work their magic. They had an ancient lost temple to find.
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Anyone who know fantasy settings knows that ancient hidden temples have all the best stuff in them. You'd think a lot of it would've fallen apart due to age, but magic just kind of lets you say "nuh-uh" to a lot of stuff like that.
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