A large black crow had been scratching around the dust about a dozen feet away, the white primary feathers on its wings glinting in the sun. It seemed to be just minding its business, but doing so with such intensity that it was somewhat obvious the creature was just looking busy in an attempt to eavesdrop.

At Micah's scream, the crow squawked in surprise and in a flurry of feathers and dust, it shifted into the form of a man. It was Orphos, who seemed equally shocked and annoyed that the jig was up. His shapeshifting was getting rusty. He did his best to dust himself off (craters are just awful) and approached the group.

"What's going on here, hm?" he asked the trio. He wasn't sure he knew any of them, but he had recognized some of the names they mentioned and his interest was piqued.

"Planes of Forengard?  I like the sound of that.  Consider me interested in this plot.  But uh, what's all the yelling over?" Crimson cracked his neck and plopped down on the ground and crossed his legs.  

Ark sits down in the crater and nods. “Yea, not much CD activity lately. Not much of any activity really, save for the occasional shadow god attack.” He thinks for a moment. “I’ve heard rumors of some legendary flower showing up though. Lots of mortals are organizing to investigate that.”

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Time stands and approaches the others. Wow look at that, deities convening again, isn't that wild?

"They've been rather silent, those Corrupted Deities." Time agrees with Ark. "I wonder what they plot."

Crimson bolted to his feet and walked over to Micah.  "Did you just say Singularity?  That's a name I haven't heard in quite awhile.  What ever happened to her anyways?"  

(I'm find with using no-no words. @Time)

Orphos had elected to stay quiet for the moment, simply absorbing the information. He frowned a bit at the mention of Corrupted Deities. He hadn't heard much from them either, but the mention of the flower had interested him. That was something for later, however.

"So you have many people you are unable to track down, correct?" he finally spoke. He decided not to take part of the whole sitting-on-the-ground thing. "What have you tried to find them?" 

"It's also possible they went to another timeline or even a different plane.  But if Singularity is involved, then we gotta find her stat."  Crimson untied his hair and fixed the hairtie and looked at the sky.  "As far as I can tell, I'm only seeing the auras of the deties here and none within a 50 mile radius." 

Patil looks quite confused as he tries to keep up with the conversation, but he doesn't voice any of the confusion, just quietly working through all the information by himself.

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"Apologies as if I may have missed something in the conversation, but... to clear things up," Time narrows his eyes as he thinks, "Who are the exact individuals you're looking for, and why?"

"Delphi, because we have questions," Clay says. 

"Hester, because she needs to die again," Micah grumbles

"Oganesson, because we need to decorrupt him."

"And Damian because...." Micah takes a deep breath. "Because he's Damian."

"I don't have any...relics on me," Clay frowns. "I think Percy still has the stuff we used to try and find them before, so we'd need to go to him first."

Micah's magic circle is still spinning slowly, until all of a sudden it speeds up, whirling so fast it looks like it's flinging off little shards of light in every direction. Micah's eyes snap open, just in time for him to see the images cycling in the middle of it. They're distorted and fuzzy, flashes of blue and pink and green, until all of a sudden the circle shatters and Micah doubles over like he's just been punched in the gut. 

Ark frowns at the mention of Hester and Oganesson. “Right, those two exist. I figured we’d have to deal with them again at some point.” He stands up. “I’m in the same ship as Orphos. Got nothing better to do, so I’m in.”

"I'll keep my eyes peeled as well." Time nods, "I assume finding Singularity would greatly help out in finding the rest as well?" He asks.

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"I'll keep my eyes peeled as well." Time nods, "I assume finding Singularity would greatly help out in finding the rest as well?" He asks.

Clay nods. "They're probably all sticking together. At the very least, finding Singularity will help us find Delphi, and Delphi will be a huge help in finding the others."

"About that..." Micah murmurs. "We need to find her fast. Something's wrong."

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"No relics nor items they carry? Gotta find Percy first? How fun. If anyone would know where to find someone without something to trace their aura, it's not me that's for sure." Crimson cross his arms and groaned a bit. "Why did everyone go missing all of a sudden anyways?"

Micah sighs. "Wish I knew. I would guess that Oganesson's planning something, but he might've just gotten so paranoid about being found and decorrupted that he went into hiding again. That's what happened after he captured me...two years ago, I think."

Time nods, "Corruption. It's usually the takeover of a deity by another being equal or greater in power. That of which is manifested by the deity's darker feelings. Not much is known about it, despite being very dangerous." Time looks to the others for a moment to see if he was leaving anything important out.

He then looks to Micah, "What's going on?" He asks with a serious tone. "Is she on the move?"

"We should get going then." Time summons a spellbook with a sash to sling over his shoulder. "We should get going then. What's the relationship between Delphi and Singularity? Can you sense any other sort of beings with them?"