☀️ Arselia and Akonia

The journey to the Temple proved to be truly arduous, as if fate itself was testing them. On the very first day, they barely avoided two bandit ambushes, which they managed to escape solely thanks to the talents of their employer. As if these problems weren't enough, fate decided to increase the difficulty and turned nature itself against them... ironically, taking the scorpion, which the group was tasked with eliminating, to the afterlife. For a complete set of misfortunes, all that was missing was some maiden from the pages of the Vishnya encyclopedia, suddenly jumping out from the nearest dune to carry Klin or Kenshiro away to her lair and be extremely disappointed by the endurance of her new prey. And all this on the way to the place of worship of the local goddess of fortune! Considering the items taken by the eternally hungry sands, the costs of the job already significantly exceeded the promised reward. The actual destination of their journey looked impressive, but at the same time, somewhat sad. The legacy of ancient Calcite architecture, a great monument of antiquity, was in disrepair. Only a few pilgrims, like An, occasionally came to maintain some semblance of order here. And now, the three of them, like these pilgrims, found themselves in this place of power. Alaria herself had not worshipped any higher powers for a long time, although she somehow managed to attract the attention of Miss Cosmos, who had given her a second chance. A chance for which she was, in general, grateful to the mysterious celestial being. Nevertheless, the question of worship as such was not on the agenda now – she was visiting Shiris, enjoying the hospitality of the ancient Calcite goddess. Therefore, it would be proper for the Tanarian to show due respect while she was in her domain. Of course, after first learning the details of the rituals from An, in order to pay homage properly and not offend the goddess of fortune. Spending 1 OD on prayer.