The Star That Fell [Celestial Arms]

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The girl sat on a sand dune, looking lazily at the divining rod in her hand. What was she supposed to do with this, anyways? What benefit was there to having this in her custody, if she didn't know how to use it? Royah began to very quickly question the validity of even being in this place at the current time, especially since she had no idea what to even do right now. She spun the divining rod around, looking at it from all directions, wondering what mysteries it might hold, were she to be able to actually use it. She grunted, her face turning slightly more sour toward the object. She might as well be out in one of the nearby fields, swinging her nodachi at one of the slimes just outside of town. That would be likely more beneficial to her.

Yet here she was, with a stick that didn't seem to do much of anything. She stood up, looking at it some more, wondering once again if it even did anything. She started to swing it back and forth, hoping to find some kind of a reaction. As much as she was hoping for something to happen, nothing really did. All that ended up happening was a swishing sound being made that didn't feel all that good to even do. Usually, using some kind of a stick and swinging it around would have been fun, right? Not this one. This stick was carefully designed to take away fun, or something like that. Royah wasn't even sure what she was doing here at this moment, but she still stuck with it. For now, anyways. If she found this all to be one big heap of time wasting, she'd go ballistic.

She eventually decided that she would try walking around with it, using it somewhat like a metal detector, like those guys on TV who used to walk around and find buried treasure on the beaches. Something like that. Maybe that's how it worked? Spinning the divining rod around in her hand, she began to sweep the crystal-like thing at the top around toward the ground, looking for some kind of a reaction. She wasn't hoping for anything in particular, but it was something to look around for, at least. Something might happen. Nothing might happen. She had no idea. But it sure as heck beat jus tsitting in one spot, wondering what this thing even does. She decided it would be worth a try, since there wasn't much else to do, since she wasn't told how to use this thing at all. As such, Royah continued to scour the beachfront with her stick-shaped metal detector.

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Using the head of the rod to look around would probably cause something to happen, right? At least, that's what the girl thought. Perhaps this was all a major waste of time, and she would likely end up having just spent all this time doing nothing productive at all. Being unproductive was probably the worst thing for her at the moment. While Royah didn't mind just walking around, seeing all the places that she had yet to see, she wanted to still at least get a few levels as a result. That seemed like the most sensible thing to do, especially given the fact that she's level 1. While she was walking around, Royah managed to trip on something. Letting out a little yelp, she fell flat onto her face, sand getting all over her beginner armor. Fumbling to get herself back up, she glared behind her.

A rock or something was sticking out of the ground. She growled in a low tone, brushing off her clothing and such from all the debris over her. She did not take kindly to being knocked over. Or tripped. Or getting sand on her. Or a combination of the three. Especially when she was questioning her own methods of being in a certain place at a certain time, attempting to do a certain thing which she ultimately wasn't all that certain about. walking back over to the rock that stuck out, Royah crouched down, and started to pull on it, as if to loosen it. However, it didn't budge quite so readily. Growling a bit more, once again, she walked over to the divining rod, picked it up, and started to use it as a prying rod, so as to lever the object out of the ground.

Using the rod to pry the rock out of the ground, she managed to somehow struggle at the start, but eventually, the rock gave way, and tumbled out of the ground. Apparently, it was being held onto by a crab, who then very quickly scurried away, leaving the piece of rock on the ground where it was. Letting out a triumphant laugh, the girl walked over to the rock, and picked it up. She was just about to launch it halfway across the beach, when she noticed the divining rod shining brightly. It seemed to react with the stone she had picked up. So as to test it, Royah had begun to move the rock closer to the divining rod, and watched as it grew brighter. She then moved it away, and watched it grow dimmer. She did this for about half a minute, increasing in speed, until she realized she had the right piece.

Letting out another triumphant laugh, Royah held the piece over her head. This was it! She had found it so easily, and all that she needed to do was trip over it suddenly! Talk about an easy break, right? With her victory set in her mind, she continued to laugh to nothing in particular, as the people surrounding her started to stare at her, as though she were crazy. But, she honestly couldn't care less. The Shaman then started to walk away, bringing her empty hands down next to her to where she could carry the rock more easily... Wait a minute. She looked at her hands quickly. No rock. She turned around, seeing a seagull had swooped down and scooped it up. Sudden panic flowing through her body, she quickly began to chase after the rogue bird.

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Frantically, the girl chased after the seagull that had swiped her rock. Her arms reached out to the sky in a panicked manner, she was making inaudible sounds as she hurried along. She managed to avoid anything that was presently in her way, only able to do so because her focus was fixed entirely on the seagull. Sounds backwards, but it works for some reason. Alexandra, back in the other world, was very much like this. She would focus on one thing, and be able to tell everything all around her. It was a gift she had, both then and now. Or, maybe a curse. That's up to fate. And, as it stands, fate wanted to be a cruel person, and take away the thing that she had been trying to find for the past 15 minutes now! How rude of you, fate!

There wasn't much of anything for the girl to grab and throw at the bird to try and knock the rock out of its mouth, except for the divining rod in her hand. But she didn't want to throw that quite yet. She would save that for now. Royah had other prying plans for this stick, and didn't want to part with it quite so quickly. That being the case, though, she still wanted to try and get the rock out of the seagull's mouth before much else happened. Besides, she would need to return it to the sage that had given it to her, once she got back, as well as the instruction manual. Oh, wait. There was no instruction manual. Royah would make one, print it, copy it one hundred times, and then return them all to the sages whenever she got back to them. Maybe it would teach them a lesson in having instructions to use their stupid sticks properly.

But, as if fate itself wanted Royah to fail, she managed to trip again, and the divining rod flew out of her hand. But, fate was on her side. The divining rod bounced off of one of the nearby rocks, ricocheted onto a building, bounced off a rock, and flew up and into the seagull's back. The bird launched the rock from its mouth, which fell to the ground right next to where the divining rod fell. Without wasting another second, Royah jumped up, ran over to the rod and stone, picked them both up, and placed them in her inventory. She didn't want to have either get stolen on her way back to those people. Immediately, she broke out into an all-out sprint, in order to get back to the city in time. There was still plenty of daylight, but the quicker she got this all to an artisan, the better. That being the freshest thing in her mind, Royah headed to the crafting district, to try and find an artisan to get it all fixed up.

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