Jess hugged Alacard back.
we are all safe, for now. We've just been discussing what these new breed present to us. they are a challenge that's for sure, but one I'm sure we can over come. We need to figure out where they are based and I think I have a way to do this.
The wound on her shoulder had heald over. Her phoenix half gave her extraordinary healing abilities. Jess went back into the house and brought out several small eggs, they were made from amber.
When a phoenix dies, and the new one is born, the ashes from the old are turned into an egg of amber. Traditionally these have been gifted to kings and rulers. I have spent the past few years, when not watching you Keara, gathering them. They hold an essence of each dead phoenix. The collective knowledge they gain can be gleaned through intensive meditation. I have only scraped the surface of their power. But I think they may now provide a use to us.
She lay them on a silk cloth, on the grass. The contrast between the white cloth, green grass and amber eggs was astonishing, so viberant were they.
I've taced my lineage back to the first phoenix, with each half pheonix death, a similiar egg of lesser quality is made. These lesser eggs hold no real value except monitary. It's the eggs of phoebe's ancestors which are precious.
She said, indicating the amber eggs. As she moved her hand over them she sprinkled dusted cinamon on them.
The phoenix, when it dies, makes a pyre of cinamon bark. By using this powder i can mulitply the effect of the mediation, because it reminds the egg of the time of the burning. This heightens the memory recall.
The girls were looking puzzled, all this phoenix lore, and yet they knew not what she was getting at. Jess sensed this and explained herself.
However, there is one egg missing. this egg I believe has been aquired by the vampires. For what reason? I don't know, but that they have it means they have a key to some important historical records. I'm not even sure which phoenix life memories they hold. One thing I can do though, is use these other eggs for locating the missing egg.
she frowned a little.
I hadn't tried this out until now, for fear of being discovered by the enemy, but i think if we want a lead as to where they are, then this is our best bet.
Jess closed her eyes and her aura extended from her hands. It enveloped the eggs and they let out a little glow, which steadily grew stronger.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ somewhere, in a darkened room, under a black silk cloth, the missing egg started to glow, and it's keeper smiled as it watched intently.
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