Lessa and Sharra sat facing each other on the terraced garden below the retreat in meditation. Both women had been sitting there for some time and neither of them noticed the sun moving towards the horizon. Neither had seen the streak that blazed across the sky but Lessa and Sharra both felt the impact in the West. Both women opened their eyes at the same time and drew in a breath... it wasn't the object from the sky that had their attention but something else that called to them.
Both women stood and with staffs in hand Lessa called mentally to the seven trainees and had them meet in the great hall. Inside the women found the recruits waiting silently. Sharra went and pulled up a map and projected it onto the great screen on the far wall. Both senior mages studied the map and then projected their vision onto the screen using cyber implants for all to see...
"We need to find this artifact..." Prepare the car and gear for a week's worth of travel. We leave in twenty minutes."
Everyone moved and soon they were in the vehicle and Lessa and Sharra watched for landmarks from their vision. They also had a tricorder and several other technologically advanced means of detection with them.
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