Ascend

Obi had gone far to find enough herbs as the post-volcanic winter's chill descended upon the lands. He had worked to find some of the traders he knew through the lands in order to accumulate the correct ingredients. These he also brought with him as he returned to the wolf pack. There was only enough for one good go at this, so Obi prayed that it worked.

He had taken herbs that facilitated sleep and ground them fine, mixing them with a powdered sugar he had traded many tools for. Adding water to this mixture in small increments, Obi was able to make a thick paste which he then dried. Each tablet seemed to be enough to put a smaller wolf to sleep, two for a bigger wolf. He had tested them himself as well as on Toxicity- with her consent- a few days prior.

As the wolves gathered, he instructed them to find a place to draw their sigils in the larger circle somewhere between Toxicity's and Archon's sigils. For each of them, he waved a pill through the herbal smoke and offered it to them to take. Toxicity took hers without word, but Obi explained for the benefit of the rest of them.

"These will help with the process of falling into a slumber strong enough to connect to the godly plane." The pills were sweet to the taste and dissolved readily on the tongue. If any refused, they would simple be dismissed from the ceremony. Obi moved on to grasp the smoke with his palms and wash it over each wolf in order to clear and lift their spirits before the ceremony took place.

After the preparations were complete, Obi instructed each to lay my their sigil, facing the center of the circle. They needed their paws and paws only touching the marks upon the ground. Obi took the spot by Archon's sigil. He had each wolf close their eyes as he chanted a mantra and prayer in the language of the Gods. It was one the small beings would not know, but his tone was low and even rumbling into the background of each of their minds as the herbs took their time to work. After several moments of chanting, Obi took a sharp rock from the volcano and sliced over the mark of brotherhood he and Archon had made so long ago. It was this blood that bound them together, and this blood that would bring Archon to them.

Obi's mantra continued as his blood hit the surface of the sigil. His mind was distant, but his heart was present. This would work.

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