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    [Persian Desert] Sands of Time



    A hot desert from the extending from the shores of the Mediterraean sea all the way inland in the area previously known as the Persian Empire. It is east of Greece and in modern times seems to be full of hostilities and strife surrounded around the ideas of who is worshiping the right or wrong gods. Over all, it isn't much different from any other place, only the sands themselves seem to keep everything in perspective. The heat of the sun is distributed across the open quaking canyons and windblown rockformations. These are home to various creatures who borrow during the day to escape the desert heat and come out at night to hunt and absorb the cooler temperatures. These beast who survive despite modern technology are crafty and monstrous enough to swallow up any who tarry long. Beyond this desert is an oasis and in the oasis is a major city which was previously the seat of this empire.

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    A rowboat containing only two people slid onto the shore of the Sands of Time. Athos, the white-haired son of Poseidon, stepped out onto the sands. This texture felt very strange beneath the heel of his boot, but he felt he could adjust to it. A red plastic cup was in his left hand, and since there was still liquid within, he drained it of its content. Interestingly, he spoke, albeit accidentally in snake tongue. "Land. I wonder where the Basilisk can be found," he said.

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    Deianira's feet hit the sand as well and she too still held a cup, until their previous trip she didn't intend to let it go, lest she be stuck without a way to hydrate herself while they traveled the wide expanse of the desert. In the same way that Athos though the sand was different beneath his feet, she felt it the same and found it to be a different kind of annoying. As she looked towards the craggy rock formations in the distance and all the shadows caused by the differing angles and protrusions. "In an area like this, assuming it's always this hot. I'd say it's probably underground somewhere, unless it needs to eat," she said the sand was a different kind of annoying. "And all this sand will make it hard to track," she took several steps forward and watched as a minor breeze erased her foot prints as she took a step forward. "This is a challenging hunt. Not to mention, I've never actually seen a legged Basilisk," she finished, also answering in the language of snakes if only because she found it funny that the young man had slipped back into use of this tongue when finally managing to speak a little.

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    "Underground..." he repeated while taking several steps forward. He continued walking toward the more intense dunes of the immediate area, then began hissing much louder than normal. After a few moments, a snake emerged from beneath the sand. Its camouflage was superb; it had a grainy texture to its skin, which matched the sands in color as well. After a brief discussion with this snake, Athos sent it on its way and addressed Deianira once more. This time, he spoke in the tongue of humans. "He says they fear the Basilisk. Its hiss is the worst type of sound to snakes. It comes out every night, and they run. I'm going to find it," he stated. While he was fine with Deianira joining him on the journey, Athos seemed to greatly prefer the idea of facing the Basilisk alone. He wasn't the type to showcase his abilities in the presence of others, for reasons yet known to most living creatures.

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    Deianira accompanied the young man forward several steps wondering what it was he intended to do, soon enough a snake emerged from beneath the surface of the sand and it had blended into the sand so perfectly even the trained huntress was a bit surprised by its appearance. 'Wow, that's really cool!~' the young woman thought though she said nothing aloud while Athos did whatever it was he was going to do. Soon enough the young man stated the information he gathered, that the snakes around here didn't like the Basilisk, and that he intended to take it alone for whatever reason. Deianira's brow rose. Under normal circumstances she would have felt a bit slighted at being excluded from a hunt when she'd specifically come along to watch, she supposed she wasn't in much of a position to complain. "As you like, I suppose I can't really complain, since I killed all the Cyclopes~" she chimed finishing the contents of her cup and then moving forward to spin it around atop her finger as if she was amused. "So, are you going to hunt it at night fall, or are you gonna track it down while it sleeps?" she wondered simply wishing to get a handle on this young man's preferred tactics.

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    Deianira wondered aloud how Athos intended to approach the Basilisk situation, but Athos had no answer for her. He knew what he would do; he would call the creature to him. Knowing that the local snakes feared the beast's hiss, he could equate it to some form of snake. As such, he would only have to speak its own language to reach it. For his own reasons, he could not explain this to another; this was why he continued walking. Athos knew he could likely reach the Basilisk from where they were, but he wished to create distance between himself and Deianira first... so he kept moving, not even sparing a glance in Deianira's direction to respond to the question she had.

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