Noctisardor Bypass the voodoo engine

She didn't quite know what to expect of this rendezvous. They passed much of the distance in companionable silence, Haunt trying not to speculate too much but brooding anyhow. Would @Arbiter and @Royal be happy to see them? What would they do when the two of them went back to Sapphique rather than staying with Legion? She let out a breath as she walked beside @Vex, across fields and through woods, until they reached the moraine.

Here, she paused as she recollected that day when Rosalyn and Kaertok had discovered her, ailing under Artemis's ghostly eye. Haunt hadn't thought of the goddess in a while and suddenly glanced at her brother, curious if he still saw Sos. She didn't ask. Instead, she motioned for him to follow as she led them over the stony pathway and into the forest beyond it, which bordered the bypass.

When they arrived at the arching gateway, Haunt was so tense she didn't even notice the strange scents laid there. "Want to do the honors?" she asked Vex, her voice a little tight as her eyes cut skittishly from left to right. It was almost like she feared their mother might ambush and trap them. It wasn't a particularly charitable thought, though it wasn't without merit, given their history.