
But before they could appreciate the beauty of Texel, they realised EXOS barred their way to the north and to the south. "As they travelled, the pathway broadened until it was the size of a road, and finally the band saw the first light of dawn. Another dead end."Īmata: "Do not reveal our true purpose, else all is lost." Ia: "Lo', pottery! Is this an ancient city?"īrickfoot: "This is not the place I thought it should be. Even if we knew where they went, we might endanger them further by following them. Ia: "We must rescue them! What if they don't know of the danger?"Īmata: "We cannot. Go LEFT."īrickfoot: "I think I saw another Texeli over yonder. Left or right?"Īmata: "We take a guess, or we choose to be ixstones for the EXOS. The invaders were no longer in a cave, but a labyrinth."īrickfoot: Perhaps this place is what we've been searching for.Īmata: Hush! How do you know we can trust the invaders?

"The thick and sticky mud led way to hard, carved stone. Khorvash: "Only one way to find out then."īrickfoot: "How long can we survive in such darkness? I cannot see the EXOS 'fore they attack."Īmata: "It is our duty to press on. The cave was pitch black and humid, but there were footsteps in the mud suggesting safety."īrickfoot: "Does this lead to escape, or to our doom?" "Just when the band was about to lose hope in survival, they spot a dark hole carved into the weathered mountain.

Both of them."Īmata: "They are herding us somewhere. Ia: "We must escape to warn our people of the incursion. 'Why do you come here?' Before any beast or human could respond, an unmistakable whirr and crank warned all of danger of the mechanical kind EXO."Īmata: "Get behind us, humans! Why now do the EXOS rise?"Īmata: "Have you brought war with you through the Iris, invaders?" Grinning from ear to ear, and with the patience of flies, the Invader rushed to re-enter their favourite world, TEXEL.'Ho, Defender! Or are you Invader?' A two-headed beast heading a band of Texeli tramples toward the newly arrived humans. The Irises had yet to be fully functional, but one had been opened barely wide enough for a creature, say, a human, to travel through it with relative health.

Finally, the Disciples of Lam and Widows of DOT could make their return.
