“I have something for you.” Estellda thrust her hand towards me, a book in her hand. It’s a travel journal. “it’s a 7 day version but that should be enough for you until the next reset.”

Smiling, I reached for the magical tome. As I touch it, I can feel a faint vibration from the artefact, pretty awesome. “Thanks Esty. I really wanted one”. I started flipping through it, disappointed to see only empty pages. “Erm is this a prank?”

Rolling her eyes, she added “No. You have to record a location in it first. Then you can use it to get back to the exact same spot.” She takes out hers and flips through it, stopping a couple of pages in, “see this is my entry for Baldera”, she points at the writing in the pages, “Red’s spot” it says, followed by a bunch of numbers.

“I see... Sorry about that, you do like pranking a little too much”

"Well I didn't think that would work, the trading, it's surprisingly identical to when I trade with other players. Interesting..." Estellda trails off, deep in thought.

"What do you mean? What's so special? You just handed it to me."

Estellda just grins without answering, confusing me further. I can’t get mad at her at all, it’s not fair. She led me to the Pegasus platform, handed the flight manager some gold and turned to me, “you do remember how to ride a Pegasus no? I’ll be right behind you”. I take the reins from her, the leather warm to touch, rays of light erupt from them. I feel my body lighten as my feet lifts off the platform, light rays racing around me, the traces of light becoming dense in the shape of a winged station. I hear a short neigh as the pegasus takes shape. Gripping tightly on the reins, I lurch forward with the acceleration as the powerful wings forced the air around me downwards. It only took a few flaps and already I could hardly make out the features on Estellda’s face as I quickly ascend.

The pegasus circles around Lumbertown, the view breath taking, I forgot how much I liked pegasus rides. I caught a short glimpse of Bree still dancing on the fountain as the beast started picking up speed before making a straight towards the flight gates suspended in mid air.

As I fly through it, pieces of reality peels away, leaving behind a blur of blue arcane magic. The space around me distorts and stretches, like flying through a living tunnel with no end in sight. Looking back, I see ripples forming in the arcane fabric, then a visible distortion before Estellda and her pegasus emerges from it.

Our eyes lock, oh it’s on! I tug hard on the reins making the Pegasus fly faster. I lean close to my Pegasus, keeping my profile as low as possible, knowing Estellda is doing the same to catch up. I hear myself laughing, it’s been a while since I had such fun.

The flight ended way too soon, one moment I’m blazing through the fast scape, the next I’m blinded by day light as I emerge on the other side, the city of Allemanthiea looms before me, the tall spires just as I remembered them to be. It’s been too long, I’m finally home.