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Triumphantly, Fury swallowed the last clump of grass she'd pulled up. Last, she figured, because the obelisk reacted for one last time, glowing so bright she had to turn her head against the light before it faded away. Ah, but there was still some light left in it. While Fury would have liked to rest, yes, she couldn't help but be strangely drawn to the monument, approaching it for another look -- a touch, even.

Shifting her weight, she balanced onto her back legs, standing to touch the obelisk with her remaining front leg, green eyes studying the runes before tracing up its height. But there's nothing new here, aside from the light show, and she felt, frustratingly enough, her legs beginning to ache. Falling back to three hooves, Fury makes her way to one of the cheetah stones once more, curling up onto it to survey their work and, of course, get some well-needed rest.

Minstrel had been facing away from the obelisk pretty much the whole time, which saved him from seeing stars when it flashed. He did note that it had emitted light, though, and turned to look at it, head tilted similar to a bird studying a bug.

Suddenly he had an urge to touch it. "That's odd.." he says to no one, the need to touch the stone hadn't happened until after the grass was cleared. Maybe that's important? He thinks, walking over to the towering stone.

Standing in front of it, with no idea what exactly to do, Minstrel looks at it for several long minutes. Finally he leans in, pressing his ear against the side, standing still to listen. After a few moments he shrugs and walks away, slightly embarrassed he'd thought the stone might actually make a noise.

A very, very small part of Fury could have groaned at what seemed to be the obelisk beckoning, again, for something to be done. She snuffed that weak part out immediately, however, never allowing such thoughts to exist for long as she rose to look over the rocks once more. There were very obvious trails made up of the smaller stones, conspicuously color-coded. From the cheetah stone she stood on, Fury could see orange and brown stones leading away from opposite sides.

She chose the brown, stepping down onto the stones perhaps a bit roughly, then walking upon them with careful balance. She felt a bit like a lamb playing in a stream, the way she'd seen hers do, but carried on anyway because, as always, it was something to do.

It didn't take long -- certainly not as long as if she'd had to battle through the tall grass that had existed before -- for Fury to reach the other cheetah stone the brown path led to. As she had done before, she climbed onto it, looking to the obelisk for any 'reaction' to her fairly simple action. Even if there was nothing, it had been a nice way to stretch her legs before the real work had to get done. What, would they have to dig up the stones next? She could do that. Puzzles really weren't her strong suit.

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Lull in Sunlight had also taken flight above the obelisk, keen eyes taking in the stones that were spread around. It looked like there was a certain flow of the stones that lead like streams to the glyph-stones. She began to fly low, blocking out the things around and focus on each path. There was an idea; whether it was right...

The gryphon squawked, landing nearby the north stone, before it vanished and the mare took its place. She huffed at the lingering hunger pang for fresh caught fish and turned her attention instead to the kin.

"Following the trails to each marked stone makes a path," she began after she'd corralled the most active participants together. "No matter which stone you start at you can make your way to each by following them but there's no telling which stone is the first if you have to reach all of them..." she explained.

Wildflower Breeze rose from where he was resting with Half-Truth and Roses In Bloom and joined the small crowd gathering near the northmost stone, to share what he had seen from the air. Not that the mare who had led their expedition didn't have that angle fully covered, as it were, but a second voice to confirm her statements certainly couldn't hurt.

"There are several different colors of stone," he added mildly, his earlier excitement suppressed by weariness. "Perhaps that could provide some clue as to the proper order?

Lull in Sunlight sighed, turning her attention to Fury, "I see that you have an idea of what I was speaking about, my intent was to explain it to all who may not have such a clear idea of the surrounding area as those of us who can fly." There was a surprising amount of respect in her voice as she spoke to the other doe.

As for what to do... She turned to include Wildflower Breeze in the conversation.

"The colors or perhaps the glyphs themselves but as we have one kin who has followed a tail maybe we should continue it? The worst that can happen, so far, is that we are wrong and have to start over..." If her knowledge of the obelisk was correct, they'd likely see something in the stone's light to clue them into the latter. Or so she hoped.