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Ooh. Up he goes, then pretty glows! This... this is magical. "What if we have to jump from one to the other?" the buck suggests, turning to the east. "Let's see if I've still got it! Watch out!"

He barrels towards Jester, carefully jumping and managing to land in the space next to him without doing too much more than nudging him.

"I'm not too sure if the dogs are needed, they didn't seem to light the stones up. They might help keep them lit, I didn't think to count if the stones stayed lit longer when I was putting the dogs on them." Ochre replies, all she wanted was to stay here like this, but that would hardly be right, they'd come all this way for the obelisk and it's puzzle. "I've never minded telling you all the things, I enjoy it in fact, and missed it nearly as much as I missed you."

Giving the area a look Ochre isn't sure what exactly is happening at the moment, she'd not been paying the best attention for the last little while. "Looks like they're trying jumping and hopping to get the stones lit, not sure how well its working. It did seem like the stones wanted a specific kin, earlier they didn't react when the other buck touched them, but then reacted to me touching them. Perhaps because he is Kimeti, maybe they want Acha? Ochre says, watching to see if she can figure it out.

Baby gives a contented sigh, no more running around and jumping on stones, at least for now. Momma might have them start again, but for now the pack gets a rest.

Jester considered how many kin there were as opposed to stones, and concluded that they may need more to each step on one. Did their species matter? He couldn't tell. The hounds and the wolf didn't seem to affect much either. "I fear we need more than 5 kin and a wolf," he figured, especially given hopping on and off of stones made the lights glow, and then unglow numerous times. When Rouge had jumped on the center plate and jumped the first time, all the stones had changed. Maybe that was the trick. Maybe it could be species based; kimeti on one side, acha on another? There were limitless combinations; but none would work with only five kin thus far.

Outcry turned to watch the rest of the crowd, and laid down on his rock, content with where he was. Jester only furrowed a brow at him. "If one wishes to hop onto that rock, you're going to have to move," he warned the wolf, who only flicked an ear at him.

"We'd be willing to help. Ochre calls, from where her, Mirage and their dogs are sitting. "Did jumping work every time? If not, try dancing. Acha love to dance. Just don't ask me to... I uhh I can't dance.. Ochre adds, blushing a bit.

Mirage was so glad to hear that Ochre didn’t mind describing things for him. She’d even missed it? He would never have guessed. A very pleased smile crossed his face and he blushed just a little. “Well, if you’re so sure… I’m ready to help however I can.” He nodded towards their feet, where he was sure the dogs had stayed, “As is Wanders with Roots, I’m sure.” Hearing her name, the dog gave a happy bark and looked up at the two acha.

At the suggestion that the stones might only want acha, Mirage couldn’t help but wonder why, then, so many kin of other species seemed compelled to also make the journey. He tilted his head a bit, wondering, “Or because he is male and you are female? Hmm…” That didn’t seem as likely either, but it was the most he could venture with the information he had at the moment.

When Ochre offered their help, Mirage nodded, a smile passing his hips. He would be more than happy to join where he could. He didn’t have enough information to try and lend any theories just yet, but he could easily follow directions.

"Hmm could be." She answers Mirage, "Or maybe how we touched it? I climbed the first, and brought Bubbles and Blue up before getting down. The second I brushed my knee against putting Bear on it. The third I thwaped with my tail, that's the one that blue Acha and the two Kimeti does were on. And the one the white kimeti buck was on, I touched with my nose. Ochre says, searching her memory for some clue. "I think, the order I touched them, first was the stone right next to the marked stone. Second was third from marked, and then second from marked, and then last in that line. All on the left side of the marked stone." That seemed right, but she hadn't been trying to memorize it, just to get it done.

Hearing Jester speak, Ochre looks over at him, eyes narrowed and wondering what kind of trouble she's gotten herself into this time. Maybe admitting she can't dance to a group of mostly strangers was not the best idea.

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