Bringing up the past
Artemus and the others had spent several hours searching for the missing plant mage but their efforts were proving to be in vain. Not a single trace of the plant mage was found anywhere. The anti mage was worried sick for his younger brother because his hyper imaginative mind was feeding him several dire scenarios, each more horrifying than the previous.
Alka eaten alive by a wild animal. Alka killed by assassins as a way to punish Artemus for something he had done in the past. Alka possessed by forest spirits that led him away to perish alone in the thick of the woods. Alka swallowed by the ground. Alka carried off-
"A-mu, I think we're goin' about this the wrong way," Sebastian told him. Each face in the group was wore matching grim expressions, their worries compounding for every hour that passed without finding the missing Alka.