MONEY IS THE WAY // Division joining

[michael t.]

ALL I FOUND THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SPACES
STANDING IN THE NOTHING, AND TIME RECLAIMS YOU

Ah... the blood division ceremony. Michael had actually remembered the tradition, but he had neglected to tell Vayne about it originally. Mainly since he didn't want the young girl to freak out at the thought of climbing to the top of a volcano. He wouldn't have blamed her if she had been a little uneasy, though. The thought of it even made him a bit unnerved, after all. It seemed as though the time had come to tell her about it, though. Initially the dealer shifted a little, jaws briefly parting as he tried to think of how to explain. Danny spoke up beforehand, though, and Michael found himself glancing over at the canine. After briefly biting down on the inside of his cheek, the bobcat shook his head, "No, it's not dangerous... mostly, anyways. I mean, the risks of it are pretty small." Of course it was dangerous in some ways, but Michael hadn't heard of anyone dying from their blood division ceremony. Besides, Keona had managed to get through it, and she was blind.

Deciding that he had hesitated enough, the thief soon launched into his explanation, "The blood division ceremony is... essentially a scavenger hunt. You'll be given a map from a high position that has three x marks on it, all around the archipelago. Those x marks will show you where you can find three treasures, each one associated with one of the divisions." That part wasn't so bad, it was the next part that would probably cause some fear. After a moment of silence, he continued, "Then... you take all three charms to the top of the volcano. You throw two of them into the volcano, and keep the one representing the division that you want to join." It sounded insane when he said it aloud, honestly. After all, it hadn't been that long ago when Trygve in his dragon form had emerged from that very same volcano. Still, Michael wasn't one to just disregard traditions – most of the time.

— Reggan