Why is it Forbidden?

"Oh, don't be so pouty, Chee. I like you both."

Orion almost felt a little bad for "picking" Dori over Chee. It was a joke though and he was sure they both knew it. At worst, the momentary favoritism would be lost in their eternal sibling squabble. Wanting to still smooth things over, though, Orion reached out and petted Chee's head while she tried pointing him in the right direction of whatever treasure the Trailbreaker had locked-on to.

The sisters did not need to tell him twice about following the glow. It was a practice he and many others had become familiar with. It was a tried and true mechanic searching mechanic after all, especially in games.

Smiling down at the girls, he started walking at a steady pace forward. Every so often he would stop and reorient himself with the Trailbreaker, following wherever it glowed brightest.

"We got this. We got this. Just gotta do this right..."

That was when a loud crashing sound rang through the trees. Orion swung around in surprise, looking for the source, only to find that the source came to them: an orange-haired girl had fallen out of the tree right in front of them. Curiously, he pointed the Trailbreaker axe at her to see if the thing was indicating her. It wasn't.

"Hey. You okay? Are you hurt?"

Ross stood up, while sweeping off her red school skirt and black top. She stared at the three people with a slightly unpleasant look, then smiled at them warmly, not taking them as a threat. All except for Orion and the Trailbreaker. After a second or maybe two she pointed at the trailbreaker.

"What is that? Can i look at it?"

She asked with a look that kind of resembled a curious puppy. She semmed very innocent and sweet at that time but she did have a bit of anger in her sweet aura.

The immediate woods around the four filled with a low rumbling sound. It was a groan. A groan from Orion. An exasperated groan from Orion as he felt Dori and Chee's joke bore into his head. For all his own oddness, even he was not immune to Dad Jokes of that caliber. The Trailbreaker nearly fell from his hands as he released one hand to press against his face. The worst part was that part of him actually found it a little funny, and the facepalm was there to try and hide that fact.

He had to shake it off with a literal shake before he could look at any of the girls again. What he found was that the girl who had fallen out of the tree showed a remarkable similarity to Orion's own behavior, and he readily picked up on it. She paid almost no attention to his question and immediately set about asking about the Trailbreaker, which is something he would have done in her situation.

"Sure. I guess. Look all you want. It's called the, uh, Trailbreaker. It's a super magical axe thing, and we're using it to find cool stuff in these woods."

He motioned to Dorito and Cheeto.

"That's Dorito. That's Cheeto. They're sisters. And I'm Orion. No relation to either of those two. What's your name? And what were you doing up there? Or out here, for that matter?"

Rose's face light up as she got permission to explore the trailbreaker. She grabbed it and flipped it around trying to look at every inch of it.

Oh, yea my name is Rose and i like to explore the forest. Usually i jump from tree to tree and ya'lls argument made me lose my balance and i fell.

Rose held the trailbreaker and as she did a red light shined from her hand and the light on the trailbreaker went berserk.

Oh that's how it works. It's surprisingly complicated

After the lights died down she handed the trailbreaker back to Orion and smiled warmly.

Cheeto was not the only one to feel nervous about handing the Trailbreaker over to Rose for inspection. Maybe the fear was a little misplaced, but how could Orion not feel just a little anxious about some strange new girl handling a rare magical artifact. Never mind that he had been swinging it to and fro earlier. At least he had some experience with it, and the guidance of the two goblin girls. Rose, on the other hand, had literally fallen out of the blue and was now turning it this way and that.

He managed to keep his calm while she sated her curiosity, slowly accepting that Rose could handle something rare just as carefully as anyone else. However, when it started going nuts in her hands, Orion was overtaken by shock, curiosity, and a return of the nerves. For a moment he thought the Trailbreaker might, maybe, explode or something.

"Woah. Woah. Woah. What was that?"

Orion took the Trailbreaker back and just pointed right back at Rose. There was no doubt about it, the girl or something on her was setting it off because the Trailbreaker began to pulse strongly and steadily.

"It just picks up on magical items, right? It's not just saying Rose is magical, right?

Though I don't doubt that you are, Rose."

Rose looked up at the three shocked faces as she handed back the trailbreaker, and started taking in all the questions and comments.

"Well first of all, my necklace was an heirloom from my father's side and second of all i am magical, but it most likely picked up on my necklace just as the little goblin girl said."

Rose replied with a smile, of course. She definitely couldn't let them know about her and her family line, but that's not the real problem to her at this point. The real problem is keeping them from reaching "that".

"Well, I wouldn't say it's ruined. It's just been complicated a bit."

Despite Dori's frustrations, Orion did not want to call off the treasure hunt just yet. Rose might have caused a wrinkle in their plans with her magical heirloom, but that was no reason to just call everything off. Besides, Orion liked having company. If, between the four of them, they could figure out a way to continue using the Trailbreaker without too much interference from the necklace, then everything would be peachy keen. They just had to be a little clever.

Looking down at Dori, Orion simply had to chuckle and roll his eyes at her. He and Chee were on the same page at least. Tempting as it might have been, Orion was really looking forward to digging up some magical artifacts, or exploring the Forbidden Forest some more.

"Maybe later. Right now I think we should figure out how to work around Rose's necklace."

He held up the Trailbreaker and took several large steps away.

"I think if I maintain some distance from Rose, we can still get some worthwhile readings off this thing..."