Fly around, do high-altitude surveys of the area. Watch out for nearby features of the landscape.
There are lots of these ruins, and from the air it's easier to make out their general shape. Luckily the ground is a dully glowing field of flowers or it would be impossible to see at night like this. The ruins appear to trace a squarish shape across a large open area, and there are large pillars and bits of stone scattered about between them. There appears to be an indentation to the earth inside the perimeter created by these pillars.
You don't know what, but you have a distinct feeling that these structures were made as part of a support system for something far, far larger.
"I'm not going in there alone. I'll take the Dino guy with me, and Mr. Bird, if he wants."
- Good idea. Grab any weaponry you see fitting, I'll get the dino down.
Hyenakles should manage to get down form Warbeast himslef, others might require assistance - provide it.
While they're gone, start a fire if it's still dark. Then get to work.
The main idea is that the stripes of metal trapped inside the hollowing in the bottom of the leg part will act as a flat spring.
The general idea should be clear. I do not know if going any further into specifics will do more good than harm.
[2]
You gather all the pieces, lay them out in front of you and...then just sort of stare at them for several long minutes, trying to work up the desire to do something.
You fail to do so.
"...perhaps if I murder someone and use their sacrifice to power my magic..."
Contemplate murder-based methods of gaining the ability to manipulate fire. Would burning someone alive be better, or perhaps killing them and then setting their heart on fire and eating it? Dramatics seem to be important, after all.
"Oh, if you find any arm prosthetics bring them to me."
[4]
Maybe. We are in the afterlife after all; just because you kill someone doesn't mean that they won't remember you later and fear you. Or rather, have
FAITH in the idea that you have some sort of control over fire or something like that. But more than one person would be even better...
((Too bad the other John got turned into fruit. We could have used those perfectly good legs of his.))
"Oh, and one other thing- seeing as how you can't hold it anyway, Xankarvo, I'd like to use your torch. If you don't mind."
Assuming Xan surrenders his arm torch, don that armor I was saving. With rifle, deer shank, and torch in tow, descend to the ruins.
"Hmm."
Follow hyena man and friends down. Hum a tune appropriate to the mood.
Dave dino-shrugged. "Oh. No hard feelings; I just had no inkling. How'd I never see one? I sailed over much of creation before I died and ended up... here."
Get down with exploration
The warbeast lowers all of you down, placing you near the ruins.
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