The hunt for goldenfire (Afina and Jaela, later Surraruthru too)

[Anastasia]

"No." Mirajane spreads her arms wide, as if embracing all the sky and clouds. "Elysium calls everyone to it."

[Corwin]

"That's lovely."

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru eyes the shapes curiously, but maintains his position, flying next to the group.

[Ebiris]

"I thought it didn't affect outsiders?" Afina asks, since that's what she is. "I don't remember it being so blatant on previous visits, either. In any case, this isn't my home," she declares resolutely. Whether it's Lifasa or Fire or Water or Yggdrasil who knows, but it's not Elysium.

[Anastasia]

"That is unusual," Kascha takes out her book and perches it against Arrel's back, writing away. "But Afina's powerful - we all are. Perhaps she interests the angels here or she has some aspect of her already touched by Elysium?"

[Ebiris]

"When we came for Galariel I was changed slightly, yes," Afina tells Kascha, her back to the ghaele from where she sits at the base of Arrel's neck. "Though compared to other changes I've endured it was quite minor."

[Corwin]

"Unless someone feels a pressing urge to merge with Elysium, let's get going again?" Jaela suggests, flying up once more.

[Anastasia]

Higher yet. The party ascends through the clouds and into the warm sky ,the air still perfectly breathable. You see heat shimmers ahead, soon solidifying and fading away. Behind the shimmers are floating islands. Great chains of floating islands, covered in every type of terrain imaginable - even snowy and icebound ones - save for anything volcanic. Each island is dotted with buildings, as if each one is home to an extremely spread out village.

"Did we ever investigate these sky islands?" Kascha calls over the wind, looking out over them.

[Ebiris]

"No, it's not really a priority is it?" Afina says, casting a curious eye towards them as they ascend through the atmosphere. "We can make some time to have a look later if you're curious, though."

[Iron Dragoon]

"I wanna see! How far are we going?"

[Anastasia]

Kascha turns to Afina, "Of course, aren't you? There's entire lands here that have escaped common planar knowledge! What is the purpose of these lands? Are the homes for the angels or something else? Are they tied to the resting places of Elysium's deepest layer? Maybe they're something even more interesting!"

[Ebiris]

"I didn't know they were anything special," Afina admits, blinking in surprise at Kascha's enthusiasm. "When it comes to the planes everything's just as much mundane or fantastic as the next thing to me."

[Anastasia]

"Oh Afina," Kascha droops, the tips of her wings sagging. "You poor thing! What happened to your sense of wonder We're in paradise!" She sweeps her arms about, "Be it Celestia, Arborea or even Elysium, we're in the place creatures dream about. Yet you've grown that jaded to the miracles you witness every day?"

[Ebiris]

"They're just floating islands..." Afina mutters defensively. "There must be a million just like it on Air and the Astral. Even Gehenna had some that I remember. Even if the scenery here's nicer it's still just another floating island, isn't it?"

[Anastasia]

"Oh..." Kascha murmurs, before turning and keeping balanced with her legs on Arrel. She sweeps Afina up into a hug, "I promise on Seira's hoard I'll help restore your sense of wonder!"