A phoenix interlude (Surraruthru)

[Anastasia]

A bit drained from his adventures, Surraruthru heads to his quarters. To his surprise, he finds Kascha waiting outside of them, watching her ioun stone fly around her head. "Oh, Surraruthru!" she perks up, "How was it?"

[Iron Dragoon]

"It went well at first. But then we ran into a pit of hundreds and hundreds of undead and devils. We caused lots of chaos and destroyed Hopelorn, so overall it went well."

Surraruthru takes a moment to inspect Kascha, looking for anything out of place.

"How was it for you? You seem alright."

[Anastasia]

"I'm fine," Kascha says, "I'm busy right now, but I have some time for this. Elena and Galariel have been working on a more suitable room for you. Do you want to see?"

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru lands on Kascha's shoulders.

"Sure! What'd they do? What'd you do? What're you busy with?"

[Anastasia]

"You'll see," Kascha's smile dims as she catches her ioun stones, pocketing them. "Rosa didn't make it on Earth. However, she was resurrected but is traumatized. I'm helping her, she's asleep again right now. Elves don't normally sleep, so what it did to her is enough to make her mind shut down to escape it for a time."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Hmm... I can use some illusion or dream magic. Think it might help? I can communicate with her at the least."

[Anastasia]

"Thank you, but no. We have her in one of Aurora's healing beds." Kascha says, "It will ensure her rest is a healthy one."

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru nods to Kascha and settles in for the trip.

[Anastasia]

Going within, you can see two rooms have been emptied and combined. The space is about right for that and all furniture is gone. The lighting is dim like a cave, though the air is clean and fresh. There's a few shelves and chests for possessions as well as a pair of open walk in closets. "You'll have to provide the coins and treasure, but it's not a bad starting lair." Kascha says.

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru takes an enthusiastic lap around the room, inspecting it.

"Yes! It certainly is. Much smaller than Baleruk's through. No problem, I'll just have to get treasure that's worth more than gold."

He flies back in front of Kascha. "A different issue. In the last few battles, I've found that while my current magic can be effective, it doesn't work well against the numbers and types of things we're fighting. I'm going to have to change my approach. Change how I influence the battle and others. I have some ideas, but I might need help from you... And maybe Sierra."

[Anastasia]

"Ahem. Seira," Kascha gently corrects with a cough, "Now then," she claps her hands together, "Why don't you lay out what you have and decorate a bit. Do you have some loose coins for a bed?"

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru nods and takes to the center of the room, shrugging off his haversack and dumping the coins! 

45,349.5 gold is now present on the floor in a pile.

He then lands on the pile and sets about shuffling the coins around to make a nice little nest.

"Hmm... The coins are nice, but... Maybe I can get some silk from those Phase Spiders to make things a bit softer..."

[Anastasia]

Kascha sits in a corner, away from all the hard coins and on relatively soft ground. "That and phase spider silk is valuable as well. Get some woven rugs and it would add to your hoard's value. A good hoard is not merely coins."

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru nods that.

"Wise words. Befitting the disciple of a dragon. I could use some tapestries on the walls... Hmm.. What do you think the chances of my convincing the spiders are? And furniture. Though I don't need any myself, I could stand to have a chair or two for visitors."

[Anastasia]

"You'd best talk to Ebony about it," Kascha suggests, "She could help you with that, as she commands the spiders."