On the prowl (Ithea)

[Merc]

"Hrm, alright," Ithea says. "Well, I think I'm mostly good to go now. What about everyone else?"

[Anastasia]

A chorus of readies follow this.

What's your plan now?

[Merc]

Go back to Aurora for food buffs, talk about concerns with Water (visions + fire elementals) with others and seeing if we should move to another plane, then head out to Magma, I guess, barring any other diviners agreeing that a possible invasion is coming in which case we stick around?

[Anastasia]

Food buffs are unremarkable. Who do you want to talk about water with?

Add the rest of it to your pending stuff in case of this running long so we don't forget.

[Merc]

we can talk to Adrian? That way dont have to disturb the others since I'm being blah about posting lately.

[Anastasia]

That's fine, blah happens.

Ithea goes to catch up with Adrian. He's found deep in training. He is shirtless, muscled body sweaty as he swings a weighted greatsword about. A training one made of solid metal, surely heavier than his enchanted blade. He uses it to cleave through wooden dummies with sheer crushing force. He's moving fast as lightning, darting from one to the next with grand sweeps of his blade and rapid lunges.

Misalea stands off to the side, occasionally calling out, "Strike," "Sweep!" "Lunge," "Thrust!" "Dodge," and so forth, Adrian reacting to those and doing what his wife asks.

[Merc]

If I shout "Do a barrel roll!" Think he's concentrating hard enough to try it?

Ithea waits off to the side, letting the two concentrate for a few minutes...or until she gets bored and wants to clear her throat to get their attention.

[Anastasia]

He wouldn't get it and the odd command would break him out of it.

Adrian does finally finish, breathing heavily and turning around. He towels off with Misalea's help and says, "Hey Ithea. Looking to stretch your claws a bit?"

[Merc]

She shakes her head. "Not right now, and sorry to interrupt your workout. I wanted to discuss some concerns with you that came up recently while I'm handling a request from Lady Sunnis I've had pending."

[Anastasia]

"Yeah?" Adrian asks, "What is it?"

[Merc]

"First, when we came to Water, we didn't really consider most of the fire elementals, and they've locked themselves into the lava baths to cope with their discomfort. Took effort to get Simmer out to join me, and we may want to reconsider moving Aurora to another plane that's less discomforting to a portion of our population," Ithea comments.

"The second thing was a vision I had while I went with Balyss to the Gates of the Moon. A tip if you ever go there yourself: Don't drink from the pools of water there," Ithea adds.

"That said, vision showed Tannin in danger and with a Medicant golem by his side. I couldn't tell if it was in Aurora or elsewhere, but we'll want to keep an eye on any missions where he might want to take a golem with him, as I at least found it unlikely to be an invasion here. If it was though, then you probably led a pretty good defense because I also saw you and Misalea standing over some corpse and saying that Willah was the last one, which is...encouraging, I guess? Either way, it might be that we'll start seeing more of the traitors again some time soon."

[Anastasia]

Adrian puts a shirt on in the meantime, wiping his now water-wet hair down with a towel after. "The earth elementals coped with our visits to Air. Why are the fire elementals so upset? Maybe they need to relax and deal with it."

Misalea frowns, "I do remember no real troubles there," she seconds, "But maybe Simmer's serving as a catalyst?"

"Maybe. Either way, if we need to move, we need to move. It's pretty here, but it is a hassle." Adrian rubs his chin, "Prophecy? Well, good thing we know how to spoil ones we don't like."

[Merc]

"Hrm, hadn't considered the earth elementals, but fair enough. If Simmer's acting as the catalyst, then I'm going to be keeping her busy for a while. Anyway, mostly just wanted to warn about that stuff, especially since I figure you're staying here for the foreseeable future?" Ithea asks, just to make sure she's not assuming incorrectly.

[Anastasia]

"Yeah, I'm managing things here," Adrian remarks, "I'll talk to Tannin and have some of our own seers work on that. But if it's about challenging the traitors, we're going to do that sooner or later."

[Merc]

"Especially if they stop hiding away so we can actually get to them," Ithea comments. "Anyway, you have things in hand, so I'll leave you two alone and get back to valeoloth hunting."