Pixie on the town (Moore)

[Nephrite]

"All right. Just catch me when you're done then." Moore says with a smile.

There's not much for him to do except wait since his pending business on Brightwater with the Consortium isn't until tomorrow. He doesn't really have anything on the agenda for the rest of the day so he's free for whatever.

[Anastasia]

You're just waiting on Tannin, so let's have you pause a few. He needs to talk to Jaela IC real quick, then he'll be back to you.

[Nephrite]

OK

[Anastasia]

Tannin's not long and meets you after getting cleanedup. You're sharing a meal in the cafeteria and he asks, "What do you need?"

[Nephrite]

"I'm looking into someone who I think is much worse than face value would lead you to believe." Moore explains over some porridge. "Her name, well, one of them, is Alurae. We're doing some good deeds in Brightwater and heard about her -- stole a fortune from a man and killed his Waukeen-following brother for some reason. Apparently got to Limbo somehow. Divinations don't seem to work very well on her, and while I was in Limbo something tried... some sort of mumbo-jumbo-magic-y stuff on me twice. I can't be sure if it was related." Moore adds, taking a bite of his food.

"Long story short, I don't know what this person is, or if she's just a demon or what... but it didn't seem like magic was the way to go with her, if that makes sense." Moore says.

[Anastasia]

"Alurae? Right, I can look into it," Tannin says, "How fast do you need results?"

[Nephrite]

"I would prefer you take your time. If she's more dangerous than we've thought, I don't want to put you into harm's way ... er... you know, more than you probably already do on a regular basis, anyway..." Moore says with a smile.

[Anastasia]

"Gimme a few days then, toss some things around," Tannin says, "Sounds like a succubus off the top of my head, but could be a whole bunch of things."

[Nephrite]

"That was my general thought as well. It seemed odd that divinations worked but then didn't." Moore says. "Let me know if I can be of any help to you, by the way -- I realize I'm a bit unique in why I'm here, but I think I can partner pretty well with anyone."

[Anastasia]

Tannin grins and raises his mug to you in salute, "You can do one thing for me. Tap that Queen, I hear she has it for you baaaaaad."

[Nephrite]

Moore sputters and fumbles with his spoon. "W...what?!" He hisses out, leaning in closer. "What are you --... Illsenine!?" Moore whispers, looing around to see if anyone is trying to listen in.. "Oh, I didn't even... ...I didn't even notice..." He slumps back against his chair, thinking back. "No wonder she... ...of course. Augh, and she probably can't even talk about it because of her station... I've put her in such an awful position." He rubs his forehead at that, then takes a deep breath. "Well." He clears his throat. "I apparently have some research to do then."

[Anastasia]

Tannin's eyes go wide and he laughs, throwing his head back at that reaction. Fortunately, no one seems to be paying attention to you. "You mean you didn't realize? I heard that it's obvious as the sun rising in the morning."

After that, Tannin leans in and keeps his voice down, "Well, you're in a spot then. Look, you didn't hear it from me, but I hear Ilsenine was a piece of work back on Lifasa. You know General Afina? She started as Ilsenine's court jester, performer and assassin. Heard the Queen gave Afina a good amount to do. Now here I am, hearing Queen Ilsenine's calmed down on that, but a woman scorned is worse than a berserker cornugon, let me tell you."

[Nephrite]

"No, no..." Moore shakes his head. "She's an incredibly charming woman." Moore says, his voice quiet. "I... didn't really expect to find myself in her good graces like that, but... well, you play the role fate has in store for you, right?" Moore says with a small smile. "I'll just have to continue to provide exemplary service so no one questions her judgement when it comes to me, right?" Moore laughs quietly at that.

[Anastasia]

"Good luck with that." Tannin says, "You're going to need it. You might want to make a few offerings to Tymora and Sune."

[Nephrite]

Moore smiles. "Perhaps. This puts a lot of things into perspective, though... whew. I can't believe I was the only one who didn't know..."