The hunt for companionship (Calleigh)

[Yuthirin]

Calleigh blinks, then leers at the pair. "Awwww, did we rescue your boyfriend!? You should have said so!"

[Anastasia]

"No!" Both of them say at the same time, glaring at Calleigh. At least you assume Mr. Iron Mask is, but he sounds like he is.

"I'm telling him he's an idiot for nearly getting himself killed and not getting help!" Moonlight hmphs.

"The two mages with sendings were ambushed. They're dead," The masked man says, flatly. "Our backup scrolls of it were lost in another ambush, where some of our supplies were put to the torch."

"...oh." Moonlight says, quietly. "Oh."

[Yuthirin]

Calleigh is unfazed, grinning cheerfully. She turns to Simmer, "Didja get to burn up some demons?"

[Anastasia]

"Yep," Simmer dusts her hands off, "So it wasn't a wasted trip. Plus hopefully that bow and shield are magical, so we'll make some money off of this, too."

"Speaking of," As Moonlight withers, the masked man approaches all of you. "Did Moonlight introduce me to you?"

[Yuthirin]

"Good!" Calleigh says to Simmer. She turns to the man, "She sure didn't, Mister Iron Face! She also didn't mention that you were tall, had a metal face, or were a man! Are you a man? Is that your real face? Are you actually tall or is it an illusion? I met a sprite once who was good at illusions. He was like seventy-five feet tall. WAAAAAAAY to tall for a sprite but he made it look good with all the flowing lines and the big black coat and the metal arms and wait no that's a golem but he DID have a really nice coat and he liked flowers and what's your name?"

[Anastasia]

"She didn't even tell you my name?" The man sighs, echoing behind his mask. "Urian." He reaches into a pouch on his side, tossing you a small, pale green stone. "Ioun stone, should be worth some good gold. For services rendered."

[Yuthirin]

Calleigh catches the stone! "Yay! Pretty stones! Thanks Urian Ironfaceman! Happy to rescue you from demons! Wanna join our group of devil stompers!?"

[Anastasia]

"Urian Ironmask, by the way," Urian corrects, "Aurora into the Blood War?"

[Yuthirin]

"Dunno!" Calleigh says, cuddling the stone, "We might be! I'm not in charge of that! I just know we like to stop devils and they did some stuff to Lifasa that's super gross!"

[Anastasia]

Hanna steps forward. "Not really, except when it crosses paths with Aurora's goals. If you want to fight in the Blood War, we're not it. We're focused only on the devils."

Urian shakes his head, "The Blood War is our goal." He turns then, "I must see to my men. Moonlight...thank you."

Moonlight perks up at that, as...

Good to return back to base now?

[Yuthirin]

Yep!

[Anastasia]

Loot post. Decide what you're doing with all of that first and sort it out. Let me know when you have or if you already have.

[Yuthirin]

We've got nothing we want out of it. The stone is tempting, but the Psi-Jolt is moreso.

[Anastasia]

Okay. Post back, go ahead and sort that out and who gets what.

[Yuthirin]

Posto.