A long way to the gate

[Anastasia]

The moment Villisa hears about it, "Your love is in danger. I'll be glad to help," she says immediately.

Meanwhile Jetina is prepared as you explain and...

Go ahead and tell people what you're going to tell them here and all of that.

[Nephrite]

"I don't intend to leave here until we get a status from either Ilsenine or from Elena or someone else within Aurora." Moore explains. "If we rush, we risk making mistakes. I'll deal with the consequences if that is ultimately the wrong move, but I trust Ilsenine and Aurora to handle something like this."

He takes a breath.

"I have no idea why Shar would be foolish enough to send her minions to somewhere like Lifasa, considering the sheer amount of opposition that exists there. This all feels like it's just to try and goad me to go there. Do we have any way to find out if plane shifting to Lifasa is being redirected or anything of that nature?"

[Anastasia]

"No, but doing such a thing would surely be noticed by higher powers," Villisa says, "One simply doesn't do such things." Her expression is thoughtful, arms crossed and chin resting in her hand. "This may well be goading you into making a misstep or simply a psychological attack, or setup to make you react in a certain away for a later attack. It would not be the first promised attack in Creation that was nothing but a ruse. Far from the first."

Jetina nods, "I hope that's all it is. A distraction attack, some sort of gambit."

"Mother is correct, the straightforward reaction is not the only one.  It may even not be to do with us," Cresiel declares, "But to move Aurora, as you did by telling them. We don't know enough, so vigilance shall be the order of the day."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "Yes, you're right. It may have been about Aurora, but ultimately, we'll keep an eye on it. They're a smart group, they don't need our help."

A frown. "Either way, I'm surprised she reached out to me personally. I wonder what her ultimate plan was with all of this... but I don't intend to take the bait. If she decides to send her minions to Lifasa herself, then we'll have a reason to intervene."

[Anastasia]

"I hope she tries. My blades ache to feel Sharran blood on them," Kaja says, Villisa flashing him a smile.

Xandra stands nearby, silent as she looks up above. "I do not believe us to be the primary target," she finally says, "Or this not a direct assault on us personally."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods to Xandra. "I feel like Erathaol would have given his guidance if we were the targets. At the same time... to hear her awful voice..." Moore shakes his head.

"All the more reason we need to collectively get stronger." Moore says.

[Anastasia]

Nods all around at that.

Okay, plan is to basically be on readiness in case anything happens?

[Nephrite]

Yep. We'll wait a few hours and see if anything happens.

[Anastasia]

One more d100 real quick.

[Nephrite]

[blockquote]Rolled 1d100 : 99, total 99[/blockquote]

[Nephrite]

Oh boy.

[Anastasia]

I'll tackle that tonight since I need time to parse together what that provokes. What a roll.

Post in reply to this so I know I need to reply when I get home.

[Nephrite]

How exciting!

[Anastasia]

Make a Will save. If you're protected against divinations, add a +5 circumstance bonus to the Will save. There is also a -10 penalty to it regardless of that.

[Nephrite]

[21:47] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+51 will, mettle
[21:47] <Kobot> Nephrite rolled 1d20+51 will, mettle --> [ 1d20=4 ]{55}