Crushed Slavers

[Anastasia]

"It's a start," Elle agrees readily enough. "The operation went about as well as it did, plus I got something useful." Snapping her fingers, there's a florish of flame around her before it solidifies into a set of rippling gold bracers, interwoven with bands of ruby-red flames. "Take a look."

[Corwin]

Seira is all too happy to glance at magical, fiery bracers!

[Anastasia]

See loot.

[Corwin]

"Ooh, nice! I have a vague idea of how to channel the magic necessary, but I've never thought to focus the output by pairing it with Fire magic!"

[Anastasia]

"It's using an equivalent exchange, I think, and then unbalancing it to make it work. It's inefficient but still powerful," Elle puts the bracers on, "It's remarkably good work and idiosyncratic. I'm not sure where I'd begin with copying them, I suspect this is the fruit of a lifetime of research."

"All to make your spells burn hotter," Donald says, then grins, "Didn't do him much good when he met us, did it?"

"All the better," Amaryl speaks up, "Also a productive way to expend utility magic when your day is all combat."

[Corwin]

"If you get stuck, I'll be sure to give you a boost," Seira promises to Elle. "For now, having more combat utility will work nicely, and synergize with your find, at that."

[Anastasia]

"Speaking of working," Amaryl speaks up, "Where is Sanzha?"

[Corwin]

This is knowledge I lack. Does my avatar know?

[Anastasia]

Yes. To refresh without me checking my notes, what did you have her doing during all of this?

[Corwin]

Nothing, she was the one in charge of coordination after she supplied target and information.

[Anastasia]

Sanzha is overseeing sorting things, as well as dealing with some diplomatic things - messages to the archons, that manner of thing.

[Corwin]

"Still working," Seira responds to Amaryl after a brief pause, sending her the image. "Here, take a look."

[Anastasia]

Thus you do - and you see Sanzha suddenly perk up and smiles ever so slightly. "Goodness, Qadir. You sound upset." She speaks it aloud and chuckles as she gets a few looks, waving them off.

[Corwin]

Seira keeps an eye on Sanzha, in case she needs to help. For now, she's content in chatting with Donald and Elle.

[Anastasia]

"Good," Amaryl murmurs.

Meanwhile, Elle comments, "She's getting her new introduction, isn't she?"

You see Sanzha smile even more, as she says aloud, "Seira, I believe that the efreet are annoyed with us. Whatever shall we do?"