Io's Labyrinth

[Corwin]

Seira immediately looks at Antenora.

[Anastasia]

Antenora exhales softly. "I confess, I find fate a good thing and yet...I am the one to break it by fluke, while others such as Aurora struggled so mightily. Chaos," Antenora concludes," Has a vicious sense of humor."

Really waiting on Moore now to catch up, but Antenora throwing out a bit of an op-ed opinion there felt right.

[Nephrite]

"I think the fall of Taelfagn should cover that. He certainly saw himself as fated to succeed and prevail over destiny." Moore says alongside Antenora.

[Anastasia]

The woman is silent a time after Moore speaks, before she says, "Show me, Moore."

[Nephrite]

Moore blinks and then reaches up to scratch his head. "How would you like me to show you?"

[Anastasia]

"Create an image, an illusion. I see you are able to create." The seer declares, "I see you have recently created."

[Nephrite]

"Oh!" Moore says with a nod, and then he gestures and creates an image!

Using his Permanent Image SLA, he's going to create a recreation of the Last Battle For Lifasa, including the fight of the Aurorans against Taelfagn.

[Anastasia]

To Moore's command, magic images form and show that last battle. Battles against destiny, battles against the Duke - and the light of 21 at the end, overwhelmingly bright even in your illusion.

Alicia feels a moment of discomfort on seeing that light, while Seira feels the same.

"I am content," The seer declares, stepping aside. "I will consider this as I search for a future that overthrows the Prophecy of Primus."

[Nephrite]

That seemed a little too easy!

[Ebiris]

Alicia watches Moore's rendition of the battle with unhidden interest, this being more intimate than simply reading Ebony's reports. That's why she's caught off guard by 21's illusory light and actually winces, narrowing her eyes at it.

"If you find something, do let us know," she asks of the elf after the performance ends.

[Anastasia]

Antenora's own wince is unhidden, no comment aloud. 'Is that thing always so distasteful?' she sends to Alicia.

'If I am successful, all of Creation will hear of it," the elf promises. "That I vow.'

[Ebiris]

'I've never seen it before, I imagine it must be far worse in person,' she returns to Antenora.

"This way, then?" she says aloud to her companions, going to take the first westward path past the elf.

[Corwin]

"Don't be a stranger," Seira tells the blindfolded elf, following Alicia.

[Anastasia]

From here, both paths lead to the same northern hall. This hall is filled with water that doesn't spill out, clear and free of debris. It goes north to a turn east, more water seen in that direction.

https://i.imgur.com/PKdWuSG.png

[Ebiris]

"Aquatic dragons next?" Alicia wonders, sticking a hand into the water. "It would be fair to fight them only in their element."