Limping return

[Anastasia]

It is. She's in full armor and gear, arms crossed and weapon hanging at her side. "It's called a sending, Moore." Her expression is one part annoyance, one part irritation and about twenty parts pure, unadulterated bitchiness. "Since I could be, oh I don't know, anywhere but being courted by a gorgeous warrior when you come by? Since anything Aurora related comes straight to me on a silver platter."

Xandra clears her throat, "Be that as it is, this time you are not caught sunbathing."

[Nephrite]

Moore offers a beaming smile, despite the horrible curse he's currently afflicted by.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience." He says honestly. "I'm actually not with Aurora currently... I've come seeking Lord Lathander's aid in ridding myself of a curse. I know, I know." He sighs laboriously. "It's a very 'modern adventurer' thing, isn't it?"

He clears his throat and puts a serious expression on. "I've been cursed by Orcus, and Lord Illmater was unable to remove it."

[Anastasia]

Give me a Diplo check just for the chutzpah there.

[Nephrite]

Well, thankfully, he can still manage these decently well. Take 10 for 65.

[Anastasia]

You get a long glare likely capable of piercing a dragon's scales. It's only leavened by Xandra getting one after that, giving you a moment of blessed relief. Then Moonlight blows out a breath, "Fine," she says, "Then you'll want an audience with him?"

[Nephrite]

"Please." Moore says, offering a deep bow.

[Anastasia]

"He'll be here when he's here, then," Moonlight goes to sit by the lakeshore, on a large boulder tucked away on one side. Large enough for her to hop on and sit, glancing over to you. "Or if he wants us somewhere, he'll let us know one way or another."

[Nephrite]

"Thank you." He says as he goes to take a spot on the boulder. "How have you been?"

[Anastasia]

"You first," Moonlight banters back, "What did you to get cursed by Orcus, let alone walk away to tell about it?" Looking over at you, "That's a dubious distinction."

[Nephrite]

"I currently work for... well, work isn't quite the right word, but I am aligned with Celestia. I went to Foggard, in the Deep Ethereal looking for something." Moore explains. "It seems like Lixer and Orcus were fighting there for some reason. I got... caught up in it and we ran into either an avatar of or the actual Orcus, who was not impressed with our being there."

[Anastasia]

"We're blessed to be alive," Xandra says, averting her eyes upward. "As well as fortunate in many other ways."

"So..." Holding up a hand, Moonlight says, "You just somehow happened to blunder in a fight between two powers?"

[Nephrite]

"That's about the long and short of it, yes." Moore says with a nod. "I know. At least it wasn't Tryll who found himself there."

[Anastasia]

Moonlight stares at you and then Xandra, who nods slightly at some unspoken question.

"And yet you're alive and here to ask. Is Ilsenine secretly an avatar of Tymora?" Moonlight turns her gaze back to you.

[Nephrite]

A small shrug with a smile afterwards. "I wonder that myself sometimes. I really should go visit her -- ah, Tymora, I mean, but Illsenine too of course."

[Anastasia]

"We are blessed from above," Xandra speaks up, "Fortune favors us because a higher power does, as it does all those who follow the path to Chronias."

Moonlight blows out a breath, "It's still unbelievable."