Limping return

[Nephrite]

I don't think Ilsenine came all this way.

"You saw Lifasa's liberation, is it really?" He asks with a small smile.

[Anastasia]

I have no idea why I keep doing that sort of mix up.

The look you get in return is as flat as the grasslands all around you.

[Nephrite]

"I've learned a lot of things since then." Moore says. "The foremost of which is to always have hope for things. This is no different."

[Anastasia]

A long exhale follows, Moonlight bowing her head. "Still. Orcus!"

[Nephrite]

"I know. I still don't know what he wanted there." Moore says. "But for now, my goal is to get rid of thus.... blight."

[Anastasia]

"Orcus is fat and lazy! You got him when he's motivated enough to go elsewhere AND enough to curse you?" Moonlight shakes her head. "Orcus!"

"That is his accursed name," Xandra says, "Do not speak it so freely."

"That's a fantastical story, even for you," Moonlight looks up now, "At least he was bashing in Lixer's face?"

[Nephrite]

"They were indeed fighting each other for some reason." Moore agrees. "The particulars are beyond me currently."

A breath in. "I intend to find out, though. Someday."

[Anastasia]

"Tell me when you find out, please," Moonlight asks. After a few moments of silence, "Oh, I ran into Adrian and Misalea not long ago. They were here to consult with a sage and we caught up."

[Nephrite]

"Hmm. Vampires again?" Moore asks. "I heard Aurora ran into some issues with then some time ago."

[Anastasia]

"I don't think it was vampires," Moonlight admits, "They were doing something for Selune. They preferred not to talk of it beyond generalities."

[Nephrite]

"I should visit Balyss sometime." Moore says. "Maybe after the war."

[Anastasia]

"I heard she's doing well. She's serving as an ambassador, isn't she?" Moonlight asks.

[Nephrite]

"I haven't spoken to her since Lifasa." Moore says. "So much to do and so little time to do it in."

[Anastasia]

"It's in Brightwater," Moonlight gossips on, "In Rapture in particular, which is Sharess's quarter." Shaking her head, "She doesn't seem the type to..." she holds her hands up and slowly parts two fingers, "So I'm surprised at that. Selune must have her own reasons."

[Nephrite]

"It sounds like it's a cultural exchange." Moore says with a grin.