Emancipation

[Corwin]

Seira shrugs. "Strange. Was the Incarnation of Law the same way?"

She did ask to see the two of them, and it would be useful to compare against Ao.

[Anastasia]

"Yes," Gond agrees, "They aren't terribly different in how they act."

[Corwin]

"What do you think ever happened with those two? And actually, did Mechanus, Nessus or Chronias change any after they disappeared?"

[Anastasia]

"Not that I know of," Gond answers, "You lean towards that theory, do you?"

[Corwin]

"It'd make a lot of sense, won't it? The way no one knows what's there, all the strangeness we see...."

[Anastasia]

"Which could be nothing at all and we're grasping," Gond says, then laughs. "Aaaaaah. It's always good to talk about on a slow night, though."

[Corwin]

"Oh, always!" Seira agrees. "Though I've kept you enough. You wanted to say hi to Elle, right?"

[Anastasia]

"Yes," Gond agrees, "Her and her projects."

[Corwin]

Seira gets up from her comfortable armchair, ready to lead Gond over to Elle's lab. After notifying her in advance, of course, and ensuring that Vayley brings plenty of refreshments over.

[Anastasia]

You find Elle at work. She is in one of her laboratories, working away. Right now she enchants several ingots of what looks to be gold, walking around them and intoning names of power. They lie in the middle of a large diagram, complex and calling on various powers and names of magic.

[Corwin]

Seira has done her part and alerted Elle in advance. Now she's content to take a step back and let Gond chat her up about her recent projects!

[Anastasia]

Elle works away while Gond watches. Neither makes a sound until...

"Well," Elle turns with a toss of her hair, "Is that good enough?"

With a hearty laugh Gond walks forward, "Passable!" he challenges back, "Pre shaping through ritual energy channeling, I'd expect something advanced from you just like this."

[Corwin]

Elle's pretty great, Seira muses. General Afina gained a lot of deserved fame across the planes, but Elle just happens to be one of those talented in-house smiths Seira imagines every self-respecting deity has in their inner circle. The quality of her work won't lose to anyone!

[Anastasia]

"Passable?" Elle challenges back, "Can you do better?"

Gond's smile grows, "Of course, but no, I won't show you in a fit of temper," he retorts. "I'll save that for if you come apprentice under me for a few decades. I have a few students who would be perfect to work with you."

"Unfortunately not, duties call," Elle's response is firm nonetheless, "Do you ask everyone to come train under you?"

"Only the ones with potential," Gond retorts easily, gesturing at your work with one big, calloused hand, "You have potential."

[Corwin]

"I often find that recruitment offers fair better if you give the courted individual something as a gesture of good will to further entice them," Seira casually notes from the sidelines.