After the words

[Anastasia]

Going to deal with him directly at all or let others toss him out on his rear end?

[Iron Dragoon]

Don't see the need to, personally.

[Anastasia]

Give me a quick d100 then.

[Iron Dragoon]

[blockquote]Rolled 1d100 : 21, total 21[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

You return to your office. You pick up a quill to resume work.

Alyssa.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa pauses, raising an eyebrow marginally before responding mentally, 'Hello Lord Zaphkiel. What can I help you with today?'

[Anastasia]

Be ready with the Words soon, for you may yet need them soon.

[Iron Dragoon]

'How strong do I need to be? I've only had a handful of lessons with Moore, though I was successful in creating a smithing hammer with them.'

[Anastasia]

Hold tight to that and learn them well for the coming trial.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods to herself, 'I'll take that to mean you believe my skill with them to be reasonably sufficient for the task. Was there anything you wanted me to do to further prepare or help others?'

[Anastasia]

Prepare and continue, Alyssa.

There is no more after that, leaving you with that message.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa leans back for a few, contemplating before sending a mental message to the others, 'Lord Zaphkiel just contacted me and informed me to prepare and that I would need the Words of Creation soon. I think we're getting pushed into this sooner than later, so if anyone needs any equipment or specific spells... Let's get it out on the table and done.'

[Anastasia]

'That's a good idea,' Emily sends, 'Do you need anything, Alyssa?'

'We can start there,' Bastian agrees.

[Iron Dragoon]

'A million gold for my crown. More seriously, no. I've improved my equipment recently and I think I'm pretty well covered, unless someone has noticed something I've overlooked.'

[Anastasia]

I'm going to also ask this OOC before we go on, since it's both an IC and OOC question. Are there any things you feel people need here?