Destiny now lies in the hands of...

[Ebiris]

Fortunately just as Alicia is fully capable of listening to and handling thousands of prayers even while in stressed situations, one more voice from Sylvie isn't especially onerous.

Then ask it. And congratulations I suppose.

"Then what are you waiting for?" she asks aloud in the mortally dangerous physical realm she finds herself. "Events are in motion and the guardian's charge is needed. If not now then when?"

[Anastasia]

No congratulations are asked for or desired.

Did the pull of Chronias affect you as it so visibly affected Latha? Did it feel akin to Elysium's pull to a mortal?

Meanwhile the Jormugandr growls low, "Then I will confront the imposter and devour it whole!"

"Then you're a damned fool," Antenora takes a breath and steps forward. "Jormugandr, listen! A servant of the Incarnation of Balance is no trivial thing crushed aside by your breath."

[Ebiris]

That doesn't even make sense in response to her point. "If you haven't devoured it before why now? Do you not have an understanding with it?"

And back to Sylvie. Stronger by far, but it is not my time to rest.

[Anastasia]

Thanks, that's what I needed to know.

The World Serpent glares at you all, "It evades me," It says at last, "It hides when I pass."

[Ebiris]

Even if he's glaring, he's talking. And Alicia can talk too. "It may not evade us. We found another one, at the bottom of the Infinite Staircase. We bested it and it left Creation in accordance with t he Incarnation's orders."

[Anastasia]

"And leave it to you?" Jormugandr challenges right back, baring his fangs.

[Ebiris]

"Why not?" she responds. "If not us then who? Haven't we been good neighbours since Syala and I defeated Triel's Furnace? Haven't we been good guests on our visit today?"

[Anastasia]

Diplomacy. +10 bonus again.

[Ebiris]

[17:20] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+72 diplo
[17:20] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 74 > [d20=2]

[Anastasia]

"You have not turned away from a battle," Jormugandr growls again.  The serpent rears back now, giving you space. "You would not lie to me. You would not do this lightly, I see."

[Ebiris]

Alicia lowers her blade a bit as the tension ratchets down a notch. "I don't know your reasons for keeping everyone away from here if it's not done out of an understanding with the guardian, but I would like to respect them. However the risk of another obtaining its prize is too great, so I must take action and see that it is won and used properly."

[Anastasia]

"Then know that particularly powerful Children of Jormugandr are born here," Is the announcement, "They are not so diluted as a typical child, and serve only me. Any other they attack."

[Ebiris]

"We will give them the battle they crave," Alicia inclines her head. "What of the guardian, is there a particular area it favours?"

[Anastasia]

"No," Jormugandr declares, "It moves of its own will and rarely in the same place twice."

[Ebiris]

She wonders if that means it carries the godseed, since if it was put in a location it would have to avoid straying far from it. "In that case we'll have to hope we attract its attention. Does it shy away from your children as it does from you?"