Ahead lies the great light that...

[Anastasia]

Oh good, you remembered to add your divine rank to the CL check.

"Yes."

[Nephrite]

Well, there goes the idea of subtlety, then. He may as well approach the matter honestly.

Change of plans, instead of Silverbrow let's get some intermediary from Celestia to do it. They're probably more experts in this sort of thing anyway.

[Anastasia]

There are contacts between Celestia and Baator at least. That'll take a bit of time to work through the limited system they have for the times they need to have official communications, so ask for this after the next adventure. In the meantime, next move? For organization purposes I'll note you mentioned bringing things up to Alicia and Seira, if you want to coordinate that.

[Nephrite]

Sure, let's get that done first. I can just send them both a message.

[Anastasia]

Sure, go ahead and drop them sendings in their topics.

[Corwin]

I'm definitely down for it. When and where?

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. With all of that done, it's time to head to Arcadia to find this farm and see what he can learn!

[Corwin]

Got it, keep in touch!

[Anastasia]

Okay, who is going with you and any prep?

[Nephrite]

Sylvie can stay with CRIMSON, let's bring Kaja and Jetina since they got left out last time. Just hit up the Blessing Stone and then we're off to Rivensdale Farm.

[Anastasia]

As you go to the stone, "I still can't believe it," Kaja says quietly, "Cresiel and now Sylvie? It's like a social disease going around!"

Jetina actually smiles at that, "All the more reason to be careful. There's more reason now than ever for people to be after us, and the desperate often ignore wisdom."

[Nephrite]

"Sylvie's a bit of a special case." Moore says. "But I do want you both to consider your own natures as we go forward. It is very likely we'll use the next seed we find to empower both of you."

[Anastasia]

As the stone is touched, Kaja doesn't reply while Jetina says, "I still have little draw to do so, but...things are as they are," she says vaguely, carefully. "Never mind. Let's go, we have a farm to visit. What's this about exactly?"

[Nephrite]

"There's time enough to give it consideration." Moore says with a smile to both of them. "If you need guidance, I'm here -- as well as the rest of the Mountain."

As he's about to take them there, "We're going to meet someone who knows the most about Arcadia. I'd like to see if he has any idea about what we seek and where it might be hidden."

[Anastasia]

Thus you go.

It is a farm.

A farm of many and vast fields, from corn to berry bushes to orchards to wheat to carrots. So much is here, men and women working in good order. It looks like harvest time, but the air is still warm and fair. It stretches out in all directions, but in the center is a massive collection of barns, all that connect to a huge, four story farmhouse. Many of the workers here sing together, festive harvest songs. You can hear them all as you are now - sung in a dozen languages and more, many people together. It is not only humans, but many demihumans and others yet. Even a few goblins and orcs are here, joining in.

When great wheelbarrows are full of harvest they are taken to the barns and the house, often towards what looks to be a kitchen - for a dozen chimneys letting out trails of smoke from them come from above it.

There are also great fields of various animals - cows and sheep, goats, pigs and chickens and other animals you don't know offhand - some similar, such as what you believe are yaks to stranger ones yet alien to you. You can see dozens of milkmaids at work amid the cows and goats, and in one open barn nearby you can see great wheels of cheese that hang from ropes from the ceiling.

It also smells like a farm, very strongly so. Whew! It's bright and sunny here, warm and entirely pleasant, like a perfect day in summer when it's warm but not unpleasantly hot.