Ahead lies the great light that...

[Nephrite]

Moore smiles and claps his hands together. "A day of blessings and boons for us all. Wonderful!"

I did indeed see what she got.

[Anastasia]

"As have I," Xandra speaks up, "I've found I'm ready to face the light. I believe we all are now."

In that moment you feel it, a connection to Xandra that blossoms bright.

Node update, go read.

[Nephrite]

So noted.

"It would seem we are at a time of great triumphs indeed." Moore says with a smile.

I don't have a lot on my list until Sylvie does her stuff since it seems like the next segments are going to quickly be leading to trying this out For Reals.

[Anastasia]

Soon enough Sylvie returns to you again.

"It's done," she announces, "Antenora and I have made all the insights we can."

[Nephrite]

"All right, let's hear them." Moore says, sitting down to listen.

[Anastasia]

Thus Sylvie begins. It's a lot to hear for sure, time slipping by as...

See nagging for the total bonuses there.

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "Ah, I see how to apply all of that. Something else I had been wondering... do you think it's possible to harness the power we've been granted through our bonds for the purposes of this?"

And to be clear, does that mean with the book, Sylvie and Antenora, it's +15 total, or +10?

[Anastasia]

+15.

"No, that's something else. It's about doing it alone, even with all the knowledge you've been given," Sylvie says, "We're stretching it to the limit, but there's still some things you have to do yourself."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods.

"Very well." A smile after that. "Then I have one final thing I'd like to do before I think I'm truly ready for this. Would you mind accompanying me to Lifasa?"

Plan will be to take Sylvie and Xandra to Tepen's backyard with the spiritual wounds circle to do a little bit more soul-manipulation Words of Creation work.

[Anastasia]

"As long as you ward it," Sylvie says, "For both Xandra and I."

[Nephrite]

"Oh, that's right, you don't know about it." Moore says with a proud smile. "I haven't been sitting idle either, you know."

Moore will Plane Shift himself over to check on the circle he made with Tepen's help to make sure it's still functioning, then will bring both of them afterwards.

[Anastasia]

It's simple enough to set that up and...

Go ahead.

[Nephrite]

"Considering I'm going to have to do this soon on my own without the power of magic, I am going to start over with the basics to see if I can manage this without any of that..."

He settles down and takes a breath.

He's going to see if he can manage to get the +2 charisma going like he had previously, but without magic or his gear to bolster him.

He still has the Lifasa boosts, but that's fine.

[13:03] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+10+8 charisma
[13:03] <Penuche> Nephrite invokes Penuche's magic: < 36 > [d20=18]

[Anastasia]

You feel it flair up - easier now, or perhaps simply practiced unlike last time.

I don't have notes handy, did you take damage from this one?

[Nephrite]

No, he only took damage once he tried to go past +4 before. I'll find the link after this.

"I was hoping this might help me during the trials. What do you think?" Moore asks.