Knowledge shall lead the...

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+15 Sanzha
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 20 > [d20=5]
> roll 1d20+11 Elle
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 26 > [d20=15]

In a moment, you all stand in a a forest, together. Oberuth glances around as the four of you stand there amid nature.

[Corwin]

"Progress!" Seira cheers. "Hellman, where were you before?"

She spreads her senses to tell whether they've managed to shrink the size of the forest, using the same magical support as before.

Lay of the Land to tell the size of this forest and anything of interest, any people miles around me....

[Anastasia]

"Forest," he says simply.

The forest is no bigger than a mile around. It's simply forest and then nothing at all.

[Corwin]

"Thoughts? Nothing is around, as far as I can tell. We did shrink the forest to a mile across."

[Anastasia]

"It's just for...est..." Elle trails off. "We wanted Ianvasah. Did we get her more directly?" She asks aloud.

Lady Sanzha hums, "Can a dream be that literal? Of course it could, dreams operate by the rules of fancy and whimsy, not the hard rules of reality."

[Corwin]

"Please explain. Do you suggest this is the representation of her soul?"

[Anastasia]

"It's rather..." A beat, "Expected for a druid," Sanzha goes on, "But could the dream be copying Ianvasah's soul and we trod on it?"

[Corwin]

"Zaphkiel said that Bytopia itself would resist those that seek its divine seed," Seira muses slowly.

"And Kascha had documented the case of the Prime of Lifasa speaking to Aurora's champions. It's not as farfetched as it first sounds," she admits, flexing her arcane might to form an elven body. Much like the product of a Clone spell, it will not contain a soul, but if Sanzha and Elle are right that won't be a problem. "Suddenly, I am reminded of how we came to count Oraga as our number."

[Anastasia]

"You think we can?" Elle says at last.

"Should the Guardian not move against us, and it proves to be more solid than a passing dream," It's said very slowly by Sanzha, "Maybe. It's such an uncharted territory that I know not. The Queen of Stars would know, and she lost a consort not long ago - and did not recreate him. Perhaps it is her choice and nature, but I would suspect this speaks against it. Or that the divine is impossible but it may yet be possible for a mortal."

[Corwin]

"The rules for mortals are different than for the divine, and the rules for Guardians are another thing entirely," Seira says reasonably. "Let's do this! Elle, Sanzha, follow my leads. Oberuth, please prepare to breathe life into her once we're done with the power of the Fairest Star!"

And then, rather than waste time on what-ifs, Seira follows the actions she has done time and time again, bringing a pretty girl back to life by calling upon her spirit and placing her into a delicate elven vessel! If only Kascha could have been here contributing her own divine will....

[Anastasia]

Charisma again.

[Corwin]

20:47 <Seira> roll 1d20+13+2+5+16+2+10 improvisation, dragon princess, 1-week bonus
20:47 <Penuche> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 54 > [d20=6]

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+15 Sanzha
> roll 1d20+11 Elle
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 26 > [d20=11]
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 23 > [d20=12]

A hazy body. Ianvasah in the forest, but a dull, dark thing. The flickering of a dream as you begin to open your eyes.

Oberuth reaches out and the dream becomes real - more real. Less hazy, but still indistinct.

Yet it stands there, lifeless and without a single reaction.

[Corwin]

Let's try more extreme measures, Seira says, thinking back to how they've put Zariel back together. It took a divine spark, so she consecrates the area through an extension of her will and reaches out to place her proxy spark in the still Ianvasah!

[Anastasia]

In that case, Perception.