A new hill

[Anastasia]

"Now then, I do believe Marie deserves a reward from her loving wife," Antenora declares, "If you excuse us, Alicia?"

[Ebiris]

Alicia gladly gives them their privacy.

It's time to think about going after another seed anyway.

Rolling knowledge for the Askarel Tomb on Pandemonium and its forbidden portal.

[17:23] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+93 buffed up planes check
[17:23] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 96 > [d20=3]

[Anastasia]

Very little is known about it. It's said a forgotten, destructive race is entomed here. From the first days, something that was too destructive to allow it to continue to exist.  An aberration, a mistake, a nightmare.

[Ebiris]

Lovely. Does she have a location for it?

[Anastasia]

Somewhere in Agathion is the common consensus.

[Ebiris]

But nothing specific? That's unfortunate.

Thinking of what sources of lore they have available, she decides to have Marie pay a visit to Aurora and see if she can find anything in its libraries. They owe Sylica enough that she shouldn't have trouble getting in, and Medi's obscure collection of lore might do the trick.

After she's done celebrating with Antenora, anyway.

I'll have Marie go to Aurora so she can benefit from the +15 untyped bonus from its library and make a check at 51 +4  morale (greater heroism), +15 insight (bibliotheca arcana), +20 competence (guidance of the avatar), +15 untyped (aurora) for +105 to her check.

We should probably have a library of our own for this kind of thing. Or just have a marshal on retainer.

[Anastasia]

It's a little while. A glance in - yep, still celebrating. The lemons and apricots are a new and interesting touch, you idly note.

As Alicia kills time for that in her office, catching up on so many matters big and small while she monitors her faithful all the while?

"Alicia?" Latha appears before you.

[Ebiris]

"Yes Latha?" she asks, looking up.

[Anastasia]

"I feel that it's time to talk to you," she admits, "I had wanted to do something worthy of my new station: And I cannot say that was not worthy."

[Ebiris]

"I should hope so, we've had a profound impact on Creation today," Alicia says with a bit of justified in her mind pride.

[Anastasia]

"An impact that will last a long time," Latha echos as you fee it.

A strong connection to Latha, bright and ready.

Node update, go read.

[Ebiris]

Read it.

"Yes," Alicia smiles at that feeling of connection. "In the long run of Creation, Garl's absence might be seen as only a temporary blip. Though it will still take a long time for Bytopia to be close to what it should be."

[Anastasia]

"Let's make sure Bytopia has all the time it needs," Latha concurs, "What now, Alicia?"

[Ebiris]

"I'm preparing to try and find another seed, I just need to narrow down a bit more information on the one in Pandemonium," she answers. "Right now we're scrambling around for them at the expense of anything else, but the prize they represent is too great to do otherwise."

[Anastasia]

"Other matters can wait," Latha concurs, "And we hope that Hell has not claimed that seed yet, or other seeds far below.