A new hill

[Ebiris]

I don't believe so. It's deep underground.

[Anastasia]

'I'm certainly willing,' Sulia sends back.

[Ebiris]

Excellent. Please come over to Sylica? Don't worry about making an entrance we'll be leaving immediately to meet someone else I'd like to bring on this adventure. I think you'll like her.

[Anastasia]

'Dear Alicia, who do you have in mind?' Sulia replies.

[Ebiris]

The new lillend goddess.

[Anastasia]

'Oh, it would be lovely to meet her,' Sulia sends back. 'To see how she's come into her own.'

[Ebiris]

Thus when Sulia arrives in Sylica, Alicia takes her to the door under that bridge which leads to the second infinite stairway and the enter Queen's domain!

[Anastasia]

So for clarity, is it just you and Sulia right now, Alicia?

[Ebiris]

Yes. We're going to recruit the third member of our rag-tag team right now.

[Anastasia]

Empress Sulia follows along, in an elegant gown that no bit of mud or dirt clings to. "A door to the Infinite Stair?" she asks, "Does she lie beyond?"

[Ebiris]

"This isn't the infinite stair you know," Alicia answers. "There was a second stairway, one left unused and discarded. But since the new goddess has taken residence it seems to have regained its functionality. At least her servants visited Sylica by this door, so we'll return the favour." She of course is armed and armoured for battle, her new wooden sword on her back as she opens the door and enters the second Infinite Stair.

[Anastasia]

A mere nod from Sulia as you open the door.

Green.

Leaves.

You step in and brush aside leaves. For the warmth of the sun shines on this Stair, and trees grow. They growth within and from the stairs and platforms, branches weaving together, often making new paths to follow. The smell of flowers fills the air, like a summer day from childhood.

[Ebiris]

"Ahh, this looks nicer already. There was a sort of tree motif at the bottom but the atmosphere was otherwise dead when we first came here," Alicia says to Sulia before she reaches out for her new friend.

Queen, it is Alicia again. I've come with a new friend for you to meet and an invitation to go on a journey with us if you're willing.

[Anastasia]

As Sulia takes it in?

'Come. An escort will be with you shortly.'

[Ebiris]

"Lets go down the stairs, she's sending someone to meet us so we should get there soon," Alicia says to Sulia, descending off of this platform.