A neverending field

[Anastasia]

'Yes, I do. I know of Eisen, Roldant and Black Resolve. I entered the Tower through the gates, as a proper devil.'

[Corwin]

'Tell me the procedure you follow to enter and leave the Tower, as well as the location of the gates,' Seira demands, deciding to focus on that first.

[Anastasia]

'I travel to the gate and submit my papers and reason, then I walk out,' Is the answer, 'As all is in order.'

[Corwin]

'How do you travel to the Tower's gates? Where are they located, and is there more than one? What are Eisen, Roldant and Black Resolve? How do you reach them? What is necessary for visitors to enter them?'

I think it's starting to get a bit tiresome with this back and forth, so I'll just ask these questions and hope you provide me with mapping info, similar to how you gave it to me in prep and during the conversation with Gaggar on instructions for this city.

[Anastasia]

Sure. Anything you need quickly clarified from her info dump?

Zariel takes over from you with a few commands, getting the information. 'It's done,' Zariel sends, 'Do we finish her now?'

[Corwin]

'Have her come to that alley,' Seira tells Zariel, indicating the street in question. They'll time their own travel through it afterwards, when there is no one to pay them undue attention. 'And let's find out what she knows about the one who wants her dead.'

I think I'd like the following informaiton:

-Knowledge of cities/outposts in the Tower, as well what level of accuracy the knowledge is (first hand account, devil documentation, rumors, etc)
-Directions and any ways for people to come and go, outside official devil missions (such as paying a magic item here for entrance)
-The existence of gates to and from the Tower to Dis (and any other planes), their location and how one might pass. If she can provide an idea of how official documents look, that's also good.

[Anastasia]

Zaphkiel? Z names, huh?

Anyway, to the first she's visited Eisen briefly. It's a town of steel and iron production, with mines nearby. It was a brief visit for a task and she only saw a bit of it. Roldant is the same level of awareness, but it's more of a general settlement and not a special administrative zone like this town. Black Resolve is a military outpost where barbazu are trained ferociously and without mercy. She spent some time there and you'd get more information about it - namely that it's kept a tight lid on. I can go into more detail on request.

Generally, follow the roads. Those on proper diabolical business will never be intercepted wrongly, she believes. Carry the proper papers on you and follow your orders.

The main gate is the entrance, which she mentioned. Otherwise she's aware of rumors of a portal in Black Resolve. It's supposedly reserved for the officers and those with special clearance. You'd need impeccable documentation to use it, which she has some idea of and provides details there.

[Corwin]

Sigh, edited.

As for the main gate, does she mean the city's main gate? Since we entered through a door in the bank, I'm not actually aware of where the main entrance is.

Oh, and what do I know IC about Yemimah's imprisonment and her caretakers?

[Anastasia]

Yeah, I feel you. I was so zombie this morning that I used the wrong dang system to roll for Emily's init. Goes to show why tinkering with a homebrew system a bit to wake up before session isn't always wise.

Anyway, she means the main gate in. Very high security - you just go south and find it. Or more accurately it finds you.

Whatever you've found out IC about it. I believe you've gathered a few shards of information and rumors in your lead up to this? If you need a refresher say so and I'll go dive.

[Corwin]

I need a refresher since I originally relied on some stuff from her and Dispater's writeup and you later told me that wasn't IC knowledge, but not what part of it if any is.

[Anastasia]

"We're confident she is there," Zariel says, "From what we've gathered, even if what we already knew didn't tell us that. She likely has handmaidens of some kind, nine brachina is what seems most likely."

The most important bit. Most of the rest in the writeup you don't know. You do know the basics - Yemimah is somewhere in here, held, ect ect ect.

[Corwin]

'And on second thought, aside from information on the devil wishing her dead, let's also see if she's heard of or seen reports of highly-placed brachina here?'

[Anastasia]

A pause before, 'Two, both passing guests,' Is the answer. 'There's not too many brachina around this particular city. They're more common elsewhere, she says.'

[Corwin]

'Where in the Tower?'

[Anastasia]

'Ahead,' Zariel says, 'Most anywhere, for reasons unknown bracina are not assigned here. Which is mildly curious. I'd expect at least a few.'