A neverending field

[Corwin]

"Escape winter? Perish the thought!" Auril might be focused on her, but for Seira, this isn't about convincing Auril. Rather, she seeks to connect to the townspeople, and so it is with them that she interacts and maintains eyesight. "Who doesn't like winter? It is a time to stay safely warm indoors, spending time with family that we might not see much of during planting season or harvest. It is a time to live off the fruits of one's labor as we wait for the snow to thaw. Yet even in winter, there's still life aplenty. Shallots and peas grow well, camelias and pansies are beautiful and break through the monotony of white that snowdrops represent so well...." Her expression turns mischievous as Seira addresses the adults in the crowd. "There's a good reason each year sees more babies during the warmer months, too~"

"The only thing being rejected is the needless cruelty of winter," Seira finally tells Auril. "In other words, you."

[Anastasia]

Gimme a second Diplo check, this one will also be opposed.

[Corwin]

18:06 <Seira> roll 1d20+75 (+2 vs men)
18:06 <Penuche> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 88 > [d20=13]

I was off by one in the previous roll, not that it mattered. This is the correct modifier for my avatars with longterm buffs.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+72 (+30 competence, +10 insight, +15 ????, +3 ???, +5 winter's corona)
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 85 > [d20=13]

An unspoken challenge. The people split. While several stay by Auril's avatar, more come to you, more flock to you rather than her.

[Corwin]

As more and more sensible people dismiss Auril, Seira approaches a group of children and kneels next to them, asking with a conspiratorial grin, "Do you want to build a snowman?"

[Anastasia]

A child smiles as Auril leads her catches away and calls, "You bet!"

Meanwhile, back on the ship, "Look at this go!" Gond calls, "Hold on, let's get to the moon!"

[Corwin]

As her avatar cheerfully builds a snowman with the children, she can't help but sing along~

But the avatar standing at Gond's side, while just as excited, just barely refrains from singing as she responds, "To the moon!"

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d100 low is good
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 28 > [d100=28]

Woosh! Off you go, sailing higher and higher into the sky. It's really working, it's working - and you notice the deck is starting to glow golden yellow. "Daddy!" Elyssa calls, "The goldenfire loop stabilizer isn't working!"

Gond glances down and scowls, "Take the controls," he calls to you, then vanishes.

[Corwin]

Not missing a beat, Seira familiarizes herself with the controls. While she's not usually at the helm of such ships, she does have nice experience going all the way back to the first time she'd invaded Avernus! Good memories.

For now, the task is to keep the course steady, compensate for engine failure and avoid stalling.

[Anastasia]

Let's just call this an Intelligence check, +2 circumstance bonus.

[Corwin]

19:35 <Seira> roll 1d20+23
19:35 <Penuche> Seira invokes Penuche's magic: < 41 > [d20=18]

[Anastasia]

It's a massive puzzle but you grasp the essence, taking the control levels and keeping the course steady - even as they begin to glow golden.

> roll 1d20+142
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 145 > [d20=3]

The clang of metal on metal echos through the ship as Gond is heard bellowing, "Elyssa, get in front of it and throw the Portal Hoop out," he calls, "One of the empty bays!"

You glimpse Elyssa fly forward, a blue halo of spellfire around her feet as she soars ahead. Once ahead she tosses something, and suddenly a portal to a vast, empty cavern is dead ahead.

[Corwin]

Seira calculates the distance the ship has to maneuver and marks the spot she needs to start decelerating before she guides the vessel into the portal with all possible haste.

[Anastasia]

Done. The portal closes once the ship is through, which now entirely glows with goldenfire. Then Gond is there, "Well, we'll handle it from here. You may want to go home. Now." he says quickly, "Just in case."

[Corwin]

Control over Goldenfire is one of her unique abilities, boosting her already divine powers over Fire. Fleeing might well be required, but not before she tries to grasp all that energy and channel it productively! As a beam shot through a portal to Vacuum sounds like a decent choice.