Endless rise above

[Nephrite]

He can't just appear there and put everything right, as much as he wants to.

Well, he can, but that would be in bad form.

He has the power to just will all of the fields to grow again, but what would that serve? The army would likely just steal again.

He's looking far too much into the future for a solution to this, he realizes after a moment of going over and over all the possible things to do to help.

Right now, there is one person asking for help, and he'll have it.

He asked him what he was missing... right now, that seems easy enough.

I'm looking through the divine writeup and I swear there's something about deities casting spells through their divine connection, but I can't find it. What I want to do here is emulate a sculpt sound spell to get his attention somewhere, then a create food and water spell so that when he looks back, whammo, there's a basket of food or something. If that isn't possible let me know and I will re-line this.

A note will lay there on top of it with a simple verse: "Hope can come from hopelessness, but time and distance are both lengths to which hope rises." 

It's clear that staying where is now isn't going to help him. If he could, he'd send some forces there to resolve this, but that would just create so many more problems for these citizens... for right now, he wants to get Sadas out of this place and somewhere else where he can at least start over. Once he's built him up enough, the time can come for him to put Homegrad right, but that time is not now.

[Anastasia]

That's fine, go ahead and describe how you're doing it and I'll adjudicate.

[Nephrite]

Functionally, an alter reality for a sculpt sound for a knock on the door frame behind him (assuming he's in a house, if he's outside let me know) and then another for the create food and water, but maybe make it last a few extra days vs the 24 hours you normally good.

[Anastasia]

Thus it is done. The man looks back at the food with wide eyes, and with shaking hands, reads the note.

"I...I..." the man slowly puts down the note with wonder, and tears into the food. He devours a good part of it as fast as he can, the sheer hunger of need triumphant. Once he is sated from his starvation he looks at the note again. "You...you're...someone cares..."

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for K:P for 119, is there anything I know about this plane that I might be able to nudge him in a direction to find a city / town to 'set up' in? A quest, if you will!

[Anastasia]

I forget, do you have bardic knowledge, lore or anything like that? If so give me a check.

[Nephrite]

I have Bardic Knack and Jack of All Trades, which lets me get a check of literally anything, for whatever that is worth. In case it's an offbrand K:L then the check would be 98.

I'll give you a Bardic Knack roll anyway though!

[21:49] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+19+16+15 kobot
[21:49] <Kobot> Nephrite rolled 1d20+19+16+15 kobot --> [ 1d20=1 ]{51}

[Anastasia]

The entire nation is conquered and the people in a terrible situation. Travel is forbidden, so it's less than and more of escape. As long as Ballydan lies prone, the people here are subject to the whims of hateful masters.

[Nephrite]

Does my check tell me what Ballydan is?

[Anastasia]

The name of the vanquished nation.

[Nephrite]

Ohhh, got it.

So there's not much to be done about it right now, that's fine.

Moore will send him a gentle nudge - he will have to leave and return one day, with friends and saviors.

He will send him a notion of hopefulness and protection - he won't say it outright, but Moore will ensure he gets a chance to escape and return one day.

[Anastasia]

"CRIMSON hungry," CRIMSON says at last, as you see another soul given the proper nudge forward.

[Nephrite]

"Do you know what the Anathem is?" Moore asks.

[Anastasia]

CRIMSON regards you before it says, "Anathem. Food."

[Nephrite]

"Hm. Does CRIMSON know BLUE or ORCHID?" He asks.