Crossed swords

[Anastasia]

"Tedious," Jetina observes, "But most training is tedious. The truly irritating part would be to confirm if it works that way or not, unless you get fortunate enough for it to happen early."

[Corwin]

"That much is obvious," Seira agrees. "Alicia's my first thought, and you guys are obviously included, Moore. I don't know if we'll go beyond that for now, though. Not until we've put some distance between the artifact and its previous holder, at least."

[Anastasia]

"We'll need to test it," Elle says at last, "But I think it should work. It'll be trivial for us, regardless."

[Corwin]

"I've got it covered," Seira tells her, asking in turn, "How long do you think it'll take you to figure out the crystals properly? They weren't the main goal, but we could all benefit from better gear, I think."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "Thank you. Oh, speaking of better gear - Elle, that object you helped create seems to be working as well. We're still testing it out, but if we can manage to keep everything stable and advance the magic, I think it could be a huge boon to everyone." He says as he shares the notes they have on the mock Syllen pieces. "We're still working on getting one last piece of something as well out of Earth, and if we can manage that we may have a useful tool for emergencies as well."

It's in loot but it's the 'set items that enhance each other' thing.

[Anastasia]

Right.

"I'll get to the bottom of those crystals, too, "Elle agrees, as...

Plans here to test that, Seira?

[Corwin]

"Oh, speaking of gear, Moore. Remember the whole mess with Kossuth, and how we promised him a few Fire-themed artifacts so that he'd stop interfering with Kaja's divine seed?"

[Nephrite]

"I do." He says with a nod. "I can find some in Celestia to send as a good-will gift, if you'd like."

[Corwin]

"I really would, he hates me now. I hoped time would help but no, he's still pissed. Personal reasons aside, we don't want Kossuth to be amenable to devils on Fire rather than us."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "I can share a few unique things we've found on our travels as well. Oh, if you ever can spare an avatar, please come over and meet Will - he's... uh, you know, I don't know how to describe him, he's basically an amalgamation of magical constructs that gained sentience when we combined them. He's an absolute expert at magic, so if you ever need a second opinion, you're always welcome."

[Anastasia]

"Oh yes, we do need to keep Kossuth happy," Elle speaks up.

This gets Jetina to smile, "I can help with those artifacts, too."

[Corwin]

"Sure, I'll come over in person," Seira agrees.

As for testing, I'll just conjure up various elementals and then dispel them. Shouldn't take me more than a couple hours to show that it works, then I'll loan out Wildaros to Ranbar to do the same. For my part, I'll see that my permanent hit points remain even while the artifact is with her at the Cauldron, and then I'll take it back once I've returned from visiting Moore.

[Anastasia]

Took 41 rolls get a success on that, incidentally. While you're doing that, are you going to support Elle as she works out those crystals, Moore?

[Nephrite]

Sure, he can give a total of +22 with morale boosters, then add on aiding, and he may as well break out the Int-boosting song so that'll be a total of +30 I think?

[Anastasia]

+30 then? This may matter so make sure.