Crossed swords

[Anastasia]

I will.

"Good. Sit right there, I have a mercane to sweet talk," Waukeen says, a table and chairs rising up from nothing. "You really must be more careful though."

[Corwin]

"I'll try! But you know better than I that no risk means no reward."

[Anastasia]

"And no life," Waukeen sits opposite you, "Things have become so dangerous in Creation lately!"

[Corwin]

"Yeah," Seira agrees, before she smiles at Waukeen. "Thanks for... everything. Doing this, being you. It's a great feeling."

[Anastasia]

A tsk, "If you didn't have me, you'd have run headlong into who knows what by now! You always needed an investor to guide and support your ventures, and I'm that investor. The returns have been legendary."

[Corwin]

Yes, they really have been, Seira muses. Good times!

"I do think we'll keep things calmer in the near future," she voices. "Amaryl and Ranbar were thinking of punching out some demon lord, which should be safe unless they shoot for the moon."

[Anastasia]

"Safe," Waukeen says, "That's what you consider safe?"

[Corwin]

"I did it before ascending, Red Knight ascended after beating up one, how hard can it be for other people?"

[Anastasia]

A laugh, warm. "How hard! Oh Seira," Waukeen says, "Never let the weight of times change you." Her face has a wide smile now, "You speak so easily of such monumental deeds!"

[Corwin]

"Okay then, I won't let it~"

[Anastasia]

Meanwhile another Waukeen appears and drops a scroll onto the table, "Here you are," she says, "Do be careful," she says, before she's gone.

[Corwin]

"Ooh, thanks!" Seira pulls the scroll towards her with a gesture and then holds it open to scan its contents.

[Anastasia]

It's said to be named Wildaros. A trinket of concentrated antimagic, it's said to make breaking magic far easier. The origins of it aren't clear - a remnant of a long forgotten and absorbed Prime Material, a legend without a home. It is said that in these times, reliable merchant sources tracked it down and found it lies somewhere in the Positive Energy Plane. In the belly of some great beast.

"That's all they could find, and only by the greatest luck. The knowledge of this beast is anathemic," Waukeen explains, "I don't consider it a profitable venture to investigate, whatever it is, but you might."

[Corwin]

"It's been a while since I visited the Positive Energy Plane, so I'm all for it. Thanks again!"

Who to take with her... Elle and Ranbar? Donald too, probably. It could be a nice outing.

[Anastasia]

Just as you say that?

Seira, Emily reports that Shar directly threatened Alyssa's parents unless she comes to Shadow as a guest.

She is not so foolish to accept, but it is best that you know that Shar has made threats like that. That is not the only family she could threaten.