Shake the dust off your feet

[Anastasia]

You're taken in. Jetina awaits you just inside - an avatar. "Hi," she greets warmly, "Moore and I are off doing something else right now, but you needed me?" She leads you inside and dismisses Grias, and once in a private room and with a bit of divine will for privacy. "Is it important?"

[Ebiris]

"It's not fate of Creation important, no," Marie shakes her head and places the bag of holding down on the table before them. "Also we've never met - hello! I'm Marielle but my friends call me Marie. I wasn't exactly chosen from on high for any of this, but even Incarnations respect the bond between mage and familiar so I got in on the ground floor with Alicia."

Introduction done she reaches into the bag and starts taking out the vials. "And these are some of the nastiest plagues we just found cooked up by one of Shar's own servant deities; Yarus. Probably with help from Talona, he was living in her back yard."

[Anastasia]

"You've grown from being a familiar," Jetina observes as she gets comfortable, watching you. "But so did Pepo, didn't he?" A murmur to herself.

Instead Jetina's attention turns to the vials, a soft gasp from her, "Those are horrid!" she exclaims, "They're like liquid disease, death and suffering!"

[Ebiris]

"Ordinarily I'd just say disintegrate and be done with," Marie admits, waggling her fingers over the collection of hopefully well secured vials. "But we all have to Compete and make our mark as deities, don't we? So if you can use these to develop cures it'll help cement your dominion over healing. Or at least give you a good insight into the opposition."

[Anastasia]

That gets an intense smile from Jetina as she studies them, "Cures, would they?" she says, more to herself. "You've brought me work, but the best kind of work."

"The best kind," Jessica agrees, "Keep at it and keep going, Jetina."

[Ebiris]

"We've got to work to prosper," Marie says with a cheerful nod. "So we'll let you get on with it. Give us a call if you think we can help more with these or any other problems you come across."

[Anastasia]

"I will," Jetina turns with a wide smile to you, "Thank you! I owe you one."

[Ebiris]

"Every sick person you heal pays it back for me," Marie reassures with a matching smile, stepping back from the table full of awful diseases now under appropriate stewardship. "Take care of yourself, Jetina. C'mon Jessica, lets go home."

[Anastasia]

Okay, that was an adventure alright. To set up for next week, any immediate moves to deal with all of this?

[Ebiris]

Don't really have any immediate follow up nor any existing hooks I can recall, so not really.

Spread around what we learned to the other nodes, but that can be done by NPCs offscreen. If others read the thread they can be certain they know IC all the stuff we got out of Yarus.

I guess we're still preparing for Mystra's big attack on Shadow.

[Anastasia]

Alrighty, I'll get things moving on your end for Tuesday then.

[Anastasia]

Just to refresh myself before I do a bunch of movement on this front, is there any more IC preparation you need to touch on that you can do yourself?

[Ebiris]

Not unless Mystra has any more requests or any exciting hooks drop into our laps.

[Anastasia]

Cool.

Preparations.

Latha's forges ring with activity as weapons to battle the undead are made. The Opal Mountain shines bright as holy warriors train there, as the shadows teem with unseen protectors. The forests and nature lands bustle and the cities? The cities have a great many visitors from Dweomerheart, which surges with more and more servants coming by the hour.

At the moment Alicia faces off against Antenora. Practice. Not truly needed with how you are now, but pleasant. A familiar rhythm with Antenora, spear against sword. Almost recreation in a way, physical ache, fatigue and sweat from such things optional for you.

As you train, from nowhere Syala steps forth. She watches a few moments until both you and Antenora draw back, then, "I ran into a few of Tryll's group," Syala says once attention turns to her. "They may be available to help with this - Tryll's deep in studies about One and the Far Realm right now."

"Which ones? I know Dana from Aurora," Antenora turns, practice spear flying aside, to a weapon rack nearby.

[Ebiris]

At least Ebony's not around, Alicia thinks as she places her own weapon back on the rack and gives Syala her attention. "Where'd you run into them? I don't really know much of their activities."