Ebullience

[Nephrite]

I'm sure he's being honest but Sense Motive is going for anything.

"I understand." He says, as he invokes the spell yet again. If it seems to go off the subject then he'll let Sylvie take her turn.

[Anastasia]

He is indeed being honest near as you can tell.

"Do you mind if we have some privacy?" Sylvie asks, but it doesn't really sound like a question at all.

I'm not expecting this to produce much, so you won't miss anything. If I'm wrong I'll tell you what I got.

[Nephrite]

"By all means." Moore says, taking Jetina off with him.

When they're alone, "Jetina, what was even in that vial?" He asks.

[Anastasia]

"A plague that turns the living to the undead," Jetina's expression is stony. "Capable of even infecting spirits and celestials."

[Nephrite]

"It should be magical then, yes?" Moore asks. "Let's go check it out while Sylvie is investigating."

Plan will be to see if I can get any magic off it to identify who made it.

[Anastasia]

Spellcraft then real quick, make sure to note the DC you're shooting for.

[Nephrite]

You should know by now I can always hit it!

Take 10 on Spellcraft for 118.

trying for Discover Caster (DC 85) and anything beyond that

[Anastasia]

The creator is Pardol.

Moore, is all well in Hope's Landing? How goes your own efforts?

[Nephrite]

We're well. Sylvie is questioning the poor soul who got sent here. As far as I can tell this was all orchestrated by Pardol - the plague that got sent was created by him.

If it's a ruse then it's a very good one.

The only run-in I've had with Orcus was several months ago when he and Lixer got into a spat outside of Foggard and he cursed me. That wasn't a terribly pleasant experience, as I'm sure you can guess... but I've not had any further issues with him.

[Anastasia]

We've found out it's Pardol as well and can confirm that. Do you have any insight on why our two realms were attacked in particular? Our thinking is that it may ultimately be a distraction from more important matters and that the originator of this isn't Orcus, but someone who influenced him or called in a favor.

[Nephrite]

None of us have been involved in anything related to that to my knowledge, but I'll have my information specialist get with yours to collaborate. Let me see if Sylvie's come up with anything.

He'll wait to hear from Sylvie, but in the meantime send a message to Melia about the situation and asks her to work with Jessica to uncover anything.

[Anastasia]

Keep us informed, we'll do the same if events provide us more insight.

Soon enough Sylvie comes out. "Nothing," she shakes her head. "Talked to Antenora myself and she's probably right that this is a feint of some kind. A distraction in her own words. The connection to Sylica is there but it feels far too much like a red herring. That or we both agree it's plausible it's merely a madman's focus on us and our bad luck, but for practical purposes there's not a huge difference there."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "Well, we'll let the spymasters handle the rest." He says. "I'm not sure there's a lot else for us to do."

[Anastasia]

From there...

d100 real quick and I'll move both of you on.

[Nephrite]

[14:51] <Nephrite> roll 1d100
[14:51] <Rei-chan> Nephrite rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=66 ]{66}