Moments in the Sun

[Brian]

"Yes," he says, nodding.  "I believe so -- you were here already when I arrived, at any rate."

[Ginrai]

"Ah.  How did you know about Nathan and Bloom but not anyone else?"

[Brian]

"Wait, you mean they're other Order of Symmetry agents?" Stephen/Serril asks.  "He was just sent after them because of the inherent frailty of leaders and heroes in this world."

[Ginrai]

Ginrai starts to laugh.  "I should've known...."

Shaking his head, he says, "Yes.  I also know that Lindsey is part of Pax Arcana.  If you feel like mentioning the other two I'll also state those in my group.  Otherwise I'm wondering what your group's agenda is."

[Brian]

"I haven't heard from Anton or Sam, though," he says, frowning.  "I don't think they're near the keep yet ... which means they're either with Liandral, or somewhere south of us.  Not sure why that happened...."

[Ginrai]

"There's a chance they're a part of the Storm-riders then.  The other two members are Durant and Bjorn; all of us appeared near each other.  Now, as for your group's goal in this world?"

[Brian]

"We've got to ensure that you alter fate, and keep the Dreadmarch from winning," he explains.  "Essentially, since we came into the dream while you were here, but after you arrived, we got stuck with babysitting."

[Ginrai]

Ginrai smirks.  "Thanks.  From what you said it sound like Seventh Cabal fucked this world over to the point where the Dreadmarch was fated to win.  Do you know anything specific about their actions in this world?"

[Brian]

"Nah, they got out long before we got here," Serril says, shaking his head.  "Um....  Lessee....  We've kind of gleaned what we have through the ... meta-structure of the world, I guess.  Looking at the events and pretty much saying, 'this is not a coincidence', more or less."  He shrugs.

[Ginrai]

"Ah.  Do you know of anything in this world that can be used to our advantage?"

[Brian]

"Not much; we just got here, after all.  I'd expect you to know more, having been here longer," he says, shrugging again.

[Ginrai]

"True, though you did say that you were informed of events in this world before arriving.  Is there anything else that you were able to find out?"

[Brian]

"Not much.  Basically just that there was a lot of stuff going to go wrong, thanks to the Cabal," he says slowly.  "You didn't get any kind of advanced warning?"

[Ginrai]

"Not really.  We basically had to find this out on our own."

[Brian]

"Ouch," he says, offering you a sympathetic smile.  "Sounds rough.  So, uh, what's the plan?"