Gearing up (Moore, Ithea)

[Nephrite]

Moore smiles. "Don't worry about things like that. We'll get there one way or another and figure everything out -- worrying about the 'how' too much and you end up losing the focus on the thing you're even trying to focus on."

[Anastasia]

"Yes, one supposes," Crystal says, "Still, no matter. Elena should return shortly."

[Anastasia]

Elena reappears shortly, just as Crystal predicted. "Ithea's busy at this moment, but she'll be along soon."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "All right. So where is it that we're going, anyway?"

[Anastasia]

"When the portal was interdicted, its destination of the Astral Plane was lost. Baleruk has learned of the location, which is the Deep Ethereal. Have you ever been there, by any chance?" Crystal hms at that, "I know Afina and a few others have, but it's a seldom explored realm."

[Nephrite]

Moore shakes his head. "I've never been there." He does try to recall anything he can think of about that place, though.

[12:51] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+22 K:P don't give me another 1 Serith
[12:51] <Serith> Nephrite roll for Serith < 23 > [d20=1]

[Anastasia]

Moore can't recall anything salient, except that it's obscure. Figures.

"It's like the Ethereal, but moreso," Crystal explains. "There is no gravity and creatures can fly naturally there. Deep mists ruin visibility. It's a secluded realm and some consider it to be the true Ethereal Plane, with the normal Ethereal being merely the borderlands of it."

[Nephrite]

Moore rubs his chin. "So we'll probably find what we're looking for suspended somewhere? Or it may have crashed into something else since it's been adrift for some time. Hm... Presuming we aren't the first to find it -- what kind of creatures do you think we might encounter?"

[Anastasia]

That draws out a shake of Crystal's head. "That I cannot tell you, for the denizens of the Deep Ethereal are rare and reclusive things."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "So the odds of us running into something are probably low. All right, that makes sense. Do we need any preparation, spell-wise, before we go there?"

[Anastasia]

"Emergency means to return to a safe plane," Crystal remarks, "In case things go afoul."

[Nephrite]

Moore rubs his chin at that. "I can cast a spell to get us to safety, at least. Hm, do we have any way of contacting anyone in Aurora once our business is completed?"

[Anastasia]

"Sending will be useful as well, but Ithea should be able to handle that," Crystal says.

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "I suppose we should give some consideration to how exactly we intend to bring everything back, too. I know there are spells to shrink things, but I don't know if they'd work on everything we'd run into. Hmm... I do have a container, but I doubt it'd fit everything. Unless we could somehow transport the ship, but I'd imagine its contents are more important than the material itself."

[Anastasia]

"Yes," Crystal agrees, "We can sort that out once we get there. Bags of holding should suffice."