Gearing up (Moore, Ithea)

[Nephrite]

"Oh, hello Miss Hanna." Moore says as he backs away slightly. "It wasn't 27 by any chance, was it?"

[Anastasia]

This gets Hanna to close her eyes and sloooooowly sigh. "It was. I thought I saw 27 for a moment."

[Nephrite]

Moore lets out a chuckle at that. "Well, if you happen to see him again, let him know I'm looking for him, please." Moore glances down the hallway before he backs up again. "Sorry to intrude, though." He'll nod once to Hanna before he'll fly back towards his own room unless she has something more for him.

[Anastasia]

"If you're looking for someone, call for Elena and ask her," Hanna says in reply, rubbing her temple. "If he's in Aurora, Elena will know where."

[Nephrite]

Oh.

That might've made things easier.

Oh well, there's really no fun in making things easy all the time, is there?

Moore rubs his nose at that. "I suppose I ought to have done that first. Oh well, no harm in familiarizing myself with the place, right?" He'll smile and back away again from Hanna so she can go back to her business if she wants to. "Elena? Can you please tell me where 27 is right now?" Moore will call out.

[Anastasia]

Hanna promptly closes the door and leaves Moore to his own devices. Elena promptly appears when called, dressed up in wizard robes and a matching wizard's pointy hat today. "Hi! 27's in the library, curled up behind a bunch of books. I'm not sure how he even got there, but that's where he is."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "Thank you!" With that, he decides he'll go find him for now. He's still tired and sore, but fate has conspired to let him find him! Right? Well, he'll find out when he gets there.

[Anastasia]

You reach the library. There's just one problem - there's bookshelf after bookshelf, several dozen that stretch quite a ways up. Amid the quietness of the library, finding 27 isn't a given.

[Nephrite]

Moore rubs his chin. He decided to check the 27th row.

Should he not find 27 at that point, he'll just ask Elena again! No harm in that, right?

[Anastasia]

A bit of searching and a quick conference with Elena points out where 27 is - at the very top of a 20ft tall shelf, curled up behind several books there. Moore flies up, finding the badger slaad staring at him the moment he comes into sight. 27 doesn't say a word, only stares.

[Nephrite]

Moore will smile and fly over. "Hello there, 27."

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d100 maybe Moore will get a 1
<Kobot> Kotono rolled 1d100 maybe Moore will get a 1 --> [ 1d100=48 ]{48}

27 shrinks back and hides behind the books, saying not a word.

[Nephrite]

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you. I'm new here -- I'm a friend of Ithea's." Moore says, staying where he is and speaking quietly. "I scared some slaad off while we were out... so if I come off as intimidating to you, I apologize."

[Anastasia]

27 pauses and sniffs, murmuring, "You smell nice."

[Nephrite]

"I was told I smelled like Celestia earlier, maybe it's that?" He asks, flying just a bit closer.