On the prowl (Ithea)

[Ebiris]

I don't get why they called their world Earth, it'd be like if we went around calling Lifasa Bytopia.

On the other hand if we told everyone that Bytopia had been conquered by devils and we needed their help to free it we might get a lot more people signing up?

[Merc]

Just about everywhere except there it says Balmuria instead of Earth! It's confusing! Anyway, okay, I'll grab Hanna, Balyss and Simmer for this. I'll skip on Stille so there isn't NPC overload. I'll grab Simmer then Hanna then food for Balyss.

[Anastasia]

IC reason: Old myths about the source of the world conflating it with Earth. It stuck.

OOC reason: Sometimes something you do in passing when first starting a world doesn't jive, so you just grandfather it in and deal. It's not really a deal breaker, just an odd little quirk.

The trick is finding Simmer. She's not in her normal haunts, and asking Elena gets her to say, "Oh, she's in the lava baths. All the fire elementals are avoiding anywhere but that, they really don't like Water."

[Merc]

"Ah, could you let her know to head out to Selune's temple when she's done? Have a mission planned, it'll get her out of Water and hopefully give her something to burn. Probably heading to Earth, but Balyss may point us elsewhere."

Ithea waits for Elena to confirm and adds, "Do you know where I can find Hanna also? Hopefully somewhere more approachable?"

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d100
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 95 > [d100=95]

"Training with Mirajane," Elena reports, "They're fairly far into it, so should be done when you get there or close to it."

[Merc]

Ithea nods. "Thanks, Elena. When you talk to Simmer, let her know I might be a bit just because Balyss asked me to grab her something from the cafeteria while she gets started on the divinations, if she wants to maximize her time at the lava baths."

[Anastasia]

"Got it," Elena says, vanishing right away.

Finding Hanna's easy. She and Mirajane are at the training room, toweling off after a hard bit of exercise. Mirajane's gaze is on Ithea right away, and as she approaches, "Congratulations?" she offers, half a question. "How do you like it?"

[Merc]

Ithea blinks. "Well, you're the first to pick up on it, if you're talking about what I think you are. Not very different as far as I can tell."

She pauses, and then says. "And yeah, thanks. Definitely a congratulations."

[Anastasia]

Hanna tilts her head to the side, curious.

Mirajane chuckles a bit, "She's no longer mortal, mother," she answers, "You'll notice it in a few days. You'll get up to eat breakfast after not sleeping all night and it'll hit you."

[Merc]

"Sharess," Ithea says by way of explanation. Should be sufficient.

"On a different note, do you remember that mess on Earth, Hanna? You weren't there for all of it, but I'm finally going to try and deal with the valeoloth and was hoping you'd be interested in joining. I think I put it off aside for much, much longer than I planned to, unfortunately.

Pausing, she adds, "You're welcome to come too if you'd like, Mirajane," as an offer mostly to be polite, but there's some interest in working with Mirajane, not having really 'adventured' with her, so to speak.

Not really sure if you want to deal with 4 NPCs total and that was the original reason I didn't approach Stille. Felt awkward to invite Hanna and not Mirajane!

I can run Balyss in combat, and maybe Hanna or Simmer. Not that familiar with Simmer (but how hard can fire be?), and not at all familiar with Mirajane.

[Anastasia]

"Stay here," Hanna says, resting an arm on Mirajane's shoulder. "Jaela might need you, and that aside, you aren't ready to face a valeoloth yet."  Mirajane merely nods to that, as Hanna says, "Good. Where are we hunting it?"

[Merc]

"Balyss is doing some divinations for me. I'm assuming Earth if it hasn't found a way to get out of there, and it might still want to figure out how to free Zalmoch and stay close, but we'll find out then. I invited Simmer as well, and we'll be meeting at Selune's temple. I was going to grab some food for Balyss since she just woke up a while ago, and I guess I can grab something for Simmer as well on the way."

[Anastasia]

"I'll be there," Hanna promises, "Let's finish this."

Good to move on? If so, what are you getting for Balyss?

[Merc]

https://www.dennys.com/food/breakfast/moons-over-my-hammy/

And pancakes too!

[Anastasia]

So a breakfast sandwich and hash browns? Okay.

The four gather in the temple of Selune. It's quiet here right now, Stille dealing with a few to the side, keeping Balyss free.

Simmer's here, arms crossed and huddled up. She focuses on the flames in her hands, rolling them over her body like a protective talisman.

Hanna's fully equipped, waiting to go patiently.

Balyss is dressed and armored up, but goes right to you as you enter. She takes the plate without a word and starts eating at a fast clip. After the first few bites, "Tavern food?" she remarks, and then adds, "It's the sort of thing you might get in a tavern or a shop in the morning as a day laborer from where I come from. Something you can carry and eat." She waves her half eaten sandwhich, then goes to making it fully eaten.