On the prowl (Ithea)

[Anastasia]

"It's not important," Balyss says, picking up her pace.

[Merc]

"Hrm...alright. If you're...sure," Ithea replies, as she keeps pace with Balyss.

[Anastasia]

This gets Balyss to turn, a hand on her hip and a scowl, "Of course I'm sure," she says quickly. "Why wouldn't I be?"

[Merc]

"Just wondering if it was a reaction to how close it was to Sylvie's fighting style barring the unarmed versus mace part," Ithea can't help but dig for answers even though she was originally not planning to.

[Anastasia]

"I did notice that. Sylvie blends many techniques together and Selune does the same," Hanna says, "It's obvious if you know what to look for."

"Selune's like Sylvie, or Sylvie's like Selune? I don't think being quick to learn is part of her doctrine," Simmer points out, idly flicking a ball of fire between her fingers. Her attention is on that, "So how's that make sense?"

Balyss closes her eyes and sighs, shoulders slumping. "Fine. Yes, it was. As the phases of the moon changes, so does Selune. She wears many faces and many guises, and all of them are her aspects. Selune help me, Sylvie does fight like Selune, only not that quick to change. But the roots of the style are obviously the same."

[Merc]

"Nothing wrong with Sylvie fighting like Selune, you know," Ithea points out as she sees Balyss' shoulders slumping. "It's just an observation, but there's no hidden meaning in it, I'm sure."

[Anastasia]

"Yes, and I'm the Queen of Malmuth," Balyss rolls her eyes and straightens up, "Selune wouldn't have shown me that without a reason, so I have to discern what that reason is."

[Merc]

"Hrm...valid point. Well, at least you seem to have made up with her for the time being...."

She doesn't think the issue was resolved at all, and Balyss never seemed to follow up on the suggestion of bringing Sylvie's son and her friends to visit Aurora, but it was a reminder that there was something to deal with there, even if there was a temporary ceasefire, or whatever the two were calling it right now.

[Anastasia]

"Selune is ever distant in the sky, yet protects us. We only see her from afar." Balyss looks away at this, "Perhaps that's another similarity she's pointing out."

[Merc]

"...how do we ask her about the magma thing?" Ithea asks, trying to redirect Balyss to their original goal instead of her introspection.

[Anastasia]

Oh, Balyss doesn't reply. She looks lost in thought, gazing up at the sky above.

"A-HEM," Simmer clears her throat, "We're talking about important things, like Magma. But since this is a divine realm and the ruling deity doesn't seem to mind us being here, we wander until we find it? These sort of things work themselves out, right?"

"...yeah. Yes." Balyss finally looks away from the sky, "Just follow along with me."

[Merc]

Ithea shrugs and follows along quietly, keeping an eye out for further phenomena.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d100+7
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 9 > [d100=2]

You wander for a time, coming to a cave of sorts. The roof is simply not there, as if the very top was seamlessly removed. It allows moonlight to shine down in the cave, which is a general downward slope that leads to a large pool of opaque liquid. Balyss walks on and into the cave, only stopping a few steps in. "Oh? Oh! We've found something, yes, as Our Lady of Silver guided us."

Hanna's follows behind, cross armed. "Yes, about four steps too late. Pay attention, or you might miss something Selune's trying to tell you."

[Merc]

"Hrm?" Ithea asks, aiming the question towards Hanna.

[Anastasia]

"Sorry," Balyss says,  "You're right." She hurries along to the pool, "We found our way here under the moonlight, so this must be Selune's will." The pool is wide - big enough for Ithea to go in the middle and not quite be able to touch the ground from any direction.