Gossiping (Afina)

[Anastasia]

"Argent Dale," Emerelda replies, "Under Queen Brambles."

[Nephrite]

"A pleasure, Miss Emerelda." Moore says with a small bow.

[Ebiris]

Have any of our resident pixies talked about such a place or person?

[Anastasia]

It rings a bell to Afina - a valley full of rivers and small lakes, fairly remote and largely populated by a nymph kingdom.

[Ebiris]

Do I remember the name of the pixie who talked about it? Or is this from my own knowledge?

[Anastasia]

Yes, the pixie's name is Riverina.

[Ebiris]

"Did you ever know a pixie called Riverina?" Afina asks. "I think she's from that area as well."

[Anastasia]

"Oh!" Her hands go to her mouth, "Yes! She was an aide in Queen Bramble's court. How is she?"

[Ebiris]

"She's well," Afina nods. "After the fall she was captured by yugoloths along with most of the other pixies currently in Aurora. We rescued them early on in our Crusade, but you're the first Lifasan fey we've seen since then apart from Queen Ilsenine. Right now Riverina's..." Afina launches into an update as to what Riverina's been up to lately.

[Anastasia]

Emerelda brightens up right away as she listens, "Oh, that's great. I'd love to help all of you. I only have the druid magic a normal nymph has, but you're welcome to it."

[Ebiris]

"We used to have a particularly powerful druid but he fell afoul of Lixer's schemes recently," Afina admits, looking downcast. She perks herself up though, not wanting to scare Emerelda off, "We do have a few nymphs from the butterfly kinship with advanced druidic magic though, so you could fit in there. There are other styles of fighting practised at Aurora which could complement a nymph's nature quite well, too," she adds, thinking of the Graceful Blow and her own style.

"Have you, ah... heard of any other survivors?"

[Anastasia]

"Two," she says, "A pixie and a satyr. I know where both of them are - in the custody of the mercane for trying to rob a mercane caravan."

[Ebiris]

"We have contacts with the Union Bank, we'll see what we can do to get them out of that situation," Afina declares without even having to think about it.

[Anastasia]

"Thank you," Emerelda bows, "I'm yours to command. Take good care of me."

[Ebiris]

"We will," Afina promises, before she bows to the Waltz Prince. "And thank you, your Highness for enabling this reunion."