Pixie on the town (Moore)

[Nephrite]

Yes.

[Anastasia]

Listen check for reference. Won't matter much here, but it might.

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 43.

[Anastasia]

You listen. It's mostly muted conversations - heartbreak and loss, you can tell right away. People mourning lost loves. Moonlight begins to look melancholy, "His name was Richard," she says, "It just couldn't work out. He was mortal, I wasn't, and he served Gond. He was the strongest and most assured man I ever knew. I felt so safe and comfortable with him.' She bows her head, "I still miss him whenever I think of him."

[Nephrite]

Moore glances over at Moonlight. ...Is it something in the music?

He does a quick magical detection of that particular nature.

Taking 10 on Spellcraft for 45.


"I'd think there were ways around each of those hurdles." Moore says. "Ah... unless there are other reasons something came between you?"

[Anastasia]

There is. Powerful and extremely subtle, weaving its way through your protections like they aren't there. Based on the sheer skill and complexity, it's like the work of epic magic or even Sharess herself. It's bringing out her lost love(s).

"He was a cleric of Gond. To be a real cleric, to give yourself completely to something, places that above everything. Even someone you love. I serve Lathander, he serves Gond. He chose to serve Gond over me."

[Nephrite]

Moore makes a face at that. Wait, then is he not being affected because...? Or maybe he is? Hmmmmmmmm....

He shakes his head, turning his attention back to Moonlight. "Even putting Gond and his faith above all else doesn't mean he couldn't find room for other things." Moore says. "I bet even now, he's feeling like he's missing something in his life, something that his faith can't fill. Have you ever thought of finding out how he was doing?"

[Anastasia]

"I did. He lost his memories after death." Moonlight shakes her head, "He was a good man, but not an exceptional one. Not like that."

[Nephrite]

"Hm." Moore nods. "Sometimes new beginnings can be disguised as rather painful endings. I don't mean to say you need to forget about him, but... I think it's probably time you start to let go of the pain and burden you still carry deep inside."

[Anastasia]

"I'll always carry it because I don't want to forget him." Moonlight says, ever so quietly. "The worst thing I could do would be to forget him."

[Nephrite]

"You can remember fond memories of someone without carrying the pain." Moore says, leaning over the table. "The two aren't tied together."

[Anastasia]

Moonlight sighs and buries her face into her arms, "Yeah."

[Nephrite]

"You don't sound like you believe me." Moore says, putting his head down on the table to be level with her. "How about this, I'll help you find some new memories -- not to replace the old ones, but to add to them."

[Anastasia]

Moonlight looks up, blushing, "Are...are you offering to make new memories with me?"

[Nephrite]

Moore blinks. Oh, is that part of the music too?

"Yes and no. I mean that I'll help you find something to be happy about. You already said I was too short for you, remember?" He laughs quietly at that. "But that doesn't mean we can't be good friends."