Looming poison (Moore)

[Nephrite]

Moore nods to that answer.

"Then allow me to explain. I have just returned from Mount Celestia was a message for our future." He begins. "I will do my best to quote it exactly and not paraphrase, for I believe the meaning within the message is key. I was told that there is a rot -- a poison within me and of a funeral veil that drapes over me to block out life.

I was told of the harmony of order speaks of malice, that a song of hatred ripples through it all. A captive world where the poison of one suffering soul flows. I would presume this speaks of Lifasa, but the one suffering soul is not one that I know personally." Moore says, taking a moment before he continues.

"They couldn't defeat Medicant last time --" Moore stops here for a moment, "I presume this the devils? My apologies, I will stop interrupting my own retelling." Moore adds.  "They resorted to discord, strife and betrayal." He says.

He clears his throat and continues. "Save he who is lost or drown in poison. Evil never learns, never changes. It always degenerates. The devils repeat themselves. Do you understand? Save him or drown in poison. End his suffering, give him the rest a hero deserves." Moore says. "The final part is that we must 'pierce the veil,' and that you must go yourself, Your Majesty, as you are the one who has 'the will and power to resist the longest'  along with myself and, I quote this very specifically, you must surround yourself with those you trust with your life."

He takes another breath. "We are to go to the place above all to our kind, and apparently someone already suspects we need to go there. We must to the Yggdrasil."

He looks over at Skye as he finishes. "Please accept my apologies -- I did not mean to exclude you, but I did not wish to presume when it came to this matter." He turns back to Illsenine and bows. "That is my retelling, Your Majesty."

[Anastasia]

Lady Skye gives you a chilly look and nothing else.

Queen Ilsenine is silent for a good time, then beckons Skye to her. She whispers into her ear, Lady Skye coming to you. "I see there are parts of Aurora's history you are not conversant on. We will correct that, as the meaning of her words is clearer to us."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "Yes, I suspected there were meanings I did not see, beyond the words that were used." He bows to Illsenine and then looks to Skye. "Please, as you will, Lady Skye."

[Anastasia]

"Medicant and Medi's failure was from within. The fiends were unable to overcome Medi and his allies, so they sowed discord and betrayal to destroy Medicant from within. Only Medi's last actions prevented it from falling into the hands of fiends." Skye takes a moment, appraising you silently.

[Nephrite]

"So within that regard, it would sound as if that they are trying something similar -- is that your understanding as well?" Moore asks.

[Anastasia]

"It might be," Lady Skye says, "Who of us knows where Yggdrasil is, though?"

[Nephrite]

I can't tell via text whether that's her asking him directly like he might know or if she's being vague.

[Anastasia]

She's asking you.

[Nephrite]

Would he able to guess? Sorry, I guess I'm not that familiar if it'd be entirely obvious to him or not!

[Anastasia]

It's not obvious, no. It's nothing you'd know casually IC. Yggdrasil's location is a mystery IC.

[Nephrite]

Moore shakes his head. "I think that's part of the mystery. But the seer I spoke to seemed to indicate that someone knows, or has a feeling about it. If we go on that... has anyone here ever searched for it before?" He asks. "Barring that, I could try and simply perform a divination to uncover it if we can't think of anyone... but I do not know if it will work."

He pauses a moment. "Wait... she did say -- 'one of your number suspects she knows and she is correct' -- so... it must be someone female, and I would presume it's also someone within this court, going based on that. Does that narrow it down at all...?"

[Anastasia]

"No, but I will ask," Lady Skye says, "We must ask, now."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "I'll help however I can."

[Anastasia]

From here it's talking to members of the court. By and large, most have no true idea where Yggdrasil is when pressed, but...

Make a Diplomacy check and a Sense Motive check.

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 55 and 42, respectively.