Looming poison (Moore)

[Nephrite]

"What did you do before you joined Aurora?" Moore asks as they go along.

[Anastasia]

"Nothing. I was born and matured within weeks," Mirajane says, "I am not mortal, not in any real sense."

[Nephrite]

Moore smiles a bit at that. "All right. What do you do in your free time?"

[Anastasia]

"Spend time with Mother and Grandmother," Mirajane promptly says, "Do things that my sight suggests I do."

[Nephrite]

Moore smiles a little more at that also. "When you say that -- do you enjoy that? Or do you simply feel that you 'should' do it?"

[Anastasia]

"I enjoy it. All of it, but I know there's more. My first instinct was to ask Mother or Grandmother, then I realized that relying on them leads to the same paths, over and over. One must seek new paths."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "Yes. I don't think this will come as a surprise to you, but there may be a time where you have to suppress your urge to follow what your sight tells you. Let me give you an example -- I came across Sage Vul'lath just a bit ago. He was enjoying some..." Moore wrinkles his nose. "Awful-smelling cheese. I decided to try some. Do you know how it tasted?" He asks, not waiting for a response. "It was awful. It tasted like a devil died in my mouth." He gags a bit just thinking about it. "Even though it was an awful experience, I'm glad I tried it anyway."

He shakes his head. "Not that it's exactly the same thing, but there have to be things you'll enjoy if you try them once or twice that you've never thought of trying before. How about... hmm... how about art? Do you enjoy painting, or sculpting, or anything like that -- or, rather, have you ever even thought about them?"

[Anastasia]

"No, I have never tried. Grandmother knows how to forge stars, though I have not seen her do it."

Mirajane pauses in her walk, "Simpler forms of art I fear I will see the result and lose interest in."

[Nephrite]

Moore rubs his chin. "Hmm... so something that you can do with knowing the outcome anyway... ah!" Moore smiles. "Writing. I think that's the perfect solution... it's a tangible thing -- you can start to create a story and almost inspire yourself as you go along with writing it. You can even start with something small, like... a poem about your gifts." Moore says. "I'd be happy to help you if you'd like to try that."

[Anastasia]

"Writing? I could write," Mirajane agrees, "I'll try it. Would you help me?"

[Nephrite]

"I'd be happy to." Moore answers.

[Anastasia]

Going to boost her check at all, Moore? If so, how?

[Nephrite]

+8 via Inspire Competence and +5 via Song of Fortune for +13, plus an arbitrary bonus of 0 for taking 10 on Profession (Motivational Speaking) for 36 to make her feel good about it.

[Anastasia]

What bonus types are those?

[Nephrite]

Competence and untyped, respectively.