The hunt for companionship (Calleigh)

[Anastasia]

You stand on a pier before a vast ocean. A few wooden buildings are behind you, but all ahead are the seas.

'Hm.' The presence of an irrigo in your mind, faraway but amused. 'Tryll? It has been so long.'

[Nephrite]

to be clear, do any of us hear anything besides Tryll?

[Anastasia]

Just Tryll.

[Nephrite]

"Well, I wonder from what this all stems." Moore says with a glance around.

[Anastasia]

"Nowhere and everywhere," Simmer says, "This is probably a demiplane. If Tryll's friend made it, he's powerful."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "I hope they don't mind that he brought some guests."

[Anastasia]

"Does he?" Simmer asks Tryll, waiting.

[Yuthirin]

"Maybe!" Calleigh plays along.

Meanwhile... at the Legion of Doom

'Gytha! It's true then! You are alive! Well. Alive as we get. Are you well?'

[Anastasia]

'Well as can be,' Gytha replies, 'I study many things now. Your timing is...interesting.'

[Yuthirin]

'Oh? How so?'

[Anastasia]

'I have long been pondering things.' Gytha replies, 'What is one to do when they are alone? Are we not a triune race instead of solitary? To what end is one without others? What is a single pier against the endless ocean worth?'

[Yuthirin]

'I chose not to be alone. I have companions. Friends. I'm forging a purpose. I've come to invite you to join us. I'll be seeking out the others as well, to see if they've survived. Simply put: I'm putting the band back together.'

[Anastasia]

'I have been considering my purpose as well. Tryll, are we meant to be alone, even with friends? Tell me that. Tell me if you feel the irrigo are meant to be forgotten relics of another age.'

[Yuthirin]

'Gytha, you sound depressed. Have you been alone all this time?'

[Anastasia]

There is a long pause. '...it has been so long,' Gytha says into your mind. 'I have had so long to do nothing but think.'