Off to the see the (dragon) wizard! (Jaela)

[Corwin]

"Hey, sweetie," Jaela greets her back, leaning in for a quick kiss. "I don't know about the timing, though. I had plans to spend time getting to know my brother over a trip to the Cauldron when 27 stopped us, being his crude self. On the plus side, I don't think he'd mind if you wanted to come as well?"

[Anastasia]

"Mmm, really?" Mirima smiles, "Close your eyes and don't open them until I tell you to."

[Corwin]

With a grin, Jaela reaches up to pull her headband down over her eyes.

[Anastasia]

Yep, after several seconds she says, "You can open them."

Mirima seems to have lost her clothes. As you get an eyeful of that, she comes over, "I think your brother can wait, can't he?" Mirima says in a low, teasing voice.

Meanwhile 27 makes himself very scarce, out of the room and through the portal like a lightning bolt.

[Corwin]

"He'll wait."

[Anastasia]

Indeed he does.

A little while later, you're curled up under the blankets with Mirima. It's warm and you're indeed quite late, but you can't find it in yourself to care that much. "Mmm," Mirima murmurs softly, "I was thinking we could go off, celebrate by ourselves for a few days. The Cauldron can wait, right?"

[Corwin]

"I don't really feel that successful here," Jaela admits. "I should've planned things better, I got my face stolen and magic interrupted, and when Kras finally died I didn't have this sense of an epic clash. I went there to challenge myself, but I really didn't rise up to it."

[Anastasia]

"Ysgard," Mirima says, "Remember our previous trips there?"

[Corwin]

"You're thinking about trying the same thing?"

[Anastasia]

"It's worked before," Mirima smirks, "Plus the policy if you fail is the best one that there could be."

[Corwin]

"We can try that," Jaela agrees after a moment to think it over.

[Anastasia]

You get a rather passionate kiss as your reward. Once that's all sorted out, "We can leave when you're ready."

[Corwin]

I'll settle things so let's move on?

[Anastasia]

The chill of Ysgard bites you to the bone as you stand on a mountain cliff, overlooking the vast fjords. You can see icebergs floating in the crystal-clear waters as you breathe in the cold air.

"Aaaah..." Mirima takes a deep breath, "We're not far from Sylica, Strength of Light should have something for us."

[Corwin]

Jaela tries to stay alert, woefully unsuitable for it though she might be. "Lead on," she tells Mirima with a grin.