Moontalk (Moore, 85 days left)

[Anastasia]

"A warning, first of all. Make that mistake again and I'll hold you accountable with a wrath that would make the Triune jealous," Finnegan says, voice hard and expression tight. "Though if I'm there next time, I'll knock you out and drag you back to Aurora. My mistake for not pressing it there."

A beat after that, "As long as you're alive and well to learn from a mistake, that's enough. So many aren't as fortunate as you are."

[Nephrite]

"Mistakes all around, then." Moore says with a matching serious expression. "Yes, I am thankful I've been able to receive the wisdom to move forward and know what I have to do to make up for it."

[Anastasia]

"Yeah. You're the type to beat yourself up over it?" Finnegan asks, sitting back and looking upwards.

[Nephrite]

"Normally." Moore answers. "But I know of a few reasons not to. I was blessed to be given that wisdom, so I won't squander it by being depressed."

[Anastasia]

Finnegan reaches forward, a mug of something hot and steamy appearing in his hand. He sits back and a goodly drink before he replies.

"So what are those reasons?"

[Nephrite]

"To make a long story short, even deities make mistakes." Moore answers. "Ones which have a much longer-lasting impact on Creation itself. In comparison to those, making an error in judgement... well." He takes a break to grab a cracker and put some cheese on top of it. "The important thing is to learn from your mistakes and understand how to not have them again. At the same time, just going on and acting like you didn't make a mistake while saying 'don't worry, I learned from it!!' is really insensitive, so... that's why I still think I need to apologize."

[Anastasia]

"Yeah, and what are you going to do about it afterwards?" Finnegan says, "Also, how's Jetina?"

[Nephrite]

"She's recovering." Moore answers. "What, specifically? I can't really tell you exactly, it would depend on the situation. For this particular scenario, I still want to go back to Smoke and deal with whatever they're doing there... except this time covertly. Go in, smash everything, leave before they can do anything, or just get out if that doesn't seem possible." He shrugs a small bit. "At least, I think that's the best route to consider."

[Anastasia]

"Yeah. Who are you taking this time?" Finnegan asks, considering that as he drinks.

[Nephrite]

"An excellent question that I haven't given a lot of thought to." Moore says. "I think having four is still a good idea... If you're still willing, you'd be welcome, of course. Um... beyond that, we definitely need a higher-caliber spellcaster, but I hadn't thought about who was available. I know Balyss has her duties here, so... maybe someone like Mei or Simmer."

[Anastasia]

"At least one other person who can manage a planar escape," Finnegan says, "Mandatory."

[Nephrite]

"Hm... I'd think Simmer could cover that, but..." He rubs his chin. "If we wanted to be sure, then Mirajane could probably cover it."

[Anastasia]

"As long as they can do it," Finnegan says, "I wouldn't put it past Hell to try again."

[Nephrite]

"No, I'm still... curious, myself, what was even going on there." Moore says with a frown. "Either way, though, I think if we go under cover of invisibility, we know where it is... well, relatively speaking, anyway. I don't think they'd expect us to come back."

[Anastasia]

"Possibly," Finnegan finally says, "Fine, I'm in again."