Padisha's Dance (Moore, Tryll; 85 days left)

[Nephrite]

"I can't really add much more than the obvious, but these creatures have been touched by the wisdom of Celestia. Their leaders should be quite wise and willing to aid you." Moore offers.

[Yuthirin]

"Awesome!" Calleigh replies. Tryll swims on ahead.

[Anastasia]

The party is lead within. There's really no throne room - just a various spaces, little interior design. Instead it's all flowing waters until you are lead to him. He sits in a large space, big as a squid with a few Hannas attached. His skin is solidly gold and several squid pass by here and there.

In Aquan the king speaks, "Visitors? It has been a long time. Air breathers?"

[Yuthirin]

"Oh boy! Hello!" Calleigh waves.

Meanwhile, Tryll realizes he's not entirely visible and elects to manifest in all his squidly goodness. 'Hello, Your highness. I am Tryll, and this is Calleigh.'

[Nephrite]

"Your Majesty, my name is Moore, of Aurora. I have been blessed by Lord Erathaol's wisdom and guidance. This is Bubbles of the Marid and Prince Westwind of the Whirlwind Throne. We are honored to make your acquaintance." Moore says, offering a bow.

[Anastasia]

"Yes, visitors. Long away visitors. Uuuuuglupgulp," he says, turning to a passing squid, "Bring Radance."

The squid merely bobs in the water before swimming off.

"Visitors welcome. Wise visitors and strange visitor. Aboleth?" The king looks right at Tryll. "Sea tyrant?"

[Yuthirin]

'Irrigo. Similar in shape, though different in ability and temperament. No slaves. No rampant horror and murder.'

[Nephrite]

"You sure do get compared a lot to those." Moore remarks.

[Anastasia]

"Understood. Purpose here, my friend?" The king asks. "You haven't lied? Squid do not know lies, but I do."

[Yuthirin]

"We're used to it. Occasionally we get blasted. It's a thing." Calleigh shrugs. "Hanna tried to axe him on day one. Was pretty funny."

'Lies complicate matters, and should only be used against your enemies. My purpose here is to make a request of you. Calleigh and I are on a hunt for components to augment a ritual that allows a creature a chance at becoming a paragon. We're down to our final component: The essence of squid. Divination directed us here, and so I ask for your aid.'

[Anastasia]

"Essence? Squid juice?" The king says, "Want squid juice, make squid juice for you?"

Bubbles puts a hand to her mouth, lips twitching.

Westwind laughs, "No, my good sir, essence!"

"Essence?" The figure that swims in is celestial - a hound archon, though thankfully you don't smell wet dog. It has thick black head fur and a muscled body, wearing a short pair of pants and nothing else.  "A courre, a nymph, a djinn, a pixie and whatever you are," he says in Aquan, "I am Radance, what in the name of the Holy Mountain is going on here?"

"Friend. Radance, explain please. Outsiders want strange things."

[Nephrite]

"Sir Radance. My name is Moore, of Aurora. I am under Lord Erathaol's wisdom." Moore explains. "This is Tryll and Calleigh of Aurora, as well as Bubbles of the Padisha's Court and Prince Westwind of the Whirlwind Throne." He gestures to each in kind.

"Tryll is here because he needs the essence of a squid to perform a ritual in order to become a paragon of his kind. He hopes to gain strength to use against the forces of Hell. If you need an example of this essence, we have obtained others from other planes." He explains.

[Anastasia]

"Wandering heroes. It would explain the group," Radance says, "That would help, show me."

[Yuthirin]

Calleigh digs into her bag and pulls out a bottle of Good, and a bottle of Humor. "Like these!"

[Anastasia]

"I have no idea what those are," The hound archon says. "You, Splararuuuu, get Wizard." A passing squid burbles and bobs in the water before going off.

"Radance doesn't know? Great secret indeed!" the king adds. "Wizard knows everything. Wizard smartest squid!"