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[Nephrite]

Moore is about to say something, but he just opens his mouth and closes it.

"First and foremost -- no, Afina is already seeing someone. Secondly, how do you even know about any of that?" Moore asks. He'll just start with that.

[Anastasia]

"I asked Cresiel for stories about Aurora," Grias says, "How else? Well, that and those hound archons did have some stories they heard, but you know how second hand stories become distorted. It's true, the more times a story is told, the more it changes. The entropy of chaos gnaws away at information, I'll have you know."

[Nephrite]

"I'm not sure that's how it works exactly." Moore says with a laugh. "No other news to report on?"

He takes the time to dig into the soup.

If there's nothing else to do then it'll probably just be waiting for news back since there's no need to rush headlong into anything for right now, he thinks. Maybe a little bit of training to see what else he can do with... ah, Xandra would probably know.

[Anastasia]

"Not right now," Grias says, "So eat up and rest up!"

Next move?

Also, if you could make a simple list of everyone in your household here along with very basic info, I think that would be really useful.

The DM is blatantly trying to enlist a PC to do work. Is it effective?

[Nephrite]

He's going to talk to Xandra about Words.

Also, sure, I'll see about getting that taken care of today.

[Anastasia]

Yaaay.

You find Xandra sitting on the roof of the keep, looking up at Chronias. Her gaze is locked above, seemingly oblivious of all around her.

Go ahead.

[Nephrite]

Moore will politely clear his throat, as her usual for this sort of situation.

[Anastasia]

"Yes?" Xandra asks, only slowly tearing her gaze away from the light above.

[Nephrite]

"When I woke up in Venya some time ago, I found myself with the ability to augment my songs at the cost of fatiguing myself. I eventually learned that it was because I was using the Words of Creation. When we fought that construct in Mineral, something built up inside me -- the ability to use them offensively against evil creatures." Moore explains as he turns to gaze up at the light himself.

"I'm sure that's not the only thing they can do that I've never tried doing before. I'd like to learn more about how to wield them properly, and maybe not cause myself so much fatigue when doing so." He says. "Is that something you think you can aid me with?"

[Anastasia]

"I can," Xandra agrees, "You have discovered one use - to chastise which is diametrically opposed to creating. Spoken properly, the Words can rebuke those who follow Shar's oblivion. There are two others that you must reason out and discover, then I can teach you fully. For these uses of the words are never taught, but learned and then honed. They cannot be taught, for one has to master the words on their own."

[Nephrite]

"Hmm..." He rocks back and forth in the air as if thinking. "One of them has to be actually creating something... I mean, that's only logical, right? I know, I know, you can't tell me. Hm... maybe an entire song that only uses the Words?" Moore snaps his fingers. "Like when I was trying to merge in the anarchic powers, but... yes, of course."

He nods, as if he figured something out. "My voice is going to be hoarse after all of this, but..." He shrugs. "All right, let me go give this a shot."

Okay, so he's going to cast a few preparatory things, Greater Improvisation and Surge of Hope, then he's going to go off a bit and try a few things:

1)  So, he has anarchic powers that only work in Limbo. He's going to basically try and apply his willpower the same way he does for that, except his intention is to use Words in place of the anarchic power. He's going to try something like using Words to say the word 'barrier' or something and see if he can create a barrier or something of that effect from the ground, or just through sheer force of will.

2) He's going to try just casting a bunch of random spells except use the Words in place of the verbal components.

3) Finally, he's going to just see if replacing all of the words of one of his Inspiration songs (we'll say inspire courage) with Words has any effect. This may result in the same thing as normal but he's going to give it a whirl.

[Anastasia]

Make a Charisma check.

[Nephrite]

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+30 : 4 + 30, total 34[/blockquote]

Using Greater Improv points here

[Anastasia]

What's your current HP?

[Nephrite]

408