A Return

[Corwin]

It's alright to find a husband, too!

"Why don't you start by meeting my commanders?" Seira offers. "Lumenbur is free right now, so he's available, and he could direct you to the others in turn."

[Anastasia]

Omni nods, "Yes," he concurs.

From there...

You're in a situation where you're waiting on Iddy, so lemme get that done tonight and get you rolling with it Monday. I may toss you a post this evening to establish things, depending on how quickly Iddy's thread works it out.

[Anastasia]

As you walk out and back to your duties? You hear a particular prayer from Elle.

'Seira help us, Emily managed to break the Ring of Delaros somehow.'

[Corwin]

'Is she safe from Shar?' Seira sends to Elle. 'Alicia repelled the attack, but Shar's a real go-getter.' Grimacing, she adds, 'Don't panic, get all the facts. We'll decide our response after that.'

[Anastasia]

'It seems that she is. I'm not seeing any sign of trouble, besides what Emily's going to tell Waukeen. Right now she's wondering how long it'll take her to repay Waukeen. Or how long it takes you.'

[Corwin]

'That's up to her,' Seira responds. 'Adult choices, adult responsibilities. If she thinks she's mature enough to go on some Prime, lie to us about her whereabouts and know better than us about precautions to take about it, she's mature enough to shoulder the blame for her own mistakes and own up to them.'

[Anastasia]

'Working on it. Have you tried talking to Waukeen?' Elle sends back.

[Corwin]

'I'm not going to do that, Emily needs to make things right on her own.'

[Anastasia]

'Alright, they have someone cursed by Shar, so we're going to take a look,' Elle says, 'See what information I can get about the mess Emily's gotten herself into. She wants to stay, I think.'

[Corwin]

'Why is she avoiding dinner with Amaryl and I so much?' Seira sends, giving up on trying to understand. 'Please ensure the locals can provide an adequate defense before approving any of that.'

To Amaryl, she says out loud, "This is growing more stupid by the minute, so want to go to Limbo? I want to have a reason for not going after her myself at this point, so we might as well do something useful."

[Anastasia]

"How stupid is it?" Amaryl asks, face a mask of polite dread.

[Corwin]

"Judging by Elle's words, Emily broke the ring. Reading between the lines, she stole its magic since she still wants to stay and Elle isn't panicking over a Prime's local laws being overwritten. Also, Emily's response to our invitation to have a family dinner is to follow in your footsteps and elope," Seira says, her voice not bothering to hide the confusion she's feeling at the moment. "Not in the romantic sense, at least."

She sighs. "So I told Elle to make sure she's safe, and of course Shar's already got her eye on that place and cursed a few people present-- still, Elle and Oraga are there, so the two of us are going to forget all about that and go to Limbo. If Emily is safe, she can have fun explaining this mess to Waukeen herself."

[Anastasia]

Amaryl blinks, blinks and then blinks a third time. "What is that girl thinking?!" she gasps, "She's eloping...with a guild? Seira, I don't understand any of this!"

[Corwin]

"Elle is not leaving until assuring me it's safe enough, and I don't want to think about this more. So, Limbo?"

[Anastasia]

"Alright," Amaryl relents at that, "But you're sending an avatar over there if there's any sign of that going wrong."