Finding Calley

[Anastasia]

Nice catch with 777 being divisible by 21.

You sit there, ruminating and...

Ball is in your court.

[Nephrite]

He takes a breath.

"I'll just have to find them." He leans back forward. "With their help, too. Once I narrow this down a little, I'll let them know what I've found..."

Attempt will be to see if there's anything he can do to narrow any of this down, or if it's literally just 'treasure hunt across Creation' which does sound pretty amazing.

[Anastasia]

Okay, how precisely are you trying to do this?

[Nephrite]

He's going to look at it from the lens of 21 -- truth and the idea of 'understanding'. If he takes those two ideas, he's trying to see what else he might be able to piece together, he can also use the piece he found today and try and extrapolate from that how it fits into the overall puzzle of 'do each of these lead to a building block of what 21 stands for?'

[Anastasia]

Okay, gimme a check with a -21 penalty. Good luck.

[Nephrite]

Hmm, do I chance an exploding skill check??

Not today. Take 10 for 69. Alllllriiiight.

[Anastasia]

You just don't have enough. You need more to build on, you have a skeleton. That or to be psychic, one supposes.

[Nephrite]

A deep breath as he leans back.

"No, you had nothing to do with this, did you?" Moore says to himself. "This is all 21's doing..."

He compiles the notes he has so far -- maybe other perspectives.

Maybe even... the badger's perspective.

Well, for now, he's done enough -- this isn't something that he can brute force by himself, so with a snap, he returns back to his base.

...It really needs a name.

...maybe later.

[Anastasia]

Going to rest I presume and then?

[Nephrite]

He doesn't have much on his plate to do unless the team wants to go ransack some asshole efreeti operation somewhere. He DID get a lot of info out of Salty Pier.

[Anastasia]

Lemme do some prep - it's going to be a short night regardless and do a few minor things in the meantime. We'll get to meatier stuff tomorrow.

When you get back, a pleasant surprise is waiting for you. You have a letter. Grias plunks it down on the table before you, "It came in while you were gone, Moore."

[Nephrite]

"Thank you, Grias." Moore says.

Well, it's either from him or from him. Either way, he can't spend his time being suspicious of everything, so...

He goes to open the letter!

[Anastasia]

It reads as follows.

"Dear Moore, this is Prince Westwind."

There's plenty more letter ahead, but that's worth a moment's pause.

[Nephrite]

But not -him!-

Well, now he's intrigued.

[Anastasia]

"I may need a safe place to stay at for a few days within the next week to two weeks. Current politics take Air off the table, and I'd rather avoid Aurora at the moment. I would be in your debt if I could have permission to come to your fortress if I need to.

I'll bring treasure and some good stories.

Enclosed is a scroll of sending. Use it to send a reply."