A return home

[Ebiris]

"We might have been set here to find the answer for them, but I wonder what answers of our own we could find out there," Alicia agrees. "If only we had the means to properly map and navigate it."

Meanwhile the now successfully denuded Marie picks herself up and dusts sand off herself. "Is that how you get people naked these days, Sharess?" she calls over.

[Corwin]

22:40 <Lucille> roll 1d20+15+2+2
22:40 <Penuche> Lucille invokes Penuche's magic: < 22 > [d20=3]

Seira continues her efforts to weak the white king's defense! "You don't need excuses to stop by, you know? Is that why you haven't been over much?"

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+10
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 16 > [d20=6]

Seira begins to open up an advantage, pressuring Syala's king and pinning her queen. She keeps playing nonetheless, "It's more being busy," Syala admits, "There's so much to do. I can't wait for my new avatar to form." A huff at that, "One thing no one tells you is how busy being a deity is."

"If we could, If." Latha remarks, looking over at Marie with a smile, "Well, I suppose you won in spirit," she murmurs, and then, "What we would need is a way to process the creatures of Beyond, to understand them and deal with them."

"Something beyond the Weave, and they naturally resist divine power to force it,' Mystra watches as well, "Marielle," she calls over, "Is that any way to act around me?" She's smiling at that, the smell of meat becoming richer and richer.

Getting up and dusting herself off, "Seira, Syala, you aren't involved. Is that how Marie should act around Mystra?"

Sharess merely smiles and purrs loudly, despite being in human form. "You aren't the only one here, Mystra. Don't forget it!"

[Corwin]

"Isn't that how she usually acts?" Seira calls back. "It cannot possibly be a surprise!"

She keeps on pressuring Syala's defenses, gambling that her knowledge will bear out as sufficient and not leave her over-extended. Then again, she's not playing against Oghma, so it should probably be okay? "It really is, though I try to delegate a lot. There's too much as it is that demands my personal attention, so there's no need to add the more mundane stuff to it."

[Ebiris]

Alicia's smile widens at Latha's agreement of her victory. "Belated, but yes," she nods. "Unfortunately understanding the Beyond often seems to strip away understanding of Creation."

Marie blushes and looks between Mystra and Sharess. "Sorry, Mystra!" she bows her head. "I haven't forgotten my place just because I got transferred to Alicia!"

"I wish she wouldn't make it sound so clinical," Alicia sighs now, looking over at Marie herself.

"Well I tried praying to you this morning and nothing happened!" Marie retorts.

"You know where the kitchens are. If you really wanted a cake for breakfast anyone there would've been happy to make one for you. Or you could've visited Jessica and Roald to indulge your sweet tooth," Alicia rolls her eyes. "Besides, I've invested a portion of my divine spark in you, so I don't want you getting fat."

[Anastasia]

Syala's giving ground, slowly losing position. You're on the advantage now as she looks down, "This game's yours," she says, "I don't think I can win without my bishops."

Meanwhile Antenora smirks at that as Sharess laughs, Jessica coming over. "Alright Alicia, I'll take over to finish. Go relax and mingle."

In a sidebar to Marie, 'Be nice,' Antenora sends, 'And I'll give you a nice cake to eat.'

Amid this Syala turns to Seira, "When do you plan on trying to make a behemoth?"

[Corwin]

"The day after tomorrow," Seira responds, deciding not to mention that her position was not quite as secure as it seemed. Bluffing and posturing is important in games, after all! "We wanted to confer with you before starting on the actual experiments, so if you have any insights I'd love to hear them. And, of course, you're welcome to join us for the creation itself."

[Ebiris]

"Thank you, sister," Alicia smiles at Jessica and goes over to watch Seira and Syala's chess match, still sipping at her drink.

'Trying to poach me away, huh? I'll get a reputation at this rate!' Marie gives Antenora a cheerful reply.

[Anastasia]

Latha stays with Jessica, Mystra joining them. As they chat away quietly, Antenora sits on the table next to Syala and Seira, "I'll play next," she offers. "Alicia, could you magic me over some thing to dri-" That's as far as she gets before a bottle appears in hand.

"Thank you," Antenora bows her head to Sharess, who strides up next to her and takes the other seat, taking a pull from a bottle of local wine - your parent's vineyard.

'Why not? You often kneel before me at night anyway,' Antenora retorts right back.

"I can make that unless celebrations run, in that case it may be my avatar," Syala mentions.

[Corwin]

Seira nods, telling Syala, "I'll take you on a tour before we get to the ritual itself. We've had our own expansion recently, after all~"

Standing up, she stretches to get the kinks out and says, "For now, I'd better get back. Have fun celebrating!"

[Ebiris]

Marie blushes. 'Not in front of Sharess!' she quickly sends back to Antenora, hurrying over to join Latha, Jessica, and Mystra for protection.

"Going already? Well it was good seeing you drop in anyway," Alicia says to Seira.

[Corwin]

"Like Syala said, we're ridiculously busy," Seira responds to Alicia, the gown giving way for her usual travel clothing. "Perhaps I'll bring Amaryl along for a quiet getaway another chance?"

[Anastasia]

"Have fun, kitten," Sharess calls, as Antenora goes over to play Syala.

'Oh kittens,' Sharess is heard by Antenora and Marie in their minds, 'I already know. It's who I am, remember? Trust me, I hear scandalous things all the time, every moment. Think of how many people call my name when they finish? Just that alone.'

Antenora blushes suddenly but says not a word.

I'll move you back to your node when you're doing here, Seira. Say so OOC unless you take a decisive action leaving.

[Ebiris]

'See, I told you!' Marie sends back to Antenora, grabbing a drink from the chest and guzzling it down in a hurry.

Alicia thankfully remains blissfully ignorant, seeing Seira off then watching Syala and Antenora play chess.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+10 Syala
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 19 > [d20=9]
> roll 1d20+7 Antenora
<Penuche> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 12 > [d20=5]

As Syala and Antenora start playing, Sharess just chuckles warmly and drinks. "Alicia," she calls, "Come sit next to me, we can play too."