Mechanus Trip

[Ebiris]

Prayers are still handled as usual even while she waggles a rush for Martin to bat at with paws and telekinesis.

Davodel she aids subtly, a bit of extra insight on when to dodge or parry helping him along.

The lovers, well she just thinks fondly of them. She's not really that kind of goddess but it's nice of them to think of her!

For Jeremy she tries something new and hands that one off to Marie so she can nudge him a little with her expertise in that iconic spell.

"His name's Martin," she says aloud when Syala appears. "A Sharran desecrated one of my shrines, and after I cursed him for it Shar spoke to me. It got oddly flirtatious so I asked Sharess for some advice. Being nice to a cat afterwards seemed fair."

[Anastasia]

Syala pauses at that, "You flirted with Shar so you asked Sharess for romantic advice? Is that right?"

[Ebiris]

"No," she makes a face. "Shar flirted with me, so I asked Sharess if that was a thing that happened and how to deal with it because it was so unexpected. I'm more used to seeing the monstrous torture and murder side of Shar so it threw me off balance, which I think was the whole point. Anyway, if anyone's an expert about things like that it would be Sharess, so I got her thoughts on it."

[Anastasia]

With a warm laugh, "Ah, Alicia. Yet another reason I love you." A soft kiss to your cheek follows, "So what did Sharess say?"

[Ebiris]

Alicia smiles in a vaguely indulgent manner as her cheek is kissed. "She said it's a thing Shar does, playing up the Dark Dancer thing of beauty and allure to ensnare, but it's something she usually only does to mortals. She said just to ignore it, which makes sense. I was just so thrown off I felt like talking to an expert."

[Anastasia]

"Good." Turning back to Martin as he bats at the rush, "Sharess knows I tend to collect and give homes to unusual animals after you got those phase spiders. I'm pretty sure she set it up so that the mother got pregnant from a visiting mage's familiar."

[Ebiris]

"That's quite a degree of feline micromanagement from Sharess there," Alicia says, not sure whether to be impressed or not at her arranging pairs from random cats in Sylica.

[Anastasia]

"Sharess gets involved, she's not the kind to sit on her paws all the time." Syala chuckles, "Most of it, but not all. I'm not sure if psychic cats are a good idea, but Sharess knows best." Reaching out to pet Martin's head, "Also, why Martin? That's a person's name."

[Ebiris]

"He looks like a Martin," Alicia replies straightforwardly, before asking the cat. "Don't you, boy?"

Then rather than obfuscate further she says plainly, "I just think there's something charming about animals with human names."

[Anastasia]

"If you say so, dear," Smiling back to you, "I was going to suggest Cantenora."

[Ebiris]

Alicia laughs. "Oh, I like that one. Mention it to Marie and she'll have a cat of her own in no time."

[Anastasia]

Syala laughs and quietly sends to Marie, 'Marie, is Cantenora a good name for a cat?'

[Ebiris]

Marie takes a break from helping someone master that most sublime of arcane projectile spells to send back, 'I love it! Did you have any luck with making a behemoth then?'

[Anastasia]

Holding up a hand to Alicia, Syala replies. 'Marginal, it's as much the right method as finding the right rare talent to even become one. We did find some promising leads for other things, though. Also, Alicia's adopted a cat.'

[Ebiris]

A second later and Marie appears in the room with them. "Oh, she's adorable! Hello Cantenora!" she coos, stretching out a delicate long-fingered hand towards the feline.

"His name is Martin," Alicia corrects, looking up at her former familiar and now proxy.

"So are you going to make him your new familiar? You always said you could've had a cat," Marie asks, unperturbed.

"No, he's just a pet for now. I'm not looking for a new familiar quite yet."