Elemental Movements

[Anastasia]

"Yeah, sorry. Nature of rumors, especially ones forced out in a hurry," Melia admits. "Yeah, can do, I'll see what I can shake out now. This one in a hurry too?"

[Nephrite]

"No, take your time." Moore says. "They should be in complete disarray right now, so I think you can be thorough."

[Anastasia]

"Yeah, I'll get on it. Just one thing. Friend of mine asked for information about you," she says, "Vennax III, a marut with water elemental blood in him. Don't know how it happened either, so don't ask. Yes, his gears are quite damp. I'm supposed to tell him something, that's how this sort of give and take works with my sources. So, what do you want told to him? Anything to avoid?"

[Nephrite]

"Anything about Io is off limits, as well as my current role against the efreet and slavery." Moore answers after some consideration. "Anything else you deem worth the price of information you are free to say, unless you want something specific."

[Anastasia]

"That'll do," Melia says, "You pay information with information. Gotta keep up my end or I'll lose contacts and be less effective at my job."

[Nephrite]

"If it ever requires an audience or something like that, let me know." Moore says. "Oh, that does remind me... do you know much about the Silverbrow Consortium? I have had some dealings with them in the past but haven't reached out recently. If you hear of anything that they might need, I've been looking for a way to get on their good side."

[Anastasia]

"Mission accepted," Melia says and from there...

Anything else here?

[Nephrite]

Not here. We can move on!

If there's nothing pressing Moore will go through the efreet books.

[Anastasia]

As you head out and go to the books, Cresiel falls in step with you. Grias lingers behind, the solar giving the lantern archon a look, which gets him to float away quickly.

"Ahem," Cresiel clears his throat. "Majanal was there mostly by reputation and chance. No sign of any alliance with the Unseelie Queen."

[Nephrite]

"That's a relief." Moore says with a glance towards Cresiel. "Hm. I don't know what else to ask of him at this point, then. I'm happy to just give his body up to the higher echelons to do what they will, be it gathering more information from him or not. I'm glad we removed him as a player, though, I don't think he realized what he was getting himself into."

[Anastasia]

"I asked other questions," Cresiel continues after a nod, "Those mercenaries we missed by hours, nothing related to it. He heard they took a new job."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "Just chance, then. All right. We may want to deal with them at some point, but we may as well not make more enemies for ourselves than is necessary."

[Anastasia]

"Understood," Cresiel says, "The rest of the questions were spent on clarifications. Do you have any others before his body is dealt with?"

[Nephrite]

"Hm. Ask him if he knows who Syllen is and where he got these bracers." Moore holds up a pair. "He was using these, and they appear to be part of some sort of set. I was going to do research on it, but if he knows anything we may as well use it to our advantage."

[Anastasia]

"I will inform you,' Cresiel agrees.

Anything else here?