Moving spheres

[Anastasia]

Done and done. You focus back as Syala says, "...and once that is popped, it'll be a nursery. I've always thought that when one of us has children the other two will follow. We're too tightly linked."

Oh, and from the sunshine getting brighter, Latha's incoming. The barest effort confirms it, coming into your rocky spring hideaway from above.

[Ebiris]

"Probably. I know Marie wanted to wait until she was promoted, so now that's out of the way... well, they'll probably give Antenora time to settle into her divinity but I don't think they'll wait too long," Alicia says, content to wait for Latha to show up as she relaxes in the steamy mineral water opposite Syala, surrounded by smooth and rounded rock.

[Anastasia]

"What a time to think about - oh, Latha," Syala looks up as Latha descends, landing just before the edge of the pool.

"Alicia, Syala," Latha bows and then quietly disrobes, slipping into the waters. Once she's in and next to you she speaks. "I wished to ask you how we are going on the other groups spoken of besides ourselves and Seira's group."

[Ebiris]

By the way, is there a stat description for our anarch abilities to add to our sheets now?

"None have made themselves known to us," Alicia answers, shaking her head at Latha's query.

[Anastasia]

Yes, whoops.

Anarch (Ex)

You are now talented at controlling limbo. You may treat an area of up to one mile per divine rank as if being your divine realm for the sake of controlling it and creating things there.

Latha closes her eyes and exhales, "Troubling. I must endure. In that case, I ask permission to take leave and investigate this personally."

[Ebiris]

"Do you have any leads to investigate?" Alicia asks, water sloshing as she sits up straighter. "We haven't heard of any other groups causing trouble for Shar beyond the ordinary through any of our resources or contacts. And without that I think you going off on a wild goose chase wouldn't be the best use of your skills - not to mention you're a high profile target if travelling alone."

[Anastasia]

"I'm going to go visit safe realms first - The Cauldron, Celestia, the House of Nature," Latha says, "I should be fine there, though you are right that I shouldn't travel alone in such dangerous times."

[Ebiris]

"We're already stretched thin right now as it is," Alicia says, thinking Latha isn't being very considerate with her timing on this. She weighs up asking Antenora or Jessica going with her, either of which will leave them very short-handed here, or recalling Ebony from Aurora yet again which doesn't sit well with her. "How long do you intend to go searching for?"

[Anastasia]

At that Syala cuts in, "Latha," she says, gently, "I'm going to do what Alicia doesn't have the heart to do: Order you stay here. We need you right now, and going two or more short leaves us dangerously thin. This is the sort of thing we have agents for."

[Ebiris]

Alicia sighs a little. "I don't want to stand in your way if you deem it important Latha," she says, "But between needing to be ready for attacks from Shar or Malcanthet or Hell, and needing to respond to any information Marie finds or helping Seira if she gets attacked, the timing isn't ideal. If we had a concrete lead to follow it would be one thing, but just blindly asking around the planes is the sort of thing you could be busy at for a very long time."

[Anastasia]

Latha takes that all in calmly, "Then I yield to your logic," she says, "I only ask that you continue to try and find any information on them you can, then."

[Ebiris]

"While our army is preparing for the expedition to Daun we do have most of our intelligence focused towards Shar. If anyone else starts striking against her, we should be among the first to hear about it," Alicia reassures Latha. "Unfortunately we don't have anything more than that to go on. If the voice that spoke to us at al-Sihal wanted us to know more it would have told us."

[Anastasia]

"I have heard rumblings of Celestia striking at Shar," Latha admits, "One of the reasons I wanted to go there."

[Ebiris]

"That's not really a change of pace though, Celestia has a well established emnity with Shar doesn't it?" Alicia asks. "What did you hear specifically?"

[Anastasia]

"Something about one of their nobles having a fight with Sharrans," Latha admits, "It's thin, but I would be derelict if I didn't investigate."