Getting the band together

[Corwin]

Seira figures she might as well sharpen her mind and memory both. With the amount of forbidden magic available to her, it shouldn't be difficult to get better at retaining and parsing this sort of knowledge, and she might as well build up her resistance to boring books while she's at it. She certainly had it while she was a student!

[Anastasia]

Gimme an Int check for reference, Seira?

[Corwin]

20:52 <CC> roll 1d20+20
20:52 <Penuche> CC invokes Penuche's magic: < 27 > [d20=7]

[Anastasia]

You grasp the book well enough and keep your focus. It's not terribly long as you read all sorts of interesting things before -

"SEIRA ARYN!" A big, booming voice calls, jovial and bright.

[Corwin]

"That's my name!" Seira cheerfully agrees, conjuring a bookmark for her book before putting the reading material aside.

[Anastasia]

Kascha looks up from her book, "Hello!"

The figure is a big, bald and burly man with a black beard, wearing a burnt leather apron and sooty clothes beneath it, as well as leather gloves. He has a ready, easy smile. Gond stands before you, "You're just the one I was looking for."

[Corwin]

"I'm glad that things worked out so well, then! How can I help you?"

[Anastasia]

"I find that you have the Great Xorn? I have something of his," Gond says, "Would you return it to him?"

[Corwin]

"I did happen to rescue him, yes," Seira agrees. "It would be a simple matter to return his possessions, as he decided to stay at the Cauldron to avoid further kidnapping attempts. Would it be too much to hope that you know more about his captors?"

[Anastasia]

"Not much - the armor showed up when its emergency return feature activated," Gond admits, gesturing, a simple sack appearing next to you. "That's one of my improved bags of holding. Stable and powerful, just don't put anything hot as boiling water or hotter in it. The armor's in there."

"That is good news, thank you," Kascha says, then slower, "It...has a emergency return feature?"

[Corwin]

"I'll be sure to do that," Seira promises Gond.

[Anastasia]

"Now then," Gond says as Kascha cries out. Gond picks her up and hugs her, spinning her around and around. "Look at you! You pursued it and Ao found you worthy!" Amid Kascha's cry and Gond's laughter, he adds, "Welcome aboard."

[Corwin]

"In our hour of need, my friends are stepping up!" Seira cheerfully agrees. "I'm holding out hope that Sanzha's chance to regain her power will come soon!"

[Anastasia]

As Kascha is put down and wobbles back and forth, Gond laughs and says, "Ah, you're making your own pantheon there. Fortune and fate favor you, it seems."

[Corwin]

"If you're ever interested in moving to a volcano, we have the space," Seira tells him innocently, grinning all the while.