Ahead lies the great light that...

[Anastasia]

Okay, any other prep for anyone then?

[Nephrite]

I suppose we'll hit up the Blessing Stone (Moore won't, but everyone else can) and I can't think of much else. Everyone knows how to handle monsters from Beyond now, so we can just go with that.

[Anastasia]

As you prepare to go?

"Moore," Xandra speaks as you two head out to meet the others, "In case the worst happens, have you left anything for Ilsenine?"

[Nephrite]

Moore smiles at Xandra.

"It wouldn't do to even let something like that enter my mind." He says. "I'm protected by my own hopes for the future, as well as hers -- yours, Zaphkiel's, everyone's. I appreciate your concern of this, but I'm simply not the type to believe in anything else but hope and succeed in this."

[Anastasia]

Your answer is a small smile back. Thus you all gather and...

Are you ready, Moore?

[Nephrite]

'No, but I will never truly feel ready for this. I've done all the preparation I can and now believe in my own hope, as well as the hope of everyone around me to see this through.'

[Anastasia]

"We'll do the best we can," Sylvie agrees.

"Let's go," Cresiel agrees.

"It's time," Xandra concurs, as a blank white portal appears before you, inviting you into what lies in the Beyond.

[Nephrite]

"The best is what I know all of you to be capable of." Moore says as he proceeds through. "We do this for everyone."

[Anastasia]

It is empty.

It is nothing.

White emptiness spreads all around you. It is silent and still. It is not void, it is simply nothing at all.  Unreality that stretches far as you can see and more aside. Like a blank canvas, unpainted and undetailed.

"We're at risk as we stay here," Sylvie warns as she appears, the others with her, "The horrors of the Beyond chance on us every moment we stay. There's no reason to dally. Gather around Moore and protect him."

[Nephrite]

"I won't be able to help any of you like normal, but I have every confidence that you will all be fine. Remember what we've all learned together."

He smiles to his friends, all of them, as he takes a breath.

Focus on himself.

Focus on surpassing himself.

Focus on One.

He will succeed.

He can succeed.

Everything has led up to this moment, this crystallization of everything that he is.

[Anastasia]

Thus we begin. Good luck. Give me a Charisma check.

[Nephrite]

[14:13] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+26
[14:13] <Penuche> Nephrite invokes Penuche's magic: < 39 > [d20=13]

[Anastasia]

The light.

That's what it's always come down to for you.

The light of the oceans that are not oceans.

The light of the Moore that is not Moore.

The clash of blade, bow and sword, all underlaid with your music.

How many have died to you?

How many have you saved?

How many drown in the light even now?

Was she worth it?

Were they all worth it?

Was Aurora worth it as you recall the sounds of battle, the cries of your friends, the shouts of victory.

You remember it all in one sharp moment, sharp as crystal shards that shred your body.

Or will you betray them again? Have you changed in the light?

Have you changed enough?

[Nephrite]

He knew it, even without knowing it -- what he was and who he was before he awoke in the Lost Realm.

Now, he can face himself -- the person he was before -- with his hope for the future.

Has the life he's been given, the second chance, to be a Moore who is not Moore, been worth it?

Yes.

The hope he now carries for Creation, the hope his allies believe in, the hope that moves him forward.

It is all worth it.

Whoever the old Moore was died and was changed in the light, and now even that Moore will become One.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d100 meanwhile oh boy
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 65 > [d100=65]
> roll 1d20+20 Cresiel init
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 38 > [d20=18]
> roll 1d20+6 Xandra
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 13 > [d20=7]
> roll 1d20+15 Kaja
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 16 > [d20=1]
> roll 1d20+5 Jetina
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 13 > [d20=8]
> roll 1d20+31 Sylvie
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 32 > [d20=1]
> roll 1d26
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 14 > [d26=14]

N, so...

Init is Horror (N) > Cresiel (38) > Sylvie (32) > Kaja (16) > Xandra = Jetina (13)

> roll 1d26
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 2 > [d26=2]

B, so...

Init is Horror (N) > Cresiel (38) > Sylvie (32) > Kaja (16) > Xandra = Jetina (13) > Tomorrow (B)

> roll 1d26
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 26 > [d26=26]

Z, so a rush and...

Init is Fin (Z; rush 4) > Horror (N) > Cresiel (38) > Sylvie (32) > Kaja (16) > Xandra = Jetina (13) > Tomorrow (B)

> roll 1d100 vs 69 Kaja AC
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 28 > [d100=28]

> roll 1d100 vs 69 Kaja AC rush point 2
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 9 > [d100=9]
> roll 1d100 vs 69 Kaja AC rush point 3
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 85 > [d100=85]

> roll 1d100 vs 61 Jetina AC rush point 4
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 99 > [d100=99]
> roll 1d4 which limb
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 2 > [d4=2]

> roll 1d20+49 Fort Xandra
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 58 > [d20=9]

Below 10 so safe.

> roll 1d20+74 (+2 charge, +16 furious strike)
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 83 > [d20=9]
> roll 1d8+21+3d6
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 39 > [d8=2][d6=6,6,4]
> roll 1d100 vs 39
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 75 > [d100=75]

> roll 1d20+66 (+17 inspiration)
> roll 1d20+66 (+17 inspiration)
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 80 > [d20=14]
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 74 > [d20=8]
> roll 1d20+61 (+17 inspiration)
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 63 > [d20=2]
> roll 1d20+56 (+17 inspiration)
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 59 > [d20=3]
> roll 1d20+51 (+17 inspiration)
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 69 > [d20=18]
> roll 5d10+41
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 79 > [d10=8,3,8,10,9]
> roll 1d100 vs 79
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 83 > [d100=83]
> roll 5d10+41
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 71 > [d10=4,4,8,10,4]
> roll 1d100 vs 71
<Penuche> Sunshine_Ko invokes Penuche's magic: < 98 > [d100=98]

Give me a second Charisma check. Good luck.