To the root

[Anastasia]

A light laugh, "I once read that's what the Red Knight did when she ascended long ago."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Well, there is a bit of a direct connection there."

Alyssa keeps heading out of the Root!

[Anastasia]

You return back - but again the same tangle is in your way, the same tangle of glowing water.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa attempts to teleport past it.

[Anastasia]

Normally I'd call for K:P but between your portfolio and a high score there's no point.

You recall that teleporting on a transitive plane usually fails, possibly in a dangerous way.

If this was your divine realm it wouldn't be a concern even then, but it isn't your divine realm.

[Iron Dragoon]

Damn was hoping portfolio would help with that in some way.

Alyssa works her way through the tangle again!

[Anastasia]

Ref save then, same as last time.

[Iron Dragoon]

Ref/Cunning Insight:

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+59 : 11 + 59, total 70[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+45
<Rei-chan> Kotono rolled : 1d20+45 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{57}

Thus both you and Emily smoothly slip by and return. Castel awaits you, "I have been informed you wish to learn of the Queendom."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Yes! Queen is off and wants to be present for my experiment, so until then, I'd like to learn about your culture and skills. Should we start with the blacksmiths?"

[Anastasia]

"As you like," Is the answer, "Are you a smith yourself?"

[Iron Dragoon]

"Yes! My papa was a smith. I wasn't very strong as a child, but I loved watching him work, and I read books in the light of the forge. When I grew up and moved away, I came into my adult strength and was able to begin working the craft. I was very good at knowing the particulars from watching, but needed practice. I advanced quickly."

[Anastasia]

"Our smiths are the one the Queen decreed, the ones with the talent to smith," Is Castel's answer as you walk down the root. "As in al things, Queen bestows on us her wisdom, and we grow stronger for it."

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa nods, "If... That's the way your kind is, then so be it. I like having the ability to learn whatever I'm interested in. My papa was a smith, so I wanted to learn it. My mother was a tailor, too, and I learned that as well."

[Anastasia]

"We are newborns, we need our Queen's guidance," Is Castel's answer, "The Queen guides us all. Do you not have your own Queen?"