The duty to live

[Ebiris]

"Perhaps she wanted to provoke this very meeting?" Alicia speculates. "I don't think Penae's physical presence here is beneficial, at any rate."

[Anastasia]

"Surgat," The Lord of the Seventh says pleasantly, and a moment later but servant and Penae are gone out the door.

"Perhaps our mercane hosts are not as discreet as we assumed," Is his speculation, "But I think that regardless, our purposes here have reached an end today."

"If we're being distracted," Syala agrees, "Best that we stop being distracted."

[Ebiris]

"At any rate, thank you for keeping us informed," Alicia says, rising. "Should we hear of any further Sharran plots aimed towards Malodomini we will be sure to return the favour." Alicia's just that sort of scrupulously fair type, even with a devil.

[Anastasia]

An amused smile is your answer as both sides part.

Once you're out of that room?

Or, and not worth saying because I think we all understand, was that Penae somehow offended Shar and this was essentially a suicide mission. I can't make that make a lot of sense, either.

[Ebiris]

Alicia walks out of the mansion in step with Syala and gates them back to Sylica once outside.

Shar is not the type to pass on handing out her own personal punishment if that was the case.

[Anastasia]

Unless this is a mind game, it has to be a distraction. I've already checked with my avatar, nothing unusual's going on at home.

[Ebiris]

And indeed they're home now, gate closed behind them, high up in Sylica's sky. "There's little point speculating, we just don't have the perspective to know what Shar's thinking. All we can really do is maintain our guard."

[Anastasia]

"Well, at least one of the Shadow Twelve is dealt with," Syala agrees, "Just don't let the sacrifice of a pawn capture a queen."

[Ebiris]

"Lets not," Alicia agrees.

[Anastasia]

Going to do anything in reaction to this?

Also give me a d100.

[Ebiris]

[19:47] <@Ebiris> roll 1d100
[19:47] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 100 > [d100=100]

Nothing I can really do with the information, no.

[Anastasia]

You begin to go before suddenly -

Come to me, Alicia, quickly!

[Ebiris]

Alicia suddenly straightens and casts a gate to...

Does god-text have extra significant information in it that gives location metadata? If so then that's where the gate goes to, otherwise just aiming for the Sylica embassy in Dweomerheart.

[Anastasia]

No, but it's moot here.

The moment your portal to Dweomerheart opens, it twists and glows a deep, almost bloody purple. You know enough to know Mystra's will has personally diverted this portal.

[Ebiris]

Dweomerheart, but anyway.

"Come on!" Alicia says abruptly to Syala, hurrying through.