A blessed homefront

[Ebiris]

Well, she won't get a chance to use any of it. "Back in a moment, I'm moving this," she says, teleporting all of Zyvlyn's belongings away. Alicia can sort it out, she enjoys things like that.

"Lets bring her to Mystra," she says to Antenora upon her return.

[Anastasia]

"Is it her birthday?" Antenora says lightly, picking up Zyvlyn. "Not the gold prize, but I'll settle for this one today."

[Ebiris]

Marie calls ahead to Mystra to let them know what they're bringing, and then warps the three of them off to wherever she wants them to come!

[Anastasia]

A room of ritual - of hooded figures that chant arcane spells, of altars dedicated to Mystra all about in a strange, eldritch pattern. The walls, ceiling and floor are pitch black with no light, the only light from the many flares of magic about.

"That is her?" Mystra asks immediately.

[Ebiris]

"In the flesh," Marie says, shedding the veil of Rimewind. "Shar took something from you? This could be a way to even the odds."

[Anastasia]

Mystra's face is angry and cold as she comes over and picks up Zyvlyn with one hand. She is lifted by the throat as if ti was no more difficult than a mere piece of parchment.

"Do you have a particular suggestion, Marielle?"

[Ebiris]

"Kill her and send her back to Shar, but keep the proxy spark invested in her," Marie says, not being super detailed on plans considering said proxy spark must give Shar a front row seat to their discussion here. We know Shar plans to use what she stole as a trump card against you later. This might be just what you need to deflect that attack.

[Anastasia]

Mystra's eyes glow as energy - dark shadows - flow from one to another. Mystra takes them all, "Death and a return to Shar is too good for her," Mystra declares, "Not this time. She has no idea of empathy. A natural monster." Another flare of magic, "Now she does." A toss of Zyvlyn aside, and she vanishes. "She'll go to a lovely room where she'll wake up and she'll deal with a lifetime of guilt, regret and horror for her deeds."

"Will that help her?" Antenora asks, "Once she learns to live with what she did?" Her voice is gentle and soft, but her gaze is firm, Mystra's gaze met with her own.

"Will it?" Mystra muses, "I included a keen sense of how nothing she does can bring back those she massacred. She'll know well that she can never undo what she did. Every life she took, every horror she unfurled on Creation is set in stone. There is no escape from that room, not even suicide. If one day something in there blossoms that may be worth saving, then you can have her, Antenora. As it stands now, she will taste justice for every vile deed she has done."

[Ebiris]

Alicia would probably be happy with this on the same logic as capturing Dragodan reduces Shar's capacity since it's an irreplaceable proxy spark down, but that's long term thinking when the short term is somewhat more pressing.

"I brought her here to help you, not to punish her," Marie speaks up herself. "We know something horrible's coming aimed at you, a stolen spark of Shar's divinity might tip the scales at a pivotal moment."

[Anastasia]

Mystra smiles, "You don't understand, Marielle. I have that spark now."

[Ebiris]

"Oh," Marie blinks. "I remember it was more of a struggle and bloodier when Alicia got Jade's spark, I shouldn't have underestimated you," she bows apologetically to the Mother of All Magic.

[Anastasia]

Mystra's smile grows. "Oh Marielle." she says fondly, "No offense to Alicia, but she is yet a babe in the woods of divinity."

[Ebiris]

"Well, it wasn't precisely our goal," Marie straightens up now, "But I hope it'll have an impact on things."

Maybe Jessica and Colke will have had better luck.

[Anastasia]

"Until then," Mystra agrees warmly, as...

Level up time looms for you. However, you've unlocked something first.

Meanwhile in Sylica, Syala approaches Alicia. "All goes well," She states, "I've been tending to the borders of our new realm and all has merged smoothly."

[Ebiris]

"It's taking some getting used to," Alicia says. "I've made sure we have a lot of portals connected to Ysgard as well - the main one the Felic Gate goes to but others besides, in the region we used to occupy. Make it easier for anyone with out of date information who's looking for us," she finishes with a wry smile.