Shake the dust off your feet

[Ebiris]

Okay, now what about those other new deities Shar has cooked up?

What is Yarus's relationship with Chylas?

[Anastasia]

Chylas visited - briefly. She wasn't privy to most of it, but believes they do not like each other.

[Ebiris]

Not much to go on there. Maybe they can learn about the third mysterious member though, or at least get a name.

Has Yarus spoken of or met with a Gloom?

[Anastasia]

Not that she's aware of, but there is one creature that might be one. Sneaky like one, beyond deadly too. It saw her once and looked at her, and she was terrified by it. It wore shadows to hide itself and moved with unthinkable swiftness.

[Ebiris]

Honestly that could apply to so many of Shar's high tier servants, and still lacking in a name it doesn't help Marie.

Still...

What did Yarus discuss with this creature?

[Anastasia]

A possible reprisal against Balyss, one of Selune's servants. She isn't sure why they were irritated with her, but they were.

[Ebiris]

Well, Balyss did take part in the attack on the plane of shadow they did a while ago. And might even have been involved in that lunatic thing surrounding Alyssa that came up a moment ago.

What was the nature of this reprisal to be?

[Anastasia]

Her kidnapping, murder and her soul being imprisoned or worse.

[Ebiris]

Nothing concrete she can pass along a warning about, really.

She really is running out of questions now so she'll talk next moves with Jessica.

Since we know Yarus lives here, lets just stick around. Alicia can get a squad to go to Pazunia and watch the portal for Yarus and Yull coming back and smack him, and then if he comes in here we'll know she missed him.

[Anastasia]

Then let's prepare for that. We'll need to stay well aware and alert, so this won't be trivial.

[Ebiris]

And so while Marie and Jessica stay stealthy and hidden around Mymtha to observe any further developments.

Back in Sylica, the real Marie and Jessica are with Alicia and Syala.

"... and that's what we've learned," Marie concludes, the four of them standing around a table in one of Liberton's meeting rooms.

"This is a good opportunity," Alicia agrees. "Assuming we don't see interference from Pazuzu or Talona or the like."

[Anastasia]

"Very good, there's almost no chance it's a trap." Syala agrees, "So can we close the noose on them? A pitched divine battle on Pazunia may well get demon lords to meddle. That time with Kina-Ja got enough attention, and she wasn't even divine."

[Ebiris]

And important OOC question. If Alicia sets foot on Pazunia, do all the local demon lords instantly know? How does sensing deities on planes like that work?

[Anastasia]

In theory no, no one rules Pazunia directly. Of course it's entirely possible they're paying attention and might catch something, or that with what you know about the Abyss now, it may intervene if it's truly that wrathful towards you.

Of course it also may not be constant even if it is.

[Ebiris]

"Show me the terrain around the portal to the demiplane?" Alicia asks Marie.

Obligingly it appears over the table, an illusory display showing the blasted field of rubble stretching around the collection of tents and huts. "It's not a perfect recreation but you get the gist?" Marie asks, since she's going by memory and she didn't pay that close attention. Nonetheless as an illusionist she has an eye for detail.

"Yes," Alicia nods. "If we were four miles out, we can hide amidst that rubble with one of Marie's illusions warding us. That's far enough that I can still clearly see and hear what's going on around the portal, and Marie and I could make it there within a single time stop the moment I see those disguises we were given. Marie can throw up her teleport block and we can engage them while any other support we bring can teleport to the edge of the teleport block's radius to follow us."

Marie obligingly changes the scale of the illusion and marks the 1900 foot radius of her teleport block spell with a red glow.