A Walk in the Neighborhood

[Bjorn]

"Pronouns are our friends," Bjorn says drily, "but proper nouns are not our enemies, Phil.  Try that again, with enough context that the rest of us know what you're talking about."

[Brian]

"Don't look at me, but you know what they say.  'Old tricks are the best tricks'," Durant warns.

[Dracos]

Dracos sighs.  "Context, if those traitors failed and we caught them, we're distracted.  If they didn't, all the better."

Dracos

[Bjorn]

"It's not that we're distracted," Bjorn corrects, "it's that we're exposed.  Especially if you assume this was meant to be limited to the lorekeepers, both sides had people working covertly.  Their ploy has flushed almost all of our side into the clear -- but there are still two more lorekeepers on the other side hidden.  That's a rather big advantage for them."

[Rezantis]

Rez snaps his fingers as he recalls something else.

"One second."

Walking behind the bookcases again, he concentrates on the gauntlet and produces the warbag.  This done, he pulls out the root and offhands *it* - then dispels the gauntlet again.

[Brian]

This works, until you release your control of the gauntlet, in which case the root falls to the ground and the bag vanishes.

[Rezantis]

Rez resummons the gauntlet and attempts to produce the warbag again, to check if it's still there.

If it is, he re-offhands it and dispels the gauntlet once more, repocketing the root.

[Brian]

The warbag does reappear as soon as you summon the gauntlet and offhand it.  Both times.

When you resumon the gauntlet, the warbag is still off-handed.

[Rezantis]

"Cool."

Rez dispels the gauntlet for the final time and repockets the root before walking back to the table.

[Brian]

Your armored skirt lacking pockets, you put it in a pouch, instead.

"So ... what was that all about?" Durant asks, looking up from his book.

[Rezantis]

"Experimenting with the warbag.  I think I might be able to take things back that way . . ."

Rez smirks.

"It's certainly a less painful way of getting things here than Liandral's."

[Dracos]

"Quite but it's somewhat limited.  Either way, good idea."

Dracos

[Bjorn]

"Also a bit beyond the here and now," Bjorn comments, stretching a little.  "First we need to get home.  Anybody else have tidbits to throw out, or shall we get on with things?"

[Rezantis]

"I got the impression that he has to concentrate on his items to use and keep them here just as I have to concentrate on the gauntlet, actually . . . so he's probably not quite as well off as you think."

Rez nods at Bjorn's words.  "I told Alec Westwind, one of the Stormriders, the actual story last night, after . . . someone failed to cover a conversation slip.  But anyway.  He's trustworthy, and I sort of owe him some trust anyway . . ."

Rez trails off.

[Dracos]

Dracos nods. "He'll keep somewhat quiet, I hope.  And...not that I can think of at the moment.  Cursed memory."

Dracos