Afterwards

[Iron Dragoon]

"Sounds fun. We'll leave you to your peace. For as long as it lasts."

[Anastasia]

With that, thus the party goes out and...

Next move?

[Iron Dragoon]

Back and discuss Ianvasah's thing and arrange things with Moore.

[Anastasia]

Okay. Ianvasah first for practical reasons.

You meet with Ianvasah on your return, "I have a quest," she begins, "Would you hear where it entails, Alyssa?"

[Iron Dragoon]

"Certainly. But first... I'm sorry for pushing you the way I did. I could have done it in a better way, but at the time I thought it was the best chance."

[Anastasia]

A slight nod, "How did that even come about?"

[Iron Dragoon]

"As indelicate as a word it's, sulking tends to lead to two places. One is shutting down and wearing away at yourself. The other is they explode and push everyone away. You were deep in the first and starting on the second. I wanted to have you focus it on me and have the others still open to help you."

[Anastasia]

"So the approach of the lurking bitch," Ianvasah says, "Like a female dog lying and snarling in the bushes." She gives you an exasperated look, "Was it Bastian's idea? It seems like one of his."

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa smiles a bit and raises an eyebrow, "I don't know the reference there, but I earned the venom. No, I asked Bastian to make you angry so I could draw it out like puss from a wound. Once you weren't repressing it, I could make you focus it on me.

Emily is naturally supportive, but I knew at a certain point her mothering would begin to grate on you. Jarem has experience dealing with this sort of thing, but he would have had to work through Emily. If you broke with her, I couldn't have seen a way to you."

[Anastasia]

A long consideration before, "Of course," she finally says, "Jarem's approach would be some manner of ill informed barbarism."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Regardless of that, I have to ask for your forgiveness."

[Anastasia]

"You'll have it," Ianvasah says after a short time, "You'll have it, Alyssa, in time."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Thank you. Now, what's this quest?"

[Anastasia]

Ianvasah rests back for a good time. "We must each take one of Dead Moons and find a Lunatic that will help us reach the moon. Once there we must find  sacred oils and anoint the chakrams with them, then let them rest on the moon for one week. Each of us must wield one of the two chakrams and seek a Sharran of vast power on Ash, then we must vanquish him.

We must only wield those as weapons during this quest, nothing else," Ianvasah continues, "Our dreams will be the things of nightmares. They will be a heavy stone on our souls until this task is complete."

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa stares blankly at Ianvasah.

"... You understand I'm a wizard, right? I've only read about chakrams in passing, much less with any real use. As for the rest... Do you have any leads on these Dead Moons or Lunatics? "