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Message: <blockquote data-quote="simmo" data-source="post: 1426834" data-attributes="member: 9744">chapter 2 Lost & Found: The Centre of the MultiverseLittleby continued studying his books whilst chewing on the shlock with extra curtain dumplings. Eating this kind of food and trying to have a conversation was next to impossible, since if you stopped chewing the dumplings glued ones teeth together. The dwarven scholar was busy reviewing some earlier entries in the living tome when he came across an entry that he'd not seen before. It contained detailed instructions on how to destroy a creature fuelled by negation and return an undead creature back to a state of death. Littleby paid careful attention to the details of the entry and some of the other topics that he'd been studying began to make sense. By the time that he'd finished reading, he was confident that he had mastered the enchantment.Serena was walking around town at a leisurely pace. Everywhere that she went people were friendly and she soaked up the relaxed atmosphere in the town. Just as she was about to head back to the Cricketers, she came across the three mephits.”Lady Serena, where are the children?" the mineral mephit asked. "That were running amongst your feet?” The ooze and earth mephits both laughed and the seer made a point of ignoring them.“They're back in Haven,” Serena explained. She realised that the mephits were never far from their master.“Ah, Haven yes. Where are we now Lady Serena?” the earth mephit asked.“Ecstasy,” the heart seer replied. She sighed and was about to ask the pesky creatures were Caleb was when the ooze mephit interrupted her.“Are we still at the centre of the Multiverse, Lady Serena?” The ooze mephit's whining and nasal voice sounded even more high pitched and annoying due to its nose being flattened.“Yes," Serena stated. She disliked dealing with the mephits and wanted to be away from them quickly. "Have you seen Caleb?”“Yes Lady,” the mineral mephit answered. The earth mephit chuckled, but the ooze mephit jabbed it in the ribs.“Where is he?” Serena asked. The seer was getting tired of trying to get information out of the irritating creatures and thought about using her gifts as a seer to locate her friend.“At the centre of the Multiverse Lady Serena.” All three mephits burst out laughing and soared upwards to avoid the seer who lunged toward them.“Thank you,” Serena replied acidly.“Which happens to be two streets away.” The mineral mephit had ceased laughing first and realised the trouble that they could get in to with their master for annoying one of his friends.“Okay, thanks.” Serena began to walk away.“Which also happens to be here.” The earth mephit was still laughing at the old joke, whilst the other tow mephits had moved on already.“Yes, two streets in which direction?” Serena asked as she was about to walk off.“That way.” The mineral mephit pointed in a random direction.“No, he went that a way.” The earth mephit shouted in it's hollow voice, sounding like someone trapped beneath the ground.“Who's in charge, you or me?” The mineral mephit punched the earth mephit, causing it to spin backwards through the air.“You berk, you always get us lost.” The earth mephit prepared a counter-charge when the ooze mephit intervened.“No. He went that a way.” The ooze stated confidently and pointed in another direction.“Yes," the other two mephits agreed. "He went that a way!”Despite being pointed in the wrong direction by the mephits, Serena did eventually spot Caleb walking through town accompanied by a well dressed halfling. The mephits abandoned their quest to look for Caleb's other friends. Instead they argued amongst themselves whether or not the Dabus in Sigil were real creatures or if they were avatars that the living rebuses used to interact with visitors to the city. In the end their argument was interrupted by an angry shop-keeper who chased them away from his apple cart.“Caleb!” Serena called out, pleased to be reunited with her friend.Caleb was oblivious to the arrival of his companion and continued in his long and slow discussion with Cade. “SO IT WILL BE NICE TO SEE MY FRIENDS AGAIN.”“Caleb!” Serena was standing right next to the tall man, but his attention was focused on his mug and the halfling.“I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM SINCE THEM FOR AGES NOW,” the earth genasi mused.“Caleb!” Serena waved her hand in front of the genasi's face in exasperation, but beyond all reason he failed to notice her.“There's someone shouting at you,” Cade pointed out.“OH, HELLO.” Caleb was surprised to see his friend standing close by and was somewhat confused as to why she was waving her hands in front of his face.“What are you doing here?” Serena asked.“UH, I'VE COME TO FIND... YOU.” Caleb smiled, pleased that he'd succeeded in finding one of his friends.“Good.” Serena replied. She was curious to find out who the well dressed halfling was and realised that it would take a day or two before it occurred to Caleb to introduce him.“You're in the Cricketers aren't you?” The halfling smiled at the attractive seer and smiled.“Yes,” Serena replied.“Hello I'm Cade,” the halfling held out his hand in greeting and the seer shook it.“NO SHE IS NOT," the earth genasi corrected the halfling's comment about the Cricketers. "SHE IS STANDING HERE.”“No but she is staying in the Cricketers.” The halfling smiled at the seer and continued to shake her slender hand. “Hello I'm Cade Highdale.”“How on Lammed do you know that?” Serena asked.“Ah, I asked some people.” The halfling stopped shaking Serena's hand and gave her an even more dazzling and friendly smile.“HE'S A FRIEND OF MINE,” Caleb stated by way of explanation. He was about to introduce the halfling to Serena but he saw that they'd already finished shaking hands.Ooh, a mind walker how exciting. Cade had been looking the petite seer up and down. Having seen how many crystals she wore and had sown in to her clothing, he came to the conclusion that she was a mentalist of some form.A magician, Serena replied mentally. Very nice.“I dabble.” The halfling said out loud. He shrugged his shoulders and tried to smile shyly.“SO THIS IS CADE, HE HELPED ME TO FIND MY FRIEND." Caleb finished introducing Serena to Cade, unaware that the two had already had an entire conversation. "OH, YOU SORRY. I MEANT YOU.”"He seems to know his way about,” Serena replied to Caleb. She arched one of her eyebrows, making a mental note to keep an eye on the halfling.“YES,” the earth genasi had been impressed by the halfling's knowledge of inns and taverns in the town.“Most interesting." Serena commented. "We've lost Malkir.” The seer added the last statement almost as an after thought, remembering to tell Caleb about Malkir's departure with the old Githzerai mystic.“Oh dear.” Cade said looking a little forlorn, his smile almost slipping away.“REALLY?" Caleb asked. He scratched his head, trying to figure out the significance of Serena's last statement. "WELL I AM SURE THAT HE WILL TURN UP AGAIN.”“Yes, I'm sure that he will.” The seer sighed and there was a brief moment of silence.“WHICH ONE WAS MALKIR AGAIN?” Caleb asked.“He's the one who is missing when we get to the pub Caleb," Serena replied. She was annoyed by how slow Caleb could be at understanding things as she was aware that he had a sharp mind and keen intellect when he put some effort in to it. "I found your mephits digging through some rubbish earlier. You may want to rescue them.”“I THINK THAT THEY HAVE STOPPED DOING THAT NOW.” The earth genasi laughed, remembering the flattened nose of the ooze mephit. His punch had hit it like a battering ram and his fist made a satisfying thump when he struck it.“My name is Serena Allman.” The seer realised that she had not given the halfling her full name.“Very pleased to meet you,” the halfling gave her a warm smile and shook her hand again.</blockquote>

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