Rystil Arden
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*The gem remains quiescent--there is no response.*
Night's Embrace: Part 1--A Touch of Darkness
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Rystil Arden
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*The sapphire remains quiescent.*
"Umm...hmm...Maybe it was something else? Or maybe it is only one use?"
"Umm...hmm...Maybe it was something else? Or maybe it is only one use?"
"It could be limited in uses...we should try again tomorrow."
Sulannus shakes her head, trying to refocus.
"Anyway, I'm not saying searching will be easy...just that it's better to do -some-thing than just sit around and wait for this princess to get in touch with us. Maybe the cult has some kind of limitation they can't get around....like they might need a special statue or altar or something else we can use to try to find them. They worship Shar...maybe there's something in that we can use. I'm just saying, we need to learn more about them so we can find them."
Sulannus shakes her head, trying to refocus.
"Anyway, I'm not saying searching will be easy...just that it's better to do -some-thing than just sit around and wait for this princess to get in touch with us. Maybe the cult has some kind of limitation they can't get around....like they might need a special statue or altar or something else we can use to try to find them. They worship Shar...maybe there's something in that we can use. I'm just saying, we need to learn more about them so we can find them."
Boddynock
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"But if it is only one use, why would the Princess activate it to ask an apparently trivial question?"
"Yes, perhaps it is a ... what did that book talk about? ... a scrying device that allows Elenia to keep tabs on me ... on us. And if that's the case, might it have a limited number of uses per day?"
"What did she mean by random text? Maybe she wasn't actually scrying on us at all, but on some threat to the kingdom. Well, we know that the Cult qualifies that way, and maybe we're more involved than we realized, if her spell then focused in on us."
The young man frowns in concentration and determination, then addresses the gem directly.
"Look Aileen, in case you can hear - or read - this, you have to know that the Cult of Night's Embrace is not gone. They're planning to re-emerge, and in a big way, we think, on the occasion of your Coronation. You have to come to our meeting place! I'll be there."
"Yes, perhaps it is a ... what did that book talk about? ... a scrying device that allows Elenia to keep tabs on me ... on us. And if that's the case, might it have a limited number of uses per day?"
"What did she mean by random text? Maybe she wasn't actually scrying on us at all, but on some threat to the kingdom. Well, we know that the Cult qualifies that way, and maybe we're more involved than we realized, if her spell then focused in on us."
The young man frowns in concentration and determination, then addresses the gem directly.
"Look Aileen, in case you can hear - or read - this, you have to know that the Cult of Night's Embrace is not gone. They're planning to re-emerge, and in a big way, we think, on the occasion of your Coronation. You have to come to our meeting place! I'll be there."
Rystil Arden
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"Didn't it glow first and then a while later she was talking? Do you think we accidentally sent her a message and she had to reply to it suddenly?"
Sulannus nods. "That seems like the most reasonable answer. Something we did activated it, and it captured a random snip of our conversation. That's why she seemed so confused."
She looks at Kel. "Didn't she instruct you in the use of this stone? What if we'd sold it by mistake?"
She looks at Kel. "Didn't she instruct you in the use of this stone? What if we'd sold it by mistake?"
Boddynock
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Kel digs out the note that he found with the two stones.
"Looked like you could use a bit more coin if you only have what I found to live on for yourself and five friends. Treat yourselves--enjoy the city!" he reads.
Looking up again, he shakes his head and says, "Nope, there's nothing to indicate that she was going to pull this kind of stunt - although I'm not surprised by that, really. I think she likes to be ... unpredictable!"
"Looked like you could use a bit more coin if you only have what I found to live on for yourself and five friends. Treat yourselves--enjoy the city!" he reads.
Looking up again, he shakes his head and says, "Nope, there's nothing to indicate that she was going to pull this kind of stunt - although I'm not surprised by that, really. I think she likes to be ... unpredictable!"
