The Psionicle, Part X

[Zhure]

Osius

"It's unclear whether he's truly interested in killing us, or getting the gem, or something else. You can't trust those sorcerers to deal true...."

 

[Dalamar]

Syld is clearly frustrated.
"I just have this feeling we're playing Ratheqar's lackeys, carrying his gems because he lets us."

 

[GnomeWorks]

Osius
"It's unclear whether he's truly interested in killing us, or getting the gem, or something else. You can't trust those sorcerers to deal true...."

"You speak truly." The githyanki says, nodding her head.

Syld
"I just have this feeling we're playing Ratheqar's lackeys, carrying his gems because he lets us."

"Would it perhaps be wiser, then, to hide them away somewhere?" The blue asks. "If he finds that you no longer hold the gems, perhaps he will reveal his true intentions with his actions."

 

[Zhure]

Osius

"Tis a quandry. If we need the powers the parts bring to successfully bring back all of the Psionicle, then leaving them somewhere else will doom our mission. But if we bring them along and risk losing them, we also end our mission in failure. Likewise, hiding them and having them stolen would also be catastrophic.

"How safe would the gem be here, for instance?" Osius asks.

 

[GnomeWorks]

The githyanki shrugs. "It would be as safe here as anywhere else."

 

[Zhure]

Osius

"Individually, each piece isn't that powerful, together they may form a synergistically more powerful artifact. I don't think it'd be safe to leave them where anyone else can find them, especially since we've gone to so much trouble to locate the few pieces we already have acquired.

"So I suppose unless anyone argues, we'll keep the parts we have and attempt to acquire the rest."

 

[Dalamar]

"I really don't mind one way or another, but of course I wouldn't mind keeping this" Syld pats the pouch in which he holds the Eye of Imzil "with me."

 

[GnomeWorks]

Osius
"...I don't think it'd be safe to leave them where anyone else can find them, especially since we've gone to so much trouble to locate the few pieces we already have acquired.

"So I suppose unless anyone argues, we'll keep the parts we have and attempt to acquire the rest."

"Your reasoning is sound." The blue says, nodding. "It would be best, however, to keep them spread out amongst you - if one of you carries all of them, and that one is lost... you see what trouble that could cause."

Syld
"I really don't mind one way or another, but of course I wouldn't mind keeping this with me."

"So long as it is assembled as soon as possible, take whatever course of action you see fit." The githyanki says.

 

[Zhure]

Osius

"Well I guess since we have no other leads, what else can we learn about the Lost Isle and Trinariklanth's Tooth?"

 

[Jarval]

"One of the gems has merged with the Staff. Is there any way of separating the two again, as the Staff itself is still proving most uncooperative." Jansson chips in.