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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nephis" data-source="post: 9067867" data-attributes="member: 20459">After exiting the stifling air of the building, ARUNNY stands still for a moment, breathing with relief the cool night air and sensing power in that moonlight. Then, her attention is caught by movement in the gathering crowd and the murmured words of the scrivener standing at her shoulder, words that cause her to briefly give him a stern glance of recrimination.  Quickly returning her attention to the porter, the seer's eyes follow his urgent dash then her feet swiftly follow his path, running into the small barn immediately behind him. Her years of doing mission work with her father in small villages such as this one have taught her to trust her instinctive impulse to aid, and to do so quickly, when urgency is sensed, as it is now. Kneeling beside the yak, she gently soothes the laboring beast with the touch of her hands and the calm of her voice, focusing her energies into the mother-to-be, gentling her pain. Within herself, she is troubled, however: how could their Lady allow such calamity immediately following their victory over the alien influence? Is this a test of Her Searing Voice and her comrades?Then, the Moonlight Itself turns to song before her eyes, translucent moments of sound dancing in the air. Arunny breathes in the cooling music which then enters into her body. Smiling, the seer channels the Maiden's cool, healing power into the yak, soothing labor pains, making the birthing more manageable. The Consort gives Arunny the boy's name, and she looks up into his eyes and says, "Chann, she is ready for you to help her. Maba, Maiden of the Moon, for whom your parents named you at your birth, has given you both the strength to help the calf become ready to be in this world. See how Her Light is dancing around us, surrounding us with Her healing and love!" [HR][/HR]Arunny makes a Primary Skill Healing check: r(5) + 12 = 17 vs. 16 Moderate DC. Success.[HR][/HR]At ARUNNY's words, there is a sharp gasp at the tent's perimeter. The priestess turns her head to meet the startled eyes of the woman standing there. The resemblance between mother and son is obvious. Then, Arunny gets up from her kneeling position beside the now more naturally laboring beast, Chann skillfully aiding the birth. Omthala's Searing Voice briefly touches a hand to the shoulder of Chann's mother as she passes, before addressing the worried assembly of villagers before them, her tone calm and true."As you practical and sensible people are well-aware, a three-legged stool carries the strength that a single-pillared chair cannot. My faith is in the Strength of Three, Our Lady, the Goddess Mother, fierce and demanding in Searing Light; Her Son, dark and dangerous in his Shadowed Light, his Darkness bringing truths that are hidden in bright light; and His Consort, the Maiden of the Moon, whose cool and gentle MoonLight is Healing Music. We need all Lights: to see what is, to see what is hidden, and to see what is possible. "Listen to the words of my comrade, Omthala's Lucent Messenger, words given him by this Triune Light."[HR][/HR]Arunny uses a Secondary Skill Religion check: r(15) + 3 = 18 vs. 11 Easy DC. Success. to give a +2 bonus to Ibhea's next Primary Skill check.</blockquote>

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