The Nexus

[Undertree Manor] Skye's spear thrust forces the first mummy to back off and the thrust floors the second, which Lex quickly pounces on with his side-sword. It turns out mummies don't like getting stabbed with swords slicked with blazing alchemical fire. Who would have guessed? With one mummy burni...

[Lab] "It's memory storage," Skye explains simply, actually having understood the explanation to a degree, "like painting a picture or writing down an idea to get it out of your head. Your mind can only hold so much information, so you put the information somewhere else so you can ac...

[Undertree Manor] Skye isn't such a poor fighter to be defeated by two standard combatants, and so she brings her spear up in an overhead stab towards the shielded one, fully expecting it to block. It has to, or it'll take a spear to the face, and blocking will disrupt the flow of its attack. This ...

[Skye's Apartment] Asami tilts his head at Mary, red bubbly question marks manifesting above his head. "What?" Asami exclaims, taken aback by Mary's suggestion. Why would you insult someone in a fight? These kids must not be very good at fighting if they have time to. Or maybe its all for...

[Damundra Canyon] It seems like the dwarves second-guess themselves and ultimately decides not even to bother stopping either of them as they're heading out of the fort. Helpfully enough there's a sign pointing towards "stairs/elevator", which is most likely the one the saw while heading ...

[Undertree Manor] Lex stands tall at the challenge! "We can beat whatever you throw at us!" be boasts in typical hot-blooded hero fashion. Even though he doesn't have any blood to speak of. When the pair of mummies appears he draws his crossbow and fires a single bolt at the foe Skye DIDN...

Lab Jaahlyn's eyebrow raises and she looks puzzled. "Severance?" Then she grins mirthfully. "You're quitting already? Yikes and here I thought I hated work." The satyr giggles and then pauses for a moment while getting up into a sitting position in the bed. "Use pictures , ...

[Lab]

Skye's interest is obvious, with the way her gaze lingers a moment, but her face turns red and she looks away, "... Yes, that would likely be helpful information."

Lab Libra let's a audible ' tsk '. "How typical. Would it help if I got you drunk first?" Libra replies in a sarcastic tone, seemingly having completely forgotten Skye as her gaze focuses on Artie. A dangerous glint in her eyes. "Fortunately, I'm not so easily insulted and there's a ...

[Undertree Manor] "If you seek the treasury of the duchess then you must prove yourself worthy," the shriveled corpse replies. "If you survive the trial of summer you may proceed." Hoo boy. There are sunflowers shaking and earth churning as a small army of armed mummies begin po...

Destroyed Wizard's Tower Basement The hob takes a few moments to listen to the new voice in her mind, flexing her muscles and legs and fingers while the explanation was going on. It was disturbingly intimate and intrusive, and no small part of her felt... unclean . Her clothes, expensive clothes, w...

[Destroyed Wizard's Tower Basement] It's done! , comes the response, echoing from deep inside Onisa, I've linked into your circulatory, endocrine, urinary, digestive, muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems. This allows me to both augment you and feed off the waste that humanoids generally produce;...

[Ruined Observatory] High level nonsense is definitely an apt way to describe it. So! The ritual begins. At first Khannie will watch pretty attentively, but this form of ritual magic is DEFINITELY not the most exciting. Eventually she'll pull a book out of her pack and begin to read it. When the po...

[Skye's Apartment] That just gets Skye to laugh, which may distort what Mary is trying to say, "... Yes, I suppose we do. Thank you for the criticism, Asami." It seems Skye is entirely accepting of someone telling her she's acting in a wrong way. It helps that Asami clearly feels more in ...

[Skye's Apartment]

Skye, on the other hand, just sighs, "It's alright, Mary. Criticism is something you need to learn to accept."

And so, Skye nods to Asami, waiting patiently, aware she's likely going to be told something she doesn't appreciate.

[Skye's Apartment]

"I couldn't say. I clearly don't know her," Skye whispers back to Mary a little bitterly.

[Undertree Manor] "We seek a treasure housed within," Skye says, and beats the butt of her staff against the ground, "For the sake of helping a friend, we must obtain it." Best to speak in absolute terms in this case. Don't want to give the fae leverage. Skye is, thankfully, qui...

[Skye's Apartment]

Skye frowns for a moment at Asami's response, and Mary's, but isn't sure what to say.

Instead, she turns away from Asami for a moment and puts a hand over her lips to whisper just to Mary, "I believe she may be jealous of you."

[Undertree Manor] Skye thanks Lex for the oil! It very much puts her at ease - she's not upset when something is neutral, she can deal with neutral. But bad weather just upsets her. Once they actually enter the manor, Skye says, "Carry yourself lightly, and remember the way to the exit. What y...

[Skye's Apartment]

"Not necessarily, Mary," Skye comments, "I didn't enter a permanent building until I was eight years old, and I've known my parents my entire life. We can't assume Asami is an orphan just because she's not used to certain things you consider normal."

[Skye's Apartment] Skye grunts. Sweets are decadent! She turns to regard Asami as she finishes with what she's doing, setting it aside to cook; it'll give them a few free minutes, "I apologize, Asami, I just realized I haven't been a good host. Is there anything you need, or want to do?" ...

Skye's Apartment "It's the first time, but it went pretty well," Mary replies. She appreciates the smell of the food cooking. "Don't worry about us, we're both fine." A Succubus Problem "Just stand inside the circle," Sekhmet lays the iron hoop down on the ground. &quo...

[Damundra Canyon] "Short compared to us," Emily clarifies, looking amused even as she holds a hand over her nose. Ugh, the smells . Reminds her of the Tailpipe after a birthday bash, "Probably taller than you folks." [Ruined Observatory] "Very well. Come, we have a ritual t...

[Undertree Manor] Riftline doesn't travel all the way to the manor, sadly. It's a good hours walk from the station to our heroes' destination. Through the snow. Lex is bundled up pretty solidly, complete with a colorful scarf wrapped around his face. There's something deeply endearing about a slime...

[Lab]

"Did you do anything to me?" Skye repeats, enunciating every word carefully.

[PREP Riftline Station]

Skye is right behind him, "The undead? I am well prepared for such entities," an excited smile colors her features. Seems she's quite happy to be getting involved in a battle against the forces of darkness. It's her calling, after all.

And away they go!

[Lab]

Skye narrows her eyes, "... Libra, saying what you did in such a way that it's impossible to actually understand what you said is not an explanation. It's an evasion."

[Damundra Canyon]

"Right," Emily says it as an unimpressed grunt, but nods regardless, "Come on Thariza, let's speak to the 'tender'."

And with that she proceeds inside.

[PREP Riftline Station] Skye thinks for a moment, her free hand rubbing at her chin, "Knowing Shalrina and her... dealings , I believe the Mask of Stolen Trust is most likely to be appreciated by her, based on what I know of her agents. She's something of a devious god, and it would allow her ...

[Ruined Observatory] Khannie gives a nod, doing her best to hide the fact that she's pretty excited about learning a new sorta magic that she isn't familiar with. Gosh. She's such a hopeless nerd. "Yeah, I can do that. We've seen what sorta monsters this place has got and I think we can take a...