Mro Jus Bir scratches his head. "Unless there is a different group from Ruskivek that I am supposed to be waiting for here, then I believe that yes, I am to be accompanying you to Turmaether. It is my profession as a bard that has inspired me to sponsor you, you see. The citadel holds many mysteries, and I wish to chronicle your journey. I find it much easier to write my poems and my music with the inspiration of adventure!"
He starts to walk with you, but stops suddenly as he remembers, "Ah, but wait! I can take you to the Order, yes, but first we must return to No Man's Lamb. My friend and companion is there, and he would be devastated if I did not bring him along."
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"You return by the same means you would arrive, of course...through a teleportation circle," the man replies. "Miss, if you would be so...kind, as to, uh...scribe your name...here, if you are, um...with these two, yes..." he speaks nervously to Harmony.
Aisha would simply nod, with a soft yawn accompanying it, made somewhat cute by the final second of the yawn rising in pitch to a soft, feminine pitch. Just chronicle and watch Hrm? Not fight yourself? she says, clearly teasing but trying to hide it behind a mask of seriously asking (performance: 10) Smirking playfully if somehow Mro falls for it, and explaining she was kidding if he did not.
Allright, go, get your friend and let us be on our way. Aisha wanted to do this before going to Vandyr.
Harmony then heard the man in glasses as he told her to write her name down, nodding back. "Oh, yes of course I'm with them! I'll sign it then." she said back with a smile, going over and signing her name on it, Harmony all cute and stylized.
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"Why so nervous, friend?" Abraxas asks. He'll pick the document up and read it, investigating its intent: 18 Are there any dangers to signing it? "Do we really have to be there in the next few minutes to solve a problem with nets?"
Mro Jus Bir smirks through the ruse, placing the back of a hand over his forehead and feigning offense once more. "And here I thought you were watching me on Vandyr. Did you not see me chase the salamander away from your--say, where is your panther?" After pausing for an answer, he leads you back toward No Man's Lamb. "Come...we shall collect my friend, and be on our way."
As you turn the corner, however, you find the return trip unnecessary. A familiar Kitsune, the one that had been seated during Mro Jus Bir's performance, now wears a rapier at his side, and thrusts a backpack at the bard. "Not like you to run off without me," he says in a low and soft voice.
"Wonderful!" Mro Jus Bir says, "Aisha, this is my close and personal friend, Mro Jus Bur! He is one of the strongest fighters in the city, and he shall accompany us to Turmaether."
"I am his bodyguard," the foxlike kitsune deadpans.
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The bookish man's eyes seem locked on Harmony. "It's, uh...it's just, I don't see many demons on land, that's all. I mean, I, uh...I don't see many demons at all, but...I also don't read about many demons on land," he says, still looking her way as he responds to Abraxas. "No, of course not, but I don't want to keep them waiting. They claim that this sabotage is destroying their livelihoods, and...well, it might get messy if we can't find anybody to help them soon."
For Abraxas:
There does not seem to be anything nefarious about the document. From what you can tell, it would be used for bookkeeping purposes, and judging by the clutter around you, these people need all the help keeping track of things that they can get.
Aisha would shrug, looking at Mro Indeed. This one was not watching you in the slightest. You said to not look at you remember? she said jokingly. But leaving whether she meant it or not in the air intentionally. She is with one of the others in our party, I felt it necessary so that AIsha could find her again easier if... Intending to follow him when he starts to move, only to be halted by the presence of a male Kitsune.. hearign his words, her fur bristles much like it had with their own party's Kit....
Her ears pressed back as she looks at the anthropomorphic canid. It was all she could to to keep herself from attacking either verbally or physically. Her eyes locked onto the Kits but she makes no move to attack. her ears twitching when Mro introduces Mro 2.0... since unless it was pronounced differently, she wouldnt know htat one had an 'i' and the other a 'u.'
This one is sorry.... she says, looking between the two But are you both the same person? She is also sorry, that she has this rrreaction.... if you werre a Tabaxi.. you would..... Underrstand... it takes several minutes, but she slowly, calms down to the point of almost being normal again.
Aisha makes a point to be behind the kit before saying Let us get going before this one loses her control. Pulling out a horn then, and blowing it into the air loudly. Having gone back far enough only to not harm the ears of those in the most immediate area. The dirge escaping and echoing through the air. Unless harmony was already where she needed to be, T'savi would come running to wherever the source of the horn was, or, at the very least her best guess.
OOC: Mro Jus Bir is pronounced like "Murro Joos Beer", and Mro Jus Bur like "Murro Joos Boor".
"Such a pleasure,"Mro Jus Bur intones. After giving you another curious look, Mro Jus Bir puts his pack over his shoulder and regales you with some history as you walk. "You see, here in Tir Na Gren our names are not given as they would in other places. Mro Jus Bur and happen to share the same firstname, but our secondname and thirdname tell the story of how we were born. Our secondname, Jus, means that we were both born at dusk. He was born in the Mannaz Tundra to the east, so Bur is his thirdname, but I was born even further, in the deserts of Harakaft, so my thirdname is Bir. It is quite simple, you see. If I had been born in the tundra, then I, too, would be Mro Jus Bur, and then we would indeed be the same person."
Mro Jus Bur sighs as the three of you finish the walk to the Order of Skogyr, passing the outer wall of the city as you do so. T'savi meets you as you round the final turn, and Mro Jus Bir points out the domed Order of Skogyr at the end of the street.
On the inside, Abraxas, Garu and Harmony see Aisha enter with T'savi, alongside a dashing Nekomata man in colorful attire with a flute attached to his belt, and a bored-looking Kitsune man with a rapier sheathed at his side.
Harmony hears the man, sighing. "I am definitely not a demon. No one seems to understand that. Tieflings certainly aren't a thing here in this world." she had said back, smiling again but still annoyed by all the demon accusations. Since when does a demon look this cute and be all colorful?! But then she saw Aisha come in with Tsavi, just now realizing that the panther had left her side, along with another cat-like man and another Kitsune too. "Aisha! So glad that you finally made it, now we're all back together again!" Harmony happily cheered, relieved to be reunited with everyone again.
Before any introductions can be made, the Nekomata dashes over to Harmony. He squints and strokes the fur at his chin, studying her intently and walking around her in circles. "This is certainly new. Not from this world, Aisha says. I had thought her to be quite full of herself, but this, perhaps, is proof? The skin, the eyes of a demon, but..." he mutters, taking Harmony's hand and running his own down her arm to her fingertips, peering between them. "No webs...and no fins, and no gills...a land demon. And your face, and your spirit, there is too much elegance for a demon, you are something else, yes...something from another world..."
The Kitsune rolls his eyes and lets out a sigh that is closer to a grunt, and the Nekomata straightens himself."Ah, my apologies, Miss...? I am Mro Jus Bir, and this is my friend and personal companion Mro Jus Bur," he says. Bowing low, in exaggerated fashion, he takes Harmony's hand again and kisses it. "I am his bodyguard," Mro Jus Bur replies, not dissuading Mro Jus Bir in the slightest. "You are all Aisha's companions, yes? Please, introduce yourselves. We will be sharing the road, I believe! Your journey to Turmaether, to be chronicled by none other than me...Mro Jus Bir!"
Garu's curiosity piqued, bows in respect, first to the Kitsune, then to the Nekomata, then finally to Aisha. "Certainly glad to see you", she directs to Aisha. "I am called Garu and come from the Temple of Tylyn". She studies them both briefly. "It pleases me to meet you both - may the light shine in you.", she says in earnest, extending a hand to each, demurely.
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Abraxas will set the contract down. He greets and introduces himself to the two new companions. "It is alway good to have more swords defending us," he says.
He quickly summarizes what the man with the glasses has told them so far about the sabotaged nets and the dangers of searching for the artifact. "I suggest," he says, "the nets first. A quick warm up if you will, before the real danger."
Harmony was so confused as the cat-like man came over and circling her, before hearing him start to say what everyone else keeps saying. She yelped when he suddenly took her hand and ran his own hand down her arm to her fingers and looking between them, hearing him make more comments. "H-Hey! Don't just touch me like that! Of course I'm not a demon!! Don't judge by looks!" she says back with an annoyed sigh. Then she hears him apologize and ask for her name. "I'm Harmony." she says back to him, hearing his name and his friend's name, confused. Why are their names almost exactly the same? She is very surprised as Bir bows low and then kisses her hand, blushing red. What was that for?! Then Harmony hears what Abraxas says, nodding back. "Yeah, we should help those people with their net problem." she had said back, wanting to get going now.
"My pleasure," Mro Jus Bur says dryly, bowing as introductions are made. Mro Jus Bir rushes forward to Garu, taking her hand similarly. "Priestess of Tylyn, warrior of justice and light. I am pleased to make your acquaintance," he says. He kisses Garu's hand, and stands straight before Abraxas, only shaking his without any of the extreme pleasantries. "And that makes you Abraxas, the mage. I notice you carry many quills and inks on your person. We will get along swell. You see, I am accompanying you to chronicle your journey. The greatest stories come from adventure, and every great story starts with a team building exercise. So it is to the nets we go!"
"Good. I really am very busy, you know," the human man standing nearby says, picking up the parchment that Abraxas has just set down. He hands it and a quill to Harmony. "If you the rest of you will please write your names down for our records, you can be off to the Wysto at your leisure. The portals are right down there," he says.
Aisha still keeps her eyes on the Kitsune who's name sounds so familiar to the Neko's. Listening to the explanation with the typical expression of a foreigner sort-of understanding but not quite gettign the point of... Uh.. There is a similar naming in Aisha's culture; but not one so mixed up as to create the same person ...she looked at Mro 1 with a look of 'how am I supposed to speak to either of these two without a 'situation' occurring... Aisha had payed mild attention to her surroundings as they went, so she could mentally map out the path back to where the 'teleporter' was should she need to get there in a hurry.
Eventually making their way there, with Tsavi meeting them partway. Once finally there, and seeing that Harmony and the others had Already made it, she was relieved and somewhat disappointed, since she was the first to have left.. but a cats curiosities often made her late.... Deciding to watch the ensuing scene as the Mro-eo Brothers introduced themselves and Mro 1 setting about to flirt with Harmony, a chuckle escaping her lips at Harmony's reaction. Aisha pointedly, and actively ignoring the direct response from Garu, though she was somewhat less hostile overall.
Aisha was clearly not pleased with the idea of helping people with 'nets' over acquiring resources for the battle to come. Her people survived mainly by the fact they were always making ready for some invasion to happen.. whether it be by the dog-peoples near her true homeland, Crazed Helm-Worshippers, or in the mirror realm, whatever monstrosity or evil race sought to enslave or .. eat her people.
And how do the Mro's feel about taking this detour? Personally, Aisha wishes to go straight to Turmaether. Aisha hate's to sound petty... but rrremember when on Vandyr? We all felt the same pull, yet it was only Aisha who suggested to go towards it. Instead we went to a temple... And while we ended up finding what we needed for Thallassa... Had we found the camp sooner we may have kept other innocent people from being sacrificed. As well as ended their plot sooner. Aisha feels the trip to empower us is more imporrtant...
If the party decides to do the nets though, Aisha will ask the 'man with glasses' his name
Mro Jus Bur shrugs passively, but Mro Jus Bir waves his arms away emphatically. "The mysteries of Turmaether have stood unsolved for centuries, my dear Aisha. What is another...err, how long will this 'net' fiasco take? Ah, no matter, consider it a light breakfast to the main course of Turmaether. Every good story needs some build up, and better to get to know one another with a light mission, no?" he answers.
"If I may interject," the bookish man interjects, "Turmaether is a journey of over a tenday. If you are planning to embark immediately, then I will of course have to find others to help the Wysto. In fact, I was expecting a different group to assist them, but they left for Turmaether almost three tendays ago and have not returned..."
When Aisha asks him his name, he adjust his glasses and responds, "Benedict, miss, thank you for asking. I am the...well, I don't know that I have a role, per se, but today I am trying to maintain our reputation as an adventurers' guild by finding someone to help the Wysto with their problem. As I explained to your friend here earlier, Lyrikav isn't exactly swimming with adventurers right now."
Harmony had heard the man as she was handed the quill and parchment, nodding back as she signed her name on it. She then passed them on to Aisha before hearing her talk about wanting to go straight to Turmaether, how before if they had found the camp sooner, they could have saved more people and ended the plot sooner. But she listened to Bur and then the man, Benedict as she nodded. "If Turmaether is really that far away, it couldn't hurt to quickly help the Wysto before leaving for there. Since it's just a net problem and with all of us here, we could get it done in a day or even less. They really do seem to be in the need of adventurers to help out after all, and I would assume that we might get a reward or something in return." Harmony then would have replied back to Aisha with a smile, understanding how she felt about wanting to leave for Turmaether right away. She did feel bad about how that they hadn't found that camp and stopped their plot sooner.
When it is his turn to sign the document, Abraxas signs "Abraxas Onassis" in the finest ink and with the finest quill from his satchel. "Narrative is the greatest way to store and retain information, isn't it?" he smiles at Mro Jus Bir. "It will be good to talk," he says.
"So, Benedict," Abraxas says, "A portal to Wysto and a walk to Turmaether? This portal is downstairs?" He turns to the others. "If we're ready, let's go!"
Abraxas furrows his eyebrows, trying to remember everything he knows about nets, fishing, Kitsune, Tabaxi, and solving mysteries.
Aisha would just mentally sigh, once again outvoted. She would take the pen, and write in the ledger in 'ok' common the name "Benedict." before closing the book to not allow the little man from seeing what she had done, and hands him the book in a "here you go" way, as if she is doing the man a favor. Calling Tsavi over and making sure she had all of her supplies, and that they were secured, while keepign her immediate needs such as her arrows on her person. Before saying "Let us go fishing.... And let it be done with quickly.
Aisha would do her best to mask herself as she would, when the party moved, stay in the absolute rear, to keep an eye on both of the 'canines'
"Excellent, thank you, yes, the second door on the right down the stairs will take you to the Cold Plains. Keep the ocean to your right hand side and you will see the village," Benedict says, taking the book without so much as a glance at the signatures and setting it down on a desk nearby when he walks away.
While moving toward the descending steps at the far side of the room, Mro Jus Bir asks, "I do always enjoy a nice visit to Galasir. Have any of you ever been? Aisha tells me you are not from here."
The second door to the right leads to a small room with a teleportation circle inscribed into its floor, similar to the rooms in the Order of Thalassa that transported Abraxas, Aisha and Harmony to Vandyr.
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OOC: Rikirta has many moons, most of which are habitable. Nobody knows how the teleportation circles were first inscribed on the moons, but the common legend is that powerful mages inscribed them there for future generations to use. Teleportation to and from these moons is closely watched and guarded by arcane orders in various corners of the world. For example, the Order of Thalassa in Ruskivek has a small number of circles that can teleport to the fiery moon Vandyr, but that moon is only habitable to the hardiest of creatures, so transportation there is not very common.
For Abraxas:
OOC: Without seeing the village or its inhabitants, Abraxas does not know much about their situation. Once you arrive and get eyes on the situation, he might be able to recall some information that he has read.
AISHA:
Mro Jus Bir scratches his head. "Unless there is a different group from Ruskivek that I am supposed to be waiting for here, then I believe that yes, I am to be accompanying you to Turmaether. It is my profession as a bard that has inspired me to sponsor you, you see. The citadel holds many mysteries, and I wish to chronicle your journey. I find it much easier to write my poems and my music with the inspiration of adventure!"
He starts to walk with you, but stops suddenly as he remembers, "Ah, but wait! I can take you to the Order, yes, but first we must return to No Man's Lamb. My friend and companion is there, and he would be devastated if I did not bring him along."
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"You return by the same means you would arrive, of course...through a teleportation circle," the man replies. "Miss, if you would be so...kind, as to, uh...scribe your name...here, if you are, um...with these two, yes..." he speaks nervously to Harmony.
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Aisha would simply nod, with a soft yawn accompanying it, made somewhat cute by the final second of the yawn rising in pitch to a soft, feminine pitch. Just chronicle and watch Hrm? Not fight yourself? she says, clearly teasing but trying to hide it behind a mask of seriously asking (performance: 10) Smirking playfully if somehow Mro falls for it, and explaining she was kidding if he did not.
Allright, go, get your friend and let us be on our way. Aisha wanted to do this before going to Vandyr.
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Harmony then heard the man in glasses as he told her to write her name down, nodding back. "Oh, yes of course I'm with them! I'll sign it then." she said back with a smile, going over and signing her name on it, Harmony all cute and stylized.
"Why so nervous, friend?" Abraxas asks. He'll pick the document up and read it, investigating its intent: 18 Are there any dangers to signing it? "Do we really have to be there in the next few minutes to solve a problem with nets?"
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AISHA:
Mro Jus Bir smirks through the ruse, placing the back of a hand over his forehead and feigning offense once more. "And here I thought you were watching me on Vandyr. Did you not see me chase the salamander away from your--say, where is your panther?" After pausing for an answer, he leads you back toward No Man's Lamb. "Come...we shall collect my friend, and be on our way."
As you turn the corner, however, you find the return trip unnecessary. A familiar Kitsune, the one that had been seated during Mro Jus Bir's performance, now wears a rapier at his side, and thrusts a backpack at the bard. "Not like you to run off without me," he says in a low and soft voice.
"Wonderful!" Mro Jus Bir says, "Aisha, this is my close and personal friend, Mro Jus Bur! He is one of the strongest fighters in the city, and he shall accompany us to Turmaether."
"I am his bodyguard," the foxlike kitsune deadpans.
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The bookish man's eyes seem locked on Harmony. "It's, uh...it's just, I don't see many demons on land, that's all. I mean, I, uh...I don't see many demons at all, but...I also don't read about many demons on land," he says, still looking her way as he responds to Abraxas. "No, of course not, but I don't want to keep them waiting. They claim that this sabotage is destroying their livelihoods, and...well, it might get messy if we can't find anybody to help them soon."
For Abraxas:
There does not seem to be anything nefarious about the document. From what you can tell, it would be used for bookkeeping purposes, and judging by the clutter around you, these people need all the help keeping track of things that they can get.
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Aisha would shrug, looking at Mro Indeed. This one was not watching you in the slightest. You said to not look at you remember? she said jokingly. But leaving whether she meant it or not in the air intentionally. She is with one of the others in our party, I felt it necessary so that AIsha could find her again easier if... Intending to follow him when he starts to move, only to be halted by the presence of a male Kitsune.. hearign his words, her fur bristles much like it had with their own party's Kit....
Her ears pressed back as she looks at the anthropomorphic canid. It was all she could to to keep herself from attacking either verbally or physically. Her eyes locked onto the Kits but she makes no move to attack. her ears twitching when Mro introduces Mro 2.0... since unless it was pronounced differently, she wouldnt know htat one had an 'i' and the other a 'u.'
This one is sorry.... she says, looking between the two But are you both the same person? She is also sorry, that she has this rrreaction.... if you werre a Tabaxi.. you would..... Underrstand... it takes several minutes, but she slowly, calms down to the point of almost being normal again.
Aisha makes a point to be behind the kit before saying Let us get going before this one loses her control. Pulling out a horn then, and blowing it into the air loudly. Having gone back far enough only to not harm the ears of those in the most immediate area. The dirge escaping and echoing through the air. Unless harmony was already where she needed to be, T'savi would come running to wherever the source of the horn was, or, at the very least her best guess.
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OOC: Mro Jus Bir is pronounced like "Murro Joos Beer", and Mro Jus Bur like "Murro Joos Boor".
"Such a pleasure," Mro Jus Bur intones. After giving you another curious look, Mro Jus Bir puts his pack over his shoulder and regales you with some history as you walk. "You see, here in Tir Na Gren our names are not given as they would in other places. Mro Jus Bur and happen to share the same firstname, but our secondname and thirdname tell the story of how we were born. Our secondname, Jus, means that we were both born at dusk. He was born in the Mannaz Tundra to the east, so Bur is his thirdname, but I was born even further, in the deserts of Harakaft, so my thirdname is Bir. It is quite simple, you see. If I had been born in the tundra, then I, too, would be Mro Jus Bur, and then we would indeed be the same person."
Mro Jus Bur sighs as the three of you finish the walk to the Order of Skogyr, passing the outer wall of the city as you do so. T'savi meets you as you round the final turn, and Mro Jus Bir points out the domed Order of Skogyr at the end of the street.
On the inside, Abraxas, Garu and Harmony see Aisha enter with T'savi, alongside a dashing Nekomata man in colorful attire with a flute attached to his belt, and a bored-looking Kitsune man with a rapier sheathed at his side.
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Harmony hears the man, sighing. "I am definitely not a demon. No one seems to understand that. Tieflings certainly aren't a thing here in this world." she had said back, smiling again but still annoyed by all the demon accusations. Since when does a demon look this cute and be all colorful?! But then she saw Aisha come in with Tsavi, just now realizing that the panther had left her side, along with another cat-like man and another Kitsune too. "Aisha! So glad that you finally made it, now we're all back together again!" Harmony happily cheered, relieved to be reunited with everyone again.
Before any introductions can be made, the Nekomata dashes over to Harmony. He squints and strokes the fur at his chin, studying her intently and walking around her in circles. "This is certainly new. Not from this world, Aisha says. I had thought her to be quite full of herself, but this, perhaps, is proof? The skin, the eyes of a demon, but..." he mutters, taking Harmony's hand and running his own down her arm to her fingertips, peering between them. "No webs...and no fins, and no gills...a land demon. And your face, and your spirit, there is too much elegance for a demon, you are something else, yes...something from another world..."
The Kitsune rolls his eyes and lets out a sigh that is closer to a grunt, and the Nekomata straightens himself. "Ah, my apologies, Miss...? I am Mro Jus Bir, and this is my friend and personal companion Mro Jus Bur," he says. Bowing low, in exaggerated fashion, he takes Harmony's hand again and kisses it. "I am his bodyguard," Mro Jus Bur replies, not dissuading Mro Jus Bir in the slightest. "You are all Aisha's companions, yes? Please, introduce yourselves. We will be sharing the road, I believe! Your journey to Turmaether, to be chronicled by none other than me...Mro Jus Bir!"
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Garu's curiosity piqued, bows in respect, first to the Kitsune, then to the Nekomata, then finally to Aisha. "Certainly glad to see you", she directs to Aisha. "I am called Garu and come from the Temple of Tylyn". She studies them both briefly. "It pleases me to meet you both - may the light shine in you.", she says in earnest, extending a hand to each, demurely.
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Abraxas will set the contract down. He greets and introduces himself to the two new companions. "It is alway good to have more swords defending us," he says.
He quickly summarizes what the man with the glasses has told them so far about the sabotaged nets and the dangers of searching for the artifact. "I suggest," he says, "the nets first. A quick warm up if you will, before the real danger."
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Harmony was so confused as the cat-like man came over and circling her, before hearing him start to say what everyone else keeps saying. She yelped when he suddenly took her hand and ran his own hand down her arm to her fingers and looking between them, hearing him make more comments. "H-Hey! Don't just touch me like that! Of course I'm not a demon!! Don't judge by looks!" she says back with an annoyed sigh. Then she hears him apologize and ask for her name. "I'm Harmony." she says back to him, hearing his name and his friend's name, confused. Why are their names almost exactly the same? She is very surprised as Bir bows low and then kisses her hand, blushing red. What was that for?! Then Harmony hears what Abraxas says, nodding back. "Yeah, we should help those people with their net problem." she had said back, wanting to get going now.
"My pleasure," Mro Jus Bur says dryly, bowing as introductions are made. Mro Jus Bir rushes forward to Garu, taking her hand similarly. "Priestess of Tylyn, warrior of justice and light. I am pleased to make your acquaintance," he says. He kisses Garu's hand, and stands straight before Abraxas, only shaking his without any of the extreme pleasantries. "And that makes you Abraxas, the mage. I notice you carry many quills and inks on your person. We will get along swell. You see, I am accompanying you to chronicle your journey. The greatest stories come from adventure, and every great story starts with a team building exercise. So it is to the nets we go!"
"Good. I really am very busy, you know," the human man standing nearby says, picking up the parchment that Abraxas has just set down. He hands it and a quill to Harmony. "If you the rest of you will please write your names down for our records, you can be off to the Wysto at your leisure. The portals are right down there," he says.
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Aisha still keeps her eyes on the Kitsune who's name sounds so familiar to the Neko's. Listening to the explanation with the typical expression of a foreigner sort-of understanding but not quite gettign the point of... Uh.. There is a similar naming in Aisha's culture; but not one so mixed up as to create the same person ... she looked at Mro 1 with a look of 'how am I supposed to speak to either of these two without a 'situation' occurring... Aisha had payed mild attention to her surroundings as they went, so she could mentally map out the path back to where the 'teleporter' was should she need to get there in a hurry.
Eventually making their way there, with Tsavi meeting them partway. Once finally there, and seeing that Harmony and the others had Already made it, she was relieved and somewhat disappointed, since she was the first to have left.. but a cats curiosities often made her late.... Deciding to watch the ensuing scene as the Mro-eo Brothers introduced themselves and Mro 1 setting about to flirt with Harmony, a chuckle escaping her lips at Harmony's reaction. Aisha pointedly, and actively ignoring the direct response from Garu, though she was somewhat less hostile overall.
Aisha was clearly not pleased with the idea of helping people with 'nets' over acquiring resources for the battle to come. Her people survived mainly by the fact they were always making ready for some invasion to happen.. whether it be by the dog-peoples near her true homeland, Crazed Helm-Worshippers, or in the mirror realm, whatever monstrosity or evil race sought to enslave or .. eat her people.
And how do the Mro's feel about taking this detour? Personally, Aisha wishes to go straight to Turmaether. Aisha hate's to sound petty... but rrremember when on Vandyr? We all felt the same pull, yet it was only Aisha who suggested to go towards it. Instead we went to a temple... And while we ended up finding what we needed for Thallassa... Had we found the camp sooner we may have kept other innocent people from being sacrificed. As well as ended their plot sooner. Aisha feels the trip to empower us is more imporrtant...
If the party decides to do the nets though, Aisha will ask the 'man with glasses' his name
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Mro Jus Bur shrugs passively, but Mro Jus Bir waves his arms away emphatically. "The mysteries of Turmaether have stood unsolved for centuries, my dear Aisha. What is another...err, how long will this 'net' fiasco take? Ah, no matter, consider it a light breakfast to the main course of Turmaether. Every good story needs some build up, and better to get to know one another with a light mission, no?" he answers.
"If I may interject," the bookish man interjects, "Turmaether is a journey of over a tenday. If you are planning to embark immediately, then I will of course have to find others to help the Wysto. In fact, I was expecting a different group to assist them, but they left for Turmaether almost three tendays ago and have not returned..."
When Aisha asks him his name, he adjust his glasses and responds, "Benedict, miss, thank you for asking. I am the...well, I don't know that I have a role, per se, but today I am trying to maintain our reputation as an adventurers' guild by finding someone to help the Wysto with their problem. As I explained to your friend here earlier, Lyrikav isn't exactly swimming with adventurers right now."
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Harmony had heard the man as she was handed the quill and parchment, nodding back as she signed her name on it. She then passed them on to Aisha before hearing her talk about wanting to go straight to Turmaether, how before if they had found the camp sooner, they could have saved more people and ended the plot sooner. But she listened to Bur and then the man, Benedict as she nodded. "If Turmaether is really that far away, it couldn't hurt to quickly help the Wysto before leaving for there. Since it's just a net problem and with all of us here, we could get it done in a day or even less. They really do seem to be in the need of adventurers to help out after all, and I would assume that we might get a reward or something in return." Harmony then would have replied back to Aisha with a smile, understanding how she felt about wanting to leave for Turmaether right away. She did feel bad about how that they hadn't found that camp and stopped their plot sooner.
When it is his turn to sign the document, Abraxas signs "Abraxas Onassis" in the finest ink and with the finest quill from his satchel. "Narrative is the greatest way to store and retain information, isn't it?" he smiles at Mro Jus Bir. "It will be good to talk," he says.
"So, Benedict," Abraxas says, "A portal to Wysto and a walk to Turmaether? This portal is downstairs?" He turns to the others. "If we're ready, let's go!"
Abraxas furrows his eyebrows, trying to remember everything he knows about nets, fishing, Kitsune, Tabaxi, and solving mysteries.
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Aisha would just mentally sigh, once again outvoted. She would take the pen, and write in the ledger in 'ok' common the name "Benedict." before closing the book to not allow the little man from seeing what she had done, and hands him the book in a "here you go" way, as if she is doing the man a favor. Calling Tsavi over and making sure she had all of her supplies, and that they were secured, while keepign her immediate needs such as her arrows on her person. Before saying "Let us go fishing.... And let it be done with quickly.
Aisha would do her best to mask herself as she would, when the party moved, stay in the absolute rear, to keep an eye on both of the 'canines'
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"Excellent, thank you, yes, the second door on the right down the stairs will take you to the Cold Plains. Keep the ocean to your right hand side and you will see the village," Benedict says, taking the book without so much as a glance at the signatures and setting it down on a desk nearby when he walks away.
While moving toward the descending steps at the far side of the room, Mro Jus Bir asks, "I do always enjoy a nice visit to Galasir. Have any of you ever been? Aisha tells me you are not from here."
The second door to the right leads to a small room with a teleportation circle inscribed into its floor, similar to the rooms in the Order of Thalassa that transported Abraxas, Aisha and Harmony to Vandyr.
For Garu:
OOC: Rikirta has many moons, most of which are habitable. Nobody knows how the teleportation circles were first inscribed on the moons, but the common legend is that powerful mages inscribed them there for future generations to use. Teleportation to and from these moons is closely watched and guarded by arcane orders in various corners of the world. For example, the Order of Thalassa in Ruskivek has a small number of circles that can teleport to the fiery moon Vandyr, but that moon is only habitable to the hardiest of creatures, so transportation there is not very common.
For Abraxas:
OOC: Without seeing the village or its inhabitants, Abraxas does not know much about their situation. Once you arrive and get eyes on the situation, he might be able to recall some information that he has read.
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OOC: Ready to advance one someone has responded or the next action is taken.
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