It's the day after a group of thugs tried to rob Simtra, WolfSinger, Samantha and Kainudy of some blue gems (well, in one case, a sniper was just trying to blow them up). The ensuing mess got them all rounded up by the guards, including one thug who lost his arm to the crystal. Chastity and Copernicus have both had to work a bit to get all their friends released, and are walking back with Simtra and WolfSinger, trying to figure out what was up.
Copernicus shakes his head, almost glad Kainudy made some excuse to leave, and noting Samantha needed to get back home to check on her children, "So, what exactly happened? The guards weren't all that clear you two." as he looks at the two canids.
Chastity hobbles down the street opposite Coper, with WolfSinger and Simtra in between them. "All we could tell was that the guards were.. well, irked..."
WolfSinger barks, "well, we went to pick up the gems from the boat, and got ambushed."
From one alleyway the group gains a shadow. An unobtrusive one, that keeps a distance, a dark shape in the dark corners of the town.
Simtra ears a folded back and looks down, "Well I kinda started with me I guess. I should have been more careful"
Chastity says dryly, 'That doesn't say much, dear.'
Copernicus frowns, "What gems? And I want more details. A certain upset otter captain mentioned something about spontaneously exploding ice, amongst other things."
Simtra looks up, "I am sorry, I will start from the start. . ."
Copernicus looks up as he sees someone set a oil lamp in the window now that it's getting dark. He notes he rather likes the effect of combustion light sources as they add a dim gloom to the street as they walk towards the "embassy". "Always a good place to begin. ;)"
WolfSinger barks, "well, they were like the red ones, only blue this time."
Simtra says, "This morning, a noble offered me a good amount of money to get some gems for him and take them into town. I should have known something was up with the amount of money that he was offering me and that he was asking not a messenger, but I did not listen to the WolfSinger or Kai. . .""
Copernicus's ears flick back, "Like the red ones? The amber crystals?"
WolfSinger nods. "with the silver traces."
The shadow keeps pace, if anything appearing closer to the group now that the lighting is more uneven.
Stuffit finally peeks his nose out of Simtra's backpack. He didn't have ANY fun at the boat, and has been hiding ever since.
Copernicus purrs, "Only blue now? Oh joy."
Copernicus purrs, "So what happened next?"
Chastity frowns slightly. Blue crystals, amber, red.. she's loosing track of the colors.
Simtra says, "Well when we got to the boat, Samantha came running up very quickly and was trying to warn us about the crystals. We helped her onto the boat to rest and we talked with the Capt to buy the 'dangerous' crystals from him."
WolfSinger barks, "well, not quite sure HOW it happened, but one one of the thugs picked up one of the gems, and his whole arm started to crystallize."
Chastity blinks, almost stopping short. "-Crystallize?-"
Copernicus frowns, his whiskers drooping as he listens, "Was that before or after an ice chest exploded?"
Simtra thinks for a bit, "I think it was afterwards when he picked up one of the loose crystals from the exploded chest."
WolfSinger barks, "that would have been after. One of them had some kind of gun that made crystals resonate and shatter."
Chastity shakes her head quietly. "So it seems a -lot- more people know about these crystals than you'd thought?"
Copernicus's ears go back, "A sonic cannon here? Let's get inside the embassy before we continue this discussion."
The shadow appears, this time more clearly in sight, and almost on the heels of the group. A tall, form dressed in black from head to toe.
Stuffit hangs his head out of Simtra's pack, then waves to the shadow, chittering. Of course, no one notices, the little ferret chitters all the time, and waves to trees too.
Simtra sighs and follows along quietly, head hung low.
WolfSinger barks, "yep... seems like we have others that are interested in them."
Chastity glances at Copernicus. "All right.. we're only block or so away from it...."
Copernicus stops at the steps and lets the others go first, noting, even with the modifications, it's still a tight fit through the door.
The tall shadow steps on the stairs as well, nodding shortly at Copernicus. A whisper of sweet melody hangs in the air. ~~Hello, Copernicus.~~ She steps past him.
Chastity waits beside the door as everyone files in, not really noticing the shadow, or the prickling of the fur on the back of her neck as she follows everyone in.
Copernicus's eyes widen, "Delachiel? Umm, hi. I didn't see you till now."
WolfSinger tilts his head?
Delachiel nods to the others. Her voice is polite and sweet as a fine chime. ~~Good.~~
Simtra,not hearing Copernicus, walks thru the door and takes a seat on the floor.
Chastity blinks in confusion at the doorway, looking between Copernicus and Delachiel.
Copernicus makes a note to pay attention more, but figures he'll forget again. He motions them on and then pads into the house, the door shutting once his hindquarters are safely inside, "I haven't seen you in a while Delachiel, but I'm glad you're here. We have quite the mystery on our hands."
Simtra takes his pack off being careful not to hurt Stuffit inside as he lays it down.
Delachiel bows lightly to the others. She listens to Copernicus and nods.
Stuffit waves again to Delachiel as he slithers out of the backpack.
WolfSinger barks, "friend of yours, Coper?"
Copernicus smiles, "A good friend WolfSinger. My friends, this is Delachiel. Delachiel, this is Simtra, WolfSinger, Chastity and...Stuffit I think you know."
Simtra tilts his head to the side and waves slowly to the visitor, "G'day Delachiel"
WolfSinger barks, "Hello, Miss Delachiel."
Delachiel bows politely to each one in turn, and just nods to Stuffit.
Stuffit bounds over to Delachiel and hugs her leg. He's acting more like himself lately, or more like a ferret, whichever.
Copernicus purrs, "Well, Simtra, WolfSinger, try and lay out what happened, I have a feeling there is a lot more going on than we thought."
Chastity nods politely to Delachiel. "Well, does anyone want.. uhm.. tea, or something?" She moves to the cabinets, with a look that says she's hoping not to find anything in them.
~~Tea would be excellent, thank you.~~ She notes quietly to Copernicus, ~~I have been gone for a while, I am afraid I do not quite have the same level of information I used to.~~
Simtra looks at WolfSinger, "Do you want to start?"
Copernicus nods and then gives Delachiel a snug, and as best a headrub as he can give through her veils.
WolfSinger barks, "well, ummmm.. as he said, some stag noble came and paid to have him pickup the gems as they came in on the dock..."
Chastity opens the cabinet gingerly, then opens it wider, pulling out the small box of tea, and sets a pot to boil.
Stuffit, upon hearing the sound of cooking, *poits* onto the counter next to Chastity and waves, trying to look cute and hungry.
Copernicus curls up on a mat and offers Delachiel a spot on his back.
Simtra studies the visitor trying to see thru the veils.
WolfSinger barks, "well, Samantha came running along when we got there. Somehow she knew something was up. "
Chastity YELPS! and drops the pot of water on the counter. "God! Stuffit...!"
Stuffit yelps and skitters back, as usual oblivious to the effect his teleporting has on people.
Chastity pants slightly, holding on to the edge of the counter. "I'm sorry... I was.. just startled...."
Copernicus looks towards the kitchen, "Everything ok Chastity?"
WolfSinger barks, "We boarded the ship, and were in the process of getting the gems when the guy with the sonic cannon started shooting and the thugs jumped us. "
Delachiel declines the offer politely. Unless you actually pay attention to her, she seems to vanish into the shadows again, nothing more than an outline. There is almost something magical in the way this happens. She turns her head at the commotion, but doesn't startle.
WolfSinger yips! as he hears a crash in the kitchen?
Stuffit is looking fairly contrite at Chastity. He really didn't mean to cause problems, this time.
Chastity looks at Stuffit, and finally smiles quietly, regaining her composure. She looks up, and digs around in the cabinet. "Oh, okay.. I think I have something in here..."
WolfSinger continues. "well, the sniper's first shot hits the ice chest. another shot hit one of the bags of gems. Samantha cast some sort of smoke screen. Somehow we managed to get off the boat with the other bag.
Copernicus shrugs as things are apparently ok, and goes back to the story, "So a sniper destroyed a bag of gems. Were the thugs trying to get them also?"
Simtra nods his head slowly up and down, "That would be my guess that they wanted them."
Copernicus frowns and looks over to Delachiel, "Sounds like two different groups to me, don't you agree? One trying to destroy them, the other to steal them."
WolfSinger barks, "I think she dumped the bag in the harbor... we'll need to go back and get them. I think Stuffit made it back to the harbor with one of the gems. One of the thugs snatched it, and then his arm started to crystallize."
Chastity ahs, and finally pulls down a small jar with well-preserved meat strips. Setting it on the counter, she offers one to Stuffit. "Just be careful, okay? Me and my heart aren't getting any younger!"
Simtra sighs, "But I think the reason Stuffit did not crystallize too is that the they tried to get it out of a solar oven that it fell into and was in the middle of it."
Stuffit stands on his hind legs and chitters, looking very happy as he grabs the strip of dried meat and chews away.
Copernicus frowns, "So it was heated and then it...tried to transform the thief? Is that why that otter kept it on ice?"
Delachiel nods at Copernicus.
WolfSinger barks, "Well, he told us he was hiding them in the ice chest."
Chastity grins softly, setting the jar, as well as a basket of fruits, on a tray, also putting the steaming kettle and a random assortment of mugs and cups on the tray, picking up the load and stepping out to the common room.
Delachiel says, ~~Unless there was something else in the ice chest too, that's not a good excuse.~~
WolfSinger barks, "we haven't had a chance to talk to him since... the guards came tight about then. "
Simtra watches Chastity walk in, "Do you need any help there Chas?
Chastity says, "Oh, yes, please, Simtra..."
Copernicus grins at Chastity, "I'll have a little bit of tea with my cream please."
Simtra stands up, holds his paws out to offer to carry the tray for Chastity.
Chastity lets Simtra take hold of the tray, letting out a breath as he takes it. "Thank you, dear...."
WolfSinger barks, "if it's not two groups, it was only one group trying to make it look like they were stolen."
Delachiel says, ~~And you have no idea what the gems are, or why they are so important to someone?~~
Simtra smiles and follows Chastity around as she serves the guests. "No prob Chas. Oh and I would like my tea plain.
Copernicus frowns, "Well, we have a rough idea what they are, and why some might think they are important. They just seem far too dangerous to be played with, even by some of the power hungry nobles here."
WolfSinger barks, "oh, ummm... I'll have mine with cream and sugar."
Simtra hears Delachiel and answers, "I have not clue why they want them, I am wondering why we even want them."
Delachiel tilts her head, and you can hear the smile in her voice. ~~What are they, then?~~
~~A little bit of sugar, please,~~ the Xardeth asks.
WolfSinger barks, "well, they're dangerous in the wrong hands, that's for sure."
Copernicus frowns, "Some sort of semi-living crystalline circuitry. I'm not sure what it's original purpose was, but Simtra, WolfSinger, Kainudy and Jenora found one that had been grown into some form of brain in the mountains, but succeeded in destroying it. Where these blue ones come from, who knows?"
Chastity starts making the respective orders of tea, her ear flicking as she listens to the talk. "I thought the amber came from the mountain.. this is the first I've heard of blue and red."
WolfSinger barks, "well, I'm sure the otter could tell us where he got them from."
Copernicus purrs, "I think WolfSinger confused amber for red. Wolves tend to be color blind. But the new blue form could be even worse. It's hard to tell.""
Copernicus purrs, "And from what you've said, it looks like the Stag Nobles are still involved."
Simtra nods, "Yes, one of the wanted me to get them."
WolfSinger barks, "maybe we should go have a talk with this stag? where did he want us to deliver them?"
Simtra takes each on of the servings and makes his way around the room letting each take what they asked for, starting with Copernicus."
Chastity finishes making the teas, and takes up on herself. "I don't think that's a great idea confronting the stags with this," she says, sitting to the side.
WolfSinger barks, "well... can we make some fake gems to give them?"
Simtra says, "I can't recall the name right now with all of the excitement. I will let you know when it comes back to me."
Simtra says, "I don't know Chastity. You're right, we should not mess with the nobles, but if we want to get to the bottom of this me might have to, and WolfSinger's idea might be a way to do it."
Delachiel says, ~~A crystalline lifeform, then?~~
Copernicus nods to Delachiel, "A lifeform of some sort, but I'm not sure if it's truly sentient or sapient. Maybe we finally have use of a spy. Personally, I want what the sniper wants, to destroy them."
WolfSinger barks, "well, we need to find out more about them... where're they're coming for."
Copernicus hmms to Simtra, "Where were you supposed to deliver these "gems"?"
Chastity shakes her head. "This is starting to look very multi-sided. I can almost bet that whomever was trying to destroy the gems probably had different motivations than yours, Coper.
Delachiel bows down to sip at her tea, the deep shadows and her hood enabling her to drink without revealing anything more to the curious.
Simtra says, "I don't recall. Oh, let me check the note that I got from the noble."
Copernicus nods to Chastity, "Probably trying to hide their role in it or some such. We need to find out where these are coming from, and soon."
Simtra places the tea tray down on the table and walks back to his pack.
Simtra digs the note out of his pack, "Ah here it is, I was to take them to Starling Dactyle's place
WolfSinger barks, "or just trying to keep the stags from getting them."
Chastity says, "Who's Starling Dactyle?"
Copernicus's ears go back, "The head of the Haven Town Council? Oh joy."
WolfSinger barks, "ick... this is getting rather complicated."
Simtra nods and leans back on the fireplace tail swishing slowly.
Copernicus purrs, "Well Simtra, I'd hazard a guess you should go tell the stag what happened, as if you didn't know anything more than that. We could have you followed." at which he eyes Delachiel."
Chastity sips her tea, and frowns slightly. "You think the city fathers are involved with this, Coper?"
Simtra gulps, "Me?"
Copernicus nods to Chastity, "I'm quite sure."
Copernicus nods to Simtra, "They'll get suspicious if you don't tell them what happened. I'd leave out that a bag survived."
WolfSinger barks, "well, they DID hire you...."
Simtra sighs, "I am starting to wish I listened to you guys when ya were warning me about this."
Simtra says, "Well, I better talk with them soon, they will be wondering if I don't, like you said. "
WolfSinger barks, "would you rather they got a hold of those things?"
Copernicus purrs, "You were just released, but yes, I think soon. Delachiel, you up for a spying mission?"
Chastity sighs, rubbing her forehead. "I really hope this doesn't get out of hand....
Simtra nervously chuckles, "I think it is already out of hand. I hope we can keep it from getting worse."
WolfSinger barks, "I don't feel like blowing up another mountain."
Delachiel nods. ~~I can observe.~~
Simtra stands up and puts the pack back over his shoulder again, "WolfSinger, you should come too. I was supposed to have a guard with me."
Chastity frowns slightly. "I just had a disturbing thought. What if they had you followed, Simtra?"
Copernicus nods, "Remember, you'll have to be upset, figuring that you weren't able to get the stuff for them, so you'll need to apologize, even though it's obviously not your fault. Hmm? Er...Delachiel, did you see anyone else following us?"
Delachiel says, ~~You were not followed here.~~
WolfSinger barks, "supposed you'd better have the money to give back to them."
Simtra says, "It should not be hard to be upset, I feel bad about getting everyone in trouble in the first place. Ya, I still have all of the money, we will have to give it back."
Chastity nods, a little comforted by Delachiel's assertion.
Copernicus nods, "So then, get your things and head out. Delachiel will follow along, and I'll be somewhere nearby too. Thankfully, no moon tonight."
Delachiel says, ~~Does anyone know where the crystals are from? Were they native to this world?~~
Copernicus shakes his head, "On that I have no clue."
Simtra walks to the door and waits for WolfSinger
WolfSinger barks, "guess we're not getting paid, then... ;>"
WolfSinger pads out after Simtra, his tail swishing
Copernicus purrs, "With all the random dimensional portals around here, it could be something that arrived a couple months ago, or been here for eons.""
Delachiel nods affirmatively.
Chastity watches Simtra and WolfSinger depart, "Good luck, you two," she calls out after them.
Copernicus gets up and grins to Delachiel, "I'll let you follow them in your own way. I'll just be out for a night time flight. ;) Chastity, how about you?"
Chastity looks over to Coper, and shakes her head slowly, 'I'm too old to do that, I'm afraid. It's hard to be stealthy with a cane and a gimp leg."
Copernicus hmms and nods, "Well, you did well enough dealing with the guards today. And I have a feeling you'll end up helping with whatever toes we end up stepping on."
Simtra lowers his ears and over all looks upset and opens the door to head out, "Lets go WolfSinger."
Chastity smiles wanly. "Well... maybe in that capacity...
Delachiel says, ~~Is there another entrance to this building I can use?~~
Copernicus nods, "Back door through the kitchen. Backyard is surrounded by trees."
WolfSinger barks, "and here I was hoping to earn a little more money, too."
Simtra makes there way slowly down the street fighting the temptation to look back for Delachiel, "Well we will have to see. But look at it this way, it will help you look upset too."
As the fox and the wolf tread along the quiet street, towards the brighter regions of downtown, a breeze makes its way up from the docks, giving the duo a bit of fresh air.
Delachiel nods and vanishes out the back door. There is no sign of her following the pair, unless the observer is very, very good.
Copernicus nods to Chastity and pads out the front door, strrrrrrrrrrretches out on the street, then leaps into the air, apparently heading for Nimby's Refuge.
Chastity sits in her chair, looking around the abruptly-empty room. She sits there for a long moment, then finally sighs softly, and stands, starting to put away the tea cups. "And here I thought this was such a nice, quiet city...," she murmurs. One of the tea cups slips from her fingers, and lands on the floor with a crash and shattering fragments. She looks down at it, frowning, for a bit.
Simtra shakes his head a bit to ruffle up his fur, "Well we are almost there, ready?"
WolfSinger barks, "Do you know where this place is?"
Finally the pair make it to the city's main street. Lanterns hang from frequent light posts, giving adequate light, but leaving plenty of shadows. The Dactyle house is at the end of the street, sequestered amongst some very large, and very old trees. The only 3 story building in Haven, and before the felitaur's tower, the only one on the whole planet as far as anyone knew. The trees and shrubs around the house give plenty of hiding places, though a few guards are roaming about.
Simtra nods, "Yes, and here we are. I think it is the biggest building around here."
Simtra walks up to the door, "Well lets get this over with. I hope Delachiel is near by."
WolfSinger tries to put on his best upset look. He never was good at lying, though.
Delachiel is, indeed. She does her best to avoid the guards, but is ready with a few spells and other -- means of dealing with them.
Simtra walks up to the large pair of oak doors and knocks on it using the gold door knocker.
After a moment, a well dressed squirrel answers the door. He notes that Simtra and WolfSinger are not the normal type of visitors they get, so rather coldly states, "Yes? What do you want?"
Simtra jumps back for a sec and then replies slowly in a soft voice to the squirrel, "I was sent by Jacob to deliver some items to here and I wanted to speak with them.
The servant frowns, then hmmfs, "Wait here. I'll see if Master Jacob wishes to see you." and closes the door in Simtra and WolfSinger's face.
Simtra erfs, "Snotty little guy."
WolfSinger hurumphs. "typical for nobility, I think..."
Simtra hmms as he looks at WolfSinger and whispers to him, "Don't stand up as tall, you look more remorseful if you are a bit stooped over.
One of the stag's private guards, a lanky fox, walks by where Delachiel is hiding.
WolfSinger tries to stoop over, and concentrates on not swishing his tail, too.
Finally, after letting them wait for nearly 10 minutes, the door opens and Jacob looks out on the pair. He finally says, "Well? I expected those gems yesterday. You are nearly a day overdue."
Delachiel has had a substantial amount of training in hiding in shadows, and seems rather confident that she will be not discovered. She is, however, never arrogant enough not to have her weapons ready.
The guard notes the conversation going on up on the steps, so moves back into the shadows himself, to listen.
WolfSinger lets out a sigh, and turns to Simtra, letting him answer.
Simtra bows low and keeps his ears down, "I am sorry sir, there were some problems. You see we were not able to get them gems for you since someone destroyed them first.
The tall, slender shadow remains incredibly still, even the silk veils barely moving at her shallow breath.
Jacob's face is unreadable, but for someone familiar with his body language, you'd note a large sense of relief. "Destroyed? How?"
WolfSinger barks, "we got jumped. They had some kind of gun that made the gems shatter."
Jacob puts on a face of disbelief, "And this of course happened AFTER you bought them, right?"
Simtra tries hard not to look too relieved at Jacob's change of expression.
Simtra shakes his head no, "No it was just before the transaction. We still have the money"
Simtra pulls out the gold pouch to show Jacob.
Jacob is truly surprised at this and hmms, "Did you even set a price with that cranky old otter first?" as he carefully counts out the gold in the pouch.
WolfSinger lets out a sigh as Simtra hands over the money.
Simtra says, "Well yes. He was going to sell them to us for eight gold pieces."
Jacob hmms, "So what all happened? Did the guards catch the person who destroyed them?"
Simtra hears WolfSinger sighing and is glad that he is keeping up the act.
The guard scratches behind his ear, listening intently to what his "boss" is saying.
WolfSinger barks, "the guards took us all in for questioning."
Simtra nods in agreement with WolfSinger.
The stag hmms, "So, you must have mentioned that I was the one trying to buy the gems then, didn't you?"
Simtra lies, "No, not at all. I know this Capt and I know that he would not be happy if he knew that you were the one that he was buying from"
Simtra stays as still as he can, as not to show any hint of the deception.
The stag smiles at the obvious lie, which convinces him that the earlier conversation was truthful. "Well, I have a feeling that they know regardless. I'll have someone send the otter the 8 gold coins. I'd rather lose the money than put suspicions on my family. As for you two, here's two coins each. And a third coin if you promise to just shut up about this whole thing. It's embarrassing."
The guard makes a quiet snort as he shakes his head while listening to the stag.
Simtra smiles and takes the coins from Jacob, "Thank you. And we will."
WolfSinger blinks a bit as he is handed the gold coins. "and here I was expecting to not get paid since we failed you.
Jacob shakes his head, "This will trust me to rely on a commoner. Mr. Dactyle felt I should pay you, in order that I not forget that lesson. Now get out of here, this has cost me dearly."
Simtra backs up and tugs at WolfSinger's tail, "Come on WolfSinger, let go."
WolfSinger nods, and follows Simtra.
Simtra says, "G'day sir."
Jacob waves them off, "Goodbye. And remember, I'd prefer not to ever see either of you ever again."
Delachiel remains in the shadows, hoping to catch some guard gossip.
Simtra nods and quickly heads back in the direction of Chastity's house.
WolfSinger glances back at the house, trying to figure out where Delachiel hid?
Jacob is about to head in, when an older voice from behind him says, "So, the shipment was destroyed. Good. Good. Though I'm not pleased that someone tried to steal it, I'm glad you had sense enough to send the sniper. Now, we'd best find out where in the Northern Reach this stuff is coming from, and destroy it before it destroys us!"
Jacob nods, and heads in, the large oak door slamming shut.
Delachiel smiles to herself, and lingers around for a little while longer before heading towards the embassy.
Simtra whispers to WolfSinger, "Whew. I am glad that we got out of there with our hides."
WolfSinger nods. "and still got paid to boot."
Simtra chuckles, "It does not hurt and I needed the money too."
After the two get into the more secluded parts of the town, a small wind comes up from behind them as Copernicus lands, "Well, how did it go?"
WolfSinger barks, "well, he didn't sound too disappointed that all the gems supposedly got destroyed."
Simtra smiles, "And we got paid. Though he said it was Dactyle's idea to pay us."
Copernicus nods, "To make it look like he's being punished. The old stag is pretty wily. Well, let's head back to Chastity's house and wait for Delachiel."
WolfSinger barks, "I wonder what she's picking up on over there. I couldn't even see her!"
Simtra nods and follow along quickly behind Copernicus.
WolfSinger barks, "those stags give me the creeps."
Copernicus shrugs, "Those crystals give me the creeps. I can understand the stags. Greed and a lust for power, while it's pretty rare amongst Chirr'T'Thar, is pretty common in the races we deal with, believe me."
WolfSinger barks, "it's not just that.... where I'm originally from, the deer didn't talk and walked on 4 feet.... ::shiver:: well... so did I for that matter, I guess."
Simtra chuckles and follows along.
Copernicus chuckles, "Ah, I see. Yes, I'm rather glad our food doesn't get up and talk to us either."
Copernicus finally reaches the embassy and heads inside.
Simtra walks in and looks around, "Hmm, I guess Chastity went to bed. I don't see her."
Delachiel arrives, eventually, trough the kitchen door again.
Copernicus nods as he curls up on a mat, "It is a bit late. Ah, I think that's Delachiel at the back door."
WolfSinger barks, "ah, hello.... so, did you overhear anything we missed?"
Simtra takes a seat by the fireplace again.
Copernicus turns to look at Delachiel, with a hopeful look on his muzzle.
Delachiel nods. ~~Dactyle was behind the destruction attempt. He is worried about whoever tried to steal the crystals, and seems to think they pose a significant threat to 'them'. They also do not know where the crystals come from, apart from the fact that it's somewhere in the North Reach.~~
WolfSinger examines the gold coin in the light of the fireplace.
Copernicus hrrms, "Northern Reach? That's supposedly the other colony, up in the arctic. Well, that's a start at least. Thank you Delachiel. Now, we just have to figure out what next."
Simtra hmms and curls up a bit too
Delachiel nods. ~~May I stay here?~~
WolfSinger barks, "well, we can get there a lot faster then they can.... we can fly. ;>"
Copernicus nods, "Certainly Delachiel. There is a guest room down the hall. And I don't know WolfSinger, if felitaurs suddenly appear up there, it may alert whoever else is involved. We need to proceed carefully."
WolfSinger barks, "well, you can always drop us off fairly close and let us go in to investigate."
Copernicus nods, "We'll work that out tomorrow. For the time being, good night, and thanks for your help. All of you."
Simtra nods, "We will just have to be careful whatever we do"
WolfSinger barks, "hey.... no problem. We need to figure out what this stuff is and get rid of it... I sure don't want to get turned into a crystal brain."
Copernicus nods, "I don't think anyone would. Well, maybe Kainudy, but you know her. :)"
Simtra yawns and curls up a bit himself, "G'night Copernicus"
Copernicus heads to the door, "Good night. I'll see you all tomorrow."
Delachiel nods again. ~~Thank you. I will try to repay your hospitality.~~ She turns and walks to the guest room.
WolfSinger heads off to his room, too, after covering a yawn.
Simtra pulls a pillow closer to himself and gets ready for the night where he is next to the fire.
Copernicus flies off to spend the evening with his mates on Nimby's refuge. He has a rather restless night, and not totally due to the normal reasons. ;)