"I would welcome the possibility of your return in the future, as I believe would many in this room."  Ardenas gestures around at the prostrated people who came with Molaram.

OOC: I'd be very happy to spend the two points just awarded toward Kalima as a summonable ally.

Oly is willing to donate two as well.

Mancini will gladly donate his two to the pot. Norman does so as well.

Grimaldi has his own agenda, and isn't interested. saving up, for different abilities.

In reply to Grimaldi (msg # 193):

The others gather 6 points (waiting on Aoife) which go to Mancini.  Congrats, you have a celestial ally!

In reply to Kalima (msg # 194):

Aoife will likewise offer her points, just as she offered her energy. She holds out the items she had bought for her friend in silence.

In reply to Aoife (msg # 195):

Shamelessly, Kalina drops the red linen sari, and puts on the silken one. Molaram takes the old wrap, convinced that it is a relic, which it may well be, having travelled between worlds while worn by a celestial.

Kalima drapes herself in the marigolds and bows to the leprechaun in visible gratitude.
"What vrings you to summon me from my world?

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Grimaldi respectfully steps back, and averts his eyes.

In reply to Grimaldi (msg # 197):

Aoife beams at the compliment.

"It would seem that those who sent you away are trying to set up demonic shop here. Literally. We dealt with the last lot, with your help, and we wanted your assistance to finish what we started."

"Mistress Kalima, we have new leads on the that demon bookstore we have been hunting
 It is worse than we feared. Apparently, they are giving out spellstones that summon demons and banish good celestials from our plane. And, of course, sowing chaos in Northport and beyond. We aim to capture the bookstore owner and question them about their demonic patrons. Kalima, we are totally overmatched. So we decided to enlist a few allies."

He shrugged. "Or what Aoife said."

OOC: is sederic still w/ us?

In reply to Grimaldi (msg # 200):

"They brought their shops and peddlars into my world as well, hoping to entice customers into performing favors, like copying the names or sigils of demons where they might accidentally lead to a summoning. "
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Ardenas nods in agreement.  "Of course, and then when enough of them are here long enough, they'll find still more ways to enter.  If that is allowed to continue, they would soon become impossible to eradicate."

"This is more serious than I had thought.."

In reply to Grimaldi (msg # 203):

Sederic is listening quietly. As a newcomer, he does not want to speak up when he is not sure, but killing demons sounds like the kind of work he was born for...

In reply to Sederic (msg # 204):

"It is very serious business,  although they treat it as something  casual. They don't necessarily look for the damnation of the customer they deal with, they seek to proliferate, and encourage jealousy for the gains of their stooge, or through tempation of ascetics  and otherwise good people."

Ardenas shakes his head.  "And it falls to us, and the few like us, to try to keep the rats in their holes, as it were."

In reply to Ardenas Barehand (msg # 206):

Back to the search...

"Mancini, you said you had a new lead?"

"We'll have to track down more graffiti, and another portal, most likely...
but we can check first, to make sure the one we discovered, before the ritual is still there... Then, we'll know for sure. At least now, we know how to go about it."
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"I meant that we know how to track them down via the occult graffiti," Mancini replied to Ardenas.

In reply to Mancini (msg # 210):

"Right. Now we have our backup, lead on!"

An observation, or per-5 roll from anyone searching; occultism rolls if successful,  grant a +1

In reply to Narrator (msg # 212):

Aoife is not that observant...she is not expecting anything.

[Private to GM: Rolled 2 over Per -5]

Ardenas keeps his eyes open, but has no real idea what he's looking for.

[Private to GM: 18:42, Today: Ardenas Barehand rolled 14 using 3d6.  Occultism (10) .
18:44, Today: Ardenas Barehand rolled 13 using 3d6.  Per-5 (=5) (for Observation, looking for demonic graffiti).]