"Er, yes, dear-- don't tell them who you really are. Say that your name is, ah, let's see... Xan, of House Malebranche. Or choose some other name and House if you prefer. If you're concerned that your mortal form might give you away, just use your inhuman form. That may garner less suspicion..."

Allura nods, "Alright then I can do that."

"I will see what these Sawall malcontents are up to!" Her face growing serious, "They have enough power, for them to be sneaking around as thieves should be an embarrassment ! I guess in the acquisition of power they are willing to embarrass themselves though."

"Yes, dear. Now then. Go to the Shadow named Yeelan. There are two settlements in Yeelan, across the lake from one another-- you want the one with the cathedral. Start asking around about House Sawall at the cathedral..."

Allura nods and will head to her room to pack lightly and gather what she needs. She will change into her demon form. Once she is ready to go she heads out for this Shadow Yeelan and will keep alert for this cathedral.

She felt like asking if the family could spare a demon pet for her to bring along but knows that might give away her connections. So she practices with her new title and name being Bantu of House Malbranche hoping it worked. Nervously she set off.

(Hmmm... Roll Insightful for me, please...)

16:47, Today: Allura Caryx rolled 9 using 2d6.  Insightful.

Allura thinks she knows the way to get to Yeelan... she takes a couple of wrong turns, and has some trouble-- falling into a muddy ditch at one point... but she does get there.

She's even able to get there in time to find the cathedral before the bright green orb that serves Yeelan as a moon goes down over the horizon. Soon she's there... But she's muddy. Even if she wasn't muddy, she's tired.

She could start seeing who's around the cathedral... or she could go rinse off in the black lake... (Or is the lake bad? Isn't the lake a little dangerous? But not to her, right?)

(Allura takes -1 toward her next roll...

If she rinses off first, she'll lose that penalty if her next roll is Charming...)

Allura definitely heads to clean up she might even meet someone while she is doing so.

Allura heads down to the dark edge of the black lake... She's able to rinse off...

OOPS-- something grabs a leg and tries to drag her deeper...!

(To resist with your inhuman strength, roll Forceful (with extra -1 penalty).
Do the same if you just try to fight back (with extra -1 penalty).
To resist by slipping out of what's got you, roll Agile (with extra -1 penalty).
To do something else, roll what's appropriate... But I don't see how Charming will help in this situation...)

Tries to slip away squirming to get free.
Agility +1 and then -1.


19:27, Today: Allura Caryx rolled 11 using 2d6.  Agility.

Allura wriggles like an eel, and cannily evades the grip of whatever's got her leg. She splashes to dry ground... Whatever had her briefly doesn't pursue her.

"Yah, they'll do that, the vermpreys," says a voice nearby.

Allura looks-- it's a demon (not a Chaosite like herself-- she can just tell).

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"I guess so, won't let a girl bathe in peace, now your interesting. Hello, good eve. I'm Bantu of House Malebranche and you are ?"

"Oh, I'm no one of importance-- just Squig. I work for House Mordau."

"So what do you know about Vempreys ?" She sees that she can't shake his hands so she follows whatever the proper protocol is.

"I am trying to meet with some Sawalls but of course I haven't found any so they might be at that cathedral huh ?"

"Oh, just what everyone knows. They're hungry, they'll grab anything in the water when it's dark enough, and so on. You must be new around here, though, eh?"





"Oh, certainly. Lots of Sawalls at the cathedral... they're not all as devout as they pretend to be, but who these days is everything they seem, mm? Any Sawall in particular you're looking for...?"

"Young ones by the Serpent I don't want to meet any of the old ones Yuck. They are too old and schemey.  I am looking for young ones to explore with me. So Squig what do you do around here ? Were you coming to rescue me ?"

"Oh? To explore what? The Shadows?"



"I'm sort of a consultant-- I catch and repair mis-cast spells before they go too wrong. Not a job that exactly keeps me on my toes, but it's a job that everyone's glad to have me around on retainer for on the rare occasions that it needs doing..."



"Me? Marrow, no. For all I knew, you were fishing for vermiprey. Not my place to interfere with whatever a young noble of House Caryx's idea of fun might be..."

How did he know ??? Allura's eyes widened slightly as he guessed her true house so quickly.

"Yes explore the shadows and pathways."

"Any particular place in mind?"

"Oh and why did you say a different house then the one I gave to you just now ? As for specifics I have them but I am very curious why you would say such a thing."

(Hmm... time to roll Charming. No penalty, though)

11:40, Today: Allura Caryx rolled 12 using 2d6+2.  Charming.



"Sounds like you have secrets Squig, come on spill it. Either you slipped up or you did that on purpose."

Squig sighs. "All right, all right... I slipped up. Our, ah, mutual benefactress told me to watch out for you, keep an eye on you, report back if anything happened to you. Guess I'm not doing such a great job of secret-keeping if I let things slip so fast, eh. I suppose that's why you're the primary on this job, and not me."

Allura smiled and hugged one of his legs, "That's ok, she should have let me know. I could use all the help I can get. Just remember I am Bantu from House Malebranche here now ok ?" She smiled at Squig good naturedly.

"We have to look out for each other. Have you been here before me for a time or arrived recently too ?"

"Oh, yes, I was already here for a few months before I got the word that information was wanted. But I think I asked one too many questions-- the fellow I was working on clammed up suddenly, started avoiding me. Probably part of why you've been sent. The name of the fellow who clammed up is Karak, a Logrus-user-- you know, a mage."