The Cornflower
The Emrys Conversation:
Calliope nodded.
"I don't necessarily expect you to wave a magic wand right away to be able to help me. This was a curse laid on me by a god, that as you say may have altered my essential nature as you put it." she replied. "If your theory is true, then that explains why my spirit seems to reject outside magic, since the divine shard within me takes up all that spiritual space instead." she continued.
"I suppose we can leave the blessing and curse thing for now, but I figured you needed to know about my lineage if you'd have any possible chance of either helping me or at least giving me additional information about it later. It gives you a good reference point, anyway." she said.
She then considered.
"Speaking of which, I'd like to talk to you more about my prophecy about you. Namely, if you happened to know what the "boar that was never sated" is? I believe it is someone or something on your side though, not that of your fire-wielding unknown enemy. And why there would be tunnels in your head that connected you to the cave of thunder of the enemy? Those, besides your identity of course, are the most vivid parts of the prophecy. So I'd like to try and identify the boar next. The tunnels too, if you know something about them, or perhaps if they are some sort of metaphor or something from your magical order? Or could it be a spell, like the spears from the earth?"
To GM/Vellum:
Greetings, Vellum." she said, giving him pets if he wanted them but otherwise trying to restrain herself otherwise, although she could not totally conceal the fact she thought he was kind of cute.
"Can you tell me more about this Gustav fellow that we're going to Riga to look for? I know you said you didn't have the best relationship with him, but it seems you care about him to some degree anyway. I figure the more I know, the more I can potentially prophesize about him later. No guarantees, but if I meet him I can try to actively scrutinize him with my prophecy, but it usually mainly only works when elements of danger or risk are involved but it might still give you more information than you had before. But the more you can tell me, Vellum, the better." she said, giving him more pets if he had let her earlier (and not otherwise).
OOC: Because every crazy lady needs a lapcat, right? :P
In the Present, Arriving in Riga:
Calliope nods at Emrys.
"Yes, we need to secure accommodations first. It might also lead us to more places to find Gustav. I'll also see if there's anything I can do to help find him too, but I'm not actually a dowsing rod. But I'll try." she said.
She then whispered lower to Emrys.
"By the way...you know how I told you that sometimes I sense...some sort of power or aura or influence near Christian churches? I feel it here too, all throughout Riga, although its very faint. I don't actually understand how it all works though. Does your order have theories on it? Perhaps it has something to do with the influence of the Church in the area somehow, but the mechanism is fathomless to me. I didn't feel this in Hamburg, though, oddly."