We Are Our Avatars VI (Closed for Good)

[DotSlash]

Ness sighed a bit. "That makes sense if it's her... But she wouldn't run from a fight. And they must've landed in more than one place then... but why...?" She put her hand to her chin for a moment.

[hr]

Yuki shrugs a bit. [color=bb66bb] "I can respect that, but sometimes you need to lie to people in order to keep them safe..." [/color]

 

[Outisakanobody]

"I think it's more important that people learn to deal with the truth, even if it's painful." I reply to Yukino.

 

[Drakmorg]

If you could get me a picture of a place in Shantaio, or a very vivid description of one, I could get us there. Jessica informed Savranth. Turning back to Ness once again, she shrugged. "Maybe they're invading." She suggested. "From what I saw of those guys in Rockbyrd, they seemed pretty dug in. If we could provoke them into attacking both nations, we could help solve this war, I would think."

 

[Saltyk]

I'll see what I can do for that... Savranth answers Jessica.

OOC: Anyway, I think I'll go to bed. It's late.

 

[DotSlash]

Ness scratched her head a bit. "Then both sides would bond together against a common enemy... Smart. The only question is how we might go about provoking them."

[hr]

Yuki smiled a bit sadly. [color=bb66bb] "Sure..." [/color]

 

[Drakmorg]

Keep me posted. Jessica thought to Savranth.
She idly rubbed the pendant of her necklace through her shirt as she took a moment to think. "I'm not sure. Maybe Lyra can tell us why those guys have huddled themselves up in Rockbyrd. If so, we might be able to repeat the circumstances and get to attack someplace belonging to the Legaians. We should probably also inform someone on the Xiphatian side that they have these guys holed up here, assuming they don't already know."

 

[Outisakanobody]

Black, Marston, and Tanner all rest in preparation for the attack.

OOC: Goodnight everyone.

 

[DotSlash]

Ness nodded a bit before getting up and dusting herself off a bit. "That sounds like a good idea. Even if Sav reported those attacks, they may not have reached nearby here yet."

[hr]

Yuki took to a rooftop to rest up.

 

[Drakmorg]

"It's a little late to try doing that tonight though. We can get to it tomorrow." Jessica said with her own nod. Finding a large rock, she walked over to it and drew a circle on it in chalk. "We should probably get going now though, I don't want to push our luck in not getting spotted any more."

 

[DotSlash]

Ness nodded toward Jess as she drew her circle. "Yes... those things are vicious... Ah! What were we talking about before Sav was mentally talking with you? " That reminds me about rebuilding our link too....

 

[Drakmorg]

"I think we were talking about trying to find Lyra. You said you helped her get away from here, right? Did she mention anything about where she might go after that?" Jessica asked as she finished the circle. Not wanting to waste time, she focused and activated the circle, then went through her usual routine of testing the portal by jumping through it, and as usual shortly reappeared next to it. "Your chariot awaits." She said rather jokingly as she motioned for Ness to enter the portal.

 

[DotSlash]

Ness giggled a bit as Jess reappeared, placing a hand on her chest in mock surprise. "Oh, for me~!?" Getting back to being serious, she scratches the back of her head a bit. "Yes, I did help her, but I revealed my position when I did. I was forced to teleport quickly before I ended up even more cut up than I was. All I know she wanted to do was try to find something. It might be the key we're looking for as well." She explains before she hops into the portal.

 

[Drakmorg]

Jessica's portal led back to the room she had rented in Holadino.
Jessica took a few moments to clean up enough of the chalk to break the portal, then followed Ness with her own natural teleportation, reappearing in the room with her. "Oh, so that's why you were in that state when you showed back up after running off that time." Jessica commented. "I guess all we have to be able to do now is wait and see if we can contact Lyra again. Like I said, she could be pretty much anywhere by now. Although I guess we could help Savranth with something he wants to do now and try to find a picture of a place in Shantaio."

 

[DotSlash]

As she appeared in the room again, Ness sat herself down on the bed. She nodded a bit with what Jessica said. "Shantaio? Isn't that the capital of Xiphatia? Why do we need to go there?"

 

[Drakmorg]

"Apparently when Yukino showed up again after Savranth thought he killed her, she said something about someone being out to get him. And he also thinks this person may be related to something called a 'Divine Authority' that I found out about while we were researching Valencheirn. I thought the King might know something about it, so now Savranth wants to go to the capital." Jessica explained to Ness. She walked over and sat down next to Ness. "Which reminds me, do you want me to set-up the mental link between us again?"

 

[DotSlash]

Ness put her hand to her chin. "...I see. So someone is pulling the strings here... It makes sense to talk to the King, since odds would be that it's him doing so..." She quickly took off her fedora in response to Jessica's suggestion. "Yes... I'd like to establish that link again."

 

[Drakmorg]

"That wasn't really what I had in mind, but I guess we can't really rule that out for certain until we've actually learned some more." Jessica replied to Ness. Nodding to her now fedora-less friend, she placed her hands on both sides of Ness' head. She began to hum as she concentrated on forming the link. Since she had already made one previously with Ness, it was only a matter of rebuilding the broken link instead of having to build one from scratch, thus the process was easier and went quickly compared to the first time.
After several moments, Ness would hear in her head, [sub]"Uhh...testing? I guess..."[/sub] and it would feel as if the bit in her mind that had been missing since the link was broken had returned.

 

[DotSlash]

[small] "Looks like we're all clear. Thanks." [/small] Ness mentally replied. She also let out a satisfied sigh as the feeling of completeness reemerged in her mind. [small] "Ah... that feels a lot better. ...Regarding the King, I may be jumping the gun. But if someone we're dealing with that has 'Divine Authority', we shouldn't take it lightly at all. Maybe they're a cultist as well...?" [/small]

 

[Drakmorg]

Noticing Ness' mental vocalization seemed a little weak, Jessica continued working on the link, finishing it completely a short time later. "There we go. Should be perfect now." Jessica projected to Ness. Taking her hands off of her friends head, she leaned back, propping herself up with her hands. "As for this 'Divine Authority'...whatever the hell it is, or if it even exists, both the Xiphatian King and the Legaian Prime Minister at the time, 70 years ago, demanded to see the Divine Authority of the other when they were making a treaty. Both sides denied even knowing what the other was talking about."

 

[DotSlash]

Ness nodded as Jess' voice came out clearer in her head. "Yep. Perfect now." As Jess finished, Ness placed her fedora back on and flopped onto the bed. "So both sides had it... well were rumored to have this 'Divine Authority'. So maybe... it's a power of some sort that runs in the royal family?"