Orb ; rebirth decline 8

[sorcerous]

Heroes; to me.

[ His skin is blue and his eyes aglow with red; he has disregarded his glamour entirely. He has learned, now, that his Role has changed overnight, and that he will have to relearn all he once knew, as far as his sorcery mixes with this place.

There is a tightness to his tone, a firmness, a dignity and an urgency. Not the sharp-tongued princeling, at the moment. ]

We face destruction, lest we act. To me. I am [ address of an apartment, rooms that he has rented from a recalcitrant landlord for a week or so ]; respond, or come to me if you are willing.

[ His urgency is a bit hypocritical; after all, he delayed because of his own problems. Nonetheless: he can delay no longer. The Hero of the Mountains is here, and she must be killed. ]

Comments

[folklorist]

That's...rather troublesome. I-I don't doubt that they're right but...perhaps we should look into some other alternate information. Maybe th-there's a book or something else around that could be of use.

[ He's trying to be optimistic here but the library has hardly anything worth using for something like this. Still Helios will pace a little as he thinks. ] I'll try to see if I can find any sort of spell that might h-help.

[sorcerous]

Do. And quickly.

[ Loki is afraid. Perhaps it isn't apparent to those who don't know him, but his tension, his hurry, his insistence on doing the heroic thing -- it is out of fear. ]

[folklorist]

[ Helios can hear that in his voice, yeah. It's rather odd hearing given their prior exchange when they first met. He might wince a little on his end biting his lip slightly before giving an obedient nod of his head. ] O-of course. I'll, ah, be sure to do so right away.

[ Because there was no telling what would happen even in the best cases. If he had some help too that would work as well. ] D-Do you know of any other magic users here? It might go faster if, if we worked together...

[sorcerous]

There are others... sometimes, children, sometimes useless.

Can the ghost help you?

[folklorist]

Gh-ghost? Oh. Oh! Y-You mean Giles? He-he's happy to say n-not one anymore. But, yes, I think he could certainly lend a hand with all of this.

[sorcerous]

What happened to him?

[folklorist]

He. He got his b-body back. I-I don't really understand how. [ He hasn't really asked because Giles couldn't remember anything prior to the party...but. ]

He also seemingly can't remember anything after the party.

[sorcerous]

It will wait.

We meet before dawn, at the place I said. Be there.

[folklorist]

Ah. [ Helios pauses before nodding. ]

O-Of course. I'll-I'll be sure to bring my c-compendium.