I say that, if she doesn't listen, we just have her go the way of our first visitor. We still need ourselves a strong mount, after all.

Who the hell are you?

Hey, Listen. Could you maybe NOT mess with the giant piller of fire? It's attracted to magical grounds, and I don't think you'll be able to survive that thing.

You are meddling with powers you don't understand, but not with powers beyond your comprehension. Wait a moment and we will explain all to you.

>>483145
LOOK HERE LITTLE MISSY, YOU HAVE NO REASON NOT TO TAKE A BREATHER AND LISTEN TO US! You could listen to us, and decided what to make of our message, or just barge in and get the worst of it either way.

Ahem, we are here to deliver a message from the local power/god/elder magus of 'sufficient power' to inform you that further intrusion into this territory may constitute a hostile act without first sending forth any envoy to parley.

Be advised, you do NOT have the experience to engage in this sort of risky behavior at this moment. At least wait for the pillar of fire to disperse.

>>483145

If there was a goddess, would you want to be the one who killed the last god and doomed the land to ruin? Anyway it's not our place to question you. It's our place to break your concentration so you don't inadvertently do that, or worse try to kill her and fail. Just wait a bit. The fire tornado is not going anywhere.

[pokepokepokepoke]

>>483145
>"No. The gods are dead or gone."
"Actually, they were sleeping."

>This is an omen! It is a sign of my new- of my power!"
"Actually it's a sign that the local villagers are a bunch of greedy idiots who stole some of the mana channeling obelisks that surround this land. That's why our Mistress is awake now and trying to undo the damage that's been done. You've got no idea what you're fucking with kid. Just stand back and watch a master work. You might learn something."

Better tell Astora a puffed up ignorant hedge mage is going to make a nuisance of herself.

>>483238
He is also rather likely to do something foolish, like try and directly channel all that mana. You may be indestructible, but I doubt Joe Dirtfarmer over there has any.

P.S. I gather from his garbled ranting that all the High Mages of Ultimate Power are very, very dead. Presumably by internal conflict or treachery. Congrats, Astara, you've just been forced into politics.

Suggestion 2013/01/07(Mon)03:09 No. 483253 ID: 7cc179
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>Who the hell are you?
"Blaze Fang, daughter of Blood Claw, daughter of Bone Singer, chief of all Kaftar." Kaftar - the hyena-folk's name for themselves.

>She wasn't dead, merely asleep.
She pauses a moment. "It is best to let sleeping gods lie."

>Hey, Listen. Could you maybe NOT mess with the giant piller of fire? It's attracted to magical grounds, and I don't think you'll be able to survive that thing.
"It is fire, and fire is my gift. It will not harm me."

>LOOK HERE LITTLE MISSY, YOU HAVE NO REASON NOT TO TAKE A BREATHER AND LISTEN TO US! You could listen to us, and decided what to make of our message, or just barge in and get the worst of it either way.
>we are here to deliver a message from the local power/god/elder magus of 'sufficient power' to inform you that further intrusion into this territory may constitute a hostile act without first sending forth any envoy to parley.
"If she cannot hold her lands, then they were never hers. The weak feed the hungry. I have... several conquered chiefs behind me, and I will prove my right to rule."

>You are meddling with powers you don't understand, but not with powers beyond your comprehension. Wait a moment and we will explain all to you.

>You're making a grave mistake.
"But the dead are notorious liars."

She begins scratching in the ashes with her spear.
"...tell me, spirit, just what is your name?"

Suggestion 2013/01/07(Mon)03:10 No. 483254 ID: 7cc179
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She pauses.
"...it's... it's changing."

Perception shifts from the ethereal to the mundane.

Now that it isn't fire anymore, maybe you should start being afraid of it.

Like we said before, our mistress is handling this. Though honestly this pillar of fire is merely because the magic in the area has been messed with. She placed obelisks to control the power of the land and they were stolen. Now she has to either get them back or replace them.

Perhaps you could help. But there is one problem.

If what you are saying is true then she is the last of her kind. Mages so powerful they were as gods. Which means you have no idea of the protocol they made to handle dealing with one another. Necessary when tempers can ruin continents.

>>483254
There, see? She's making progress. Now do you believe us? Don't mess with the fire tornado anymore.

As for our name... we were never given one. If you want her name, you can ask after she's done here.

What was that you were saying about how the weak feed the hungry?

Yeah.

This mage is all fucked up. She's a hyena. We should trick her to aid our cause. For now don't let her get killed by her insolence. "Change is both an opportunity and a threath"

>>483253
Yea, she's absorbing the mana well and using that to reshape these lands into something more aesthetically pleasing. Hot springs, I think.

As far as intrusion into her lands goes? You're thinking it of like a mage versus an army over a swath of land when it's more like a woman finding mice in her house.
She doesn't much mind people living here as long as they don't become a bother her, which is why we're cautioning you against either invasion or interfering while she's working magic.

So, the other gods are missing? Huh. You take a nap for just a few centuries and simply everything goes pear-shaped.

The dead are notorious for lying yes. Don't trust us in the least. We can tell stories however. Stories along the lines of a stupid lion man, who stupidly thought he could stop these rains of fire by killing the last living god. He couldn't let sleeping gods lie, you see. He had to stick a spear in their gut. This only angered the god of course, who laid him down and made him her monstrous slave. Though a cruel and petty god, she did not have a part in bringing the rains of fire, and in fact in defiling her manse they were created. Thus she is bringing them to an end, but if you have any sense at all you'll make haste in the opposite direction and not look back, since she's kind of a bitch.

tl;dr come back when you're immortal and have a few centuries under your belt

>"...tell me, spirit, just what is your name?"
Call us Legion, hyenaess, for we are many. We serve Astara, who is the Bone of your grandfather's song and the Blood of your father's claw, she who is the Life and the Blossom, the hot rush of blood and the dull grind of roots tearing the soil, a ripe green wood which shall not burn in the fire. She has sent us/I here to have truck with you, for she is a great power from a long-ago time, when the world waxed hotter and brighter, and in her time, war among the great mages was not a matter of conflict, but Apocalypse, a world-ending dread."

"So be wary, young prodigal, before you raise fire against Astara. She would be a far better friend than enemy. Back away, and send messengers in your stead, for this is not a peace you wish to broach."

>>483314

I honestly don't know if we actually want to bind ourselves to a name, because a name does exactly that, bind us, and we have no idea if she is capable of binding us to her will or banish us entirely by using it.

our master is very, very powerful. however she is also largely disinterested in the people actually living on her land. it is possible you could make a deal with her, help her track down the obelisks she needs to put her land in order in exchange for power of one sort or another.

>>483318
Yeah, I have to agree with this, names are powerful things. She could call us legion if she wants an alias by which to address us but no using capital letters, if you get my meaning.

she's eating the tornado, and if you fuck around too much she'll eat you too.

>>483347
or worse, she'll turn you into one of her zombie slaves. Be polite. She is not a nice person.

>>483350

The only person she turned into a zombie slave stabbed her with a spear. And us, sort of.

>"...tell me, spirit, just what is your name?"
Our name? If we ever had one, it has been lost to the mists of time. Even we do not remember. The only one in this world now who might know is the one who created us and the one who we serve; Our mistress, Archmagi Astara.

>"...it's... it's changing."
Ah, yes. That would be our mistress, bending the mana to her will. If I were you, I'd stand back at a safe distance and watch. You're about to see magic as has not been wrought upon this earth for an age. It will be a sight to behold.

yeah see, beings of her power have control of EVERYTHING they just have supreme mastery over one thing. if you were the fire god then yes you would be in control in this situation but she has far far more energy then you. to the point that she can over power anything you can do with pure energy.

Blaze Fang 2013/01/09(Wed)04:30 No. 483801 ID: 7cc179
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>There, see? She's making progress. Now do you believe us? Don't mess with the fire tornado anymore.

"No! No no no!"
"This isn't fair! This is MY omen! This is for me!" She sounds like she's about to cry.

>What was that you were saying about how the weak feed the hungry?
>As far as intrusion into her lands goes? You're thinking it of like a mage versus an army over a swath of land when it's more like a woman finding mice in her house.
>She doesn't much mind people living here as long as they don't become a bother her, which is why we're cautioning you against either invasion or interfering while she's working magic.
>"So be wary, young prodigal, before you raise fire against Astara. She would be a far better friend than enemy. Back away, and send messengers in your stead, for this is not a peace you wish to broach."
>she's eating the tornado, and if you fuck around too much she'll eat you too.
>Ah, yes. That would be our mistress, bending the mana to her will. If I were you, I'd stand back at a safe distance and watch. You're about to see magic as has not been wrought upon this earth for an age. It will be a sight to behold.
>yeah see, beings of her power have control of EVERYTHING they just have supreme mastery over one thing. if you were the fire god then yes you would be in control in this situation but she has far far more energy then you. to the point that she can over power anything you can do with pure energy.

>tl;dr come back when you're immortal and have a few centuries under your belt
AUGH. Shut up shut up shut up.

>>483801

Then leave and send a messenger or two when our Mistress is done.

>>483801
Uh, jeez. Sorry, lady. I'd say we could help you find some lands you could take over but since Astara's been asleep for so long she wouldn't know the current state of things.

She could probably help you in other ways though? You're already here, so you may as well wait and talk to her after this is done. Just kinda back away so she knows you're not gonna interfere, okay?

>>483801
Aww, look at the poor thing. She's so out of her depth I actually feel kinda bad for her. I'd suggest she try to get Astara to take her as an apprentice, but we already know mages don't get along very well. Oh well.

Look, Blaze Fang was it? This wasn't an omen, it's the result of ignorant sabotage. So, first, pull yourself together. It's unbecoming for a mage to be brought to her knees just by talking to something like us. Also, you're missing the show. Second, we'll tell Mistress Astara the circumstances surrounding your visit once she's done. I'm sure she won't be that offended once we explain you're basically self taught and had no way to know the proper etiquette.

Whoa, uh. Don't cry. Just, y'know, pull yourself together. This wasn't an omen at all - not for you, but not for anyone else, either. It's just a thing, y'know?

>>483801
You might want to re-evaluate your omens. Especially if they aren't your strong point. Perhaps you were meant to meet our Mistress, as a tutor, an ally, or perhaps even a friend. People with power seem to be short on friends in this world.

>>483849
Sorry, not tutor, student.

Hey, Blaze Fang, pull yourself together. It's not becoming of a mage to go to pieces like that. There could still be a way to salvage this, if you're not above some duplicity.

Now, if your "omen" was to dissipate this firestorm, and you brought those folks back there along to watch so they could provide testimony to that end, and if none of them are mages, then you could still do this. Just keep the flame wall up so they can't see, then take credit for what our mistress is doing. It'll be quite impressive, and it's not like they'd know you could do it or not; They're not mages.

>>483801
Omens are for people who want the universe to give them everything on a silver platter.
We don't look for omens, we make our own.

Take this, for example. Right now you're so upset about not getting your omen that you don't realize this is an amazing opportunity.

To wit?
You want magical power and a divine mandate to support your rule, and you have armies under your control.
Our mistress is a goddess who has to do everything herself because she has no forces to which she can delegate responsibilities.

You can work out an arrangement where she gives you your divine mandate and improves your magic in exchange for providing her with the support of your forces.

>>483903
he's right. you have magic, and have swayed armies to your cause. don't fall apart because something you took as a sign was something else. there is no way you got as far as you did without learning to deal with setbacks, or how to seize unexcited opportunities. our master is strong, and in possession of a huge amount of arcane lore, but she is alone. an alliance would be of great benefit to both you and her.

look, if you really want to, we can go tell her you want to pay her your respects, or maybe ask her for mentorship or something, but I really can't imagine her saying yes before she's done with what she's doing- and I don't mean the tornado, I mean the whole thing with these lands here. which will take a while.

>>483801

You... you just discovered this thing, didn't you? I thought you had known about it already. It's been here for a long time, years even, since the obelisks were moved. That's terrible! Your discovery at just the wrong time. Had you arrived here yesterday there would be no quarrel between you and Astara. I feel bad now.

Say do you know what it means to "sever my connection to the flow"?

Dry your tears little mage. Once you finish doing that haul ass and put some distance between yourself and the amoral immortal lady over there. If you're dead set on conquest you need a lot more resources before taking her on.

Blaze Fang 2013/01/10(Thu)00:51 No. 483995 ID: 7cc179
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The hyena rubs her eyes, grabs her spear, and stands to her feet. She slashes at the ground angrily with her spearpoint - once, twice, three times, in sweeping arcs.

"You are a liar that calls itself legion, but I am beaten. Here is my mark. Look upon it and remember it for her. I will return." She turns her back on the vortex to face the wall of flames, and her ears droop as she bows her head.

>>483995
You do know we can't see it right? You're drawing it outside our field of vision. Sorry. We're not really helping with your quest to gain power. Please don't be mad at Astara, we're kinda a bunch of mystical jerks she created to be gardeners.

if it isn't blowing away it will be fine, can tell astara where it is.

we would, but we can't see the ground. you'd think we could just turn our heads. you'd be wrong.

Hold on a second, we're just gonna turn out heads downward, here we go... We're gonna look at the thing... *strain to turn*

>>483995
Oh, for the love of-
Give us five minutes or so and we can prove we're telling the truth. Surely you can at least wait that long.

[Call the vine-body over to Blaze Fang]

[Back to Astara]

It's some mage who pulled a bunch of tribes under her sway and was looking for some kind of omen. You could easily snag her as a minion and get her forces by proxy if you extend a proverbial olive branch, then we could send them to get the obelisk which was taken down-river.
Some grass and a few fruit-bearing trees springing up around her should do it.

>>484060
We still have that body?

>>484066
No, I am fairly certain Astara creates it only when it's needed.

>>483995
Okay, well, we will try to look at it. If we can't, well, I hope it's still there when Astara is done. We should return to her. Good luck, young mage.

Lady, you are a newborn goddess; you give omens not receive them!

If you walk around clueless as you search for omens you will end up dead or enslaved by one of your elders in divinity who is unsavory.

Over there is goddess who is very much older, more experienced, and more powerful then you... who is NOT hostile.
So why not stick around for a bit, watch a master at work, and when she finishes have a talk and learn at least basic divine etiquette... and who knows, maybe some new ways to use your powers.

[do not go back to astara, she is probably in the most delicate part and an interruption would be horrible]

>>484113
Oh. You are right.

This lady is insolent as anything and has the wrath of a twelve year old.

I say we keep her around as long as possible so that Astara can come out of this and capture her for herself. Then we'll have ourselves a free mana generator/leecher or whatever. Im sure a mage can be used for something.

Or, employ her.

...Sheesh! When we get back to Astara to report, we're going to have to remember to ask if all new mages tend to be as full of themselves as Blaze Fang.

We better not jump to our mistress until she calls us, so I say that we should stick to Blaze Fang for a bit if we can, and if we can't we should just float around in the aether for awhile and watch Astara do her work.

Blaze Fang 2013/01/11(Fri)03:27 No. 484414 ID: 7cc179
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>try to look at it.

animated

Blaze Fang 2013/01/11(Fri)03:28 No. 484415 ID: 7cc179
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She barks with laughter. "Stop me if you can!"

Shifting ethereal walls block your passage.
Without a name to bind you, and scrawled hastily in dust and ash, this symbol won't hold you long.

Probably.

animated

Can we just sorta...break it?

well shit, we better fucking hurry up and warn Astara.

>>484416
well, there's never a hole on the outside, so that's basically what needs doing unless the goal is the center and we're starting somewhere on the edge or vice versa, in which case you can basically always reach the goal by taking the most obvious current path towards the center (or outside), and letting the shifting walls open up new ways to go further. This takes like, 3 complete loops, 5 max if you're really unlucky

... Its a 2d maze. We're more than just 2d. Fly up out of the circle.

>>484415
Maze only shifts 3 times before repeating. This shouldn't take more than a few seconds, provided the goal is either to get to the center or to get from the center to that opening in the surrounding red barrier. The way the maze shifts it practically guides you in/out. With proper timing and placement dead end and corners become like straightaways to the goal. If on of those isn't the goal then perhaps we can just think in three dimensions and ignore the maze entirely.

That last option is the one we should try first considering how much time we'd save if it's viable.

One more thing. How the hell are we going to stop her? I mean if Astara's too occupied or drained to defend herself what could WE do? Besides shouting z̒҉̡͖̗͎a̶͔̞͈̩͕ͬ̂l̖̯͓̩̲͓̈̈́̐ǧ̂̽̑́̋͞͏͉̹͉̼̱͍o̥̘͙͕̩ͥ͡ ̹͖̱̼͓̮̗̠̀̊̍̐ͦ́̃ͨ̎ṡ̢̜̤̭̦̬̩̫̒ͬ͊p̸̗̉͗ͮ͢͝e̗͈̯ͮ͗̓ͤ̎ͪ̒̐͜ḁ̷̜̭͂͋͋̉ͬͤͦ́k̟̠̦̠͈ͫ̊̽̌͊̋ͩ́͘͞ into Blaze's head I mean.

Notice that the symbol has TWO sets of barriers - the ethereal walls, and the symbol itself. If we wish to escape this trap directly, we should pass through the I/O port on the '1 o' clock' section of the binding diagram. Otherwise, we'll wiggle through the maze only to slap against the outer walls...

>>484415
This is why I didn't say we should look at it, and why I'm not.
[Head off on my own to notify Astara]

>>484415
Go left.

Suggestion 2013/01/11(Fri)12:56 No. 484500 ID: 78c6ea
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I don't actually want to stop her. She's leaving like we were supposed to do. But I can't resist a good puzzle. Here's a solution to the 3 mazes in that hex that all end at the same spot, presumably where there's less fire. I still say let her go though. What good presenting her to Astara would be lost if she were presented by force.

>>484500
those are technically valid. but i don't think you can go through any red lines. need to navigate through the corridor and then stop and move again when the map changes.

>>484500
What? She isn't leaving. She suckered us, and now she's going for the vortex.

>>484512

She's not going for the vortex. It isn't even fire anymore. We were all jabbering about grabbing her and depositing her in Astara's clutches all of a sudden. She disagreed, and now she's leaving.

Suggestion 2013/01/11(Fri)15:56 No. 484527 ID: 78c6ea
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>>484509

fffffiiiiiineeeee

>>484527

That was...remarkably simpler then I initially though.

And only like three seconds. We can go annoy the crap out of that upstart mage now.

>>484548
I vote for following the upstart! It only took us three seconds to escape her silly shapeshifting maze.

>>484524
Not really. At the time she decided to draw this trap most of us were just feeling bad for her. Some were a bit mocking and others were speculating on whether Astara would be willing to ally with or teach her but there was no mention of using force to take her to Astara.

She created a trap and lied to sucker us into it. If she really intended to leave why would she do that?

There is no point to following her and we can't actually force her to do anything considering what we and she are.
I do feel sorry for her but not enough to follow her on a fools errand.

rolled 11 = 11

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>>484527

Personally I want to see if we can do something more than just talk and posses bodies made for us by Astara or whatever.

"FOOLISH YOUNGLING MAGE, YOU DARE TO TRY TO IMPRISON US!"

Try to possess her, have her gutpunch herself, paralyze her and wait for Astara to finish her stuff with the Fire Tornado.

>>484578
Let's not attack the mage who has demonstrated some skill at manipulating spirits.

I think we should go back to Mommy and tell her all that we know.

And THEN tempt death by following the mage.

>>484587

No.

>>484595

And distract her from dealing with the Fire Tornado, allowing the bitch to get away or sabotage her efforts?

No.

>>484596
You can only vote once.

You know it would probably be pretty cool looking if Blaze Fang blew up Astara...

>>484578
NO!

>>484595
After she finishes.

I say we sneak up behind her and tickle her anus.

Dammit! I think Blaze Fang has taken this turn of events as her "omen" is actually to kill Astara! She's going to attack our mistress! We've gotta get outta here and stop her! ...Somehow.

Once we're out, everyone get in close and lock our vision on her so she can't pull anymore trap shenanigans. Then lets try taking possession of her body. That most likely won't work, but it'll distract and slow her down. Follow that with bombarding her with massive amounts of words, which I know we can do. Making a huge racket might also get Astara's attention. And if it doesn't, then one of us can break off to warn her that this suicidally stupid fire mage is going to attack her.

>>484857
Is she walking AWAY from astara or towards her? Because I thought she was in the process of leaving

Suggestion 2013/01/14(Mon)04:13 No. 485154 ID: 7cc179
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As you shift your perspective into higher dimensions the labyrinth does likewise, surrounding you in every direction with fluctuating walls of force.

The journey is slower than you'd like, as the maze shuffles through endless combinations, but you continue pushing forward to what you assume is the exit. When your passage is blocked, you wait for shifts to clear it for you again. Perhaps ten minutes pass before you are able to shove your way through the final barrier to freedom.

Blaze Fang is still heading toward the vortex. You have no idea how close Astara is to finishing, but the view on the ethereal plane is impressive and terrifying. Will you chase down Blaze Fang and try to stop her somehow? Warn Astara? Or sit back and watch the show?

The maze was as much metaphorical as literal, but since you went to the trouble of solving it you escaped ahead of time. Previous votes from the last update will be rolled foward, but feel free to change them if needed.
more info:
>>/questdis/66115

jump back into fireclaw, and lets start screaming her in head so she can't think. like upload the entirety of timecube straight into her brain.

>>485156
Dear lord man, we want to stun her, not LIQUEFY HER PSYCHE. A hundred verses of "Henry the Eighth I am I am" at 300 psychic decibels should be more than sufficient at less-than-lethal levels.

>>485154
Astara told us to scout out the mage and use our best judgement. We can't affect the physical world, but can we effect the ethereal one? If so we should be able to do something to trip Blaze up considering she has a presence here. I wonder if it would be possible to copy/modify her little trap and lock her ethereal self into a maze for a bit?

>>485175
This sounds like a solid plan, if we can do it.

If not? Lets get the vinebeast over here and grab her.
If that's not possible, then lets apprize Astara of the situation and have her put up a wall of gnarled rose bushes. Or dump Blaze in a spring or something.

>>485154
Personally I think we should warn Astara. She's in the middle of a huge chunk of mana; surely she can use that to defend herself against a novice mage.

>>485197
not mana a huge KNOT of mana. if she stops trying to control it, it could fail catastrophically.

if she's going away, let her. if not, tickle her anus.

If we want to trip her up, why not go the classic route?
Jump into her head and unleash a cacophony of agonized screaming that strengthens as she nears the vortex. Maybe we can spook her away.

warn astara

Since the most we can do is yell at Blaze Fang, albeit at a massive volume, that's all we can do. Unless it's suddenly and at a critical juncture in her spinning mana such that it'd backfire and blow her up, I don't see that helping us. She'll just compensate for us making loud noises.

Let's get to Astara and whisper to her that a novice Kaftar fire mage is inbound, and looking to prove herself by killing Astara, as idiotic as that sounds. Perhaps Astara could divert a bit of that mana to shifting the ground here to either form a protective wall, or a moat of scalding hot water.

If Astara has the spare concentration to talk to us, she has the spare concentration to notice the other magical beacon walking closer. I don't know what we would warn her about beyond that. We should continue to stall Blaze Fang. Even SHE asked us to.

Go tell her something to the effect of "Look, that was cute. Really. Clever and all that. But it really didn't accomplish much. We were made to be little more than a glorified alarm clock for that lady over there, and we got out. Still here to bug you, warn you, encourage you to reconsider your life choices. We understand, you have a posse back there to impress, but this isn't the way to do that. You haven't been able to handle the alarm clock, you sure you wanna go interrupt spring cleaning to try your practical jokes on the one in charge here? Last guy what did that got turned into a beast of burden for his trouble. I like you girl, rather not see you turned into a living mana battery, even though you do look like you have the right build for it... Anyway, don't do anything silly and we'll introduce you to the mistress if you want, see if we can get her to help you out somehow. Hate to waste a good omen by handling it all wrong."

>>485392

You know, we weren't made to be a glorified alarm clock for the lady. Remember we were with the lion fellow long before she was even awake.

>>485393
that's because magic was going wild so we latched on to the first conscious mind that go close enough to the lady.

Warn the boss we tried to talk to her but she did not listen.

If we do go after blaze fang, I suggest that rather than acting immediately we follow her waiting for the right moment where us distracting her would be crucial.

Although, we told Astara we left to negotiate so if she senses us coming back with her she might suspect we are bringing her in for tea and crumpets hence why I still contend we should pop in to warn her first.

Tell her that fire becoming green is her omen, because fire kills what is useless, it clears land and makes it new. The harsh make way for the soft, until the soft grows fat and weak, easy prey for the fire.

New growth is being sown. Ashes make damn good fertilizer. And taking care of Astara's geomancy problem would allow one to know the manse's defenses.

...returning soon