some mornings start with sunbeams through the window
some mornings start with gentle nudges from my favorite gryphon
yesterday morning started with a psychic shriek from zer and a warning from atesh that the reidrans' new tower will let them invade every unshielded mind in sharn and will be activated in three days unless we do something about it
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some mornings start with the urge to ignore breakfast and get very glittered and hide under a blanket
at rakela's advice bell and zer' and i spoke with her commanding officer – commissioner "gerthi lanarak" – who suspects the reidrans have been manipulating the minds of high-ranking officials
with everything going on she doesn't have the resources to investigate the tower directly unless we bring her proof of criminal intent
we also have the option of dealing with the problem ourselves which means we will probably have to
but we can call on some folks to assist
since our encounter with hollow relic's been caring for their core
i asked him about that
he explained that hundreds of years ago he had a friend "kyo" who he later found had been murdering people so he had to kill them
kyo's spirit possessed hollow so their core is the most recent home of a friend relic hopes to save
so he set up a little nook to make his "honored guest" comfortable and he plans to read to them from some books on their favorite subjects
my grandparent "soft light" sometimes talks to grandma signal flare with a necklace she wore as a proxy
it shouldn't seem odd that relic is doing similar for kyo
now that i think about it i feel bad for simply leaving cinnabar's core on a shelf like a bookend because even if her core is inert she is still connected to it in spirit
i may start talking to her once in a while
until i can revive her she should at least know she won't be forgotten or abandoned
some time back bell and spark and relic were leaving shamukaar when they met a kobold named "kaba"
at the time they didn't know that was her name but we all found out today when she arrived at the h&h wanting to be bell's assistant?
i'm told kobolds have a strong affinity for dragons and sometimes feel driven to serve a particular one
kaba says bell is her dragon so she is bell's kobold
i hope this will be a healthier relationship than it appears
on top of all this there's the march and rally a little later today to elect crucible
medya will be with a few other musicians prepping for the rally
the route goes from the red hammer to 6t2 ... and this includes the lift in cogsgate
that's where i'll be
trying to explain to impatient cart drivers why they're being delayed and then convincing them not to disrupt the march
i really hope this goes smoothly