(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "So. What
are you up to these days?"
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "More
paperwork?"
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "Up to my elbows in some, ah, scientific
discourse, as it were."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "Does a body good to get out from under the
paperwork once in a fell moon."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "Mm.. Has
your mate spoken to you regarding his discussion with me?"
(Spirean Joint Command): Nenelos says, "Focus collapsed at Dirt road
north of a forest in the Northern Road (v4088)"
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "He mentioned something about information
exchange."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "As I
admitted to him. I have no real use for haggling, bartering, begging or
the like. I'm new to the idea. But I've been ordered by my superiors to
require information for information. They have decided that knowledge
will be a currency of the Carnifex the same as it is for the Cabal."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "Interesting. I thought you preferred
violence as currency."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "Now,
personally. I figure it's just quid pro quo but I do have interest in a
rather specific topic that should help me with my advancement of the
newly formed branch in the guild."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "...you're asking us for a leg-up?"
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "Moment."
Kaestrin has been sliced apart by Alathesia.
They were assisted by: Nenelos.
You divine the location of this death as Within a crisp, russet forest
in the Bloodwood.
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "Sorry
about that. Was chasing a southron off of my ylem."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "Pesky buggers."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "Now! I
adore violence. But that doesn't mean that I do not treasure knowledge.
I wouldn't have the majority of my life to medicine otherwise."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "Right, right."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "Anyway! I
am offering to teach my alternative practices of Deathlore for the
information you hold on a pesky bug."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "Cymothians
in particular. There should be a couple books in your library on the
topic while I can provide hands-on experience with my practices."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "That would be an interesting trade, if we
had someone who was interested in learning your deathlore practices."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "Well, if
you do not hold interest in medical applications of Deathlore, then
what would you like in train?"
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "Trade...
sorry."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "The particular information you're asking
for is remarkably classified, unfortunately. There are reasons more
than just 'we want to make a profit' that we are not disseminating it."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "If I
admitted that there are viable and -current- reasons that I am studying
it, would that suffice to unclassify it in my case?"
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "If you are currently engaged in something
that is legitimately linked, then I have no doubt you will see for
yourself that which has been recorded."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "I am
trying to walk into this with my eyes open, Eleanor. I don't want to
risk an outbreak. I have plenty of health issues already damn it."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "Therein lies the problem, you see. There is
evidence to suggest that knowledge of the situation -attracts- the
situation."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "Now. Back
to the matter at hand. Do you really think I would ask if there wasn't
a reason?"
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "Nobody asks anything without a reason."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "You've
known me a good while now. Do you think I wouldn't ask without a -good-
reaso.n?"
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "Many times, you have said 'don't tempt me',
and 'I would try that', and 'I have defied deities for less' and 'I am
not a diplomatic man' and we have an established history of you being
susceptible to impulse and emotive reactions."

(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "Hmm. That
was either before my childrne were born or because I was acting in
their best interests. But I see that you have a valid point."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// Gods
help me. I have been teleported back to 2001. x.x."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//oh?"
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// My
music betrays me. XD."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "//
Apparently, in my sleep deprived stupor the other day. I made a
playlist that's all shit I listened to in high school. LMFAO."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//oh lord I was just about to ask you to
bring back some evanescence, too."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// Noooooo.
 Lacuna Coil > Evanescence."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//first thing I thought of when reminded of
that era."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//that was my very first burnt disc, back
in the days when disc burners were not the norm."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//friend gave it to me on a disc that had a
rad acid green tribal pattern. I was very impressed."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// Ahem..
I was more the emo/metal/industral kid - Lords of Acid, She Wants
Revenge, Lacuna Coil, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Genitorturers, Rasputina,
the list goes on."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//the vast majority of my listening
vagaries actually came from my parents- green day, cake, eels, various
alternative top-100 compilations (it's an australia thing)"
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//meatloaf, some other classics."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// Nothing
wrong with that. And I had to play meatloaf in RHPS >.> We don't talk
about that night."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//aw man, he was great in that film. You
were in a RH production though? Niiiice."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// I was
the only cast member with a V on my forehead."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// xD."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// Dunno
if you ever saw the theatrical."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//I've seen the film a zillion times, but
I've never been lucky enough to catch it on stage."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// Gasp."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// Totally
different performance!"
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//I knoooow."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//I've just never been at the right place
at the right time, as it were."
(Tells): Kanivara tells you, "Salutations."
(Tells): You tell Kanivara, "Morning! How are we?"
(Tells): Kanivara tells you, "Tired."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// ^.^
Maybe someday!"
(Tells): You tell Kanivara, "I know that feeling all too well."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//I live in hope."
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//my parents have been to see it live a few
times over the years. So jealous."
(Cabalists): Nia says, "'Lo again, friends!"
(Cabalists): You say, "Welcome back to the waking world!"
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// I think
I've seen it 6 times? Participated three."
(Tells): In a deep, gravelly voice, Nenelos imparts to you, "// Have
you ever listened to lacuna coil?"
(Tells): You tell Nenelos, "//almost certainly, but not enough to
recall anything distinctive. Means I didn't hate it though."
Gasping, a willowy nest guardian says, in Xorani, "No...the children...
I must..."
Gasping, a willowy nest guardian says, in Xorani, "No...the children...
I must..."
Zyner has been bludgeoned to death by a Spellshaper Master.
You divine the location of this death as Within a curving chamber in
the Ayhesa Cliffs.
(Spinesreach): Libellule says, "Hello Spinesreach."
(Cabalists): You say, "What mischief are you two up to?"
(Cabalists): Axius says, "I'm in a conversation with my Uncle Nenelos
and Miss Volka, attempting to explain the difference between divine and
mortals."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "And I've a strong suspicion that I'm the arse
of a joke or something for it."
(Spinesreach): Libellule says, "If you hear strange sounds like farts,
its not me I swear its this sludge haha."
(Spinesreach): Kanivara says, "That stuff amuses me."
(Spinesreach): Libellule says, "Yes it is hilarious."
(Spinesreach): Axius says, "I've got some too."
(Cabalists): You say, "Volka's an ex-cabalist, so she at least has an
idea of the numerological standpoint on divinity."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "Well, I'm not exactly discussing the
numerological standpoints, I'm trying to stay away from topics I'm iffy
about how safe it is to discuss."
(Cabalists): You say, "Good lad."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "I'm mostly discussing how they can create
things like say a wooden table out of energy, where we require
requisite components to do the same."
(Cabalists): You say, "Mm, direct conversion of essence is a hallmark
of divinity."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "Exactly! and Volka is indicating that the
space of a Haven is equivalent to being able to do what the Divine can
do in their construction of materials."
(Cabalists): You say, "Hardly. The Haven does not exist without the
ascendant."
(Cabalists): You say, "It's more like a subconscious extension than a
true creation."
(Cabalists): Nia says, "Well that's interesting. I always wondered what
a haven really is."
(Cabalists): You say, "It comes differently for different people. Me, I
don't claim to have created mine. I find gaps between the threads and
there's strange places where the paths lead."
(Cabalists): Nia says, "Mine's mostly chaos at the moment. But I been
noticing curtains forming 'bout the place lately. Red 'uns."
(Cabalists): You say, "The Commissars, by contrast, have shaped some of
their haven, though other parts they have built as one does on the
Prime Material."
(Cabalists): You say, "Others still have discovered that their havens
are a reflection of their inner or subconscious selves."
(Cabalists): Nia says, "Hmm. Well I ain't sure what red curtains say
about me."
(Cabalists): You say, "Perhaps you're fond of drapery."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "Well, I suspect Miss Volka's upset with me
now."
(Cabalists): You say, "Oh?"
(Cabalists): Nia says, "Well I've been told before I'm full of
something."
(Cabalists): Nia says, "But drapery's a new one!"
(Cabalists): Axius says, "She was snorting at me, congratulated me on
the feline creature, and otherwise left."
(Cabalists): Nia says, "Maybe she had t'go tend t'her biological
processes."
(Cabalists): You say, "Full of drapery. I kind of like that as an
epithet."
(Cabalists): You say, "She might have. You'll find that a lot of ex-
cabalists are very... haughty, you could say, toward actual Cabalists."
A baleful horn resounds from the depths of the Hunting Grounds as
Nenelos enters.
(Cabalists): Nia says, "Why's that?"
(Cabalists): You say, "It's my theory that they convince themselves
they're cleverer than us, to make themselves feel better about being
unable to achieve within the guild."
(Cabalists): Nia says, "Ha!"
The Rowan Box has been claimed in the Hunting Grounds by Nenelos.
The Ivory Bough has been claimed in the Hunting Grounds by Nenelos.
(Cabalists): You say, "I mean, they have to think -something- to
explain why they're not still here."
(Cabalists): Nia says, "If I can offer y'some advice, Mister Axius, I
find it's usually best not t'argue with people 'bout their beliefs."
(Cabalists): Nia says, "What I like t'do is adopt a strategy I
abbreviate as MWR."
(Cabalists): You say, "You can slap someone in the face with the truth,
but they're most likely to slap you back with their hand."
(Cabalists): Nia says, "It stands for 'Mhmmm', 'Wow!' and 'Really?'"
(Cabalists): Nia says, "Y'just keep repeating those three magic words
when anyone says something incredulous, and eventually they conclude
you're a like-minded genius."
(Cabalists): You say, "Spreading your hands and saying 'who can know
for sure?' can sometimes ease a theological situation."
(Cabalists): Nia says, "That way, nobody gets offended, you make a new
friend, and y'might just learn something new about an askew
perspective!"
(Cabalists): Nia says, "Oi that's true."
(Cabalists): You say, "The faithful like mystic rhetoric like that."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "And if they ask y'a question what
requires insight, a compliment always tends t'work just fine."
(Cabalists): You say, "Oh, for--."
(Cabalists): You say, "Those bureaucrats are lucky they managed to
secure a ban on me this week."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "What you get banned for?"
(Cabalists): You say, "Oh, the same as usual. I may have upset
someone's desk somewhat."
(Cabalists): You say, "Occasionally when the complaints section is
bored, they'll carry a request to keep me away from an office for a
week. Stops me throttling quill-pushers."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Y'still got me confused as
t'context, ma'am!"
(Cabalists): You say, "I get mighty annoyed at bureaucrats when they
make a right mess of simple scribing instructions. I just had to
threaten some rather particular things to get our guild index cleared
up, because someone thought it would be just fine to submit the
document with smeared ink."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Oh... I, umm. I would never do
that."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "The latest news post was not me
fault!"
(Cabalists): You say, "Hm? I haven't even read the news. Besides,
you're not a scribe, it's not your job."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Oh. I got a post up 'bout me
Troupe."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Came out wonky thought. Scribes,
you know."
(Cabalists): You say, "Mm, I'd gleaned that from things you'd said
earlier. It's on my to-read list, but that's lengthy on a good day, you
understand."
(Cabalists): You say, "Speaking of lists, that Standard Responses
scroll is in now."
(Cabalists): You say, "Axius, you'll have a favour on your tab for when
you've passed accreditation."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "Oh! goodie!"
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "I gotta be honest."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "None of these responses would
dissuade me from pestering anybody."
(Cabalists): You say, "You're a Cabalist, though."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "Miss Nia. I want to indicate that is not
really a good measure since you've already professed interested in that
numerological guitar in the guildhall."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "It's in the guildhall?!"
(Cabalists): Axius says, "..I don't know. I'd imagine it'd be, since
that's where we keep most of the dangerous relics and all.."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Where? Umm, so I knows t'avoid
that place. Don't want to explode or nothing."
(Cabalists): You say, "Can we not? This sounds like it's straight from
the scroll I just had put in, but the Chairwoman will kill me if the
Cabal is responsible for breaking every window in the citadel a -second-
 time."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Ah, just tell her it was my
faults!"
(Cabalists): Axius says, "Aye. Miss Nia. No. You don't need the guitar.
You've got your BAV after all."
(Cabalists): You say, "Have you ever seen that woman mad? Trust me, you
do not -want- to."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "She's already stopped threatening
t'eat me. Mentioned her wife would kill 'er if she let anything happen
t'me."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "I got immunity now, see!"
(Cabalists): You say, "There's a limit to such things."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "No. It just means Miss Xenia would be the one
eating you."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Oh... Y'make a good point."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Well blame Axius, then."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "If you're lucky."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Or one of them frustrating Syssin
what keeps asking questions they ain't got no business asking. Xanchol."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "No. Don't blame the Auxiliar."
(Cabalists): You say, "To be fair, that -is- one of the functions of
auxiliar."
(Cabalists): You say, "Bring the kawhe, carry the books, shoulder blame
in a pinch."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Aye. And I just got this new book
I could pass t'the Chairwoman listing 1001 recipes for cooking Auxiliar.
"
(Cabalists): Axius says, "It is, but in regards to THAT. I doubt anyone
would believe an Auxiliar had access to something that -already- did
soemthing like that once."
(Cabalists): You say, "That's no use, she hates her meat cooked."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "I'm not allowed in the foribidden sections,
remember?"
(Cabalists): You say, "Well actually, you technically do have full
access to what I used for the incident."
(Cabalists): You say, "It's not in a restricted section!"
(Cabalists): Axius says, "Shhh!"
(Cabalists): Axius says, "Conduit!"
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "I'm sure there's a good recipe
for preparing 'im tartare."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "There's an imp with a desire to play with
things that like to either eat, or blow off fingers."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Did you see what the Conduit won
the Iron Epicurean this year with?"
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "It ain't me y'need t'be worrying
about."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "...no..?"
(Cabalists): You say, "Now that's a more cheerful topic."
(Cabalists): You say, "I had a grand old time making that recipe!"
(Cabalists): Axius says, "I picked up some of that Aalen Sludge earlier
to. It's delightfuly silly."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Fart noises ain't me kind of
humour. That's Pixie bollocks, that is."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Imps is much more cleverer."
(Cabalists): You say, "It reminds me of a neat trick you can do with a
bladder and a reed."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "Psh. how droll. This stuff bounces and
spquelches and other stuff."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "And it splats too."
(Cabalists): Axius says, "And stretches out to arm's length at -least-!"
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "I got meself a semi-albino
gryphon. Named 'im 'White-hat'."
(Cabalists): Nia says, from Albedos, "Oh, and some bees, which are very
useful for scaring off the Chairwoman in a pinch."
You say, "Ixurya."
(Cabalists): You say, "Right, time for me to rest."
(Cabalists): You say, "Be good, and if you can't be good, write a
report on the outcome."