For people who like descs, this was Shashi's:

Crowned by a ring of deep blue feathers, the white facial markings on this beautiful peacock give him a certain inquisitive expression. His eyes are pure gold in colour and filled with intelligence and compassion. The rest of his body is as blue as the sky before dawn except for the feet ending in small, sharp talons. His glorious tail feathers are folded neatly behind him, the brilliant greens and golds luminous and the many eye-like markings augmenting his beautiful plumage illuminated with a divine glow.
Shashi does not even register your presence as a threat.
He weighs about 8 pounds.
He is loyal to the Divine Order of Maylea, Bloom of Serenity.
You cannot see what Shashi is holding.
It has the following aliases: shashi, peacock.


Your heart suddenly clenches with shattering grief as you sense Shashi's death to Rancoura at a single stroke. Shadows swim before your vision as you are overwhelmed by Lord Nocht's power. You know with certainty, though it is unclear how you know, that Shashi will never grace the world again.

You have emoted: Lief blinks rapidly, her eyes slowly growing wide.

(Order): Mahin says, "Noooo!!!!!!"

(Order): Mahin says, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"

(Order): You say, "Shashi...?"

(Order): Mahin says, "They have slain Shashi!"

(Order): You say, "I...but..."

(Order): Mahin says, "Shashi!! Shashi!! Shashi!!! Nooo!!!"

You have emoted: Lief blinks her eyes rapidly, staring into the distance, her hand clutching at her robe. Soundlessly, she wings into the forest.

(Movement)

(I lost track of where I sent the tell, but Lief sent a tell to Rancoura saying, "...Why?")

(Order): Mahin says, "I will rip their throats out!"

(Order): Mahin says, "I will bite and destroy them!"

(Order): You say, "Mahin, wait!!"

(Order): You say, "Wait, are the eggs--."

(Order): Mahin says, "They are HERE!"

(Order): Mahin says, "THEY ARE HERE AT HIS EGGS!"

(Order): Mahin says, "I WILL DESTROY THEM!"

(Order): You say, "Mahin, Mahin!"

(Order): You say, "Don't - if they killed Shashi - I don't know what they'd do to you!"

The Garden of Earthly Delights.
The shadowy outline of a twisted forest casts a dark gloom here. Fed by a pure, underground spring, a small pond takes up the centre of the gardens. Delicate white fish swim in the crystal waters and around the base of lotus blossoms that float upon the pristine surface. Around the pond, silvery grasses and other white flowers create a space of intricate serenity and beauty. Some paces further on, the grasses become vibrant green and low rosebushes blossom in yellow and orange as colours come into vivid relief. Beyond this multihued boundary, nothing grows at all, leaving only black sand smoldering here and there, or glowing red with some unseen heat. This unsettling vision only serves to augment the protective calm provided by the garden itself. A blood-splattered stone, worn smooth by the flow of a river, lies here. Nestled in the ground here is an unassuming peacock's nest formed from sticks and leaves. Balanced upon its legs and tailfeathers, a midnight blue peacock origami stands here. A hemlock sapling clings tenaciously to the ground here.
You see exits leading southeast, southwest, and through a small pond.

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"stone44080"                  a smooth, blood-splattered stone
"nest251270"                  an unassuming nest of sticks and leaves
"origami137768"               a midnight blue peacock origami (wetfold origami)
"sapling315826"               a hemlock sapling
Number of objects: 4

A pert little nose takes in a delicate whiff of your surroundings, sensing the faint traces of others in the nearby area.

Mahin growls menacingly.

In agitated distress, Mahin exclaims to you, "They slew him!!!"

"They slew him! They slew him and took all his feathers away!" Mahin cries, blood dripping from her body.

You have emoted: Tears wet Lief's cheeks as she wings in, circling an unassuming nest of sticks and leaves and wiping at her face to inspect the nest. "Did they--" She draws a shuddering breath. "--Did they touch his eggs? Did they--Mahin...?"

p mahin
Her lithe frame muscled and lean, this fox is covered with a thick coat of fur as white that has been drenched in blood, which overwhelms the rose tint that highlights her ears, her four dainty paws, and the shaggy tip of each of her nine luxurious tails. Narrow grey lines scroll aimlessly across her vulpine face, giving it a depth of expression unknown to normal foxes. Her cunning eyes are diverging colours, one sky blue and the other warm brown, and contain a boundless intelligence that leaves the distinct impression that she has seen much and missed nothing. Her snout is covered in blood, which she licks again and again in rage.
Mahin has an air of extreme strength.
She weighs about 6 pounds.
She is loyal to the Divine Order of Maylea, Bloom of Serenity.
You cannot see what Mahin is holding.
It has the following aliases: fox, vixen, mahin.

You have emoted: Lief turns to stare at Mahin, swooping around her, inspecting her for injury.

Fanning her nine tails up, Mahin exclaims, "I guarded them! I tried to defend Shashi, I would rip all their throats out!"

p nest
Formed from sticks and leaves into a round, bowl-like shape, this nest can hardly be distinguished from the vegetation surrounding it. The nest appears to have been originally entirely utilitarian, its deep bowl hiding a number of glittering eggs that have been tucked carefully beneath the straw. Here and there, a few lustrous feathers line the circumference of the nest, apparently added as an afterthought by its pompous owner.
It weighs about 2 pounds and 6 ounce(s).
It has the following aliases: nest.

Mahin circles about the nest in an agitated state, her normally white fur completely caked in blood, it is uncertain whose. She cries great, rose colour tears that drop onto the ground.

You have emoted: Lief's shoulders sag, and then the rest of her body follows. She sinks to her knees beside an unassuming nest of sticks and leaves, reaching her hands in to gently and tenderly touch the shells within. "Shashi..." she whispers.

Mahin weeps openly, all her tails now drooped towards the ground as she crouches by the nest, snuffling, snarling, growling by turns.

You have emoted: Lief swallows thickly, then straightens, wiping her long kimono sleeve against her eyes to dry her cheeks.

You have emoted: Her hand trembling, Lief reaches for her forehead, noiseless save for the snuffles from her nose.

You reach out and touch a translucent crystal bindi.
The crystal warms against your forehead, colours tinting the edges of your vision as you call out for the Bloom of Serenity.

Sweeping across the heavens on a gentle breeze, the serene voice of Maylea, Bloom of Serenity echoes, "NOCHT!!"

Maylea steps quietly into view, the air bending with a swirl of prismatic colours.

You have emoted: Lief droops over an unassuming nest of sticks and leaves herself, wilting, tears springing to her eyes anew.

Rancoura tells you, "It disappoints me that you must ask."

Mahin suddenly stands up, turning her mismatched eyes to Maylea. "Mistress," she gasps through great, rose-coloured tears.

The waters of the pond part as Feyr emerges, buoyed by a halo of iridescent colours that quickly disperses into the wind.
Feyr has entered the area.

You see Maylea, Bloom of Serenity shout, "Nocht, what have You done?"

You have emoted: Lief sniffles and shakes her head into the crook of her elbow, vigorously scrubbing her reddened, sorrowful face. "My Lady," she says, her voice breaking. "Shashi is...he is..."

Feyr Yfae'dren says to Maylea, "Sorry about your realm, Lady Maylea."

Maylea kneels down before the small nest, Her eyes liquid as she places a hand upon the twigs and leaves. A menacing aura of anger surrounds Her form, red and violet and pulsing with power.

A teardrop falls from Maylea's eyes, joining those of Mahin to water the ground where Shashi once stood. She presses both hands on the soil, whispering softly, over and over again, the peacock's name.

Feyr steps into the pond and then sinks slowly into the waters, his form surrounded by a halo of iridescent colours before dissipating into the mist.
Feyr has left the area.

The waters of the pond part as Feyr emerges, buoyed by a halo of iridescent colours that quickly disperses into the wind.
A beautiful, white stag with white wings trots in from the ether.
Feyr has entered the area.

Maylea lays Her hands upon a hemlock sapling and pats its trunk.
A hemlock sapling sways back and forth, then crashes to the ground.

You have emoted: Lief swallows again and draws back, her eyes rapidly blinking. She turns to look to Maylea, and to the nest, and back again. "My Lady," she whispers, her voice hoarse. Her hands shiver as they draw into her lap. "There's no...there's not a chance we can...the eggs are all that is left of-of him...?"

Lyria arrives, following Spirit Warden Xenthos An'Ryshe, the Ebon Strategist.
A vicious, spectral white crow enters from the ether, flapping his wings.
Esei has entered the area.
Allixea arrives, following Spirit Warden Xenthos An'Ryshe, the Ebon Strategist.
Freja arrives, following Spirit Warden Xenthos An'Ryshe, the Ebon Strategist.
Gurashi arrives, following Spirit Warden Xenthos An'Ryshe, the Ebon Strategist.
Esri has entered the area.
Xenthos has entered the area.

The illusion cast by Feyr's Brooch of Elemental Fire ripples and falls away, revealing him.

A redcap slashes Feyr with a thin razor, causing blood to spurt from the wound, which he soaks up with his little cap.
A banshee bound in shadows stares at Feyr, then suddenly emits a high-pitched screech at him, causing the colour to drain from his face.

(Lots and lots of fighting)

You narrow your eyes to thin slits.

Taking a deep breath, Maylea manifests a glowing spark in the palm of one hand and thrusts it out in the direction of Xenthos.
Rancoura slumps as she is stricken with grief.
Xenthos has been slain by Maylea.
Having been too much for the mortal threads of Xenthos, he screams in agony as flames engulf his body and burn it to a crisp.

(Lots and lots of dying. People kill Feyr, Maylea kills everyone.)

Gurashi gives a horrified gasp.

Faintly buzzing, The soul of Gurashi says, "...ah, gosh."

The soul of Xenthos says, "Can just enter the pond to go out again."

The waters of the pond part as Jarel emerges, buoyed by a halo of iridescent colours that quickly disperses into the wind.
A bank of black clouds rolls in from the ether, upon which gallops a pure black nightmare.

The soul of Lyria Ysav'rai says, "Well, cowardly to not let mortals fight."

Allixea Ysav'rai says, "That was brief."

With a deep, rolling accent, Bonesmith Jarel Th'ruk says, "Forgive me for being late..."

In a hushed yet warm voice, The soul of Esri says, "Indeed."

The soul of Lyria Ysav'rai says, "Certainly they can handle themselves?"

You whisper, "Cowardly to kill an innocent father."

The soul of Lyria Ysav'rai says, "Is it though?"

The soul of Xenthos says, "She is grieving... and even She could not save Feyr in all Her anger and despair."

In a hushed yet warm voice, The soul of Esri says, "Something was stolen first."

Valonah tilts her head curiously.

Faintly buzzing, The soul of Gurashi says, "Actions ... have, reactions. And, then, more reactions."

Regat crosses his arms, eyeing Maylea expectantly.

Esei has entered the area.

The soul of Lyria Ysav'rai says, "Do remember who started this. Rest assured we will finish it."

With the smallest flick of Her finger, Maylea sends Regat flying headlong into the depths of the Astral Plane.
Regat leaves to the ether.
Gliding soundlessly through the air, a chocolate-brown and stocky swan graced with membranous, bat-like wings skims to the ether.

With a deep, rolling accent, The soul of Jarel says, "I... am here to help You, m'Lady..."

In a hushed yet warm voice, The soul of Esri says, "I agree Lyria."

(Mass flicking begins)

The soul of Xenthos says, "It seems that She does not wish help, Jarel. Perhaps you should return to Magnagora."

With a deep, rolling accent, The soul of Jarel says, "Perhaps you should be quiet and stop trying to harass someone when She is angry, hrm?"

The soul of Lyria Ysav'rai says, "Oh please."

In a hushed yet warm voice, The soul of Esri says, "Maybe she should not steal and their would have been no reason for death."

You see Maylea, Bloom of Serenity shout, "Take back your foul refuse, Nocht."

The waters of the pond part as Pysynne emerges, buoyed by a halo of iridescent colours that quickly disperses into the wind.
Pysynne has entered the area.
Ilistala eyes Pysynne warily, settling into a predatory crouch.

Pysynne gives Ilistala, an enormous leopard the once-over, eyeing her suspiciously.
Ilistala hisses and bares her fangs at Pysynne.

Pysynne raises his arms and hums deeply the note of the forest. Around you, the wyrd seeps out of the trees and plant life, which start to look greener and healthier than before.

Pysynne kneels down and touches his forehead to the earth, then whispers softly. A deep emerald glow ripples across the ground and Pysynne's eyes momentarily flash with a matching emerald light.

The soft, hollow voice of Nocht, the Silent resounds within your mind as His words echo through the aether, "Mine will return to Me, at least, dearest Maylea."

(Serenwilde): Feyr says, "Okay. We should stay together. That was my bad."

Maylea kneels once more before the twig and leaf nest, Her hands in Her lap.

You have emoted: Lief's face is a mangled mess of emotions. She rises to swoop around, shooing at the foreign animals here, her sorrow growing slowly, slowly into anger. "Go, go," she all but hisses at them.

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2019/09/08 23:25:23 - The aethers echo with lamenting tones as Shashi perishes from this world forever, slain at the hand of Rancoura by the power of Lord Nocht.

Feyr's melodic voice sings into your mind, "Me too?"

You tell Feyr Yfae'dren, "No!"

Maylea inhales deeply with Her eyes closed, while Mahin gazes at Her warily. "Lady?" Mahin asks.

You tell Feyr Yfae'dren, "No - the - these crows, these panthers, these things that would strike at..."

With a majestic wave of Her arm, Maylea opens up a rift in the aetherways that fluctuates oddly before it settles down into a vibrating Divine portal.

Maylea bends to pick up the nest at Her feet.

Feyr Yfae'dren says, "Would you like me to help you with that, Lady?"

Maylea steps into the pond and then sinks slowly into the waters, Her form surrounded by a halo of iridescent colours before dissipating into the mist.

p portal
An oval-shaped tear in the air, this portal vibrates rapidly, its form quickly expanding and retracting as it floats weightlessly. A low-pitched thrumming sound emanates from the portal, whatever power is sustaining it easily opening the path between the aetherways for mortals to travel, although something about the movement of the portal makes it appear temporary.
It is strangely weightless.
It has the following aliases: exit, portal.

You blink.

A vibrating Divine portal begins to fluctuate, thrumming loudly for a moment before it is suddenly still, and then simply vanishes from existence.

Softly, Feyr Yfae'dren says to you, "What was it?"

You have emoted: Lief looks to Mahin, her eyes wide as she stills herself.

A sudden thrumming fills the air as a vibrating Divine portal opens up directly before you, wavering madly before settling in the air, strange colours and pathways flowing beyond.

A Divine wave of healing washes over Pysynne, and he looks heartier and more aware.

You have emoted: Lief looks at a vibrating Divine portal, uncertain.

You whisper, "Our Lady made it. Should we...?"

A vibrating Divine portal begins to fluctuate, thrumming loudly for a moment before it is suddenly still, and then simply vanishes from existence.

In a gravelly voice, Pysynne asks, "Are we to enter?"

A sudden thrumming fills the air as a vibrating Divine portal opens up directly before you, wavering madly before settling in the air, strange colours and pathways flowing beyond.

Pysynne begins to follow you.

You have emoted: Lief braces herself, then flies into a vibrating Divine portal.

(movement)

Deepening waters.
The area is bathed with silver light as a robust defensive aura suffuses the air due to a shield shrine of Lisaera nearby. Small particles of dust fly through the air, caught up in a moderate gale. Hidden by masses of sweetgrass and heath, this section of the pond is broad and deep, a faint current stirring the pristine surface of the water. The strange world reflected in the pond bears little semblance to the realm above, sometimes seeming a different place entirely. Some trick of sun and moonlight plays across the waters, refracting in a prismatic rainbow that casts the bare shoreline in hues of shifting colour. Even the few grouse and frogs that hide within the reeds and drink of the waters are oddly quiet and serene, affected by the power of this place. The surface of a small pond here sparkles serenely with many shifting colours. Filling the air with a low-pitched thrum, a vibrating Divine portal floats here. Maylea, Bloom of Serenity stands here, prismatic light swirling around Her.
You see exits leading north, through a small pond, and through a vibrating Divine portal.

Feyr sprinkles a circle of salt around you, and a shimmering white orb springs up around you.

Pysynne sprinkles a circle of salt around himself, and a shimmering white orb springs up around him.

Spreading his arms wide, Feyr spins clockwise and a shimmering white orb springs up around him.

Feyr Yfae'dren says, "Etherwilde."

Feyr holds the Flame of dae'Seren aloft and an emerald light shines forth, revealing a hazy hallway of ancient trees. As Feyr walks through the hallway, the trees close around him and disappear.
A handsome, light brown stag with a short white tail departs with a stately walk to the ether.
Feyr has left the area.

Maylea gives a pained sigh.

Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says, "I apologise you had to see, My dears."

Maylea tilts Her head back and looks up at the sky.

Her voice hoarse with emotion, you say to Maylea, "My Lady, we are here to see and to act. However we may."

Her voice soft and hush, Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says, "Shashi is no more. He will never return."

In a gravelly voice, Pysynne says, "I apologise for my tardiness. I had been dealing with them for days before this all broke out and I needed to meditate to cool my head."

Maylea reaches out to tenderly cup Pysynne's cheek in Her hand.

Maylea holds the small twig nest in Her hands.

Her voice cracking, Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says, "He bore My protection. But it was not enough."

Showing that he understands, Pysynne nods his head slowly.

In a gravelly voice, Pysynne says, "Perhaps... I might see him in the flames... maybe..."

You have emoted: Pysynne's words bring a new wave of emotions to Lief - tears wet her cheeks once more, sending her to shaking and wiping furiously at her face with the white sleeve of her kimono robe.

Maylea gently places Her hands over the nest, "Only these eggs remain, of My little one." The red and violet aura about Her begins to fade. She sobs, "My Shashi..." Swirls of bluebell petals flutter about Her to land, gently upon the twigs before taking flight into the air once more.

The grass around you rustles slightly as the night breeze caresses you.

Maylea places the nest gently upon the pond. To your surprise, it floats, glittering with the brightness of the eggs within.

You feel a slight tug within your chest and the air around you sparkles with motes of bright light.
You sense Pheebe pulling on the strands of aether surrounding you.

Among the sparkling motes of light, a translucent figure appears in the air and then quickly solidifies as Pheebe comes into view.

Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says to Pheebe, "Please, depart."

You have emoted: Lief continues wiping at her face, only to lower her hands and stare quietly at the nest. She occasionally wipes gracelessly at her nose as she watches.

Comprehension flashes across Pheebe's face.

Pheebe leaves to the north.

Maylea turns Her gaze to you. "Eldin," She murmurs.

You have emoted: "My...my Lady," Lief says, her voice still rough and broken.

Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says to you, "There should be one more feather. I sense it is near Lanni."

Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says, "Could you find it for Me?"

Wiping at her nose again, you whisper, "I'll find it anon, my Lady. Yes."

You step into the waters of the pond and a warmth pervades your being, embracing you gently as you feel yourself drawn into the pond and taken swiftly elsewhere.

(movement)

At a muku flower garden.
This section of the garden, the stone path continues, though it is difficult to distinguish where it begins or ends - most of the ground here is rocky, with pebbles mixed in with larger boulder formations. Iridescent muku pods in shades of greenish blue sprout from the stone soil, spreading tendrils over the every inch of the terrain. A few of the shining threads end in slender curls, creating strange, beautiful patterns of light on the ground below. Overhead, translucent green floaters bob and shift with the breeze. More lanterns are hung around the area, illuminated in pale violet. In the shape of an open palm, a metallic sigil lies here. Bony and slender, Lanni Ahonen stands perched on the balls of his feet. A green-and-gold feather has become caught here.
You see a single exit leading north.

You have emoted: Lief wipes at her cheeks, searching the gardens before silently reaching out for a luminous peacock feather.

You cannot pick up a luminous peacock feather.

You tell Maylea, Bloom of Serenity, "It's...it's stuck, I think."

The Divine voice of Maylea, Bloom of Serenity echoes in your head, "His feathers always caught on the underbrush... Perhaps, a pull?"

You pull hard on a luminous peacock feather, and for some reason it feels heavy and unyielding, like the leaden weight of sorrow. Your hands come away with nothing.

You pull hard on a luminous peacock feather, and it comes away in your hand, gossamer light, shimmering with radiant colour. You sense a hint of divine essence within.

Impossible to mistake as anything but the plume of a noble peacock, this feather is long enough that it can only be from the creature's tail. It ripples in luminous shades of green and gold, one colour bleeding into the next like the glossy ripple of water. In one or two places, shocks of indigo make eye-like markings across the barbs, illuminated with an almost divine glow.
It weighs 2 ounce(s).
It has the following aliases: feather.

You have emoted: After wiping her face quickly again, Lief spares Lanni Ahonen a brief, wavering smile before flying off.

(movement)

Maylea turns Her gaze to you with hope. "You found it, little one?"

You have emoted: Lief returns from the small pond holding a luminous peacock feather, tenderly cradled in her small faeling hands. Quietly, she holds it out to Maylea.

Silently, her hands trembling faintly, you give a luminous peacock feather to Maylea, Bloom of Serenity.

The glowing fireflies confound your vision with their chaotic dance.

Maylea spreads Her palms to receive it, reverently.

Taking the peacock feather, Maylea, Bloom of Serenity breathes lightly upon it before placing it also upon the nest, which floats upon the waters here. A cluster of water lilies bloom at Her touch upon the water's surface.

The feather shimmers and flickers before fading into the nest itself. The eggs begin to rock back and forth.

Maylea, Bloom of Serenity chants, "Children of your father, hear My words, for I too called him to waking, in the morning of his years."

You have emoted: Lief swallows as she watches, her freckled face beet red with emotion.

A teardrop falls from Maylea's eye, trailing along Her glowing cheek.

Gently, towards the nest, Maylea, Bloom of Serenity whispers, "Now you bear your father within you. Grow, little ones, and be all that he can no longer be... flower, bloom, fruit..."

Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says to Pysynne, "Eldin, may I have your cudgel?"

Pysynne ceases to wield a mystic cudgel in his left hand.

Pysynne gives a mystic cudgel to Maylea, Bloom of Serenity.

Maylea takes the cudgel gratefully, Her tear-filled eyes resting briefly upon Pysynne. "Thank you." Bluebells flutter down beside Her as She kneels in the water itself.

Maylea begins to wield a mystic cudgel in Her left hand.

Maylea lifts Her hand and holds the cudgel above the nest, gently whispering and singing as the bluebells and the water lilies swirl about the twig-and-leaf creation. Her knuckles white with the grip, She breaks the cudgel apart, and a dust of pollen ranges over the small nest, glittering with light, and power and essence.

Maylea, Bloom of Serenity chants, "I bless you. I bless you. I bless you, little ones."

Pysynne smiles softly.

Bending to scoop up the nest from the pond, Maylea stands. She turns Her gaze to Pysynne and then to you, eyes still glittering with moisture.

Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says, "Kavindra will take charge of them now." She pauses, gathering Herself before going on, "She lost a child, and a husband."

Maylea smiles softly.

Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says, "They have lost their father."

You have emoted: Wordlessly, Lief meets Maylea's gaze with grey eyes shot with blood and sorrow as she listens.

Softly, Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says, "If you have wish to take part in their care, ask Kavindra."

Showing that he understands, Pysynne nods his head slowly.

Maylea tilts Her head back and looks up at the sky.

You have emoted: Lief nods her antlered head, a fragile smile upon her lips.

Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says, "I am sorry, children. My anger had its release, but naught will bring back that which is withered under His shadowed touch."

Clasping her shaky hands together, you say, "His memory *will* be honored, my Lady. In his children and in those he touched."

In a gravelly voice, Pysynne says to Maylea, "I am sorry I could not be here to defend more earnestly."

Bluebell blossoms sprout at your feet in consolation.

Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says, "This is Nocht's doing, and you could not have stopped Him."

Maylea gives a pained sigh.

You have emoted: Lief lowers her gaze from Maylea, her fingers squeezing one another where they clasp over her lap.

You think to yourself: Even if we couldn't stop Him...even so...

Touching Her hand to both your foreheads, Maylea murmurs, "I have granted you both My protection. For one time only."

Her voice hard and bitter, Maylea, Bloom of Serenity says, "Nocht will not have you."

You have emoted: Lief looks up again, startled.

In a flutter of leaves that obscure Her dancing flower petals, Maylea disappears from view with a soft whisper.

You have emoted: Lief's fingers touch her forehead where the Goddess's hand had only just been. She blinks and looks to Pysynne. Voice still ragged and hoarse, she asks, "Do you...do you think She thinks we're to be targeted next?"

You whisper, "Do you think we will be?"

In a gravelly voice, Pysynne says, "I think when it comes to Glomdoring as long as they are winning, everyone is a target."

You have emoted: Lief rubs at her throat, nodding slightly. "You're right," she murmurs, "you're right."

You say to Pysynne, "I'm...I'm going to speak with Kavindra."

(Movement)

You ask, "Kavindra...may I help with Shashi's chicks?"

Kavindra, Song of Transcendence lifts her gaze to you, tears in her eyes.

You have emoted: Lief wipes at her reddened face, then looks into Kavindra, Song of Transcendence's eyes. "Please," she adds, voice still ragged with emotion.

Without her usual composure, Kavindra, Song of Transcendence says to you, "Mother has asked me to keep them safe. They are..." She pauses, breathing in deeply. "They are fragile, and need special care."

You have emoted: Lief nods her head slowly, hovering before Kavindra, Song of Transcendence. "What can I do to help them? I'll do anything that I can. Anything."

Kavindra, Song of Transcendence gestures towards the shelves where she keeps the stoles of the Truths and the plushes of Shashi. "I found a small, warm nook here for them."

You pay 760 aethergoop and receive a colourful peafowl egg.

You have emoted: Lief gently reaches out to touch one of the eggs, then carefully selects it. Her trembling hands are quick to steady as she cradles the fragile life in her palms, and a single tear rolls down her cheek to strike its beautiful eggshell surface. "Little one," she whispers to it.

Kavindra, Song of Transcendence breaks into a soft sob before covering her face with her hands.

You have emoted: Kavindra, Song of Transcendence's emotion ignites Lief's fully again, tears spilling from her eyes to splatter against a colourful peafowl egg. "I will take good care of this one," she whispers fervently through the silent rain of tears. "I will show this one a beautiful, blessed life. This one will see all the beauty this world has to see, I promise, and they will be loved."

Kavindra, Song of Transcendence smiles gratefully at you, her lips trembling. "This will find a home with you, and I will keep the rest safe." Her eyes stray away, towards Kiunid Vruna, where the grave of her husband lies.

You have emoted: Lief nods, tenderly wiping some wetness from a colourful peafowl egg's surface before her wings carry her away.