OOS 39

Notunoth 16, the party takes a brief vacation in Oceanside before leaving for the Mirage Temple. It occurred between sessions 21 and 22. It is immediately preceded by OOS 37; it is immediately followed by OOS 40. OOS 38 happens at the same time. 
== Transcript == 
Gloom: 
Vale, you head to the Needle, an arcane tower that is Oceanside's communications hub with Sunholme. In addition to recently-added telephone services, this location is also responsible for relaying messages between the two allied nations. Always occupied, the station is not terribly busy at the moment. 
Vale: 
finds a phone and dials the burnett household 
Esteban: 
A somewhat familiar voice picks up, the head butler, Esteban. 
"Burnett Residence, Esteban speaking." 
Vale: 
"is izora available. it's....renn." 
Esteban: 
"Sure! I mean probably! I mean I'll check! Hang on." 
Izora: 
A few minutes later, someone picks up the receiver "Renn?" Izora's neutral voice comes over the line. 
Vale: 
"hello. apologizes for calling at--whatever hour it is." 
"do you have any way of putting me in contact with ruraina." 
Izora: 
"Rurai- oh. I see." Izora muses for a moment before answering. "Technically yes." 
Vale: 
waits to see if she says more 
Izora: 
"When do you need to see her?" 
Vale: 
"when would she be available to talk." 
Izora: 
"Approximately thirty seconds after I go and retrieve her, I would suppose." 
Vale: 
"okay." 
Izora: 
"Would you like me to do that?" 
Vale: 
"if you wouldn't mind." 
Izora: 
"Very well, should I bill my services to the Worthing family, or directly to you?" 
Vale: 
"to me." 
Izora: 
"Very well. See you soon." click 
Vale: 
dials the cardew residence while waiting 
Cecily: 
"Hello?" It's Cecily 
Vale: 
"cecily? it's renn. no time to talk much. i'll explain as soon as i can." 
"if i direct a bill from izora to you, can you cover it? I will pay you back as soon as i am able." 
Cecily: 
"Uh, sure, no problem, are you okay?" 
Vale: 
"i'm fine." 
"i miss you." 
Cecily: 
"I miss you, too. 
...Do you think- no nevermind." 
Vale: 
"um, thank you. i'd....better go i guess..." 
"i hope we can hang out at xelbari's again soon." 
Cecily” 
"Me too! just name the time and the place! As long at it's Xelbari's. Um." 
Vale: 
"hehehe." 
"...goodbye." 
Cecily: 
"Bye" 
Gloom: 
Shortly, Izora and Ruraina appear not too far away, without Izora's usual thunderous fanfare, the embers of a consumed spell scroll drifting from her grasp. 
The two of them look around. 
Vale: 
vale approaches them. "hello. thank you for showing up on such short notice." 
looks to rue "we've technically not met i suppose. I'm vale." extends a hand to shake 
Ruraina: 
Ruraina looks confused, but shakes it "Ruraina Tal'Evel, What is it that I can do for you, Vale?" 
Vale: 
"it is regarding my companion ondo ar' thond tira. are you aware of his...condition?" 
Ruraina: 
"No, I do not. Is there another one?" 
she seems weirdly hopeful 
Vale: 
"yes, you're......" trying to think back to the letter she was eavesdropping on ondo writing, but it was a little while ago and she got emotionally charged and the details are fuzzy "you're aware of the....dead roots, i believe?" 
Ruraina: 
She seems puzzled for a moment "Oh yes, I didn't realize we were talking about the same... of course. It's good to see he's made even more friends." 
Vale: 
"are you familiar with any ways that could be.....remedied." 
Ruraina: 
"...No, that knowledge has largely been lost, though I've been speaking with the one called Siren, who seems to hold a vast repository of our people's collected memory. She may have some knowledge buried within her that could help. Almost certainly it would require a living cultivar of the plant used." 
Vale: 
"the plant used in his root system." 
Ruraina: 
"Yes" 
Vale: 
"what is it called, if you do not mind me asking." 
Ruraina: 
"I'm sorry, but I do not know." 
Vale: 
"and this...siren person does not know." 
Ruraina: 
"She may, but I have not yet inquired." 
Vale: 
"can you tell me more about siren." 
Ruraina: 
"She is an interesting person, aloof and difficult to know. She has been helping us settle in with the wood elves." 
Vale: 
"where can she be found." 
Izora: 
"She has a residence in Wolis," Izora says, "Though she's been spending time in Falenas with the sky elves lately." 
Vale: 
"falenas? where is that." 
Izora: 
"Where my mother is from." 
"In the forests near Wolis." 
Vale: 
"how can she be contacted." 
Izora: 
"Most of the ways one can contact a person, I presume. I suggest a letter." 
Vale: 
"is she aware of ondo's condition already." 
Ruraina: 
"No, we have not discussed it," Rue says 
Vale: 
"do you think she would be willing enough to provide help and insights for this situation." 
Ruraina: 
"I can ask, I... don't see why not." 
Vale: 
"aside from a living cultivar, is there anything else you think we may be able to provide to assist." 
Ruraina: 
"Nothing comes to mind, but it may be possible to create a substitute, I do not know." 
Vale: 
"okay." 
"please provide me with siren's address, if you would." 
Izora: 
Izora does so 
Vale: 
"ondo's condition is far less.....stable than he may have led you to believe." 
"if possible, it would be best to restore his roots as quickly as possible." 
Gloom: 
[Make a persuasion check] 
Vale: 
[18] 
Ruraina: 
Ruraina seems concerned "I have much work that needs to be done with my people, but I will do what I can." 
Vale: 
"thank you. please keep me posted." 
"i will send a letter to siren, but i expect you will reach her far before i do." 
Ruraina: 
"Very well, and yes, that seems likely." She says. 
Vale: 
"that is all. i expect i've kept you long enough." 
"izora, what is the bill." 
Izora: 
"For you? A friends and family discount of 3550 gold pieces." 
Vale: 
"okay. cecily will have that ready for you." 
Izora: 
Izora raises an eyebrow but says nothing. She unfurls another scroll, and then the two are gone 
Vale: 
vale immediately writes a letter to siren and finds a post office 
and eventually returns to the beach
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