OOS 39

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 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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