Ishtar frowned.
Sensed her arrival ?
The Room of Spirit and Time was a place disjointed from the normal flow, an eddying pool of tide, and time, that was not subject to many laws- beyond the laws of gravity, and that time must eventually flow- so how was it such a thing could be open to the arrival of another ...
"Where is she from ?"
Yeah, but if you... man, we're getting into weird analogy territory, like if you disintegrated Superman's arms he wouldn't be able to go "fool! Little did you know that my arms and I are one and can be remade from me!" and will his arms back into being from pure nothingness. - Pendaran
Arx Inosaan
Oh, great. Even Ishtar thought that they should have held back and waited for the others. Sarada supposed that made sense, but she hated having to admit Parsley was right. Even if, deep down, she knew she was.
She mumbled something that sounded like an agreement and looked away.
That voice...A soft impact at Ishtar's side- Ereshkigal- shakes her focus on the unconscious woman, even as the Ronin Kai carries her away to rest, and recover. Wrapping her arm around the girl, then, Ishtar sighs and offers the young Oni a smile.
"Hello again, little one. It is good to see you again."
As for Nunlil, still exposed to the world then, and decidedly more battered than the situation implied, received a smile and a chuckle from Ishtar before she headed off to change.
Turning back to Eresh then, Ishtar frowned before then adding.
"I would speak with your ... companion, if she is yet around. To hear from her, what happened here in this Room of Spirit, and Time." The Oni was of course speaking about the godly spirit that had come to share Ereshkigal's form ... though whether or not this erstwhile Sister to Asha'rah would appear remained to be seen.
Parsley turned her attention away from her childish sister and toward the young Oni girl. Much like the woman from before, her voice did not belong to her body. It sounded far too mature, far too old, and far too ancient to belong to a young creature like this. That neither Ishtar nor Sarada seemed too particularly surprised only proved this was not a singular occurrence.
Her head tilted to the side as she listened to the two creatures speak among themselves, gleaning what she could so she could decipher this inane situation.
Watching and listening from behind, Cyanna spoke up, "Meagan gets all upset when I do something dumb too. Sisters are like that, always worrying about each other. You must really care about your sister, Princess, or you wouldn't be so angry with her." She then smiled, "I'd better go, see you later." she then teleported back out of the room.
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Ishtar chuckled, before shaking her head.
"Tonight we will just have to make up for what has happened today, hmm ?"
Which itself was troubling. Ishtar sighed, before her head bobbed in a nod once more. "A final question, then. Will the Room be fixed in time to prepare for Jagam."
Yeah, but if you... man, we're getting into weird analogy territory, like if you disintegrated Superman's arms he wouldn't be able to go "fool! Little did you know that my arms and I are one and can be remade from me!" and will his arms back into being from pure nothingness. - Pendaran
Arx Inosaan
The fragmented consciousness was made whole, and when the mist no longer spilled from the ancient doorframe, Ochazuke knew in that instance the mage's work had been completed. Exhaling, he summarily retracted the font of his focus, the burning of the ethereal flame receding with it.
Etrina's safe, Zao. Standing to his feet, the energy orb she'd given him still beat with the mark of its living presence. What a feat to restore that which was thought lost.
Inside the chamber he was made aware then of a seventh presence, but it seemed the boundaries which before had stretched endlessly in all directions had been reduced to a cloister. Greater mysteries still here in the seat of Guardianship.
He entered the chamber in the midst of a heated exchange. Behind the military precision of the cold words, there was something wrought from something unbecomingly naive in its sincerity. He saw it then, a crack in the facade before it settled and was buried under layers of greater apathy.
Silently, he folded his arms and leaned back against the wall, resigning for the moment to ensure everybody was accounted for. In the pursuit of deeper mysteries, it is all too easy to forget the seemingly mundane.
Parsley snorted. "She's my race's queen. There are people I actually care about that live on the throne-world, so her not having her head up her ass means they'll survive to see each sunrise."
That was what Sarada wanted to hear, so that was what Parsley gave her.
Sarada, despite her soured mood at having been talked to like some little kid, smiled slyly. "Hm. Now whatever could you mean by that, love?"
"..."Which itself was troubling. Ishtar sighed, before her head bobbed in a nod once more. "A final question, then. Will the Room be fixed in time to prepare for Jagam."
There was no way she heard that right. "You mean days... right? Tell me you meant days!"
Yeah, but if you... man, we're getting into weird analogy territory, like if you disintegrated Superman's arms he wouldn't be able to go "fool! Little did you know that my arms and I are one and can be remade from me!" and will his arms back into being from pure nothingness. - Pendaran
Arx Inosaan
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She shakes her head.
“No. The Priestess accompanying him has sped up his ship, much as I did for ours on our journey here from Chroma. She only just did it. Without that you would have had two weeks. Now.....conciserabky less. Interesting, she seems to....ahh, I see.”
Eresh frowns and her eyes glow.
“She is clever. She has been scrying on us. That is how she knew to speed the ship up. I have stopped that from here in in. She is quite the accomplished magician it seems.”
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