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Zoë seems particularly fascinated by the illusion of the gnome, and studies it intently, passing her hand through it, casting Detect Magic, etc. Aleph hops in after her, sniffs the air around the illusion, and moves on immediately, deciding to chew on some of the furniture instead. After rejoining the others and reading the note, she comments, "That name is already one that we investigated at the Wall of Names, since it was on the original note. I think we should just head back to the Starstone Cathedral and try writing 'wiffle' on the chalkboard."
"Well, that was... exciting. Is anyone besides me wounded?" Zoë pulls out her wand of Cure Light Wounds and taps herself with it.
Turning to Calypso, she says "Eww... bug guts. Let me help with that." She stores her cure wand and pulls out a different wand.
She casts Prestidigitation from the wand and cleans the gunk out of Calypso's hair.
Then, she turns her attention back to the room, but she's too distracted looking for signs of what caused the magical summoning to notice anything else of interest.
"If we're really going to break in, I suspect the window will be easier to break than the door,", Zoë points out, matter-of-factly. As if realizing the implications of what she's suggesting, she quickly adds, "But maybe we should try and explore other options first." Zoë casts Detect Magic in through the window, just for lack of anything better to try. Aleph abandons the grass on the lawn to run up to Zoë, and sniff the edge of the house near where she's standing, as if looking for anything hidden.
"Sorry Zeldana, but Vulen needs the protection more right now." With that, Zoë steps forward 5 feet and touches Vulen, causing a flash of magical energy. He feels safer, and Zeldana feels less so.
Aleph hides among the wine bottles, and still doesn't follow the rest of the team through the secret door.
"It's not that far down. I can do this", Zoë declares determinedly. With that, she sits down on the edge of the crack. Looking down at it, she stops to think for a moment, pulls out a wand, and taps herself with it, before putting the wand away.
She pulls Aleph out of her backpack, leaves him up top, and lowers herself down over the edge. She hangs from the edge of the crack, then drops down to join Tirrem as carefully as she can.
Once down, she pulls out another wand, and taps Tirrem with it.
"Now, can the rest of you lower a rope, to help us get back up?"
Zoë makes a point of ignoring Calypso's comment, and goes back to her conversation with the historian. "So you said you were researching previous attempts at the Test of the Starstone? "
She lists off several failed attempts that she knows about from her lessons and asks what he knows about others, and if he has any additional information.
"Wow! I hadn't realized someone was going to attempt the Test of the Starstone. That doesn't happen very often, does it? If he fails, does that mean he's guaranteed to die? That would be tragic, especially if he's truly a good and noble Mendevian crusader." When Heryn approaches, Zoë turns her attention to the dwarf. "Just the person we were looking to see. But where are my manners? My name is Zoë Saugin", she introduces herself to both the historian and barmaid with a slight curtsey. "We were actually sent by Drandle Dreng to pick up a bottle of wine" she tells Heryn.
Zoë hands her damp cloak to the halfling at the coat check appreciatively. She pulls out a wand that she obviously isn't entirely sure how to use, and attempts to activate it.
Succeeding, she uses the spell to clean the water and any dirt from her clothing before proceeding all the way into the bar. The teenage girl looks around the Wounded Wisp with wide eyed wonder, as Aleph sticks his head out of her backpack and sniffs the air curiously. Seeing all the Wayfinders, she pulls her own Wayfinder out of her backpack and attaches it to her belt prominently. She then follows Torrel to go talk to the man with the book. Not wanting to interrupt Torrel's conversation with the man, she just comes up behind him and smiles, while trying to get a good look at his book to see what he's reading.
"Oh!" Zoë is surprised by the tiger and Aleph jumping into her. "Hello, Vulen. Nice to meet you. I don't know if we have any enemies to track. Hopefully, this will be a peaceful mission for the Society." Turning her attention back to Zeldana and Calypso, she says "Thank you for the Harrow reading. It was most... enlightening." "Since I believe our entire team is here now, there is another magical matter I'd like to bring up." "As I said, I'm a practitioner of the arcane arts. I can use magic to help ward my allies from harm and bring you good fortune. If you'll each allow Aleph here", she gestures to the rabbit in her arms, "to give you a small bite, perhaps on the side of the hand, it will leave a temporary magic scar. This will bind us magically, and make it easier for me to use my magic to help you from a distance."
"It's nice to meet you all", Zoë says, putting Aleph back down on the ground. The rabbit runs up to Tirrem excitedly, his nose twitching wildly, and rears up on his hind legs to look (and sniff) up at the man, as if looking for attention. "I think Aleph understood you", the girl says with a laugh. "I don't think he really understands speech, but he does seem to get people's intentions sometimes. He definitely likes you." Zoë's eyes widen at Zeldana bringing out the Harrow deck. "Oh, I'd love to get a reading. I'm always interested to learn as much as possible about various types of magical arts, and true Harrow readers are rare. Perhaps you could teach me about it?"
A teenage girl with long, bright red hair flowing behind her, a cheery smile, and bright green eyes wanders in. She's dressed in a fine dress and jewelry, as if better prepared for a fancy social occasion than a Pathfinder mission. Following right behind her, a rabbit with exactly the same color of bright red hair hops along, its nose twitching as it sniffs in every direction. "Hello. My name is Zoë Saugin. I'm a specialist in arcane magic, and this cutey widdle bunny wabbit", she picks up the rabbit, and scratches him behind the ears, "is Aleph, my familiar."
The red haired teenage girl with her equally bright red rabbit both come bouncing cheerily into the archive. "Hi all! I'm back! I went on my first Society mission. It was so exciting! We met Aspis agents, and cultists, and went undercover to discredit the Aspis Consortium. It was so exciting!" she tells you way too enthusiastically. "The pay is pretty good, too. I couldn't afford a wand, though, but Mistress Dralneen helped me with that as a reward for my good work. So now I have a wand of Mage Armor to keep Aleph and I safe when we're out on missions." "So did somebody say something about translating Varisian? I'm fluent in that, so I'd be happy to help."
Aleph the rabbit jumps out of Zoë's arms and runs for the door. "Oh! Aleph is right. We shouldn't stay too long. Venture-Captain Valsin told us to meet at the docks later today for my first mission, away from Absalom. I should be going." "Goodbye, everyone. It was nice meeting you all." She doesn't seem so sure about that last part.
"Yes, I want to learn whatever I can about the arcane. I think Nethys has blessed me with a quick mind to be able to study and learn things easily, and maybe he's the one that sent Aleph to guide my magic." "And I came here to study the dangerous stuff. That's the point. How will I defend against it if I don't know how it works?"
A teenage girl wanders in, her long, bright red hair flowing behind her, and her bright green eyes wide with wonder as she looks around. Her bright clothing and cheery smile just seem out of place in the Dark Archive. Following right behind her, a rabbit with exactly the same color of bright red hair hops along, its nose twitching as it sniffs in every direction. "Oh, so this is the archive where all the powerful magic is kept!" she says, looking around in wonder in every direction. She seems almost too excited to be here. She looks at the others in the room, as if noticing them for the first time, then begins speaking to them. "Paracountess Dralneen wouldn't let me come in here until I finished my training to become a field agent. I haven't been on any missions yet, but I've been studying the arcane arts, and I hope to learn a lot being here", she tells them enthusiastically. "But where are my manners? My name's Zoë Saugin, and this cutey widdle bunny wabbit", she picks up the rabbit, and scratches him behind the ears, "is Aleph." She looks at the others for a moment longer, then continues, "So I thought it was called the Dark Archive because the arcane arts are sometimes called the 'dark' arts. I didn't expect everyone here to be so gloomy and serious... and physically dark." She looks at "Bloodangel" when she says that last part. "Is the name more of a reflection of the members?"
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