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[bearshermark]

[A wide-eyed Elliott appears on video suddenly, hair tousled like he's been running his fingers through it a lot. His voice holds a note of urgency]

Guys.

I've been looking at my notes, and there's stuff about- about all this. Like I don't fully understand everything, but I just--

The stones are- the gods-

[He reaches back for something and reads off of it]

Even the altar. Like. They're all malachite?? Malachite is 'a gift from Nevedomost'. The priest's name is Neved?? 16 recesses. But there's only 8 stones listed.. Oh, he's- he's unbalanced.

Even- even the palace guard Uspor- Usporiadat? Zmat in the market. What kind of--

The King being sick or possessed after he went out there. Anthony could sense it- the deities battling in the hills?? Are there really?

[He glances around, possessed by a growing frenetic energy]

This is- I can't- I need to do.. something with all this.


Edit:

My notes. Add stuff if you want?

Elliott N. would like to share a document with you.

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[hardtoignore]

[Clarence looks up, seeing Elliott reaching for him, his tattoo glowing. He watches, curious and wary, unsure what’s going to happen but he doesn’t feel threatened.]

[It happens quite suddenly, a strange relaxation spreading warm throughout his body, relaxing his shoulders and the weight on his minds lifts, like before he had slowly been suffocating and now he could breathe. He swallows and takes a deep breath, then his eyes are suddenly awash with tears falling steadily but it doesn’t hurt. If anything, it’s an immense feeling of just... relief.]

Oh.

[He reaches up and wipes some of the wetness from his face, then looks back at Elliott in awe.]

What was that?

[bearshermark]

[The only problem, he thinks, is it seems like he has to focus on it to keep it going. As his concentration wavers, so too does the power of it. But it seems like it worked anyway, so he lets it go and lowers his hand as the glow fades to focus on Clarence's question]

I dunno. I used it by accident in the tavern, willing everyone to calm down. It feels very.. zen, I guess.

[hardtoignore]

That’s... wow.

[Sure, fireballs were cool. Healing someone was great. But this ability, whatever it was, had to Clarence’s favorite so far, and for reasons he can’t quite articulate.]

Yeah, that’s definitely the feeling I got. [He wipes the last of the wetness from his face.] Still don’t know what I’m gonna do to help out. Guess I can try to just... talk. See if I can get more information out of some people.

[bearshermark]

[Elliott shrugs with a half-smile]

I think that's all any of us can do for now, really. We definitely need more information- especially about this corruption thing. For now whenever you're worried, maybe I can help this way.

[hardtoignore]

It doesn't hurt to use it, does it? [Clarence frowned.] As nice as an occasional dose of relaxation sounds, you can't let me drain you every time I'm anxious. Otherwise you might as well follow me everywhere.

[bearshermark]

No, it doesn't hurt. ..But I haven't used any ability for a really long time to say if it drains me or not, really. For now, maybe just if you start to feel affected?

[hardtoignore]

Okay... okay yeah. We’ll just break it out in the worst case scenarios.

[Heavens but it has felt so nice to not feel crushed by the pain of anxiety. Oh well. At least he felt like he could breathe a little better now.]

That’s a pretty amazing power to have.

[bearshermark]

[He grins]

Thanks. It does seem like the most useful one I have right now. I'm happy to help anytime.