Sigil: The City of Doors

"I appreciate it. It'll be a new experience for me. Since getting to Sigil I've only been in Sigil."

[i][b]"A journey in the Outlands can be difficult...but possible. I Will help you on such a task when you will undertake it."[/b][/i]

[quote=Flession post_id=4579 time=1691620834 user_id=48]The priestess begins to approach you, her gaze rather interested in your, as your presence seemed to spark the goddess's attention. "I would suggest..." She nods. "You make appeal to Istus directly to get there. Her domain as within the Outlands, after all, so it would not be hard to reach. I don't know of any portal to there, however, but if she has expressed a interest in your fate, she may choose to continue to intervene on your behalf and allow you to the Demiplane, or guide you to where you may reach it. I must emphasize that i [i]may [/i]be a wasted trip, however."[/quote]

"I appreciate that heads up. In the limited research I've done, mostly what I've found is that the fact that I ended up there was a ridiculous fluke. And the fact that it's impacted me so much is basically to be expected. And it would be far from a wasted trip in any case because it's still going to help me understand my journey, and I'm looking for understanding."

[quote=Fyne post_id=4500 time=1691607854 user_id=64]
"I mean, could it be that my patron is a far more powerful future version of myself? Or you?" he asks with a shrug. "Apparently if I want to know though, I have to go back to that place. Which seems like a difficult prospect. I guess if I'm going to figure it out anywhere though, the crossroads of the planes is probably the place to be."
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The priestess begins to approach you, her gaze rather interested in your, as your presence seemed to spark the goddess's attention. "I would suggest..." She nods. "You make appeal to Istus directly to get there. Her domain as within the Outlands, after all, so it would not be hard to reach. I don't know of any portal to there, however, but if she has expressed a interest in your fate, she may choose to continue to intervene on your behalf and allow you to the Demiplane, or guide you to where you may reach it. I must emphasize that i [i]may [/i]be a wasted trip, however."

"The Netherese? That's definitely an old and dangerous one. I'm more familiar with the Illefarn for ancient empires though, which makes a bit of sense probably given my heritage. Definitely different disciplines and practices though. I am happy to join you if you want company."

The illithid became silent and gave no answer to that possibilty

[i][b]''I will seek to reach the plane of Toril soon. Some of my research points towards the possibility of Netherese magic...I will inform you should I manage to succeed in finding a location to research''[/b][/i]

"I mean, could it be that my patron is a far more powerful future version of myself? Or you?" he asks with a shrug. "Apparently if I want to know though, I have to go back to that place. Which seems like a difficult prospect. I guess if I'm going to figure it out anywhere though, the crossroads of the planes is probably the place to be."

[b][i]''Time is a multifaceted topic: we are not who we were minute to minute. In that vein the theft of you memories could be associated with a theft of time.''[/i][/b] They paused, perplexed

[i][b]''It is possible that your patron is another type of power, yes.''[/b][/i]

To Fyne, they were more direct than he expected, and it makes his head spin. "It... narrows the possibilities, but also... expands them in a different way. Those ideas along with the fact that my patron doesn't speak to me directly... it may not be conscious in the same way that we are? Or maybe it's just running me through different lives to observe my choices and the memories are just different versions of me from different times leaking in? But it seems like it's goals are definitely not relatable to my comprehension for now."

The illithid listened carefully to the words spoken through the priestess. They did not expect straight answers from a divinity and thus was not disapointed.

Still...now they knew