(New no-longer-in-Tanus thread for your use)

Laurence, the librarian, is indeed on-duty in the library when you get there.

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(Jon, where in the castle or on the castle grounds do you find King Random? What's he up to?)
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"Hello Laurence, we have a query for you. Do you know where unicorn bunnies call home ? " Pets Hless letting him remain incognito about his ability to speak.

"I-- I... I..." Laurence is taken aback by the site of Hless, and studies him. He steps forward, fascinated. "Well...! Where did you find this little fellow...?" The urge to reach out and pet Hless appears to be strong in Laurence...

"Hless is it ok if Laurence pets you." she scritches his head around his horn.

It looks like Hless sort of fidgets at that moment, but to anyone who knows that Hless is sentient, it's clear that he's nodding.

Jade holds Hless out for Laurence to pet.

"His fur is wonderfully soft." Jade smiles happily.

"Yes, it is. What a nice little creature," says Laurence, petting Hless. "But... but if you aren't sure where he comes from... where did you get him?"

Ariadne "A merchant in Tanus was selling him, but he ended up there by accident, I think"

"Yes so it must have come from traders or merchants who travel the nearby shadows. We want to get him home."  Is so tempted to show Hless to Odile.

"Ah, I see! A sort of kidnap victim... Well, let's see..."

(Someone-- just one of you-- make an INT roll, please-- +2 because Laurence is helping.)

17:08, Today: Jade rolled 8 using 2d6+2 with rolls of 3,3.  Research for Hless.



Jade pours into the books on trade and other nearby shadows to help Hless.

There has been some record, from time to time, of a land with lots of (one-)horned bunnies, somewhere vaguely between the Shadows of Lambay and Kashfa. There are written descriptions. Jade and Laurence work together to make a sort of descriptive map with step-by-step instructions of how to find Hless's home Shadow.

(Jade and Laurence write out instructions, as best as they can, on how to find Hless's home Shadow. Jade will have to make the Move Through Shadow move-- hopefully just once. The library records aren't so good that you'll get an extra bonus, but at least you won't get a penalty or anything, either. If you're lucky, you may be able to arrive there after just one roll...)

"Thank you so much, Laurence." Jade will take Hless back from Laurence and head for the stables so they can get a coach to head for where they think Hless home is.

"Any luck we will have you home soon."



19:15, Today: Jade rolled 10 using 2d6 with rolls of 5,5.  Perception - To lead the shadow ride to Hless's shadow.

(SON OF A GUN! Total success!

Jade, please post for me a post about your successful journey to Hless' home Shadow.

DON'T talk about what you see when you get there-- I'll handle that.)

Jade gets in the carriage with Ariadne waiting for Prince Jon.

She then controls the shadow ride away from Amber looking for Hless home.
The way starts off as the other trip but diverges before they reach Tanus. The lands are greener that they ride through and sparkling water shines. The carriage rides through some mist from a waterfall and past some large dolman like standing stones. She focuses on one of the birds that was described in the books within Laurence's library. As they ride along she sings a soft Rebman lullaby to Hless as she pets him.

Ariadne tried to watch what happened as they traveled, trying to learn even more about this weird magic power she now had.   It was still such a bizarre situation.

Jon also looks on while sitting quietly, trying to better conceptualize the process and amazed at how easily it seems to be for Jade.

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Finally the carriage, going increasingly slowly because of being on what's barely a clear dirt track, shifts and is on simple short green grass.

On a hill stands a very large, tall tree, wide with green branches. There are similar hills, though not all have trees, and none as big as this one, for as far as the eye can see.

And bunnies! One-horned bunnies like Hless are everywhere. The carriage stops as bunnies rapidly hop away from this strange large newcomer on wheels.

Hless, in his basket, gets a little excited. "Where are we? Are we there? This smells right-- very right!"

Ariadne had been focusing her attention on Jade and how she was moving thrm through shadow.  She had to sort of unfocus her eyes a bit to actually look around her at her surroundings.  She blinked in surprise at the bizarre surroundings.  Amber and Tanus had been exotic, but in a London or Marrakesh kind of exotic.
This place, however, was almost like a cartoon