Xander [quest], Thread Nine: And Then Suddenly, Fairies!

LordsFire said:
If they're scrying our magical signature, it doesn't matter where we are, because the scry spell will track that. Also, we're way far away from the Hellmouth; we dropped in near LA, not Sunnydale, remember?
Then I'd suggest a telelport to the edge of the hellmouth AOE and use those energies as a screen.
 
[x] Focus your efforts on the Spell of Nondetection. There's nothing here to see, really! Nobody here but us tumbleweeds and desert lizards!

Because chances are the scryer is a Big Bad, and I'd rather them not see us than have us see each other.
 
megrisvernin said:
[x] Drop an illusion spell to conceal our true appearance (pre-teen girl with some familial resemblance to Mrs. Lawson maybe?), then focus on the Detect Scrying.
I now have this mental image of the fairy family showing up a few days from now, and asking Briar why her partner likes to go around pretending to be a girl. Bonus points if Zelda and our friends are present for the question.

...It is an amusing mental image. Proceed.
 
While I appreciate what the illusion is supposed to accomplish, against a diviner of this power and skill, I fear that it wouldn't help, as they'll be capable of seeing magic and noticing the illusion through the sensor, and of using True Sight through it. Better instead to:

[X] Conjure a mask and heavy hooded cloak then focus on detect Scrying.

While they may be able to look through an illusion, more physical obstacles are more likely to work.
 
[x] Focus your efforts on the Spell of Detect Scrying. There's no way you're stopping a scrying spell that powerful, so it's best you find out who's on the other end, and ready a proper greeting.

This is almost certainly Navi, considering the power behind the spell as well I don't think we have a chance of warding it off with non-detection given it's listed as stronger than 'burn boy' who was stronger than us according to alex any way.
 
[X] Focus your efforts on the Spell of Detect Scrying. There's no way you're stopping a scrying spell that powerful, so it's best you find out who's on the other end, and ready a proper greeting.
 
[X] Focus your efforts on the Spell of Nondetection. There's nothing here to see, really! Nobody here but us tumbleweeds and desert lizards!
 
[X] Focus your efforts on the Spell of Nondetection. There's nothing here to see, really! Nobody here but us tumbleweeds and desert lizards!
 
[x] Focus your efforts on the Spell of Detect Scrying. There's no way you're stopping a scrying spell that powerful, so it's best you find out who's on the other end, and ready a proper greeting.
 
[x] Focus your efforts on the Spell of Detect Scrying. There's no way you're stopping a scrying spell that powerful, so it's best you find out who's on the other end, and ready a proper greeting.
- [X] Be ready to abort just in case it's some eldritch abomination ready to fry your brain with its sheer presence. We've got quite enough traumatic memories, thank you very much.
 
trekbook said:
[x] Focus your efforts on the Spell of Detect Scrying. There's no way you're stopping a scrying spell that powerful, so it's best you find out who's on the other end, and ready a proper greeting.

I think it's Brair's family. At least, I don't want to get into their bad graces by blocking them in case it is true.
I'm pretty sure we couldn't block them, even if we wanted to; Navi is a Great Fairy, those beings are pretty damn hax.
Plus, I'd be willing to bet she's an exceptional version of a Great Fairy, given who she spent her pre-Great Fairy years with (the freaking Hero of Time, Link himself, walking around and kicking evil's ass all over Hyrule).
 
Could those voting for the detect scrying option at least add the extra vote so that we don't get more traumatic memories?
 
GamingGeek said:
....but dealing with the things beyond is half the fun!

Also we're about to the point where those things won't effect us anymore. After all, once you've seen one mind-altering being you've seen them all. That and once the brain breaks it's already broken. :p
It will still go up. I would rather it not get to the point where we can't interact with normal people.
 
I'm not quite sure on the mechanics involved, but, given the apparent strength of the scryer, aren't both of these options unlikely to help us much, if they are hostile, and unnecessary, if they are friendly?
If so, shouldn't we just base this decision on whether we want to improve Abjuration or Divination?
 
XenonPrime said:
So, when it comes up how are we going to address the whole 'sorry for blasting you with dark magic in my previous life'?

Oh gods, what if she's from the Downfall timeline!? The one where Link failed and died!
She is. Cause that's where Briar's from.
 
XenonPrime said:
So, when it comes up how are we going to address the whole 'sorry for blasting you with dark magic in my previous life'?

Oh gods, what if she's from the Downfall timeline!? The one where Link failed and died!
Yeah, she is.

Let's hope that Navi's been informed on just what's happened in this world, or that Farore or Din or someone will get there to talk to her.
 
Bolo said:
Demanding how? We're just running fast while casting which I think is well with in our abilities.
We're channeling Ki in order to run faster than a car, and if we so much as trip we will have the same end of a car accident, with the added problem of whoever is scrying on us taking a lock on someone who's injured.
 
[x] Focus your efforts on the Spell of Detect Scrying. There's no way you're stopping a scrying spell that powerful, so it's best you find out who's on the other end, and ready a proper greeting.

The presence you sense behind this spell is strong enough that you miss a step and almost trip over your own feet. It's a good thing you were just walking, rather than running or ki-boosting your way across the dry plain, or you'd have pulled a faceplant for sure. As it is, you're able to stagger to an ungraceful but painless stop, even with the bulk of your conscious effort being directed into trying to discern who or what is looking at you this time. Focusing on your Spell of Detect Scrying, you reach out...

...and feel your probe pushed aside by the defenses of the mind on the other end of the scrying magic. There's no force in it, no sense of hostility or even effort; Din, you're not sure if the caster even noticed what you were trying to do. It was like you were holding out a leaf during a gust of wind - it was just pulled from your grasp and swept away.

A moment later, you feel your Spell of Nondetection brushed aside in much the same manner.

"There you are," says a voice that sounds like a young woman's, coming from all about you.

Briar perks up, and you swear you can feel her waving. "Hi, Mom!"

"Don't you 'hi, Mom' me, little sprite. You up and vanish for a decade, you don't call or visit, and then when I finally get a message, you disappear again and go under an anti-scrying spell!"

"Hey, none of that was my fault!"

"I'm sure," the voice you presume to be Navi replies, in that tone you've heard your own mother use when she just isn't buying whatever story you're trying to spin. You don't hear it often, but it's fairly memorable.

"It isn't!" Briar protests. "Alex, tell her!"

You glance down at your fairy companion, who wordlessly gestures towards more or less empty space, where you can sense the focal point of whatever scrying magic her mother is using.

[ ] What do you say? (Write-in.)
 
Mithril-blade said:
[x] Focus your efforts on the Spell of Detect Scrying. There's no way you're stopping a scrying spell that powerful, so it's best you find out who's on the other end, and ready a proper greeting.

EDIT: Ninja'd by GM.

[X] "It's True Ma'm. Belligerent Fae kept us from just communicating with you after the first sending"
Specify the Fae as Winter Court and maybe also mention that we've only just recently been able to get to the gate on our own.
 
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