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Ari's out collecting mushrooms on the Blood Moor.
Yes, there are demons, and zombies, and once he saw some bipedal cows with halberds for some reason, and yes, they could theoretically kill him. But he has a very sharp scythe, and he can conjure fire and lightning at his whim, and just in general, Ari can take care of himself.
Uncle Deckard told him not to go too far. Ari told him to go teach his grandmother to suck eggs.
"Not really. I only left the monastery a couple of months ago, and the other necromancers are usually too preoccupied with the balance of life and death to actually, you know, live. Part of why I left, really."
"Man, that's tragic. Clearly, after this entire Diablo business is over we need to travel the world and recruit more candidates to our ever increasing harem."
"Far more important than dealing with Diablo, but we still have to get that out of the way," Thomas says nodding sagely.
"Trag'Oul's teeth, you would not believe the lecture I would be giving you right now if I were a proper necromancer. Old Xul would have a fit. Fortunately I recognize sarcasm and also don't care."
"Those necromancers sound like real sticks in the mud. What's wrong with them?"
"We were charged with a sacred duty at the dawn of mankind by the first and greatest of the nephalem, Rathma. Or so I'm told."
"Oh, I know that kind of story. The three of us belong to a sacred bloodline. Like, as far my religion is concerned my body is a holy object and we just committed a sacrilege."
"Oh, fun, sacrilege. Rathma didn't even tell us to be chaste, is the thing - he just didn't have kids. But hell if anybody cares about that."
The next morning, Ari and Li-Ming stagger out of the inn, both looking badly the worse for wear. Ari is covered in deep scratches and angry red burns; Li-Ming is heavily bruised, favors one leg, and has a savage bite mark visible on her left shoulder. They walk into the chapel and stay in there for several minutes, then walk back out looking much better.
"That was incredible," Ari says.
"It was like you wanted to kill me," Li-Ming agrees, tossing her hair. "It was wonderful. Shall we find your friends?"
"Sure."
They take the waypoint to the portal compound and hail whoever's currently on duty. "We're looking for Henry, Gabe, and the Vaesteri triplets?"
They are given a room number and directions.
Felix answers the door. "Hey, handsome."
While Felix is dressed, everyone else inside is not. Gabe is staking pictures of Lorath.
Li-Ming goes over and prods Lorath into wakefulness. "You got laid!" she exclaims happily.
"He did!" Gabe concurs. "With natural talent and I have all the photographic evidence."
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