"Hmm, I think next week would be reasonable if we're going to make sure he gets enough sleep and has friendly people checking in with him, possibly our Vanyel could do a fine job of that." She glances at Telumë. "But I think ideally we would get other Stef right away. Er, Leareth, how tiring are inter-world Gates?" 

"Significantly more tiring than ordinary ones." 

"You can draw power from Arda magic artifacts," Telumë says absently. "Elrond, can he use your magic ring." 

"What does that entail."

"Our kind of mage can sort of pull energy from it. It does not do anything to the artifact." 

Elrond frowns. He studies the ring for a second. 

Then he - concentrates the ambient magic of Imladris, it flows like there's suddenly a 'downriver' and it's right in front of him, and adds more of it, until - it's not quite like there's a node right there but it's like if he kept at that for an hour there would be. 

"Can you use that."

"Yes. Thank you." Leareth is very impressed! "That is very helpful. Belrun, the other difficulty is where to Gate to. I assume that both Savil and Stef are currently in Haven. We could use the concert technique again, however, I think Valdemar's government might still react better if you and Amshalan go in without me. What do you think?" 

"You're probably right, yeah."

Leareth is not delighted about Belrun going without him, but at least she'll be with Amshalan. With a power source right there, he can take a few minutes to fully replenish his reserves, and then raise a Gate big enough for Amshalan, to whichever place Belrun thinks is best suited and provides to him. (He thinks it would probably be better to do it a little further from the Palace, to avoid hitting Vanyel unexpectedly with a Gate at near range.) 

And while he's doing that she makes sure she knows how long she has to fetch whom exactly.

Leareth will give her two candlemarks, in case some running around finding people and convincing them needs to happen, and also because the entire situation kind of needs some explaining. If she's not waiting for the return Gate at the same spot, he'll try Mindspeaking her first, he thinks he can hold it for five or ten minutes if Elrond is keeping the power source around, and if he can't reach her with Mindspeech then he's coming in to look for her, whether or not it upsets the Heralds. 

Melody thinks it's less of a bad idea to pull in Vanyel if Savil is coming too, actually, but suggests Belrun ask Savil directly for her read on it. They can always collect him later; getting Stef is the most urgent. 

"Okay. Is Stef a Mindspeaker or will I need to get ahold of him some other way?"

"He's not, but Savil will know who is at Bardic, or they can send a runner." 

"Okay." Belrun writes this all down. "Anyone else I should ask for, or definitely take or not take if Savil suggests them?"

"Ummm. I doubt you need to be told not to take Jisa? I don't think you should take Shavri even though she's wonderful, since she's lifebonded to the King. Other than that I'm not thinking of any glaringly obvious yeses or nos."

"I would not be taking Jisa, no, and agreed on both counts about Shavri. Okay. Ugh being in different universes sucks. Two candlemarks." She gives Leareth a kiss and hops on Amshalan to go across together.

Amshalan can reach out ahead while they canter toward the palace. 

And shortly later Savil is Mindspeaking Belrun directly. :Belrun! We're so glad you're safe and all right and - Amshalan says - actually, can you just explain from the start. I've Mindspoken Breda at Bardic and informed her you need my grand-nephew's roommate for some reason, but...why...: 

:There are multiple universes, I got sent to one, Leareth and Amshalan found me, there's another Velgarth ten years in the future that is having a complicated war with involvement from an earlier version of the universe I landed in, and their you is dead and their Stef has a Wild Gift that it would be good to have two of and I want your opinion on whether to get Vanyel or give him a while before even asking:

:...Goodness. How messy. I'm coming out to meet you, and, hmm - I think Van's up for it, he's had a week and a bit to find his bearings again: 

:That's good. Uh, he should be ready for some surprises on the far end but it'd be great to have him:

:Surprises, huh. How long do we have to get ready and, er, what sort of gear should we pack?:

:Two candlemarks. We'll be gating into a hospitable location but if you need any magic doodads or notes for anything you might do in the course of a complicated war that's worth grabbing, plus, like, clothes that aren't for somebody who's seven feet tall:

:How much of this should get explained to Randi before we Gate off with all his most powerful Herald-Mages?: A pause. :How...high a chance is there...of us not coming back: