Leareth is lying in a stone room, and nothing in particular is happening right now, and he is mostly succeeding at not having any thoughts. It's a fine moment. He is not, literally this second, being tortured. This is not useful at all for predicting what the next moment is going to be like, of course, or for whether 'quiet stone room' has any particular resemblance to reality, but Leareth has gotten pretty good at not being curious.
Right. Also he was working on a spell, I haven't deciphered what kind yet.
Is there any further need for Fëanáro and I to be here? I think assassinating a god is - something of a turning point, in something.
I would love to just grab you both here where I am right now if that won't provoke the Valar.
I don't think they'd release Melkor about it. And if they do, then that's something they would have done anyway at some point.
Well, hopefully they won't do it before we find another Velgarth, those magic explosion thingies are single use.
What about Fëanáro's parents, will they be okay about it -
I suppose if I leave him behind he'll just invent an interplanar teleport himself, won't he.
Do you want a bit to spin 'we're going to visit Bella for an indeterminate amount of time' with them -
I think that's a good idea. It'll help that - you're on the other Arda, right -
For the foreseeable future yes, less trips I might make to grab stuff out of Haven. Speaking of which I'd appreciate if you'd pack up my house.
Borrow his earcuff to poke me whenever you're ready.
This conversation renders her much more cheerful; she's humming a bit as she looks over Mairon's spell.
WELP she's real glad she interrupted that. Ugh.
She goes back to the infirmary and heals people as they come in.
Leareth politely taps her shields a few minutes in. :When you are next free, would you mind contacting Nayoki for me, I ought check if my alt is doing all right:
Sure. At a low ebb in triage she pings Nayoki and says that her Leareth wants to know how his alt is.
:Ignoring me. I try to leave him alone when he does that. How is everything over there?:
Bunch of evil Ainur are gone now. As soon as I turned Leareth loose he started mind-controlling people because the downside in his mind amounted to a chance I would yell at him, but as far as I know he - through no particular caution of his own - did no permanent harm.
He didn't know that the subjects had been under mind-altering oaths that do serious damage if contradicted under some circumstances. The Quendi around knew some things I didn't which did make it safe so he was probably taking cues from them, but still.
:...That does sound fraught. I am glad it came out all right, it sounds as though everything was very rushed. Do you need anything else right now?: