:Yes: He takes a deep breath. :...No. Maybe. It does not matter. You can give them meeting room two for it: 

:Leareth, you owe me so much more of an explanation than that: 

Nayoki sighs, and turns back to the paladins. "Of course. You can follow me." 

"I had best return to Golarion now," Malduoni says before Nayoki can walk off. "This is my daughter Zahra. She will be staying - she and Leareth can explain all the context here." 

He Plane Shifts out without waiting for an answer. 

This sets the magical alarms off AGAIN. 

The Iomedaeans are watching this whole situation and looking very concerned. One of them has Comprehend Languages up and is translating, quietly.

Most of them have shielded their thoughts but Ignasi hasn't; he's leaving them quite deliberately readable. He is very focused on getting oriented. Leareth was - kidnapped by Malduoni, apparently a powerful wizard, and presumably concerned with ensuring Cheliax didn't leverage the new world into new allies. Iomedae intervened. There's a Chelish woman involved who has seduced Leareth and ditched Law and is definitely going to cause an enormous problem at some point, but the situation needs to be handled delicately, given the 'seduced Leareth' and the fact that most true things you can say about Asmodeans sound very paranoid to someone who hasn't encountered one. 

The first thing to do is to give Iomedae visibility here; after that they might get guidance on everything else, and even if it doesn't he'll be able to proceed with more confidence that he would have gotten guidance were it needed.

Nayoki is of course reading Ignasi's mind. She does not especially feel like this clarifies matters! It definitely doesn't make her feel any happier about Malduoni! Who apparently just left his incredibly ancient-looking daughter here! The 'seduced Leareth' part initially makes her want to chuckle. And then wonder a little. 

"So you are going to be our allies against Cheliax?" she says flatly to Ignasi, while she beckons for him to follow her to meeting room two. 

Leareth follows as well. He's aware that he has a lot of explaining to do, but he's also suddenly incredibly tired, and all he wants is to go sit down somewhere quiet and very very very well shielded. 

(Not that shields make the slightest bit of difference to Aroden, apparently. Iomedae trusts Aroden, which should - probably be more reassuring than it is - but right now it's not feeling nearly as reassuring as Leareth might hope. Partly because trusting Iomedae still feels - very fraught, a decision he should have spent a lot more time on than he actually did - but he wasn't expecting the prayer to actually work...) 

"We would very much like to have your alliance in fighting Cheliax," Ignasi says. He's thinking about how to phrase things politely but in a way that makes it clear that the church is at war with Hell whether they have allies in that or not, and that they don't actually know these people but did see a lot of Evil on those combat mages who rushed in. 

"That is a huge relief! We could not afford a war with them with only our own resources, but they are very horrible!" 

"Malduoni is offering Rahadoum's army as well," Leareth says. He's...not actually sure if Malduoni is on board with them revealing his real identity to the paladins. Iomedae already knows, of course, but it doesn't seem like She briefed Her people on it... "- Apparently Zahra has details on that?" He glances back at her. 

"- Is that going to require you to break your word to them?" Nayoki asks Leareth. "I am not sure what you agreed to." 

"I committed to non-interference with Iftel. I - would need to review my notes, but I think that my agreements regarding Cheliax itself can be interpreted as - contingent on them providing access with Golarion. Which is now obviated." 

"Are you going to insist on formally notifying them that you are backing out of the treaty? That sounds like the sort of thing you would insist on doing." 

"If you have an agreement with Cheliax you should obey the letter of it." says Ignasi very emphatically. "We're going to be trying to negotiate another peace in a few months, if all goes well, and we can't do that if they think we'll break it the next time we have an advantage."

Nayoki scowls. "Is this the Law thing again?" 

:Nayoki. Please. Leave it alone: 

"Yes. I understand the importance of it," Leareth says to Ignasi. 

"I'd appreciate knowing the exact terms of the agreement, just so we know on what we can expect your help and where it would be wrong to ask it."

And he pulls out a cloth and a vial of water, kisses the vial, pours it out, and starts vigorously scrubbing the meeting room floor. The others join him, or in one case start taking items out of a bag and placing them: a painting, some figurines, some candles.

Leareth, honestly, is finding that the exact terms of the agreement seem to have been pushed entirely out of his head by the events that happened right afterward. Fortunately he took very detailed notes. 

"I am going to go - get caught up on some routine matters," he says apologetically. "Nayoki will be your liaison here." :Nayoki, be polite to them, all right?: 

And to Aroden's aged daughter, "- Zahra, we can talk in...a little while." It's important and Leareth should definitely get the full briefing on Aroden's plans before he goes to sleep, but right now he desperately needs some time and space to find his balance again. "Would you like to be set up with a guest room in the meantime? You are also welcome to watch the process here - I know you had wanted to meet some paladins." 

"I'll stay here, if that's all right! It seems like here's where everything exciting will be happening."

"Of course. You can ask Nayoki if you need anything." 

:Carissa, do you want to come with me?: 

Yes, she does. Leareth wants her and she's not sure that anyone else in the worlds including all the gods does. 

Yeah. Want a proper massage now that we don't have to worry about killing off Aroden?

- he really does want that. For some reason. 

:In a little while. I need to review my notes from the negotiations first - I am having trouble remembering where I formally gave my word on something and where I just expressed my likely intentions, to be confirmed later: 

That seems important. Reluctantly. You'll be better at thinking if you've taken a break, though.

He takes her arm and leads her down the hallway. 

:- Maybe? I am - somewhat worried that if I stop moving and relax, I will find it very hard to start again: