"Yep!"

"I'll probably get up around six."

"Good to know."

She sends a text.

"I'll want to eat breakfast at some point but I'm fine having a meeting before then. Shall we go check on Raven?"

"I don't expect they'll want to meet before ten. And yeah."

As Rob stands up, a three-legged bronze...table?...moving of its own accord comes by to take away her empty plate.

This seems to startle Imrijka, but not enough to prevent her from also putting plates on it.

Rob walks in the direction of Raven's table.

"Never seen a tripod before? Suppose you guys might not have them, if your supernatural community is less Olympus-centered."

"I haven't seen any moving tripods. Some witches get the ability to summon telekinetic servants but those are invisible unless you put clothes on them."

"Yeah, automata are a thing here, mostly tripods and androids. It's been a pretty big adjustment for me, I served in the Roman legion before I became a citizen of the empire and they didn't have nearly as many. The invisible telekinetic servant thing is possible but rarer, you've gotta be a pretty strong our-kind-of-witch."

Raven waves as they approach her.

"Hello again. We're about ready when you are."

"I'm ready!"

Raven flags down a tripod to take her plate and waves goodbye to her team.

Then they can head back to the ambassadorial suite she's staying in.

Raven sits down on one of the comfy chairs.

"So, how does this work?"

"We hold hands, you look into my eyes, and I pull you into the selection 'space', where we perceive your options. You can poke at and select options as much as you like, and nothing is final until we finalize it. We'll be able to communicate with each other during the process. We can drop out of the space, but that might leave some or all of your choices unselected when you return."

"I'm ready, are you?" Raven hesitantly extends her hands.

Imrijka nods and takes them. Her eyes are glowing.

And then, unless Raven tries to exist the effect, she's in a space of connected nodes, instead of her body.

What can she perceive about the nodes?

She can move them in relation to her but they do have different 'distances' from her. The three nearest to her are very strong in different 'colors' (red, green, and blue, if she goes with the visual metaphor).

If she focuses on things in the 'distance', she'll notice that many of the other nodes also have these 'colors'. They also often have a quantity that could be analogized to weight (though it only comes in integers), and another thing that there's at least a dozen 'flavors' of.

"Ooooh, fascinating! What is it exactly that I'm seeing, Imrijka? What are the three big nodes?"

"You're seeing the choices you can take. The three big ones close to you are your class: Academic, Sorceress, and Warlock. Each one has a different means of gaining power, different discounts on other things, and a few neat tricks."

"What're the means of gaining power?"

"Academics study. 4 hours a day gets you a unit of power gain, 8 hours for two units, and then your first point costs 10 units, the second 20, the third 30, et cetera. Sorceresses do practice to the point of it being taxing, 1 hour a day for a unit or 4 for two units, same pricing on points. Warlocks do quests for their patrons and get points directly, based on quest difficulty."

"Hmmmm, not seeing one obviously jumping out to me as more attractive than the others, maybe the side benefits will decide. What are warlock patrons like?"

"Gods and powerful spirits. They always have an agenda. We can have a look at who's made offers to you, if we focus more on the warlock node."