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Malik looked up, and then shook his head and looked back at the papers.

"She's responsible for nothing, Sevilin. She made a vow to restore the surface, no more, no less. it is not her fault, or responsibility that something that survives there chose to come after us. I imagine the surface world suffers these things as much as anyone else. We just happened to be the unlucky ones that got to be the first attempt of these things at an Underfoot try."

Looking over at his wife.

"No one, not even Meilikki, could predict all the manner of life that restoring the surface might bring. and no one can predict the actions of those lives. Blaming yourself for things far beyond your ability to even concieve, much less control, is a false guilt. The children were taken because of the choices of a creature you have no control over."

glancing at Sevilin.

"It would be the same as blaming sevilin for giving myself a great deal of pain at Council when I used runes as a display of force. Sure, Sevilin is responsible for my knowledge of how to use them, but not responsible for my actions in using them. That was my own doing. Unless you are claiming that you yourself created these things by your own hand and will, which, by the way, would put you probably on a demigod power level, and specifically instructed them to do what they did, which you obviously didn't, then you are not responsible for this."

Watching her for a moment. and looking at Zahara, and Galesen.

"You know me, Piper. You know that if I had thought, even for a moment, that you were responsible for this, or that you had some kind of insight that came from your hand in reconstructing the surface, that I would have done what I had to do to get that information. and that I would have done so long before Fianna had gotten here."


Tybalt's eyes moved to the boy.

"This will be done. it is far too late to stop it. No living being can ever contain all their knowledge in a written form. there are things that are subtle, things that you might remember that are important yet seem not."

Tybalt took a moment, and then held up his hand.

"you see my hand raised."

then his bent his fingers a little.

"Now you see my hand? both positions are important, and can do drastically different things. yet if a month from now, you were asked to write this down, you would probably describe my action as simply 'lifting my hand'. it is these minor discrepencies that can mean many things to those that are willing to learn."

turning back to the circle, and lowering his arm.

"your father may have seen things, know things, that he felt too..unpleasent to relive in words, or to express to family. Do you know the nature of thier death? Do you know, beyond doubt, by your own eyes, how they left this existance to teh next? if you do not, how do you know that the thing we seek did not do the deed. adn that what your father or mother may have learned in their final moments is not very important?"

Yup everyone knew how Sevilin was, so if they were lucky the 'nells did not learn much about the drow anyway. It was one of the only good reasons for having such a messed up head, though they were all luck the man could keep himself together. "And if we keep on waiting the trail that was non existent already will just fade away if we keep on standing here. We must figure them out as we go along." A small pause as he turned to drow again. "Do they have anything in there that helps a person track them?"

A pause though as Piper went about saying what happened was her own doing. Galesen cocked an eyebrow to that and before he could even ask Malik had to butt in, but he did it with a good reason this time, at least they now know why she was upset. "Like it has been said, they were created after you brought back the plane, you didn't know that would happen but it did anyway. There is no reason to be upset about that. Right now though we need everyone focused one hundred percent if we are to find the kids, and that means you too." Galesen pulled away from the wall and walked over to the table to look at the information that they had, it seemed that Mykorian's father had a lot of time to research on these 'nells. Maybe Kieran would like to look through this stuff when they are done with it. Though after a breif look over he turned back to face the others. The waiting was over they needed to act, now.

"This information we have gives us insight into how the acquire targets, and what methods they employ, but nothing on how to counter it or how to track them. I'm hoping the boy's parents will be more helpful than the notes. Once that's done, we'll go to the location that Galesen saw these things at. you and inthara can scour the place with every combination of runes you can think of. anything that lives in the area I'll feed to malvolence for impressions, and Piper can search for any trail or tracks. Zahara can gather samples in the area for any kind of alchemical use she can think of. Galesen can help whomever with whatever they need any assistance with."

Glancing at Sevilin and Fianna a moment.

"If a worm felt a difference in soil pressure from a foot I want to know about it. I don't care how insignifigant a detail seems, I want to know. And no more bickering, no more false guilt, no more self blame, no more distractions. I don't care why they are here, I can't care who thinks they caused this or why. What I want right now is those things suffering in every manner conceivable under the sun, and our children back. Is that perfectly clear to everyone. And I swear by Innoruuk, if I have to force you two master rune mages to literally kiss and make up I will just to get that point across."


Tybalt shook his head.

"they feel no pain or suffering. They are not torn from rest or peace, they come here willingly. if they were forced here, I cannot say thier etheral beings would suffer."

before looking at both of them.

"We need all information that you know of the creature's called 'Nells. how to track them, trace them in particular. any ability, skill, secret that you may have uncovered that was not written in your journals and books."

Did they really need any of this? The last thing that anyone want to happen was to see Sevilin and Fianna go at each other. Though Galesen kept out of the words being thrown back and forth, it's best for him since he shouldn't get in the middle anyway. A look to Malik and he nodded lightly. "It sounds like a good plan, we should start on it now and try to find anything that leads to the kids."

Tybalt nodded lightly.

"What if they have used several. we have had these scent traps in the scents of pine, amber, and cookies for one of the children. Your son has performed exceptionally in the recent tournament, and as such, has earned a place with my master, training here. You're son, and your own, information has exposed these creatures."

glancing at the boy.

"But we do need to press for any information you have that can be used to find them, to combat them. After that, I would be more then willing to allow you time with you son alone if you wish."


Malik watched his wife leave, and looked at Fianna and motioned for her to sit down.

"I have to ask about other things concerning Andal. if these 'nells can invade my home, they may have found the means to access Andal. Are there any warnings, alarms, or the like for unauthorized use of gateways?"

"So they can't leave to Andal without alarming those there upon or before arrival. So we don't have to worry about them spreading from here."

though he gave more purposeful look to Fianna. yes he did notice the added fiddling with her ring.

"due to the fact that scent has been our primary notice of their presence at all, and that we've confirmed they use scent as a method of luring and collecting information...Fianna, if you have any animal trainers that can handle canines they might be handy to track with. unless you have a runic method of tracking scent trails. Goes for you to Sevilin. if you have any method of tracking scent through rune or other methods, it'd be great. Or maybe whatever magical ability they use to activate it...unless it's some kind of phermonal thing."


"there are two. Do you know why they might take young children, toddlers, over those with more age? the youngest of each family were taken, and one elder we presume was acquired for caregiving."

She kept working at his shoulders, squeezing when she felt bonds spiking in irritation. If he moved against Fianna, he was going to have a lot more moving against him and they didn't need it. Right now they needed to focus and find her babies and Piper's. "Perfect. Your noses can be put to work, we'll find the scent trail. Amber was what Sevilin smelled, oil based. Sevilin, you can do the same with your runics and I'll search the area for chemicals and magical residue and Malik, you can do whatever it is that you know how to do. Aside from frightening small children and teenagers and supervising. Galesen, I want you to search for landmarks and traces. You may have been raised by humans but you're still a surface elf and you've been in the Underdark long enough to sense things and learn your surroundings. Put that to work. I may even tag you to use your elemental abilities to aid my search as well." Glancing between the various adults, she braced herself. "I want Malikhai and Zykariel with us as well."