[Alaric sounds worse for wear. It makes sense; neither of them could have planned for this. Did they simply come in at a bad time? Were they detected? Maybe they were. It wouldn't be a surprise if she heard them and dipped out, but it's deeply confusing. Especially if this woman was apparently looking forward to their arrival.]
...Perhaps she did. At the very least, I would not have put such a thing past her.
[None of this is adding up, but--she'll go over to the tomes, then. They're all of various different sizes and levels, but they are pretty much solely dealing with thunder magic. Nothing on creating storms or the like, but there does at least seem to be the basis of such magic here. Notes tucked into the pages, and the like.
...But there is something interesting that Blanche notices, as she peruses through the books. She's trying to be quick about it at least, but--]
It's highly likely that she's keeping the tome that causes weather magic on her person. I have at least been able to find some notes that suggest that she was experimenting with such magic, but...none of it would have the power needed to cause a storm like the one we faced. It could perhaps be attributed to early experiments, but...
[Blanche shakes her head. They can't afford to get distracted.]
Never mind. What's interesting is the name involved here. A "Gretel E. Vernier" appears to be credited to these notes, and is written on the inside of these tomes. [She turns to Alaric.] We may have just found a name for our adversary.
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...Perhaps she did. At the very least, I would not have put such a thing past her.
[None of this is adding up, but--she'll go over to the tomes, then. They're all of various different sizes and levels, but they are pretty much solely dealing with thunder magic. Nothing on creating storms or the like, but there does at least seem to be the basis of such magic here. Notes tucked into the pages, and the like.
...But there is something interesting that Blanche notices, as she peruses through the books. She's trying to be quick about it at least, but--]
It's highly likely that she's keeping the tome that causes weather magic on her person. I have at least been able to find some notes that suggest that she was experimenting with such magic, but...none of it would have the power needed to cause a storm like the one we faced. It could perhaps be attributed to early experiments, but...
[Blanche shakes her head. They can't afford to get distracted.]
Never mind. What's interesting is the name involved here. A "Gretel E. Vernier" appears to be credited to these notes, and is written on the inside of these tomes. [She turns to Alaric.] We may have just found a name for our adversary.