One of you suggested writing specific glyphs on wands made of sacred woods that would indicate a particular entity, then case the wands and see which entity they indicate to help us figure out whether Iris or Hermes is involved with the Giovanni disappearance.
Casting the wands is a great idea, but can anyone suggest a good person/creature to contact who has experience with such matters? Seems a bit too tricky for amateurs like us to perform successfully.
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For the love of Peter, Paul, and Mary, this is one aggravating situation!
Casting the wands is a great idea, but can anyone suggest a good person/creature to contact who has experience with such matters? Seems a bit too tricky for amateurs like us to perform successfully.
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For the love of Peter, Paul, and Mary, this is one aggravating situation!
No
Celtic fae at the meadow currently, so we got in touch with a Shadow
Hunter. Thanks goodness for all the contacts we've accumulated the
past few years. He easily cast the wands for us and the resulting
answer was... both Hermes and Iris.
It
seems that finding the blasted snake will be our next plan of action.
Cira can return to her cloud bank, but would be cutting her
earthbound vacation short by several weeks. We hate to ask her to
return early since she so rarely gets to visit the land.
Ideas
on how to trap a snake associated with Greek gods and goddesses?
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The
Mount Olympus gang still refuse to help with the Giovanni situation
at all. No Hephaestus, Artemis, or Apollo. Not even Ares, who has
been known to bend rules on occasion. That means Jones and Knotter
are going on a road trip to Ireland!
While
Cira and I stay in the area, Jones and Knotter are going to seek out
St. Patrick in hopes of him helping us find the magical snake who
started all of this.
The
ogres are still staking out my home and the meadow in hopes of
capturing Gio. My grocery bill has grown astronomical thanks to all
the fresh veggies we have to use to protect the area. At least the
local critters are enjoying the leafy greens, so we aren't wasting
the food, but it is pricy! Got another more cost effective way to
guard the homestead from odious ogres?
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Well,
we ended up hiring a gargoyle to patrol the perimeter of our property
in an attempt to keep us safe from the ogres. His name is Alphonse,
he is armed with an iron fireplace poker, and is WAY cheaper that all
those veggies. Alphonse has been nothing but professional. We love
him!
Jones
and Knotter left for Ireland a few hours ago. They are taking a sky
schooner and should arrive by sunrise tomorrow. We don't have a
really solid plan for locating St. Patrick once they land. I think we
may have to rely on the kindness of the Celtic fae.
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Knotter
and Jones are safely ensconced in an inn just outside of Listowel,
Ireland. Jones reports that the two merrow sisters who own the inn
and their husbands have been extremely helpful so far.
Dwyn
and Inira instructed Knotter on where to find the most talented iron
worker in the area so a gift for Queen Brighid can be commissioned.
Meanwhile, Jones is hanging out with some of those hearth fairies you
suggested she contact. Jones is hoping to get details on how best to
locate Brighid's late fall/early winter location.
Alphonse
continues to do a fine job keeping the ogres at bay with his
fireplace poker, though we did notice that the number of them is
slowly rising every few days. We may have to get another armed
gargoyle soon.
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Since
the number of ogres staking out the house in hopes of catching
Giovanni continues to rise, Alphonse asked two of his retired uncles
to join him in his home security duties. Uncle Maurice and Uncle
Pascal are just as reliable and dedicated as their gargoyle nephew.
Also, they gave me a deal on their services, so I am both safe and
happy!
Knotter
commissioned a beautiful iron-esque chandelier to be made as a gift
for Brighid. Jones received confirmation from a group of chatty
hearth fairies that Kildare is definitely the place to go to find out
Brighid's winter location. Jones and Knotter will be leaving for
their next Ireland destination in the morning!
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Alphonse,
Pascal, and Maurice are having a ball roughing up the ogres. The big
clods are staying far away from the pointy ends of the gargoyles'
metal pokers! I am a wee bit irritated that the security team keeps
snacking on my pea gravel driveway, but it's better than ogres
snacking on me and my family.
Knotter
and Jones took the custom chandelier to Kildare and were successful
in the attempts to contact Brighid thanks to a grove of fir trees.
Though they could only address an envoy sent by Brighid, Jones and
Knotter did learn the best way to get in touch with St. Patrick. They
were told St. Patrick would appear before them if they could capture
a snake within the land of Ireland and then encircle the serpent with
a ring of 4 leaf clovers.
Our
girls are going to be busy searching through the clovers, unless you
have a tip or two to help speed up their efforts?
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The
Ireland adventure continues! Jones refuses to work with leprechauns
again after a nasty run-in a few decades ago, but she did like the
scrying suggestion. One scrying session resulted in locating 17 four
leaf clovers - not too shabby. Figuring that time was fleeting,
Knotter used a replicating chant and turned the 17 clovers into
several hundred before you could say "Bubble beards and willow
wisps!"
Clovers
in hand, our girls returned to the merrow-run inn to seek help from a
snake goblin. Jones recalled seeing a "work wanted" board
in the inn's parlor and could have sworn she saw a poster for local
goblin clans.
Sure
enough, the board still had the goblin information. With directions
from the merrows in hand, Jones and Knotter located the abandoned
mine the goblins were inhabiting. After some back and forth, an
agreement was reached. Jones (with some help from Knotter) would tidy
up the mine and one of the snake goblins would use his powers to
entice a serpent to a designated area.
The
gals are almost done with their end of the bargain - let's hope
tonight's summoning goes well!
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