<div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;"><blockquote><div><cite>Stealth-Bunny wrote:</cite>...her main pillow had seemed to have disappeared.</div></blockquote><br/>I wonder what sort of nutrion a pillow gives...  <img alt=":roll:" src="./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif" title="Rolling Eyes"/></div></div></div><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">~~several hours earlier~~</span><br/><br/>Alyssa awakens, shivering despite the warmth of her covers. Try as she might to recall the source of her agitation, her fading dream refuses to divulge more than a few images: a glimpse of her phantom lover, a puff of hot breath in her ear, the flutter of wings close by. The same visions have plagued her nightly since her arrival in Armel- If only she could remember more, it might at least ease her discomfort!<br/><br/>Deciding she's had enough sleep for the time being, Alyssa rises and sifts through her pack for her notebook, intent on dispelling the last phantoms of her night terror. Perhaps a bit of study will calm her mind...<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Or another bath,</span>she adds, noticing the stain of cold sweat - and other fluids she'd prefer not to consider - on the sheets beneath her.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">~~morning~~</span><br/><br/>After a short bath, Alyssa returns to her quarters to spend the remainder of the night perusing her notes. As hoped, the study of Rubin's teachings drives all other thoughts from her mind- in fact, she barely notices the passage of time until her companions; stirring rouses her from her meditations. Stowing her book, she joins those awake in the central room.<br/><br/>Alyssa prepares to greet her companions, but the combination of Geno's haggard appearance and Yuki's humorless expression give her pause. Somehow, a cheerful "good morning" seems almost offensive when presented with this sort of melancholy. She quickly substitutes a simple nod of acknowledgment before taking a seat near the hearth.<br/><br/>"May I have a cup of suva, please?" she asks the room in general, uncertain of how best to address the suite's attendants.<br/><br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;"><span style="font-size: 120%; line-height: 116%;">ARCANE DILETTANTE SPELLS</span><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Alter Self:</span> Assume form of a similar creature.<br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Friendly Face:</span> Gain +5 bonus on Diplomacy and Gather Information checks.<br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Haste:</span> One creature/level moves faster, +1 on attack rolls, AC, and Reflex saves.<br/><br/><span style="font-size: 80%; line-height: 116%;">[<a class="postlink" href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/rings.htm#sustenance">Ring of Sustenance</a> reduces sleep requirements to 2 hours per night]</span></div></div></div>