<div class="floatright"><div style="text-align: right;">Lady Jinn</div>(http://i.imgur.com/q9z8rFl.jpg)</div><br/>While Lady Jinn seemed interested, maybe a bit skeptical, but curious none the less when Dawn mentioned that she was a carnal mage, she looked down right shocked when the redhead questioned her deity.  The ivory haired beauty literally did a double take, her mouth opening slightly as her jaw dropped half an inch.<strong>"Why..."</strong>she stammered ever so slightly, causing Stephanie to force herself to hold in a giggle at the paladin's shock,<strong>"Yes, yes, I am.  I am a paladin of Shoni."</strong>Her hand moved to touch the holy symbol crafted into her armor, an almost subtle subconscious gesture,<strong>"You recognized this?  You recognized her holy symbol?  There are so few actual true worshipers of The Lady of Passion that most think nothing of it.  I am... that is... I can't..."</strong>She shook her head, clearing away any hesitation as she recollected her thoughts for a moment.<strong>"My apologies.  Worship of Shoni is considered by most to be a bit of a farce.  Something that prostitutes and what other faiths would call the lewd or wicked.  Her faith is accepted by others as generally goodly, but I think they pay little attention to her divine beauty or it's followers."</strong><br/><br/>It was true that during their journeys getting to Laelith Dawn and Stephanie had encountered no large temples to the goddess among the humans or other races.  While their clan in the woods accepted Shoni with the same reverence as Ehlonna or Pelor, it seemed that was not the case outside of their home.  Oh certainly the goddess of passion was known, and in fact lovers often called out her name, but it wasn't considered a true religion by many.  More akin to a superstition or ritual, observed but without any true faith, like kissing one's fingers then touching the side of a boat as one boarded it.  But that was what the sisters were here to do, wasn't it?  They were going to bring the faith of Shoni back to the fore, to remind people that the lady of lust was a true goddess, and could be worshiped at times other than when flesh met between the sheets.<br/><br/>Lady Jinn's emerald eyes danced back and forth between the two before in a slightly lower voice she said,<strong>"Yes, it is true.  I am a paladin touched by the Goddess herself.  It is by her loving hand that I am here, guided towards what I believe is the destiny she has laid out before me."</strong>Lady Jinn hesitated for just a moment before almost whispering,<strong>"The both of you as well?  You follow her loving teachings?"</strong>At confirmation from the sisters she smiled broadly and said,<strong>"Most people who say they follow Shoni are simply horny men, eager to get into my silks.  But looking at the two of you, I believe you.  I can sense it, I can sense her soft grace.... well... not upon you exactly.  But that she approves of you."</strong><br/><br/>Lady Jinn's smile was broad as she let out a laugh that sounded like equal parts relief and joy before she drained her glass of wine,<strong>"Blessed be her sacred sex, I believe this meeting was meant to be.  I've only met one other true follower of her faith in this wondrous city.  But she, a true cleric in fact, has her own destiny, her own path.  I wish to know more about you both, about what brings you here, what brought you to her loving embrace.  But... I'm sorry again, I let my excitement get the better of me.</strong><br/><br/>She sombered slightly and nodded at Dawn,<strong>"I will answer your questions, for maybe if Miss Legerwin will not see me, it is you who can help me.  The two of you can help me do Shoni's will."</strong>She pulled a small scroll tube from the inside of her armor.  It was a thin and small thing, not much bigger than one of the sister's fingers in either length or width.  She unscrewed the cap and shook out a tightly rolled bit of parchment as she explained.<strong>"Yes the aura of the ruins is almost as strong as what you feel here now, no where near as overwhelming, weaker in many ways but stronger in another.  While the power that flows through this building is overwhelming, it feels somehow 'fresh' and 'new'.  No doubt the primal energy that feeds this place,"</strong>she gestured to the room that they were currently seated in,<strong>"is constantly strengthened and refreshed by the carnal acts that go on under it's roof."</strong>She said this with no trace of judgement in her voice, as would likely be expected from a true worshiper of Shoni.<strong>"But the ruins I found, it was an entrance to an underground building.  The aura I felt from it was weaker than here, but older, so much older, ancient in fact.  I have no doubt it predates The Fading (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=210179.msg10327206#msg10327206).  Such a force of primal energy, so old, must have been truly great.  I believe that whatever lies inside those ruins was once the site of massive primal energy, possibly a temple to Shoni or one of the other dieties connected to the primal. </strong>She lowered her voice again and leaned in, the sisters enraptured in her tale as she said,<strong>"Or possibly even a portal to the plane of primal itself, to the very home of our goddess."</strong><br/><br/>She leaned back then, letting that set in for a moment as she poured herself another half glass of wine, then continued,<strong>"But the entrance was sealed, sealed with arcane magics that my training could not defeat. An arcane spellcaster would be the only one to take down the seals that barred entrance to the underground ruins.  But while the aura, the energy of the place drove me to great heights of lust, I was able to retain control of myself.  The mage who was with our group however was overwhelmed, and went into a frothing maddness of carnal need.  Were I not a worshipper of Shoni, and quite willing mind you, no doubt he would have forced himself upon me at any cost.  I saw the glassy look in his eyes, the overwhelming need to fuck, and I did what any good paladin would do, I eased his burden.  Several times over the next five hours in fact.  It was only when his body was so spent, not just of it's seed but also of every last drop of energy the mage had, was I able to carry the man out of the ruins and far enough away from the entrance that the he was able to recover himself enough to be in his own right mind again."</strong><br/><br/>She smiled and laid the scroll down on the table for either of the sisters to unroll,<strong>"I tested the theory one other time, taking along with me a prostitute who is decent with a blade that I know, and one of the guardsmen who I promised a good time.  Again as soon as we got within five feet of the sealed portal, I felt the lust crashing through my body, and I could tell that my professional friend did as well.  But the guardsman lost all control, he became a single minded beast, and that one thought was to stick his cock into us as much as he could.  Thankfully I had been more prepared for it this time and after I'd had a little bit of fun with the two, I fed him a sleeping draught while he was mid thrust in my friend.  That is why I need a female mage, and one who is used to being around primal magics, to help me unseal the portal."</strong><br/><br/>She gestured at the tiny slip of scroll as she said,<strong>"I tried to recreate some of the runes that surrounded the portal later, but I may not have remembered them exactly... do these make any sense to you?"</strong><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc</div><div class="spoiler_body">Since neither of the sisters speaks or reads draconic, they can't read the runes.  Though I'll say Dawn is versed enough that she can make a spellcraft roll to get a sense of what they might be.  Stephanie can roll a dungeoneering roll to try to do the same.<br/><br/>If you roll over a 20, PM me the result and I'll give you their impressions, though they will be vague.<br/><br/><hr/>rolls:<br/>At 2016-08-12 22:19:58, Dawn (uid: 43146) rolls: 1d20a10 Result: 14<br/><br/>At 2016-08-12 22:27:53, Stephanie (uid: 43146) rolls: 1d20a3 Result: 22<br/><hr/><br/>With a 22 Stephanie doesn't understand the writing but knows she's seen it before somewhere as a type of warning of danger beyond.  She can't recall exactly what though, just a vague sense that she knows SOME of the markings mean danger.</div></div>