Sil followed Ylene into the larger bathing room and ran a hand across the gem that began filling the tub with water, pumped up from Laelith's magical water reservoir.  Sliding the magical gem into a position that filled it with mildly warm water, she smiled at Ylene.  "Well," she chuckled softly, "Of course there's always the pressure from the mages collective.  They still want you to join.  I don't think it's just about paying the annual dues either.  I think it's a bit of an embarrassment that a magic user exposed one of their high ranking members as a murderer and a conspiritor.  If you were to meet with one of the magisters at the academy, they might be willing to let you join the guild at a reduced rate.  Because then it would be an internal incident that happened, not egg on their face the way it is currently.  I had one of my magisters say something to me again today.  They don't want to pressure you, but it would be a coup to them to 'get' you."<br/><br/>She chuckled and helped Ylene remove her garments and gear before the drow sank into the filling tub, "Also, there was another application for the explorer's guild.  Yes, they can offer you employment opportunities and contacts, and of course a whole new client base for your... "   She looked at Ylene's panties which were still damp, "... home buisness.  Certainly a much different group then you'd find in the mages collective."<br/><br/>She passed Ylene a bar of scented soap before continuing, "Miss Lyen sent a note saying she'd be free for sunset meal tomorrow... well, I suppose today now."  Sil sighed softly.  The eladrin woman got along fine with Lyen, but there was some hesitation there.  It wasn't clear what it was, and the eladrin always avoided talking about the monk whenever possible, as well as her feelings towards the woman.<br/><br/>"There's been no progress on finding the drow cleric.  No one knows her, she's not a registered member of the mages collective.  Then again, neither are you, and before the incident, no more than a few people in the collective would have known who you were.  So she might be laying low, or she may have gone out of Laelith."<br/><br/>She hesitated and then a slight small smile and she got to the point that she'd obviously been holding back on for so long.  "Finally, there was a letter in our drop box when I got home today addressed to you.  I didn't open it, but..."  She paused and watched Ylene's reaction, "...it's got the seal of the High Lord Protector on it."