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Flidais appears at the doorway of brighid_dot_com's forge in the same cloud of green that was left behind when she left Harmonia's temple. She's changed her outfit again, gone are the jeans and sneakers in their place is a brilliant green summer gown embossed with gold accents. Her hair is tame also now, pulled back into one long braid and tied off with a gold

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The maidens who answer the door look nervous, but unsurprised to see the verdant Goddess at their threshold. Graine actually looks a bit relieved as she hands over the greeting cup.

"Welcome, Lady Flidais. Our Lady is below, at her work. Would you take hospitality while we go fetch her, or would prefer that we lead you to the Forge? She has named you as among those welcome to that honour, should you choose it."

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smiles at the maidens who answer the door and accepts the greeting cup graciously. At the mention of Brighid being below Flidais' eyes light up, her never satisfied curiosity piqued once more. She's heard and read about Brighid's forge but never thought she'd see it first hand.

"Many firsts for me of late, I wonder if my fortune is just beginning to change on the onset of such dark times."

I'd like to head below to the Forge, if it's no great trouble upon you.

[brighid_dot_com]

The Forge is alive with the belling sound of steel on steel, with the hiss of the burning coal, the chuffing percussion of the bellows, and the occasional howl of steam as a white-hot blade thrusts into water

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smiles as her friend approaches as her other senses take in everything about the forge.

I'm well all things considered. Just got back from a trip to New York with some friends.

Never one to beat around the bush when she was overly concerned about something, she continues right to the main point of her visit.

We were in the Bronx Zoo when I felt you awaken and my companions they felt the struggle going on here more than anyone else since they are descendents of Zeus but we all ignored it in our own way and continued with our outing. It got worse though as the night progressed. Phobos went outside and Deimos started acting completely strange and then Harmonia zapped us all away to Thebes and then her temple here. pauses to take a breath Clotho predicted war was on the horizon, so Strife left to figure out why he got drained instead of charged and I came here to find out what this could mean for us?

She leaves out the juicy gossip about the bathroom incident, the budding relationship and her own interest until a less

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She sits, taking it all in, then she shakes her head and gives a rueful laugh.

"Safe, Flidais? Safe from what? Pain? Warfare? Offense and outrage? No. We share the world with Greeks, Christians, and the Norse; we will always bear those risks." She reaches out, gently touches the verdant goddess's cheek, invoking tender moments shared between them. "But death? They cannot kill us. We know death, you and I, as they do not -- as they cannot know it. We walk in death come every winter, and Her doors hold no locks for the likes of us. Even could they dispel us for a season, the next turning would see us returned, as strong as ever we had been."

She lets her hand fall into her lap. "But yes, Flidais, I believe that war is coming. I feel it in my core, as though Morrighan were sprawling on my hearthstones and leering over her bloody cup. There are too many about who want it for one reason or another. And when someone wants a fight, it's not hard to make one."

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lets her eyes fall closed momentarily at the touch to her cheek but she remains focused on Brighid's words. Her eyes open again when the touch is removed and she nods, feeling comforted in the knowledge gained through the words of her friend.

You are right Brighid, it seems that everyone is all to willing to resort to violence to solve things of late.

reaches and takes Brighid's hand gently with her own.

I don't think I've feared death in ages, it's always been an accepted part of the natural progression of everything. I fear what will become of my friends and what will happen to the delicate balance amongst all the deities here in the Pantheon. I fear that unknown that is looming in everyone's future and I don't understand what set this ball rolling. It was peaceful here when I departed, then out of seemingly nowhere Isis and Zeus battled.

pauses, as the proverbiallly lightbulb goes off in her head

Their history aside what did he do to garner such a reaction from Isis?

Doesn't know Isis or Zeus personally but from