*A poster is nailed to all of the usual doors and noticeboards.*

I ask the assistance of all druids and clerics of the realm. After many months of research and study my prayers have been answered. A possible cure for the Cordor plague has been found. I ask that all citizens be alert for the rare ingredients required. Some may be growing near Cordor. The others may be more difficult to find.
The ingredients I require are;
Chinchona Bark
Rose Lilies
Seeds of Perfection
Athelas leaves
Butterfly Mushrooms
Leaves of Morning Glory
Heart of the Forest
Glow Berries.

The sooner I receive these ingredients the sooner this terrible plague can be wiped out once and for all.

Salandra bless you,

Nightingale.

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Never knock on Death's door.
Ring the bell and run away!
Death really hates that!

*Bump*

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Never knock on Death's door.
Ring the bell and run away!
Death really hates that!

Hey, Pearl Dragon found some of those on a bush that usually bears sweet berries.

Shame she didn't know they were needed & gave them away.

(Some time ago in the Bramble Woods)
Pearl Dragon: I know a bush near here..
Pearl Dragon: That has delicious berries.
Pearl Dragon: Once before someone took me there...
Pearl Dragon: But...
Charisa Swift: check now then
Pearl Dragon: ...it was picked clean..
Pearl Dragon: Wanna check?
Charisa Swift: ye some people are selfish bastards
(Finds Athelas leaves on the sweetberry bush.)
Pearl Dragon: VERY STRANGE!
Pearl Dragon: Take this...
Charisa Swift: for me ?
Pearl Dragon: Never seen THAT before.. have you?
Charisa Swift: a lucky find

Funny how Pearl missed "all of the usual doors and noticeboards"

Maybe Charisa knew what to do with them

*Vicho notices message posted on already cluttered message board and reads it, chuckling*

...And get rid of my favorite practice dummies, I don't think so!

*Vicho slinks away into the darkness, chuckling to himself*

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*A blue-armored drow looks at the post, a look of concern on her face. The notice is weathered from it's lengthy hanging.*

"I must speak with Gale on this. Could it be no one has thought to collect these?", Celene thought to herself.

Taking out a small peice of parchment, she set to copying down the list. The plague has gone on long enough, and if there is a cure, then it would be found. She stands, turning to head back to Purity's Refuge, stopping for a moment. Turning slowly on the balls of her feet, she quickly scribes an quick message on it.

"Nightingale, these ingredients shall be found. Please advise on which ingredients you have and require. -Celene Nai'lo of Kohlingen's Defenders.

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My dear Celene,

Thank you so much for offering your help in this matter. The ingredients for the cure are being collected slowly. We now have almost all of them, although greater quantities of each would be helpful. I need more Chinchona bark and Rose Lilies. We MAY have enough of these but I'd prefer to have more. The one ingredient we are still desperately short of is Seeds of Perfection. These are extremely rare and must be sought in out of the way areas. Look in rarely visited spots. They will be found away from regularly travelled routes.
As soon as some of these can be returned to me production of the cure can begin. It is my hope that those patients still affected by the plague can be moved from Cordor to the Isolation Wing of the new temple. They will be cared for there until the curative medicines are made.
Work on the temple is proceeding swiftly. I look forward to welcoming you to my new home as soon as it is complete. Possibly within the next few days.

signed,
Honour Caris Nightingale.
Temple Mother
Temple of Salandra

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Never knock on Death's door.
Ring the bell and run away!
Death really hates that!

(Arriving on the docks determined to at least try...)

Statue: Great! We think you will have an excellent time here on Amia and we are sure you will make a wonderful addition to the server! Go and have a great time!
Pearl Dragon: Thanks!
*Arrives on dock and seeks information in the newspaper. ((Logical?))*
Milly the Papergirl: Hi! Do ya wanna buy the local paper? Only one gold piece!
Pearl Dragon: Alright, here you go.
Pearl Dragon: *Sits down, reads paper, finds nothing ... ((of course?))*
*Proceeds to town square...*
Roslefusio Kross: I will part your soul form form, and you'll know the souless norm...
Boppi Ydonis: ...
Pearl Dragon: *Thinks to herself "Good thing my panties are painted on 'cuz this guy looks like the kind who'd.... " *
Pearl Dragon: Hello, sir!
Boppi Ydonis: Evening.. *Nods*
Pearl Dragon: Do you know anything about medicinal herbs?
Boppi Ydonis: Nah.. I let the Priests and Clerics handle that.
Pearl Dragon: I was just wonding 'cuz..
Boppi Ydonis: Hm?
Pearl Dragon: Hmm... Priests and clerics in the temple?
Pearl Dragon: Good idea.. Thanks..
*Proceeds to temple where priest indicates she should have learned something at the dock ... ((Wrong?))*
Haulfest of Torm: Good night Pearl. How may this humble priest of Torm assist you?
Pearl Dragon: I'd like some information
Haulfest of Torm: Much has been going on these last few days. What in particular were you interested in?
*Now back for clarification... ((Clarification Hah! ))*
Boppi Ydonis: Back already?
Pearl Dragon: Excuse me again, sir?
Boppi Ydonis: Yes..?
Pearl Dragon: Yes it appears I must have missed a posting for arrivals by sea? I only ask you because..
Pearl Dragon: ... You look so wise...
Boppi Ydonis: Ah..
Caradriandel Be'tnertje: ..looks can be decieving
Boppi Ydonis: Well, I can be *Winks*
Pearl Dragon: .. with all those eyes floatining around your head...
Boppi Ydonis: Don't mind the darkling.
Boppi Ydonis: Yes..
Boppi Ydonis: That's magic.
Pearl Dragon: *Hears lots of cocktail-type chatter.. can't sort it all out.. (Maybe later her subconscious mind...)*
Pearl Dragon: Magic you say & show most convincingly, sir..
Boppi Ydonis: *Nods*
Pearl Dragon: Anyway, wise one, as you appeared, *Though doubts are beginning to form* .. May I ask you about any inportant postings for new arrivals..?
Boppi Ydonis: Err..
Boppi Ydonis: *Scratches the back of his head*
Pearl Dragon: Can I take that "Err.." as a "yes"?
Boppi Ydonis: ....
Pearl Dragon: Or your scratching as a "no"?
Boppi Ydonis: We have the usual routs..
Boppi Ydonis: What do you seek?
Pearl Dragon: "Usual routs"?
Pearl Dragon: I seek information...
Pearl Dragon: On what to do with medicinal herbs..
Boppi Ydonis: .... *Sighs*
Boppi Ydonis: Let me see them.
Pearl Dragon: I found one I think is interesting.. but when I went to temple ... as you suggested..
Pearl Dragon: O.K..
Pearl Dragon: Do you know what this is?
Boppi Ydonis: Ah..
Pearl Dragon: Ah?
Boppi Ydonis: Yes..
Pearl Dragon: It's called "Ah"?
Boppi Ydonis: Seek out a person called Nightingale..
Boppi Ydonis: No..
Pearl Dragon: Hmmm...
Pearl Dragon: Nightengale... ?
Boppi Ydonis: Yes..
Boppi Ydonis: She can use them.
Pearl Dragon: Heven't seen any birds of that species... (Joking)
Boppi Ydonis: ... Right.
Pearl Dragon: She can?
Boppi Ydonis: *Nods*
Pearl Dragon: So where is she?
Boppi Ydonis: How in the nine hells should I know..?
Pearl Dragon: Like I'd know where to look?
Pearl Dragon: Ok..
Boppi Ydonis: Try Kohlingen..
Pearl Dragon: Thanks for your "help" sir.
Pearl Dragon: Hmm...
Boppi Ydonis: No problem..
Pearl Dragon: Maybe an other day... or week .. or month .. or year...
Boppi Ydonis: *Shrugs*
Pearl Dragon: When the ship's captain will let me sail to Koh.. where ever?
Boppi Ydonis: ...HM?
Boppi Ydonis: Hm*
Pearl Dragon: I can keep the herb 'til then.. Unless some nasty pick pocket nabs it off me..
Boppi Ydonis: Ah..
Boppi Ydonis: Yes.
Pearl Dragon: So...
Pearl Dragon: Have a nice time keeping watch with all your "eyes" sir...
Dock Master: Welcome to Cordor, stranger. I suppose you need directions around town?
Pearl Dragon: I'd like to travel to another city.
Dock Master: The boats now moor in the western harbour. You'll have to go through the warehouses to get to the docks, however. Oh, and bring some gold, those boats don't sail for free.
Peal Dragon: *Checks purse... no gold of course ... ((The end?))
Pearl Dragon: I thank you for the directions.


(Gives up ... Both ICly & OOCly... just time problems... )

Hmm...

Any comments, criticism, suggestions, LOLs or what have you

//Kohl is reachable by land as well. Find an experienced adventurer and ask him or her to escort you.

//Torg would be glad to help but usually he is not in Cordor. Might I also suggest asking someone other than Boppi Ydonis? Torg doesn't have any experience with him but rumor has it he can be... difficult.

Perhaps Nightingale should have asked fey monks as well as druids & clerics
Almost by accident, while roaming about in persuit of other information, Sasaki, whom we'll OCC assume has the IC knowlege (as Kanto-San might prefer) of this widely nailed-up poster, ran across Salandra's Temple and, after gathering with his fey monk speed all the required ingredients, found that the REAL problem is finding Nightingale.
After searching every chamber in the entire temple complex, Sasaki now awaits outside the locked door of the temple mother's private quarters... at this very moment in Amia as SweetSong types this message on AmiaWorld History & Lore Forum...
How l-o-n-g must he await Nightingales's return ...
Remember one of his favorite kotowaza is ishi no ue ni mo san nen* ...

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*This saying "Sitting on a rock for three years" means that patience is a virtue... for sumarai anyway ...

Sasaki has been waiting from Month 7, Day 8, Hour 10 and is still waiting at Month 7, Day 11 Hour 10 even as I write these words. Hardly three years, but I'd be willing to bet it's a record for a non-dead Amian meditating in one spot - except for a couple of times when he got up off the stool and checked whether the door was still locked - (That would be OOCly between cooking dinner, making the bath, and then fortuitously Charlie's Angles Full Throttle came on the Star Channel at 9, so I watched a few scenes of that, laughting at how similar their moves were to some "ladies" in Amia. )
Anyway, it's pretty obvious to Sasaki by now that Nightingale's not just napping in the Temple Mother's room, so he'll be off about other business - not making another trip to Kohlingen since on a recent visit there he only encountered one (PC) person, who couldn't help him locate Caris Nightingale, the Temple Mother of Salandra's temple.
It was however a meeting of some interest to collecters of odd tidbits of lore concerning Ai Henjin, the "Momma" of Sasaki, so perhaps we'll post it later...
For now, back to Temple Salandra & off to parts unknown ...

YES... YES... YES!

Sasaki's l-o-n-g meditations were successful in the end...
Check this out:

Sasaki: I was just about to give up waiting...
Nightingale : *Smiles* Welcome to the Temple.
Sasaki: Sorry for my little faith...
Sasaki: Perhaps it's 'cuz I'm so small...
Nightingale : Do ye require the assistance of a healer?
Sasaki: I've only been waiting here since Day 8, hour 10.....
Sasaki: A mere moment for a monk in meditation..
Nightingale : *Chuckles* I meditatae a lot myself
Sasaki: I have a few things for you...
Sasaki: Would these be of any use?
Nightingale : They certainly will.
Sasaki: Good!
Sasaki: It's very kind of you to ...
Sasaki: .. Give me such a nice ring, too..
Sasaki: Thanks! *Bows*
Nightingale : I hope that ring will be of use to you too.
Sasaki: I'd read some notices posted here and there..
Nightingale : *Nods* We now grow most of the herbs we need.
Sasaki: That the Mother of Salandra's Temple could use these to combat plague..
Sasaki: Yes... so I found...
Nightingale : You can also use them to make your own potions and healing kits.
Sasaki: I suppose your own temple novices are too busy to bother with such humble work?
Sasaki: Any way.. I like gardening.. so..
Sasaki: It was fun to gather these for you..

Q.E.D.

// willow gave some of these components to anabeth

//No offense to anyone here, but any non-IC related posts are cleaned
...Well, close, my filter won't let me delete them all at school

*after seeing the note, and touring the new temple, he moves to speak to one of the temple guards.*
Hey, pal. When you se Nightengale, tell her Fizsh'Norrah has all the components she needs, and for the next few days, I'll be in kohligan if she needs to find me.

// Thanks, Rain honey, I've cleaned up a bit more & will discuss the deeper OOC/IC problem raised above in (what I hope is) the appropriate forum.

I'm sincerely sorry both IC & OOC for any bad feeling my miss guided attempts at humor spawned in this forum