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From her lab off Celena looked up from the work she was doing at the call of that oh so familiar wizard. Leaving her work where it lay she padded on out with a light grin on her snout as she went to greet him. "Aibghalien, I'll be right out," she called back in reply.

"The rings? That's excellent to hear," She asked to confirm with a grin as she padded right on over to him.

He dug into a pouch, producing what appeared to be a normal, humanoid-sized ring. He offered it to her on a flat palm, grinning.

"Yes. It's a load off my mind in any number of ways, believe me."

She watched on with a grin as he produced the ring, with a thought shifting her vision to observe the craftsmanship of the magic side of the ring, quite impressed she sat back on her haunches and carefully picked up the ring between claws, experimentally moving it over to attempt to place it over her opposite claw, eyebrows raising a bit in interest as the ring grew as she drew it over the digit to place it surprisingly comfortably there.

"Very nice, very nice indeed, thank you. I hope it did not cause you too much trouble to make," She leaned down and gave a soft touch of her snout tip to his forehead before tilting her head curiously, "Hmm, how does one use it properly?"

Truth be told, the ring was quite ornate, and set with a crystal that shone a deep if subdued white. He'd made an effort to make it ornamental as well as functional.

"Just speak the command phrase: 'Polymorph, mebghail.'"

Even as he spoke them, the magic of his own took hold, and he shifted abruptly to his dragon form in mid-explanation.

"It's two words very unlikely to occur in sequence, so as to be hard to invoke accidentally."

Celena took a moment appreciating the work he'd put into the ring to make it as ornate as it was functional. A dip of her head given as he gave the instructions as to its use. Watching on as his own ring worked its magic, giving a grin as he shifted to his dragon form.

Leaning her snout over to give a bump of her snout to his, grinning all the while, "Simple enough then, lets see then, 'Polymorph, mebghail'" she spoke the command words aloud and felt her form shrink down to take on her elven form. Looking down over her form for but a brief moment before grinning up at him, this would make things so much simpler for the both of them.

She couldn't help but chuckle as she grinned up to his currently much larger form, so often after all was it the other way around.

"I think this is a success then," he said. Not that he had doubted it, but it pleased him nonetheless. "Good. This should take some of the pressure off."

"I would certainly have to agree," She replied with a warm smile up to him, stepping forward to place a hand on his shoulder, "If you ever need any assistance in lightening your loads, you need only ask you know," She comments as she gazes up to him, "I have a little something for you as well, if you'd like to come through to the lab?"

"Of course," he said, speaking the command words again to return to his elven form. No reason behind the change other than to take her hand as they walked, it seemed.

The change was not something she questioned in the least as he took her hand as she lead them back the way she had come. Into the large room that seemed all the larger for their changed shape, nonetheless she led him over to one of the benches around the inner wall of the room, a seemingly empty area set aside and containing seemingly nothing at first until with a gesture a single item became visible, a small object seemingly wrapped in purple cloth.

With but a gesture the wrapped object floated over to rest in her palm, to rest easily within it before turning fully to face him, something she had been working on for sometime in the background amongst other tasks while he wasn't watching. Holding it forth she offered it to him with a warm smile as she speaks "I couldn't let you go without a gift of your own after that lovely horn-ring and these rings, I hope that this will serve you well,"

Within those fine silk wrappings Aibghalien would find an ornate finely crafted necklace of silver with an intricate purple pattern weaved through it, and from that necklace hang what many would mistake for a mundane if ornate amulet, with striking resemblance to the one Celena herself often wore, in truth like Celena's own, a knowledge crystal, though the crystal and inner glow had been worked to resemble vibrant amethyst.

"I think I already have more than I could ask for," he said, holding her eyes with his long enough to make it clear what, in this room, he really valued. Then, smiling softly, he turned his attention to unwrapping the gift.

Of course, sentimentality notwithstanding, there was no hiding the delighted gleam in his eyes as he lifted the necklace. "I can't imagine how you figured out this would be a wonderful gift," he said to her with a grin.

"As would I, Aibghalien," she replied in turn with a light touch to his arm as she held his gaze in turn for that brief moment, watching him all the while with a soft smile as he unwrapped the necklace.

A grin soon finding its way to her features at his reaction to the necklace and the knowledge crystal attached, "A bit of a hunch you could say, I am sure you shall find many uses for it," she replied with a wide grin.

"No doubt," he said, reaching behind his neck to put the necklace on. But his attention had drifted back to her, so that took more than a moment; he wasn't really paying attention to what his fingers were doing, after all.

Celena grinned all the while as she watched him put the necklace on. Her attention drifting back to he himself as she took a small step in closer to him, letting her hands drift to his sides as she took a glance down to the necklace then back up once more, "It looks lovely on you,"

He smiled mischievously at her. "Thank you. So do you."

Having teased her, though, he reached out to slide his arms around her in turn. "How did the bathhouse reopening go? I'm sorry I couldn't make it," he said, smiling a weary apology. "You know how little time I have..."

She gave a playful smirk at that mischievous comment, "Most welcome,"

Chuckling softly she slid her arms more fully about him as she stepped closer for a more comfortable hold, "It went quite well, many of the new arrivals have taken up its use as well it would seem," She replied with an easy smile, shaking her head, "Don't worry yourself, I understand completely, anything I can help with?"

"Just keep being you. Things will get better once I have Ronnae's sword completed. That's a real time drain." He shook his head. Damn his ego and the way it had driven him to make this effort.

"You can help me with the Tower, of course. I'm considering moving into it."

"I shall, don't you worry," She replies with a soft grin and a peck to his cheek, "I'm sure it will turn out perfect though," she gives a warm smile and a light stroke to his back.

"Oh? The Tower you discovered not long ago? I'd be happy to, of course,"

"It's reeking with magic. You I can trust to stick by me and not do anything crazy." Crazy by his definition. Exploring the whole tower? Taking dangerous risks out of sheer curiosity? That was part of her appeal!

"That sounds quite intriguing. But of course," She grins at that, what was the fun if you didn't take a few risks now and then for the sake of experimentation and knowledge.

As they both could attest to on a personal level.

He leaned his head into hers, cheek against her hair. "I'm very grateful you understand. How busy I can get and suchforth. You know I always make a effort to make time for you."

She smiled warmly as she held him, head leaned against his own in turn, "Being busy with such things is the way things go, be it experiments or work for others. I know and I am always but a call away, whether I am here or elsewhere," She tilts her head a little go give him a gentle little kiss.

He returned the kiss with a smile. "I think I ought to start spending more nights here. Even if I end up moving my lab, it would help separate work and relaxation more. That is, if you don't mind," he teased.

"What passes for night around here anyway. It is always good to have that separation and I wouldn't mind in the least, I do rather enjoy the nights you spend here," She replies with a soft grin.

"I make an effort to make sure you do!" He chuckled, then sighed contentedly, letting some of the tension in his chest go.

"So what's you next project?" She wasn't any better than him at standing still for a moment, after all.

"A shared effort if any," She chuckles in turn and draws him into a close if gentle hug.

"The Gateway system still needs a few minor adjustments before it's ready for proper testing, had to realign a few of the emitter crystals after integrating the power supply," She nodded across to the Paired gateway system where it lay in the center of the room, "A few other projects and ideas come to mind though, constructing a detailed map of the city being one such idea,"

"Hmm. After finding the tower, I'm not necessarily sure it's a good idea to do it all at once," he said. "What we really ought to do is send out exploration teams that are ready to analyze anything we find and make a determination about it. To keep people from going to poke things that aren't safe, when they think they know better."

"A fair point, though the further out one goes the less likely one is going to reach it on foot without a considerable amount of time walking," She comments with a chuckle, "What I am thinking of is a map detailing buildings and landmarks from the air, that way, points of interest can then be sent out to explore, indeed, given the buildings here are from the worlds of those on board, it would give a greater chance for those awake to recognize such a building where I by myself may pass over it,"

"I can show you what I have from my casual flights if you'd like?"

"Of course I'd like that," he said with a grin. "You're probably the person best suited to exploring, considering you can fly, know magic, and technology."

He was proud -- to a certain of extent of her, and more generally that she had ever taken notice of him.

"Through to the study then," She replied with a grin, a little kiss given to his cheek, "Without full knowledge of others worlds I can easily miss buildings and areas of import to others though,"

With a warm smile though she pulled back from the hug and took his hand, leading him through to the study, the crystals within still active and displaying their bookshelves, a few books strewn open about. With a wave of a hand they faded, leading them to the center of the array of knowledge crystals she gave a gesture and a thought, a floating slowly spinning holographic image of the city springing to view to fill the room.

From the Transport tubes that rose through to the ceiling, near the entire currently 'explored by crew' area had been mapped out, each building clearly identifiable. Further out from those areas, smaller blocks of the city were mapped, the unmapped areas of the city left hazy, though the shape of the entire city was shown in its entire oval.

He had to admit she had style. And he loved that.

Studying the map, he lifted one hand and traced a small swath from the explored areas in an arc out to where he'd discovered the Tower of High Sorcery. "There are no obvious magical emanations there. For what little that's worth, I can rule that out at least, having traversed that area.

Celena watched as he studied the map, with a gesture she brought up an overlay that highlighted buildings of interest from those that had been noted on the Omnicomm map and those she had been noted by others. She gave a nod and had the overlay shade the area he indicated with a gentle red to indicate magic in that arc.

Thinking on where he had noted the Tower to be on the Omnicomm she placed a marker over the location given, at the very edge of one of her explored areas a structure that was but an a vague outline of a large building with twin towers rising from its base. Looking across to Aibghalien as she gestured to the indicated location and building, "That is the correct location of the tower, yes?" She asked in confirmation.

He nodded, folding his arms as he considered the map. "And neutralizing that is going to take me I don't know how long. The question is, who else can we rely on to explore capably?"

She nodded before tilting her head thoughtfully, "Neutralizing the tower?" She asked with some interest before pondering his question a moment, "Ronnae I believe expressed interest in exploration, I will keep an eye and ear out for others perhaps though,"

"Sanitize? I need to make sure that no one entering it comes to any harm, whether it be by dispelling protections or simply categorizing the places that would be harmful to anyone for any reason and making certain the appropriate wards and protections are in place." He rubbed his forehead and temples with one hand, aware of the magnitude of the task.

"Ronnae is helpful but only one person. We need a decent survey..."

"That's fair enough, perhaps best to categorize the places, generally such things are put in place for a reason, best to ascertain the reason behind such dangers," She replied after a moment of thought. Not that she doubted that he would let such things get in the way of finding what was contained there.

"Indeed, but one is a start, I shall keep an eye out for those who might be suited and ask around," Celena replied easily as she stepped over to him, placing a light comforting hand on his back, peering over his shoulder toward the very edge, the wall that made the edge of the city and the gates to that made the points of the compass, those she had seen only from afar given the distances involved. "I can only wonder what else lies waiting for us in this city and what lies beyond it yet,"

"It's amazing that with the entirety of the cosmos out there, half our greatest mysteries are just within this ship."

He laughed, leaning gently into her. "So tell me. What do dragons do for relaxation? You always seem just as busy as I am."

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