[Meanwhile, back on the boat with Virgil and Filis, the two Zaxonites are 
chatting up a storm.  Filis is opening up a little bit and revealing her dark 
deep secrets...or lack thereof.  And Virgil's offering his services as a seer.  
Filis seems hesitant though.]
[Start in here.]
* Filis glances at Virgil at his question, then slowly glances away. "I'm not 
sure..."
<Virgil> You don't want to know about your past?
<Filis> I would...in a way...
<Virgil> ...  Yes?
* Filis sighs. "I simply...I know the person I am now.  I feel to some extent 
that that is enough.  And if perhaps my previous life were less than 
virtuous..."
<Virgil> Does it matter then?
<Filis> That's what I wonder.  Still, I am curious...
<Virgil> Mmmhmm?
* Filis eyes Virgil. "Do you believe you can tell me without returning to Zaxon?  
I'm...not certain really..."
<Virgil> Well, I might be able to, might not.  These things aren't consistent.
* Filis gets quiet and contemplates.
* Filis then responds. "How...um...how did your crew get together?"
* Virgil shrugs. "We were all hired out to do some investigative work. I was the 
navigator and all around mercantile man. They were... Well, most of them were 
simply hired hands."
* Filis glances at Virgil. "Investigative work?"
<Virgil> Checking to see the whereabouts of a vanished ship in the Veil.
* Filis watches Virgil intently, looking for him to continue.
<Virgil> Right, well, we found the ship eventually thanks to a little research 
and my capabilities, and retrieved the book from aboard that was desired.  The 
ship had sunk into the sea, though.
* Filis frowns. "That is a shame.  Was the book really that important though?"
<Virgil> Apparently.
<Filis> Apparently?  You mean you don't know what it was about?
* Virgil thinks. "Oh, that's right. It was the diary of a researcher aboard the 
ship. They were doing some experimenting with the veil."
* Filis watches Virgil. "Experimentation?  It's just a big misty hole in the 
sea, isn't it?"
<Virgil> Big misty hole that swallows ships up unexpctantly and where compasses 
go haywire.  That's not too common.
* Filis hmms. "Perhaps...any conclusions?"
<Virgil> Not really, no.  Nothing you'd be interested in, anyways.
<Filis> You're sure?
<Virgil> Yeah, just some theoretical stuff.
* Filis sighs. "So what now?"
* Virgil shrugs and looks into his book. "I'm not sure."
<Filis> We can't go back to Port Rio...we have no idea where to go next...
<Virgil> Wait for the others to find out what's going on.  We need supplies 
first, though.
* Filis frowns. "The others seem to be taking an awful long time.."
* Virgil nods. "They probably got into trouble, as usual."
* Filis frowns more. 'And you're not concerned?'
<Virgil> Of course I am.  But there's very little I could do if I went to look 
for them and ended up in a different mess myself.
* Filis thinks for a moment, then perks up. "Seer?"
* Virgil hmmms... "I suppose I could try doing a little scrying on them."
<Filis> How does that work?
<Virgil> It's not that complicated, but you need the gift of knowing how to work 
the magic first.
[Looks like we'll have to see Virgil's EVIL plot to spy on our crew another 
time.  Because...]
[Session End!]