Cloud Messenger

This spell, based on a classical panegyric poem, can be cast only on a day with cloud cover: mist, rain, snow, and so on. The spell summons a small cloud to act as a messenger for the caster. The caster can impart a message of up to five minutes length to the cloud, which then hurries across the sky to the intended recipient. Its maximum Move is 96, though favorable gales might increase this. The cloud messenger must be told the location and general appearance of the recipient; it is incapable of asking for directions. It is not entirely substantial and so can go through tiny openings and survive heavy winds. It can carry objects weighing up to 10 pounds for delivery. When it reaches its recipient, it relates the entire message including whatever emotion it heard in the caster's voice. The cloud messenger then returns to its caster; one may follow it to the caster's location. The material components are fresh flowers and a bottle of rainwater.