Well, on the skype front, I avoid skype with a vengeance as it is a ridiculously invasive program. It is not, however, the only method to conduct real time communications.

As for Cerria (I should really call her Aluvia, thats who she is now, Cerria is who she was and kind of is now.... Its complicated), we are talking force of nature destructive. She is a weather angel and no friend to the council. Its easier to illustrate her mental state at the moment by directing you to read her character sheet, but as far as future intentions go they are basically: find out who she was, and in the mean time, continue to carry out what she believes her former selfs task was. That is, judge human towns and cities.

In absence of any genuine feeling towards any of the factions, she believes as she did just prior to Cerria's death, though those beliefs are somewhat of a default state rather than a strongly held opinion, and she'll be quite impressionable at the moment. As for not caring who she is in league with... The big picture isn't one of her strong points. Its really more a case of pointing her at something that needs to go away and seting her loose. She could be compared to a Force of Nature in that regard. Little care for who is on what side.