Where to next?

[DM Bob]

You spill the last of the wine, dance widdershins and touch the circle with the line through it pattern.

The team feels as if it's ascending. While you dance, you cool... quite different than the normal dancing one partakes in. Minutes pass... you think.

The air clears. Your wards drop from Niachi's amulet. And you find yourself...

[DM Bob]

Cold. It is dark here. There's silt and...

[DM Bob]

You stop dancing about the same petroglyph-covered rock you left in the ruins of Giustenal. There is a sigh of relief as you stop dancing, exhausted. The larvae are in tow, like little dwarves that danced with you about Sleeping Beauty's casket. They hiss and spittle, but otherwise remain as stupid and gross as before.

So cold. You *all* shiver.

[DM Bob]

Oh. One final detail. The fire that had been stuffed into 'Muiko's jar explodes as you begin to make sense of things.

13 damage to 'Muiko.

Anything in your pack needs a save vs fire.

[AthasianLaborer]

Rolled a 17 on the Save vs Fire, I know I have an itemized list of things in the Portfolio, I just need to find it so I know how many more saves I need to roll.

[Attilius]

The giant drops his gouge and grabs his large water skin, ready to spray anything caught on fire...

[DM Bob]

Here's that list (it's actually his carried inventory):
Handmade Leather A0 Portfolio/Messenger Bag Combo (4oz Mortar & Pestle, 20oz Sealing Wax, Bronze Flask (4oz of Paint oil), Bronze Pen Knife, Choice Athasian Quills (x24), Disguise Kit, Dry Pigments (x4oz each; Blue, Green, Ocher, Purple, Red, Yellow, Vermilion, White), Half-Giant Robes, Half-Giant Trousers (identical to the ones worn when presenting Phwig), Handmade Leather Palette w/Inset Marble Paintwells, Inkstand, Lap Slate, Parchment Sheet (x36) (x22 left), Signet Stamp (Physical copy of ‘Muiko's Wizard Mark), Slate pencils (x20), Spellbook, Vellum (x36)), Handmade Leather Sandals (with removable 6” lifts), Handmade Leather Skullcap (with integrated chalk/quill bandolier and veil), Handmade Leather Trousers

The crossed out are destroyed before the contents can get smothered.

[AthasianLaborer]

"Well, if that's the worst that comes of thinking I can just carry [Elven: Fire earth] in a ceramic jar, I will not complain.  Here's hoping the damage is mendable, at least in the major cases" 'Muiko holds up the smouldering remains of his handmade bag.

"I want to sleep in my garden even more now. Do we fold home?  [Elven: I wish I knew teleport]"

[Niachi]

Niachi helps pat out any sparks on 'Miuko and his gear with speed. He unpockets his Continual Light orb and keeps it dark in his closed fist.

If the darkness reveals nothing to his infravision, he waits a few heartbeats to see if his eyes adjust to see anything. If it's 100% dark, he visors open his fingers to let 10% of full illumination shine out, and stretches that arm out maximum to have a bit of distance between it and his body.

He strives to form any bit of shadow he can muster for a powerful spell next round. If his orb produces no light or draws attention, he deactivates it.

(softly) " Mass Teleport be good about now..."

[Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP]]

- "Ummm... The only other symbol I remember from the starting stone in regards to all of the ones we lastly saw in the plane of fire were the 'oddly shaped leaves'. Was that the one to take? I'm not sure but don't recall any of the others.. In any way, we have to take it from here.." - in low voice, trying to listen in the darkness

[OOC: Detect noise successful, 50% out of 60%]

[DM Bob]

As your eyes re-adjust, you definitely can tell you are in the silt covered ruins of Giustenal. It is night and the windy silt and cloud cover makes it hard to tell if the twin moons are in the sky...

Or exactly how late it is.

In the light of Niachi's stone, you do make out some subtle changes to your party. The skin left uncovered has bronzed to a coppery color, for those that have skin. The kreen have a metallic sheen about their carapaces. The tari? Well, she looks about the same, perhaps a glint to her fur that was not there before.

You are *so* cold.

You begin to hear the faint screams again coming from these fading dread ruins once more.

Chat looks to you as if silently asking if you want to fold space again.

The worms wiggle and groan in disgusting ways as you reattune your senses.

[AthasianLaborer]

"Yyyyyyyeeeeeeesssssss" 'Muiko manages to get out through the shivers.  He cradles Yvera for warmth.

[Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP]]

- Skrye looks at the others, realising the hue change in their skins, just to look into her own fur. She uses her fingers to move some of it to look at the skin under, as she sees the faint glinted reflections in the fur itself, both pretty and appealing depending where she might be - 'Can the travel we went through be the reason why? Surely it would, so interesting..' - thinking to self

[Attilius]

"Chat'cho, open a portal to the outer marker near Aman's tower: that skull sitting atop the stick."

[Skrye [AC3; 48/48HP]]

- Skrye looks around and picks a couple of stones from this place too, even if not planar in nature, the journey to come here was a bit interesting too, like fist size, keeping them carefully in her backpack, as the others she previously collected