A pixie on a mission (Moore)

[Nephrite]

Moore nods to Hanna, following it up with a half-bow, as he gets the inkling that she isn't much for words.

[Anastasia]

"Good fortune ahead," Hanna offers, a murmured prayer that Moore doesn't quite catch following. A swirling red portal appears before the trio, flames leaping out in long lashes of fire. One hits Moore on the arm, but its like being hit by a puff of really hot air - a little unpleasant but harmless.

[Nephrite]

"Thank you, Lady Hanna." Moore says with a nod to Adrian. "No time like the present, hm?" Moore asks as he goes to enter the portal, but not move too far ahead of Adrian. He does look around to see if there's anything besides just fire. Surely there has to be something solid to stand on somewhere, right?

[Anastasia]

The two land in fire. You step into flame itself, heat buffeting you like gale winds. You stand in the heart of an inferno, unburnt and undamaged by the plane's nature. Adrian is likewise untouched and promptly steps forward. "Fire spring," Adrian grunts, sweeping his silver greatsword about to clear away some of the flames. "It should be ahead, stay with me and support me if you see an enemy."

[Nephrite]

"You got it!" Moore responds. He glances around for anything out of the ordinary. Well, it'll be hard to tell exactly, but he'll still look!

[Anastasia]

Spot check.

[Nephrite]

[12:23] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+22 spot
[12:24] <Serith> Nephrite roll for Serith < 42 > [d20=20]

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d100 random encounter
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 50 > [d100=50]
> roll 1d20+36 Adrian spot
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 37 > [d20=1]

The flames that leap up from the ground - a charred, blackened soil as hard as rock - largely obscure things. But you soon can notice the flames are thinning out. You're fairly confident nothing immediately dangerous is around. Adrian leads you on, not hesitating and ignoring the flames that lash at him. Soon enough he pauses and kneels to the ground, studying it.

"We're almost there," he announces, "Be ready. These last few flames will be it. We'll be coming out on a volcanic plateau."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "We'll be ready in case there are enemies." He says, making a mental preparation for some orders in case of a battle.

Noting minor aura is set to Dexterity for a +7 bonus to init

[Anastasia]

Got it.

The two step out ahead. You stand at the edge of a field of black volcanic glass, glittering orange-red from the flames behind you. Ahead is a tower made of the same dark glass, rising up in a slowly shrinking spiral. It is a broad tower at the base, but each floor above is smaller and smaller. Oversized windows the size of doors connect to stairways along the side of it, criss-crossing the outside of that tower.

Adrian speaks quietly, sword out, "This is a minor devil base. It's completely unrelated to Aurora's struggle; it serves as a scholarly outpost for the study of fire in all its forms, as well as the plane of Fire."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods to Adrian. "Do you think they'll bother us if we don't bother them?" Moore asks quietly.

[Anastasia]

"They're devils. Fuck 'em." Adrian spits to the side, wiping his mouth with the back of his gloved hand. "It doesn't matter, we'll send them howling back to the rancid pit they call home."

[Nephrite]

"Well, if we're here for another reason, we shouldn't waste time with them, right?" Moore suggests. "But you're in charge, so I'll follow your lead, Sir Adrian."

[Anastasia]

Adrian glances over his shoulder, "They are the reason." Turning all the way around now, "Did someone tell you otherwise?"

[Nephrite]

"Oh, well, you said they were unrelated, so I thought you meant unrelated to what we were doing here." Moore says. "If they're the reason we're here, then let's get to it."