To defeat a daemon (Jaela, Afina)

[Ebiris]

"Well there has to be someone here that would come take advantage of anyone put asleep," Afina reflects, following along after Jaela.

[Anastasia]

"Or they're a leftover," Mirima says, "What wizard doesn't enchant their books for protection? A wizard's spellbook is her life."

You have to look a bit to find the way down. The stairway's intact and it leads into several rooms, most of them collapsed. Nonetheless there's a bathroom intact with a hole in the floor going down, as well as a room full of faded diagrams and empty braziers.

[Ebiris]

Afina has a look over the diagrams out of idle interest.

Taking 10 for 51 on spellcraft.

[Corwin]

Jaela spends some time studying the diagrams and braziers.

Taking ten. K:A for 56, Spellcraft for 48.

"Actually, I thought wizards enchanted their bookcases, if anything. If you've already breached their front gates and gotten all the way to their laboratory or reading room, is there really any need for more defenses? Would they even help?" Jaela voices. Then again, Mirima has a good point so maybe she'll toss the books into her bag of holding and have someone back at Aurora sort them out later.

[Anastasia]

Jaela and Afina can tell the diagrams are meant to encourage scrying and keep a scrying pure of outside interference. Fairly standard for an established laboratory, though an actual scrying focus isn't here.

[Corwin]

"Looks mostly like a bust for now," Jaela says, moving on to explore the lower levels.

[Anastasia]

As you do...

LIsten checks.

[Corwin]

Taking 10, Divine Insight, result of 37

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+34 Bubbles
<Serith> Space_Cat roll for Serith < 50 > [d20=16]

> roll 1d20+32 Mirima
<Serith> Space_Cat roll for Serith < 48 > [d20=16]

Afina, you're welcome ot make the check if this hasn't moved too far forward by the time you see this, though Bubbles made the DC 50 check.

"Hm?" Bubbles looks up and frowns, "Darlings, we have a vermin infestation. Spiders are above us."

[Corwin]

Jaela immediately turns to stone. Literally.

Stone Body

[Anastasia]

Above you, spiders come crawling out of the crakcs in the wall. Hundreds of them, all forming together. Above you they become a black haired pixie, a female who giggles and wears a dress of dull gray silk. "My my, another pixie and a nymph come into my web! Wonderful, and they brought friends!" Her voice is a high pitched sing-song, "What a colorful pixie, too! Oooooh, did you fall into a rainbow?"

[Ebiris]

"I am a rainbow," Afina retorts in full sylvan imperial majesty, her two great hounds flanking her and regarding the upstart pixie with burning eyes. "My name is Afina Devilsbane," she introduces herself in her own adorably high pitched voice, expecting the courtesy of a response now that it's given.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+28 K:N
<Rei-chan> Space_Cat rolled : 1d20+28 K:N --> [ 1d20=1 ]{29}
> roll 1d20+28 K:P
<Rei-chan> Space_Cat rolled : 1d20+28 K:P --> [ 1d20=1 ]{29}

"Hounds and rainbows," The pixie sings, "I greet you, one who came through my window. I am Shaless, but a humble pixie waiting her beautiful web." She curtsies deeply, "Your companion is wise, for stone will endure all the webs in the world. Do you travel with such august company all the time, Lady Devilsbane?"

[Ebiris]

"Only Garm and Fenris here form part of my actual retinue," Afina answers, quite liking the respect she's suddenly getting. "My fellows are all friends and allies in our great Crusade against the Hells, and we oft travel and battle together. We're travelling to battle now, though your web looked to offer a passing diversion to our eyes."

[Anastasia]

"Ah, the meaningless pastimes of the immortals,"  Shaless snickers, the sound of skittering insect legs an undercurrent from it. She hides her face behind her hand as she snickers. "I confess I find them trite things, for spiders are much more interesting, don't you think?"