Sneaking into Avernus

[Anastasia]

'Tell me your goal here and I will consider it,' Lixer retorts immediately, his voice now leaving a mental chill in your mind, as if winter's bitterest wind was battering you.

[Corwin]

'I want to make sure Bel's really gone,' Seira responds, which has the benefit of even being true! 'We have a bit of a history, you might've heard. No one knows what happened to him, and I have better things to do than keep on the lookout for a crazy archdevil with a grudge and nothing to lose.'

[Anastasia]

'Bel is dead,' Lixer says, 'Now leave. You will find no trace of him, no corpse to savage or raise, nor any sign of his lamentable foolishness.'

[Corwin]

'I don't believe you, so unless you tell me the truth I plan on asking a few of the locals,' Seira responds to Lixer's lies. 'And remember, if you decide to force anything, you're the one who started a fight.'

[Anastasia]

Clink. A soft tinkle as a green crystal, long and narrow, hits the ground in front of you.

'See yourself,' Lixer offers, 'Bel's demise.'

[Corwin]

Seira silently studies the crystal with every sense at her disposal, though her magical knowledge will work best for her.

Greater Arcane Sight, true seeing, blindsight. Is it what it appears? What magic on it? Which traps (I can find those!)?

[Anastasia]

Spellcraft.

[Corwin]

22:03 <Lucille> roll 1d20+48+4+15
22:03 <Kobot> Lucille rolled 1d20+48+4+15 --> [ 1d20=14 ]{81}

[Corwin]

22:07 <Lucille> roll 1d20+48+4+15+1 Kobot
22:07 <Kobot> Lucille rolled 1d20+48+4+15+1 Kobot --> [ 1d20=15 ]{83}

Upon request!

[Anastasia]

It's a crystal that will show you a memory engraved into it. No tricks, no traps, nothing like that. It's exactly what it seems to be.

[Corwin]

'Lixer contacted me, and can apparently follow where I'm going,' Seira sends back to her friends still waiting on Astral. 'Taking a glance at his gift.'

Trusting in her skills, she picks up the crystal and examines the memory within!

[Anastasia]

A gaze, a gaze that sees nothing but darkness and death. Bel kneels at his feet, defeated. He bleeds from a dozen wounds, struggling to rise. His great sword is quenched, shattered. His belt of angel heads is little more than gore, his bracers broken.

"You failed, Bel," Lixer intones, "There is only one penalty for failures in Hell - oblivion."

Bel groans weakly, spitting up blood and fire, "Rot, weakling!"

No words, just a flash of sheer green and black power, hitting Bel head on. The Lord of the First screams as he is consumed, a moment where he seems alive and dead at once. A feeling. Father is with you. This is his will. A flow of power incomprehensible, utterly obliterating Bel to the last as the flames consume him.

Then he is gone, not a hint of Bel left.

Reality returns, the memory finished and the crystal warm in your hand.

[Corwin]

Seira puses her lips, observing the crystal to buy time for her response.

In the meantime, she thinks to the others, 'Recording in a crystal shows Lixer annihilating Bel with Daddy's powers and approval. I'm inclined to buy this.'

[Ebiris]

She also replies to Seira, 'Are you compromised? Is the plan still viable?'

[Corwin]

'Alright,' Seira finally relays to Lixer at length. 'Not what I was expecting when coming here. I'm satisfied, so what's left is completing the sale and maintaining my cover.'

22:49 <Lucille> roll 1d20+43+10+15+4+1 bluff, Kobot
22:49 <Kobot> Lucille rolled 1d20+43+10+15+4+1 bluff, Kobot --> [ 1d20=11 ]{84}