Onwards

[Anastasia]

Thus the monolith wall is left behind, the party fleeing in good order. You did it! You broke through. You're surely closer to Foggard now.

Free act.

[Nephrite]

"Honestly, how rude." Moore says with a huff. "Everyone in good order?" He asks, giving everyone a brief lookover.

[Anastasia]

"Good enough," Kaja agrees, "We're in trouble getting out of here, we need to remember we'll have to fight our way out."

"We're still going, that's good enough," Jetina says, "We simply won't let ourselves lose."

[Nephrite]

"I don't think we'll be in trouble to leave." Moore says. "I could teleport just fine once I restored the Ethereal. So if we need to leave to recover, we can do so. Anyway, let's continue on and see what else is waiting for us."

With that, he resumes flying towards Foggard! Hopefully it's in better condition than last time...

[Anastasia]

Give me a fresh Perception check to refresh me on where you're at there?

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 77.

[Anastasia]

You fly on. It's silent now, the song fading. Empty, a chill tugging at your bones.

Yet ahead you can see it.

Foggard is shadowed, a quietly forgotten thing sitting in the Deep Ethereal. It is thickly iced over. It floats there, no visible defender and yet...?

[Nephrite]

"...Hm." Moore manages to get out. "Be on your guard in this damned place. Let's see what we can do to put it back the way it was."

He continues on!

[Anastasia]

Coming closer, you see that everything is buried in several feet of thick ice. You'll need to pierce that before anything else.

[Nephrite]

Before anything, Moore takes a moment to try and get a glimpse as to what exactly caused this!

He's using Hindsight, 'days' version, which gives the following:

You sense the events of the past, stretching back one day per caster level. You gain detailed knowledge of the people, conversations, and events that transpired.


He may only get "it snowed a lot" but he's curious.

[Anastasia]

All you get is the endless advance of cold and snow.

[Nephrite]

Well, perhaps it wasn't caused by anything specific...

"Can I entrust the matter of the ice to you both?" Moore asks with a look at Kaja and Cresiel. "I know it's beneath you, but I don't see a reason to use our resources on this."

[Anastasia]

"Allow me," Cresiel says, hefting his hammer.

As he goes to do that, Xandra says, "Something's wrong within. I come back to one fact: They would not leave something so guarded empty within, Moore. Whatever is within may be sufficient to defend the entire library by itself."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods to her. "I don't disagree with you." He says, as he looks around at all the ice-covered area. "They were probably trying to keep whatever it is inside of here... I wonder if it's fallout from Lixer and Orcus' battle?"

[Anastasia]

Meanwhile the ice is slowly broken through. Cresiel works as Jetina keeps her eyes open, taking in the emptiness and frozen fortress.

"It may be," Xandra says, as hammering after hammering slowly yields fruit. Soon enough an entrance is opened, a jagged rip into the fortress proper.