Crystal hunt

[Yuthirin]

"Is it asleep? Do books sleep?" Calleigh wonders as Tryll examines the book for trickery.

[Anastasia]

Filaurel stirs as you examine it, his voice in your mind. 'There you are," the book says, 'Swimmy, what took you so long?'

[Yuthirin]

'Life grows ever stranger. What should have been small things have spiraled out of proportion and became very big things.' Tryll replies.

[Anastasia]

'Bigger and bigger, is it?' The book responds, 'How big is it? Big as you are?'

[Yuthirin]

'I going to try to destroy Shar.'

[Anastasia]

'Oh. Are you going to try and learn in the meantime?' Is the answer you get.

[Yuthirin]

'As much as I can, yes.'

[Anastasia]

'Then try,' Filaurel declares.

Okay, how far did you make it with the book last time?

[Yuthirin]

Oh boy I was really hoping you wouldn't ask that because I don't remember. Gimme a mo

[Yuthirin]

Progress. You feel like you're making slow, steady progress - but emphasis on slow. This book is like a dozen puzzles mixed together and sorting them out is the first hurdle. It constantly changes, but you feel like you're making headway.

It's now eveningtime - you're pretty sure they're all eating dinner in the kitchen right now.

[Yuthirin]

That's where we were before we were soundly distracted by other things.

[Anastasia]

Int check, +3 circumstance bonus.

[Yuthirin]

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+18 : 15 + 18, total 33[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

You study - and you feel close. You're grasping more of the book now, steady progress after some time of reading. You feel close indeed to something, some breakthrough.

[Yuthirin]

More!