Striving for 777

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 92.

[Anastasia]

As you fly down you can see the pass far below. A castle-fortress blocks the way, made of the same stone as the mountain. It's roughly worked stone, no great thing but powerful simply due to being a giant mass of rock. A great many parts of it are ablaze with flames, burning the stone, melting it into little dribbles of lava. Yet no smoke comes from it, the skies clear of any sign of the inferno beneath you.

[Nephrite]

"What in the world...?" Moore blinks. "I've never seen anything like that before. Come, we need to get closer to investigate that."

[Anastasia]

Xandra peers down as Kaja bares his teeth, "Oh look, they started without us, Moore. We need to scold them for bad manners."

Cresiel merely descends, armaments at the ready.

[Nephrite]

"I admit curiosity as to whether this is some sort of mock battle or if it's just training... or if this place is for some reason being attacked." He says as he continues down.

Intent will be to spellcraft the magic once he's close enough to actually do so.

[Anastasia]

What's your range there?

[Nephrite]

60 feet!

[Anastasia]

As you descend down, you get within 60ft. Most of the castle is ablaze and...

Spellcraft.

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 102. He'd like to know what this is!

He will also ID the caster, and then to a K check for 108 on whatever name comes up.

[Anastasia]

They're something specialized - a mix of earth and fire elemental magic to melt stone without burning anything else or releasing smoke. The spellcaster is Magamia.

[Nephrite]

Does Magamia ring any bells? 108 on K:P, or 86 on K:L if needed.

[Anastasia]

It does not. Whomever it is, they're obscure, use a false name for matters or simply new.

[Nephrite]

"Well, from the sounds of the name of 'Magamia,' it sounds like someone from Magma, but what in the world are they doing here? It looks like it's a spell that specifically melts stone without harming anything else. But... why?"

He shakes his head. "Either way, they also have the area blocked off for teleportation, so whatever's going on in serious. Let's look around for them, or find a way in... I don't know if we should even try and stop this at this point."

[Anastasia]

"If there's anything still alive in there," Xandra points out, "I see fire, but I see no living souls."

[Nephrite]

"Yes, agreed." Moore says. With that, he flies around to look for a place to get inside -- assuming it's safe, and isn't just melting all over the place.