Deep into the Infinite Stair

[Anastasia]

You think it could, yes, as long as it's not cast as a divine spell.

[Ebiris]

She memorises the spell as useful for the future, waiting to see if it resolves things before she and Jessica resume their own flight.

[Anastasia]

To this spell the knot dissolves, the sphere gone and space normal.

"It's done," The brunette says, "Oralea, you will stay here three days to ensure it does not repeat."

Oralea's gaze is unhappy but she finally says, "Very well," in a tone that suggests its anything but.

[Ebiris]

She wonders if Oralea's being picked on for her faux pas just now. Alicia doesn't hold it against her but nor is she going to intervene further, so off they go!

[Anastasia]

Another d100 then.

[Ebiris]

[18:36] <@Ebiris> roll 1d100
[18:36] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 34 > [d100=34]

[Anastasia]

You go further a time. An hour or perhaps two before you spy something. The faintest flicker two miles away - for a split second a few bricks of a platform are there, then nothing.

[Ebiris]

That was so fast there was no way they could have reached it even with space compression!

Still, she uses it now to reach that spot and see if there's any clues as to what happened.

Would take 4 rounds to cover 2 miles for us.

[Anastasia]

"Sister?" Jessica asks as you move along, hurrying to it. When you reach it, it looks no different than any other space here.

[Ebiris]

"I saw something here, a few bricks appeared then vanished just as quickly," Alicia says, studying the area for magic.

[Anastasia]

There's fading magic here - it's crumbling by the second, but it's here.

Spellcraft, -20 penalty due to that. Fortunately you're an epic level character with divinity and the magic domain, so this is possible for you rather than being utterly impossible.

[Ebiris]

[19:11] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+49 spellcraft, divine insight popped
[19:11] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 55 > [d20=6]

[Anastasia]

You only catch a few fragments, but it's enough. Some sort of natural ripple in the nature of this plane, like a flicker of the reality of the Infinite Stair. You wouldn't call it a mistake or an error, but merely a natural process.

[Ebiris]

"Hmm. Nothing terribly helpful. I think we need to catch a free platform fully formed, or at least see this up close as it happens," Alicia says, shaking her head after a moment. "Lets keep flying, can't expect to solve it immediately."

[Anastasia]

"Patience is the word," Jessica agrees, "I do hope these platforms prove the answer, or at least direct us to it. I fear this may be a long quest otherwise."