Ahead lies the great light that...

[Anastasia]

Cresiel nods and walks forward.

Once he reaches the raised hallway, a shift. The entire raised section rotates  90 degrees, floor now a wall blocking your return. You hear a loud but oddly soft thumping noise from within, as the door that would not open pops open.

Sand. Also razor crabs that can't hurt me.

A shudder from within.

The sand is being flash cooked into glass, which explodes. Also not enough to hurt me, at least not yet. I will escape presently. The crabs do not cease despite the hostile conditions.

[Nephrite]

Huh.

The door opened when the floor moved. So I guess it just needed to be triggered? My guess is there's a way out of there if you choose to look for it rather than make a hole in the wall... oh, something may change when we open this door, one moment.

Moore will open the door either way.

[Anastasia]

When you open it fully, the floor resumes it's normal position. Sand spills everywhere as glass shards litter about. Cresiel emerges from the piles of sand, crabs with razor sharp claws slicing at his legs in vain.

"Oh! Are you alright?" Jetina's there, words of magic ready, but Cresiel waves her aside.

"I'm adequate," he says, "The way ahead is open."

[Nephrite]

"I don't quite follow the theme." Moore says as they proceed!

[Anastasia]

"Oh, that's easy. The theme is death," Kaja snarks right back.

[Nephrite]

"You're starting to develop Cresiel's sense of humor." Moore says with a smile.

[Anastasia]

Cresiel merely follows along.

The next room is not a room, but a hall. It looks utterly normal for 30ft, then there's a 10ft chasm filled with a dull, clear, sizzling liquid. On the far side of it looks to be the passage - but is instead blocked by an invisible wall, seen by Moore's magic.

[Nephrite]

Moore gestures towards the wall to see if it can withstand a divine blast or not!

I am assuming it can't, but hey, let's see!

[Anastasia]

Damage.

[Nephrite]

[21:21] <Nephrite> roll 18d12
[21:21] <Kobot> Nephrite rolled 18d12 --> [ 18d12=132 ]{132}

[Anastasia]

One shot cores right through the wall. It offers zero resistance - if anything it flickers like an illusion (but is not one to your eyes) as the beam drills a hole straight through. Beyond it is the other side of the hallway, another door beyond this.

[Nephrite]

"Interesting." Moore says as he proceeds forward. "Just keep going forward, there's a hole through the invisible wall now."

take 10 for 96 on Perception for any potential traps on the way!

[Anastasia]

As you reach the chasm, you glance up. You can see tiny seams, right above both edges of the chasm. From the looks of it, the ceiling's slotted to move.

[Nephrite]

"Oh, I see, this probably comes down to smash you into what's below." Moore says. "How traditional. Hm... aha."

Moore will gesture up at the ceiling!

Alter reality for three or four walls of force all covering where the ceiling is, as well as one or two over the chasm for safety.

Once done, he will fly over the chasm to see what happens!

[Anastasia]

Thus the party crosses. Oh, the ceiling slams down in vain. The boiling liquid below surges up as well.

You cross over all of it easily enough and reach the far door without incident. Kaja continues to look about, the grip on his scimitars tight.