Knowledge shall lead the...

[Anastasia]

It takes about 4 to 6 tiles to make a number. The tiles aren't terribly big each, enough to make the numbers and little else.

[Corwin]

"Let's all try to stand on these tiles to cover them," Seira proposes, waving the dog over to stand by her side as well.

The goal is that the four of us step on all the tiles we believe are repsonsible for 'north'.

[Anastasia]

Sure.

All four of you step on the tiles. After a moment, the door to the north pops ajar.

"That did it," Ranbar smiles, "I was afraid it would be more complicated."

[Corwin]

Seira cheerfully flashes across, ready to hold the door open should her vacating the tile she was standing on cause the mechanism to do so.

[Anastasia]

A hall north is found, a dead end. At that dead end sits another lion's head, carved out and open in a roar.

[Corwin]

"There's a clear lion motif, huh," Seira muses, checking everything!

Perception 114

[Anastasia]

You notice something - namely, what you don't notice. Your vision doesn't extend far into the lion's open maw.

[Corwin]

"The jaw seems to be a portal," Seira muses, casting Analyze Portal to figure out where it leads and whether it's the normal kind.

[Anastasia]

It is not a portal or at least one that Analyze Portal recognizes.

[Corwin]

"What do you think, Donald?" Seira inquires. "Scary not-portal, or double back?"

[Anastasia]

Donald says, "They hid this, so try it. You can always regrow your hand," he says, as if it's the most casual thing in the world.

[Corwin]

Seira tries to place her hand inside the lion's maw.

[Anastasia]

You do so. You reach in and feel something solid within, something solid, smooth and metal.

[Corwin]

Seira takes her time and tries to map it out through touch. A general shape, at least, should be easy to figure out!

[Anastasia]

It feels like a handle to something.