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[Anastasia]

Eventually you manage to open a portal.

"Must be one hell of a storm," Sylvie remarks thoughtfully.

[Nephrite]

"Let's go with that." Moore says, before he casts his invisibility spell on them and passes through!

[Anastasia]

It's pitch black here. There's no light in the slightest as...

What modes of sight and sensing do you have?

[Nephrite]

I have True Seeing all the time, but we also have Afina's Perfect Vision, so:

You gain all-around vision, which prevents you from being flanked. You see invisible and ethereal creatures normally. Your senses sharpen to razor keenness, granting you blindsight 200ft. Finally, you gain a +25 competence bonus to spot and listen checks.

[Anastasia]

You can sense into the darkness. Nothing is here, just flat land all around. Dead land, dust choked and forgotten.

'This way,' Sylvie sends, her footsteps heard as she walks ahead.

[Nephrite]

Moore follows!

[Anastasia]

Since you're in a low perception situation, give me Perception checks, all.

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 98 for Moore. Do you want me to do one for Sylvie?

Kaja will Take 10 for 69.

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 108 in her case.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d100
<Penuche2> Kotono invokes Penuche's magic: < 75 > [d100=75]

You wander in the dark - each step careful and yet steady, eating up ground by the moment.

'It's so dead here,' Kaja sends. 'Dead and cold.'

'I don't think it is intended, the storm doesn't fee connected,' Sylvie remarks as you go, 'Terrible luck if that's true, though.'

[Nephrite]

'Something is definitely wrong here.' Moore says to the others. 'Can we find the Crystal?'

[Anastasia]

'Doubtful,' Sylvie says, 'It would be in the Astral, not here. You don't cause an Astral storm from another plane.'

[Nephrite]

'So somehow the crystal is causing a storm here?' Moore asks. 'That's... odd, isn't it?'

[Anastasia]

'No,' Sylvie sends, 'A psychic storm is an event on the Astral, and it impedes teleportation in a matching location elsewhere. I don't think this darkness is related to the storm at all. Two separate events, possibly more.'

[Nephrite]

'Oh, I see.' Moore says. 'Interesting. Well, we can investigate the Crystal after this. Can you see anything around here at all?'