Finding Afame's fame (Afina)

[Anastasia]

You advance ahead, past crowds of choking and dying elementals. Nothing's head - but, as you go along, you see a good deal of the smoke from the slain elementals flows ahead, faster than you can follow it.

[Ebiris]

"Well, there must be some sort of nexus or something ahead," Afina says, continuing at her sedate pace onwards. There's no rush after all.

[Anastasia]

"Probably," Simmer concurs, "I hope that's all it is."

As you advance along, you see the smoke gathering far ahead. It pours into a stone bier, sized large enough for several Hannas to lie on head to toe and still have room. It touches the surface of the bier and is sucked in.

[Ebiris]

Flying above the bier, Afina increases the intensity of the winds surrounding her so as to blow away all the smoke on and around the bier at least for a few seconds so she can see what's on it or if it's a portal to somewhere or something.

[Anastasia]

The smoke is moved from the bier. You see the surface is smooth, stone without the slightest reflection or shine. Yet as the smoke returns, you see it sinks right into it, like water.

[Ebiris]

Humming to herself, Afina returns the winds to their more gentle cyclone that keeps out the ambient smoke but doesn't quite stop the more focused flow from the elementals. "I think it's a portal somewhere, but whether it's only for smoke or for anything..." she floats down and presses a tiny hand against the surface through the smoke.

[Anastasia]

"It-" You don't hear anything else as you touch the stone. You are sent flying, propelled forward and somewhere else by unimaginable force. Some sort of tunnel, where thick smoke obscures everything. You're hurtling along and out of control, moving even faster than you can of your own volition.

Make a CL check on control winds here, Afina.

[Ebiris]

[18:43] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+24
[18:43] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 33 > [d20=9]

[Anastasia]

Your control winds spell is being overwhelmed by a more powerful spell. You might manage some momentary changes against it, but it won't last long. Go ahead and act.

[Ebiris]

Why do these things always happen to her? Well she has the wind push against her path to slow herself down as much as she can while the going's good. Shinear would be disappointed but this isn't Air and she doesn't want to slap bloodily against a wall at the end of this.

Having a blast of hurricane force winds going counter to my current direction.

[Anastasia]

The blast of winds momentarily stop you, giving you a chance ot act, but they're already starting to sputter out.

Go ahead, you have a round's actions.

[Ebiris]

Hasting herself, Afina orients herself for a more controlled flight down this... wherever, rather than the uncontrolled tumble it was before. She has her blindsense out to thirty feet and superlative reflexes so she can surely avoid pancaking against whatever's at the end, and then arrange a soft landing for Simmer assuming she's followed along.

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Afina: 277+15/277, heroes feast (CL 20), mind blank (CL 17), fortunate fate (CL 15), planar tolerance (CL 7), greater mage armour (CL 23), moment of prescience (CL 23), haste (CL 23)
AC 73, spell resistance 38, blindsense 30, immunity to fire, water, earth, cold, disease, poison, fear, 50% miss chance
Spell charges: 6/10/10/7/9/9/9/8/7/7

[Anastasia]

Yep, that's gonna need a Reflex save real quick.

[Ebiris]

[19:57] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+38+23 using moment of prescience
[19:57] <Serith> Ebiris roll for Serith < 81 > [d20=20]

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Afina: 277+15/277, heroes feast (CL 20), mind blank (CL 17), fortunate fate (CL 15), planar tolerance (CL 7), greater mage armour (CL 23), haste (CL 23)
AC 73, spell resistance 38, blindsense 30, immunity to fire, water, earth, cold, disease, poison, fear, 50% miss chance
Spell charges: 6/10/10/7/9/9/9/8/7/7

[Anastasia]

You fly down, riding the winds instead of being a captive hostage to them. It ends in a hurtling right to a stone floor, which you make a perfect three point landing on. Safe. Around you smoke flows in all directions, rising up to the ceiling and clustering there, leaving the bottom clear. You're in some sort of cavern, looks like.