Off to the see the (dragon) wizard! (Jaela)

[Corwin]

"Take a quick look around while I dispatch them?" Jaela asks of Mirima, dealing with the disoriented worms.

[Anastasia]

> roll 1d20+32 Mirima does have search, huh
<Serith> Kotono roll for Serith < 52 > [d20=20]

Worm extermination is unremarkable. Besides, they'll just resurrect tomorrow.

Mirima looks around while you do, coming back after a quick inspection. "There's some surviving valuables, but it'll take a good deal of time to find them all, more than a quick search allows."

[Corwin]

"Just the one path left, then!" Jaela says cheerfully. "It's probably all cleanup, but let's stay on our toes all the same."

Heading down the remaining path.

[Anastasia]

This path leads to a short hallway full of candles and sunlight, and then into a ruined cathedral. The ceiling is transparent, letting sunlight in all over. Sun designs are everywhere and a grand altar is far ahead, decorated with gold.

Worms slither about here, quite a lot of them in all.

[Corwin]

"What do you think?" she asks Mirima, cleaning up here as well. "Time for a more thorough look through everything, and then exploring that archway?"

[Anastasia]

"I think we have it," Mirima searches around, stopping by the altar. "Here." She holds up a golden medallion of the sun, "What we came here for. Ah, our passion was far too much for this place." She tosses it over to you, "We have plenty of time before night falls, let alone the dawn."

[Corwin]

"I really wanted to get this over with quickly, since worms," Jaela says, gesturing about vaguely as the rest of the vermin is put down. She puts the medallion away, saying, "Let's look for anything all the same. Between you and Lisa we should figure everything of note, and I'll clear out the path by the queen. If we're not supposed to actually take any of this, Strength of Light will let us know and help us put it back after we've returned."

Let's take the time to search stuff (which Mirima is aces at) and Lisa has high spot and Scent. I'll clear stuff from the archway to take a look there for magic and then get it opened if I can.

[Anastasia]

Like taking twenty time to search?

[Corwin]

She already rolled a 20 for that one room, but we can do it for the rest, sure. Like Mirima said we have plenty of time.

[Anastasia]

You find the following objects of worth:

A pile of various coins, mostly gold. Many are bigger than standard gold coins.
A small sun emblem, made of gold.
An ornate golden knife, dotted with sunstones.
Several gold forks, spoons, knives and other untensils.
A few dozen golden plates with a sun motif.
A golden handbell.
A golden vase.
A fullblade of solid gold with a sun motif.

Additionally, you clear away the rubble and open the door there. Within is a room mostly given to lava, worms thrashing about all inside. The heat is intense, powerful. Broken egg sacs littler the room, and you can notice some of the worms are smaller than usual.

[Corwin]

"But... it was covered with rubble," Jaela says out loud, visibly stumped. "I understand hiding the nest, but isn't this needlessly complicated? And didn't she spawn them from her body as we fought?"

Pressing the heel of her hand to her forehead, Jaela mutters, "You know what, nevermind. Gather around, I'll take the three of us back."

[Anastasia]

"Oh, I think I get it," Mirima says, "The lava here probably connects beneath the lava the brain was in. It's protecting the children with extra effort. Commendable."

Mirima puts an arm around you, "They're also worms, let's go back already."

[Corwin]

With a snort, Jaela uses her magic to transport herself, Mirima and Lisa back to the entrance to Sylica.

[Anastasia]

Strength of Light isn't hard to find. A lantern archon is waiting for you by the Felic Gate and escorts you to him, in his offices in Liberton.

It's a nice place. Battle trophies are about, as well as a big map of Sylica taking up one wall. A glass case full of weapons takes up another. There's a desk - sized for him - and an array of chairs sized for all sorts of creatures.

"Back in good order, and did you befriend one of those light wolves?" Strength of Light looks to Lisa.

[Corwin]

"We both glow, it was a match made in heaven," Jaela responds with a grin, tossing the medallion to him. "We also did the adventurer thing while in the ruins of the temple that held that. I hope I wasn't wrong about it being the done thing in such a situation?"