A neverending field

[Corwin]

"Are there any inns on this side as well?" Seira inquires.

[Anastasia]

"Not for some time. Those that need to rest usually camp on the side of the road," Is the answer.

[Corwin]

Seira nods her understanding. It's a bit antisocial, and perhaps out of character for her, but in a field of social caltrops the best thing is to say as little as possible. They just need to keep going for now.

[Anastasia]

And in a few more minutes, you emerge from the Steelpines. Ahead is the same road as before, winding north and onwards. Valjan-Red nods to that, "There you are. Safe travels ahead."

[Corwin]

"Thanks," Seira tells him, not waiting beyond that to follow the road.

[Anastasia]

You leave him behind. Once you reach the road?

'A treacherous old creature,' Zariel says, 'Confident enough to speak openly. I would say foolish, but no one foolish makes it as far as he has.'

'I worried the same thing,' Amaryl sends back, 'I suspected he was quite sharp.'

[Corwin]

'Confronting such things is often why mortal heroes burn out,' Seira sends to them, just the words without the mental exhaustion she's feeling. 'And it's why we're here, trying to do better.'

I can't recall whether dvr0 or an angel like Xera can get fatigued, but if so, I'll use a spell to help them recover once I'm sure our guide is not within 6 miles of us.

[Anastasia]

Not meaningfully, but any touch ups are easy enough. Give me a quick d100.

[Corwin]

22:56 <Corwin> roll 1d100
22:56 <Kobot> Corwin rolled 1d100 --> [ 1d100=5 ]{5}

[Anastasia]

On you walk. As you do, you soon come on something on the side of the road. Here a great deal of space has been cleared. Barbazu by the dozens drag vast bricks of solid iron about, dozens of them needed to brute force drag a single one. Hundreds and hundreds of these bricks, each big as a cottage, are being laid as the foundation to some manner of building.

[Corwin]

Seira's knowledge of engineering is frankly ridiculous so she curiously attempts to estimate just what sort of building it might be.

10 for 89

[Anastasia]

You believe it would be a vast ziggurat, one with very many layers.

[Corwin]

Seira's avatar notes it down on the map with a question mark, while Seira herself continues down their path without stopping.

[Anastasia]

As you go along and onward, Amaryl glances back while Zariel subtly shakes her head.

'You can't do anything about what's going to happen in there.'

Amaryl frowns but turns away, expression tense.

[Corwin]

Seira walks quietly, searching for a place on the road where they'll be absolutely alone for six miles in every direction.