Fairy waltz

[Anastasia]

The river is quite long - but you see the other side and land there. On the far side you see the path begin anew, and a mile ahead, is a patch of darkness that the path leads right to.

[Nephrite]

'An invitation?' Moore asks. 'Let's continue.'

Thus, they proceed on!

[Anastasia]

As the path goes on, trees rise from the ground. Old, gnarled trees with dead leaves. Yet they blow in an unseen breeze. With each step a little bit of green comes to the leaves, life and vitality as you head closer to the darkness. Soon enough ripe, succulent fruits dangle from the trees.

'Fool's bait or an invitation to steal?' Kaja reflects.

[Nephrite]

'Sylvie's right - we are in the den of someone who appreciates stealth and stealing. It's probably a chance to test your mettle or something.' Moore says. 'I think it's both, honestly - an invitation as well as bait. We'll keep going. He knows we're here at this point, if we've actually entered his realm.'

A pause.

'Still... it doesn't answer any of our questions, but we haven't seen a single person except that ferryman. Isn't that... odd?' He asks. 'I can't help but think something still may have happened.'

[Anastasia]

'One way to find out,' Sylvie agrees, heading onward, as Kaja follows.

[Nephrite]

Onward they go!

[13:30] <Nephrite> roll 1d100
[13:30] <Rei-chan> Nephrite rolled : 1d100 --> [ 1d100=9 ]{9}

Just in case you need one.

Also: Spooky!

[Anastasia]

The rest of the walk is uneventful, and you soon reach the edge of the patch of darkness.

[Nephrite]

'Hm.' Moore floats forward to reach out to see if there's something preventing them from going forward or if he passes into it.

'I have a feeling we simply have to keep going forward.' He says.

[Anastasia]

Nothing stops you.

'I think so,' Sylvie agrees, stepping forward and after a moment, Kaja follows.

[Nephrite]

Moore follows as well!

Just for the sake of reference, he is keeping Inspire Heroics up as they go as needed.

[Anastasia]

You step ahead.

Ahead lies a burnt ruin. What was once perhaps a manor and grounds is now nothing more than a blackened patch dotted with craters. The only thing to be found here is utter ruin.

Kaja growls low, not a word spoken.

'Damn.' Sylvie murmurs in your minds.

[Nephrite]

'A moment.' Moore says.

He's going to cast Hindsight to see what happened here, and if it happened recently.

Days: You sense the events of the past, stretching back one day per caster level. You gain detailed knowledge of the people, conversations, and events that transpired.

Weeks: You gain a summary of the events of the past, stretching back one week per caster level. Exact wording and details are lost, but you know all the participants and the highlights of the conversations and events that took place.

He can see either 38 Days or 38 Weeks, if whatever happened wasn't 38 days ago.

He will do a 120 Knowledge check on if any important names or figures that come out of this.

[14:27] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+39 CL check
[14:27] <Rei-chan> Nephrite rolled : 1d20+39 CL check --> [ 1d20=15 ]{54}

CL check if necessary, +2 bonus from it being a Divination school spell.

[Anastasia]

Do you have to choose which you use or does it apply both? If the former, which one first?

[Nephrite]

I do have to choose based on the casting. I'll do Days first, and if that doesn't turn anything useful up, Weeks after.

[Anastasia]

It's there - a nice place, if shadowed and discrete - until shadows are there and then it simply isn't. It's mostly hidden, but one figure is not - brazenly so.

Shar.