Dragon quickstep

[Corwin]

Seira creates a scroll of a Chronomancy-specialized variant on Superb Dispelling, and then uses her considerable expertise to discharge it properly!

19:30 <Corwin> roll 1d20+58
19:30 <Rei-chan> Corwin rolled : 1d20+58 --> [ 1d20=12 ]{70}

[Anastasia]

Here your mastery pays off well - for the seal is undone, a crackle of white and green across the red door.

I expected more of a display, but it worked.

[Corwin]

Functional is functional, so Seira shrugs in response for those who can see her! Maybe next time she'll try to make a Chronokey. For now, she doesn't neglect her skills and quickly goes over the door to make sure she hadn't missed anything. If it seems safe, she'll open it!

[Anastasia]

The door opens.

Within this room sits tall altar, decorated with fine silk and gold. Atop this sits a green crystal, about the size of both of your fists. It is multifaceted and has a deep, deep green color. Every few seconds the faintest flicker of light is within it, and in turn, the walls pulse with hundreds of interlinking lines of the same green.

[Corwin]

It looks so expensive, Seira is giddy just from the thought! But she subdues it and studies the crystal!

Perception 10 for 120, K:Arcana/K:Planes/K:Religion 10 for 120, and Spellcraft 10 for 120

[Anastasia]

This crystal is a Crystal of Time Travel. It lets you travel into the past (and the future if you're not in the Absolute Present) by 1 million years per caster level you have. However, it requires a lengthy ritual to do so.

[Corwin]

Ahahaha, she'd laugh out loud if she weren't still humoring Donald's earlier request. Yes, that would do nicely. If she were Imix, that would likely be enough to come after her, though Seira intends to keep working on her chances.

And that means she examines the crystal from a different perspective. Is anything stopping her from just taking it with her? Would the altar explode with uncontrolled Chronomancy if she were to do so?

[Anastasia]

Nothing that you can see, no.

[Corwin]

Since her innate Time sense isn't telling her she'll be endlessly exploding across Creation, Seira picks the crystal and takes it with her!

[Anastasia]

The crystal is taken. Nothing untold happens, even as you feel its magic when you hold it.

[Corwin]

Would she use a priceless artifact like that as a diversion? Perhaps. So Seira tries her best to tell whether there are any other ways out of this room except the one they came through.

Perception and other relevant skills at 120

[Anastasia]

Nope, the room's a dead end.

[Corwin]

A valuable diversion, but one nonetheless. And I thought we'd found it for sure this time....

And so Seira leads the way back into the corridor. If she recalls correctly, there was a stairway leading down at the end of it that she can explore.

[Anastasia]

As you go? Donald stops and picks something up. A scrap of parchment? It wasn't there a moment ago, you're sure of it. He reads it, smiles wryly and passes it to you.

[Corwin]

Seira reads it!