Intro: Koriand'r, Ihliel, Aella

[Corwin]

With a wave at the other two demons, Kory floats into the alcove, intently examining said winerack.

[Brian]

It's a wine rack, consisting of iron frames in an interlocking diamond pattern.  It might fold up when all the wine bottles are taken out of it (in fact, one is larger, and looks like it might be holding the framework in place).  There are no visible wires on the wine rack.

The bottles are all identical, except for the one larger bottle (which has no visible label).  The bottles' labels all indicate that they come from good years ... excellent vintages, too.

[Corwin]

Kory singles out the large bottle with her eyes, and checks whether it's the aforementioned Bottle of the High Spirits.

[Brian]

Most likely it is.  The glass is too dark to see through, but the other wine bottles are all clearly labeled as something else.

[Corwin]

Kory creates a small ball of green fire, holding it above her left palm, and examines the rack for wires, just to be on the safe side. Then, letting the plasma dissipate harmlessly, she calls out, "You, the blue guy! Gimme a hand here," and waits for him to approach.

[Brian]

Closer inspection reveals: No wires.  Good to be thorough, though.

[Trunkyboy]

"The blue dude" shuffles through the door, and pauses to look at all the wine bottles.  Perhaps a little sip to calm his nerves?  Ignoring the cheerful but mean demon, he shuffles to read the labels more closely.

[Corwin]

Not really caring that he isn't paying her much attention, Kory nods to herself. "Good, you're here. This rack," she says, pointing at it, "will probably do something nasty when I take the bottle we came for. So...." She smiles. "You'll hold it to keep it from folding onto itself and pelt you with glass shards or worse while I pick the bottle up, right? Cool."

[CyMage]

Aella waited by the door to see what happened.

[Corwin]

Sparing Aella a glance, Kory added, "Maybe you should keep that door open, just in case?"

[CyMage]

"Sure."

Aella leaned against the door, applying most of her weight to it.

[Trunkyboy]

Wondering wether she was crazy or not, Ihliel none the less holds the rack, positioning himself in such a way that if indeed shards fell, they would fall on her instead.  He was far too delicate for nicks and scracthes.

[Corwin]

Without further ado, Kory takes the large bottle from the rack, and heads for the door, using the weird blue demon for cover.

[Brian]

With the largest bottle removed, the wine-rack starts to collapse ... and then it stops, stuck on the other bottles.

They hold for a moment, and then the bottles slowly crack and shatter, spilling wine across the floor.  Spirits rise from the spilled wine, and whimper, "That was an awesome year!"  "Not the chablis!"  and more ... but the wailing spirits all immediately get sucked into the bottle in Kory's hands.

The demons now have one (whimpering) bottle of high spirits.

[Corwin]

Kory shrugs. "Cool," she says, making her way towards Aella. "Can we go now?"