OK. Escape artist:
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Imowen runs into the southern room...and as soon as she touches the clear crystal four creatures emerge from the rocks and try to reach her before she can run out of the room again!
She sees the creatures emerge, and tries to escape, but one of the creatures catches her before she can leave the room. It wraps its rocky arms around her and grapples her!
"Unhand her now!"
Unhand me you rude rock! I say as I struggle to get free of its grip.
Initiative:
Right after Imowen is grappled, Flug yells an eldritch word that somehow allows her another chance at escape.
"Not again..."
Imowen!
Why is everybody yelling at me? I say as I again try to get free of the animated rock while still clutching the clear crystal rod. Then I say "A HUGE thanks you to you, Flug, for your help with that spell to help me free myself from this abdominal rock!
Escape Artist:
I got free! Thanks again for your help, Flug! I say as I go over to the device in the middle of the room. Once there I insert the clear crystal rod clutched in my hand into the next opening in the side of the device and wait to see if anything happens.
Flug nods to Imowen.
Hmmm...I'm guessing we're going to need to get that blue crystal from the fire room and get it in the water room. Anyone have any tricks to protect us from these walking elements? My skills are a bit limited in that department.
Celif frowns. "Well, as I said I can call up a small elemental. Once. But I can't communicate with it."
"I could also call forth a little physical protection, but it won't be enough against those things."
If we don't have protection from the elementals, perhaps we can retrieve the item without entering the room. Does anyone have a net or maybe some magic that can be used to levitate the crystal?
"I-I can."
Flug approaches the fire room but stays outside it, reaching out with his hand towards the crystal before pulling the hand back. As he continues, his shadow seems to be moving different from himself.
Flug tries stepping just inside the fire room, a foot or two away from the door, before trying his spell.
Awesome, Flug! Now get out of there!
Flug backs out of the Fire Room and heads for the Water Room, preparing to do the same thing again but instead to insert the crystal into the empty slot.
Walking over the water room door, Gezzo stands next to Flug and looks in.
Appears you're going to have to step in to work your magic. Stay close to the entrance and we'll pull you out, if things get too close.
Flug nods to Gezzo and prepares to enter the Water room, blue crystal floating atop his shadowed hand.
He waits a few moments for everyone to get into position before stepping into the water room and stretching his hand forward to move the crystal to the slot.
"Way to go, Flug!" Celif says in quiet admiration.
"Earth, water, and fire. My oracular insight is telling me that we will next encounter the elemental creatures of air."
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Flug steps into the Water room and uses magic to insert the blue crystal into the strange device in the center of the room. He then back out into the Light room, just in time to avoid several water elementals who started rising at his presence. The gauge on the device elevates to 100%. After a few moments, the door to the Water room closes itself...
Gezzo goes to the center device and taps gauge. He looks to see if there are any changes.
That was awesome, Flug! You are so smart and talented.
And to everyone I say, I have been thinking that the clear crystal I put in this device doesn't belong here. The rest of the crystals are white.
Having said this I step over to the device and remove the clear crystal, and wait to see if anything happens.
Then I say, If you are right, Nastrod, perhaps this clear crystal goes in the device in the air room. Where do you suppose that is?
Maybe ask the glowing orb? I'm at a loss...
"Other rooms m-may lead to other doors."
Celif nods. 'This seems like a maze of rooms. Or maybe a checkerboard of them, with each having doors leading into the others. But how can we proceed?" She looked around the group. "Have we a way to scry, so Flug can reach into other rooms without direct sight? Maybe a way to pass through the walls?"
"The floating light doesn't seem very helpful," she adds with a frown.
Well, we can start with that door over there, I say as I point to the south door.
But I am hungry and tired so what do you say we eat and then sleep for a few hours and recharge before we do?
Celif shakes her head. "I don't know if we have that kind of time. The light being said it was weak and growing weaker by the moment."
"C-continue on and r-rest if there is no other op-option," Flug says quietly.
Well, fighting our way through earth elementals might be easier than water or fire. Resting might be a good idea, if the orb can handle the wait.
"Maybe they're slow enough that we can run through one at a time?" Celif ponders doubtfully. "Anyway, I can ask the floating light about the delay."
She returns to stand near the light entity and looks up at it. "మేము ప్రగతి చేశారు, కానీ మా శక్తులు బలహీన పెరుగుతాయి. మీ విజయానికి మిగిలిన సమయంలో ఉంది?"
Celif blinks. "Well... it says we can take the time to rest after all. And that we'll come to no harm here."
She looks at Gezzo. "Is there something I can use the minor elemental summons for, before I rest? And if there are invocations you think might be particularly beneficial to the situation, I can pray for them after I rest."
Send the bugger into soften up those earth elementals! Gezzo chuckled. But seriously, if Septimus would provide us with some sort of protection from earth or the elements in general...that would be very helpful.
Gezzo grooms Lryhla while she eats. A way to control the elements would be even better, I suppose.
"Resisting extremes of hot and cold might be useful."
Celif nods thoughtfully at the suggestions, then pulls a reference book from her backpack and begins leafing through it.
Well now that we are all rested and recharged, let's see if we can find more white crystals in that room, I say, pointing to the south door. Hey, Rufina, do you want to come with me? I ask.
I go over to the south door which goes to the Earth room and open it.