"Ey, you butcher my great outlooks! Stop that!" Niamh protests. "The paladin was just very humble."
"Meeting demons is never a good outlook!" Gwenhwyfar protests. "Even if you're right about the paladin."
"Do you know how difficult it'll be to encourage everyone if they all have an outlook?" Niamh says. "And beside, it's not me who fight it. It's you. So my outlooks are fantastic."
And with that Niamh opens the west door.
As Niamh opens the door she finds a privy for large creatures. On it sits a large muscular red horned creature with leathery wings. On the floor lie a sword and a whip doused in flames. Through it's gritted teeth the creature shouts "I want some privacy here. Get out." And with a wave of it's hand the door slams shut.
As Niamh courageously opens the door again only a long hallway is seen and a room in the distance lighted by a single flame on the floor.
"Oh, uhm, sorry!" Niamh shouts even if she can't see it any more. "Gwenwhyfar. Lucky you." Niamh grins. "I saw a leather winged creature sitting on a toilet. But now it's gone. I can draw a picture for a book now. But the story how I saw it would be rather funny. 'Saw him on the toilet'. Wouldn't that be funny?"
Gwenhwyfar stands there with wide eyes and her mouth open. Pointing at the open door her mouth opens and closes, but no words come out.
Tauriell turns around "Who was that?"
"Oh nothing. Let us go. And Gwenhwyfar?"
"Yes?" she asks still aghast.
"We know your teeth are beautiful. You don't have to show us."
Making a pouting face Gwenhwyfar ignores Niamh.
A thirty-foot-diameter, softly glowing circle of runes shimmers on the floor. What appears to be a single flickering flame burns with no apparent source of fuel in the middle of the room.
In the flame some fire elementals are hiding.
"Oh Abomentolor, look, there are some fire creatures in the fire."
"I bet these are fire elementals. If I remember right they don't like cold and you can't send them to sleep."
"Ha! That's nice." Abomentolor says running towards the flame. But he stops at the circle. "What is that thing about?" He casts detect magic.
"Well. It's magic."
"Do you think it's a fire elemental teleporter?" Niamh asks exitedly and no one specific.
"You think it is something dangerous?" Gwenhwyfar asks Abomentolor.
She casts detect magic too.
"Yes, you're right. It's magic." she tells.
Tauriell tries her luck with the circle and casts detect magic.
As that doesn't work she uses the pendant of the souk to identify.
"That is a former binding circle that summoned creatures from the fire plane. But now it's degraded into a magic circle against law." she explains in a smug tone. "And yes. It's magic." she mocks them.
"I was almost right!" Niamh shouts jumping her left fist in the air.
"No one likes smart alecks." Abomentolor replies grudgingly.
"I like them." Gwenhwyfar replies and makes a drawing of the circle copying the exact runes and noting down Tauriell's lecture about it.
"It was nice to travel with you Jimmy, but as you can't follow across this magic circle against law our ways are going to part now." Tauriell says in a sad tone.
Tauriell bluffs.
Magic Circle Against Law hinders only lawful outsiders
"Don't believe her. Either she doesn't know it better or she's bluffing." Niamh whispers to Gwenhwyfar.
"Fortunately. I was afraid we would run into problems there." Gwenhwyfar replies somewhat relieved.
"I guess that means you just have to go get burned yourself then."
"No! I will not leave you here. If Jimmy can't come I will not come too!" Gwenhwyfar says and runs to Jimmy embracing him.
"Thank you my dear. Is there a way around said circle?"
Tauriell is a bit disappointed. Too much drama and no fun. "Perhaps if you make a running start you can break through the circle."
The circle is actually drawn perfectly matching inside this square room and it is not possible to get around it.
Maybe one of the other doors in the former room would let you avoid it but that is not known yet.
"Would that actually work?" Jimmy asks trying to remember all he can about any thing he may have heard about the "protection from" spells
"I'm pretty sure a strong guy like you could manage it if you try hard enough." Tauriell replies.
That is too much for Gwenhwyfar. "I think she is only trying to make fun of you. Niamh said it's not true that you can't pass the circle." she whispers in Jimmy's ear.
"Thank you my dear" Jimmy whispers back and then readies his spear, "Who's coming with me?" Jimmy asks as he charges the fire elemental in the fire.
"Me not. There is not much fun to have in burning fire elementals." Abomentolor states.
Tauriell is surprised by this spontaneous action without further discussing. She draws hew bow and prepares to shoot. "I'll help out from over here." she replies.
Jimmy runs into the glowing rune circle without any resistance. At least from the circle itself. Both fire elementals waited for someone to enter and attack as soon as Jimmy comes close enough.
"Well that bloody hurt! Gwen, mind healing me from back there please?"
The fire elemental hit by the ranseur implodes and is extinguished.
"Now let's deal with you!" Jimmy shouts turning to skewer the second elemental
Tauriell shoots an arrow at the remaining fire elemental
but misses.
The remaining fire elemental hits Jimmy again.
But only slams into the armor.
Tauriell shoots another set of arrows.
Gwenhwyfar hurries towards Jimmy and pours the water from her waterskin on him to extinguish the flames.
The fire elemental still evades all of Jimmy's tries to pin it down.
Finally the second fire elemental implodes and is extinguished. Only the flame on the floor remains.
"Protection from law my left boot. That wasn't bad at all." Jimmy says as he turns to Gwen. "Thank you for putting me out dear." with a smile