"Has Lady Sybil awakened then?" Hobbes asks softly. He regained his composure while moving down the hall.
"We should get Hobbs and head out to find this earth creature."
"I agree," Perigia says. "Perhaps some more information will light the way forward."
The augers nod.
"She wants to see all of you. We are waiting to take you to her."
Sybil is sitting up in bed, a bit pale, but smiling as you enter.
"The old voices came back. They were a bit weak but they said there's more fire on the flying mountain. It doesn't make sense to me, but I think that's where you need to go. Find the blue flame on the flying mountain."
"I will. But there is something you must do for me." Hobbes says as he approaches her. He whispers into her ear, "If things go bad before I get back, you must escape. I don't care what you do or how you do it, but you must survive." Then he stands back and says in a normal voice. "Hopefully, it won't come to that. We will investigate this earth thing and save the day." He smiles at that. "I will see you when I return, Sybil." And then turns to leave.
"Hey!" Hobbes says as he bumps into his comrades. "Are we ready then? Do we know where we are going? I wish to solve this mystery before my worst fears are confirmed. We can compare notes on the road." Hobbes says as he picks Cassie up. "Go passive, Cassie." The cat then returns to its tattoo form.
"Wait, did you say flying mountain," Perigia asks. "My mother used to tell me when I was a little girl that the Genasi homeland had flying mountains."
"And we're going to vist one. Isn't that great!". Kel says with a big simle.
"Did we ever look insie the case that held the heart?"
"If we didn't that would be...well, not smart."
Sybil smiles at Hobbes. "I'll always be safe."
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"And we're going to vist one. Isn't that great!". Kel says with a big simle.
"Did we ever look inside the case that held the heart?"
"If we didn't that would be...well, not smart."
"It's Bartha's problem now. She let me examine it for magic, and I handled the case and the heart. Nothing out of the ordinary. Just some protective magic. No traces of divination or summoning magic. I still think it is connected to the disturbances, but I have no proof."
Hobbes pats Kel on the back.
"What are you thinking? It's the case and not the relic? I don't think so. I think the solution is just beyond my abilities to figure out. And I hate that."
"Yes, and life would be a rather dull story without a few mysteries and twists thrown in to keep us on our toes. It'd be a rather boring read if someone picked up our story 100 years from now and it said, 'And lo, Hobbes the Magnificent looked at the relic for ten breaths and devised the solution. So it came to pass that all problems were solved.' Boring indeed. Answers will be found in time, but not without some good daring-do first," adds Erik with a smile and bright twinkle in his eyes.
"I for one am quite eager to leave the graces of Kelemvor's devoted. While he is a fine god in his own right but he is much too somber for my tastes. Let us see if we can rescue a band of Sunites along the way," says Erik with a mischievous smirk. "They are much more appreciative of heroes."
"Watch it, Storyteller. I am a Sunite, and while I wouldn't mind the company of some of the faithful, I am thinking you are thinking of something else." Hobbes says with a wink. "Sunites are not nymphs, you know, and there are more kinds of love than the mere physical. But I will admit this, the sisters are VERY friendly, especially with good-hearted adventurers." He returns Erik's smile to let him know he enjoyed the quip. "But you are right about one thing." Hobbes says with a sly grin. "I am magnificent."
"You do know where this flying mountain thing is, right?" Hobbes asks his comrades. "All I got from Sybil was that we needed to go there and seek out the blue fire there. And there was something else she said. hmmm.... oh, yeah, something about a collision that we are supposed to prevent and that demons are interfering in the presentation of some gift of some kind. The voices were arguing then, and I think that part was from the Far Realms voices, not from her usual source. But then again, I am seeing the Far Realms in everything since that Sharn appeared. The Simbarches in Aglarond used to tell us stories about the Far Realm. They had us study the creatures there, in case something like this should happen. I couldn't study that much. They gave me nightmares." He shivers involuntarily.
"First find the earth mote, second prevent the evil collision, third an orgy with the Sunites."
"Come on, come on hurry up guys adventure calls and you're just standing around talking, lets go." Kel says almost hopping with excitment.
"on the road again, can't wait till I'm on the road again..."
Eagerly, the adventurers gather their belongings and head towards whatever the gods have ordained for them...
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Yup, yup. Those extended rests are killer