Shards of the Titanswar

Game Master EldonG

Sakuro was more interested in the food than the performance - until she was done eating, at any rate, at which point she began listening appreciatively to the story of story of what had gone on. There were actually a few things she'd learned by listening to the bard speak... and she applauded politely when Nia was finally done with the performance.

And so it was that Nala came to a better understanding of what had occurred. "So this Alyra was tied to the ancients, and we now have arrived at her doorstep." she acknowledged. But that was the only way in which she commented. She continued to eat bits of the crab, being somewhat dour and mostly quiet when something wasn't important to her.

"Come morning, I suppose we should drink from the font again, and I will provide us with protections; the world seeing us as an ally will be beneficial in our search, and reinforcing that will certainly not harm us. For now, I will rest."

Throughout the story, the captain and his young crew sit rapt, amazed at the feats of valor, and caught up in the skill of the oratory itself. There are plenty of 'ooohs' and 'aahs' at the appropriate times, punctuated by the occasional 'WOW!'.

Once Nala has an understanding of everything that has gone on, she opts to simply head off to sleep; they'd need energy to search the island tomorrow. Getting a drink so that the others could move freely in the morning would ease everything along. She didn't even bother with shelter, for now.

Sakuro, too, seemed rather content to snooze once dinner was done - resting was important for the magically-inclined, and it had been a pretty crazy day. And as much as she wanted to go figure out the source of this mystery, she was MORE interested in doing it when she was full of metaphysical juice.

"That sounds like a sound plan. With that exploring the island would be easier. But yes Alyra was tied to the Ancients. A benevolent one from what I can tell. "

Nia'Nikta would take the first watch as she settled people into sleep. She would wake Antonio for his watch before turning in herself.

Aya wonders back up to the source of the stream and takes another drink. She then waits a moment to see if the 'power' returns. She then cats Detect Magic and looks around for any magic auras. If she finds ay she concentrates on each aura to try to determine what kind of magic it is.
Spellcraft: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (2) + 5 = 7

Reiko takes his time and 20 searching the surrounding area for a way under the shrine, or a hidden passageway to... Well anything, really.

Nia would walk up to Aya. "Good results?" She asks softly rubbing the bridge of her nose slightly.

If she gives a nod, Nia would drink also feeling that surge and then moves to assist Reiko.

Aiding Reiko in his search will take 20 also

Nala's understanding of what the spring did changes how she prepares her magic for the day.

Endure Elementsx2, Cure Light Wounds x1.
Aggressive Thundercloud, Barkskinx1

Once she has taken a drink, she gathers everyone to give them her blessing:

Targets: Antonio, Aya, Nia, Reiko, Sakuro, and Herself. 2 Mythic Power Spent, two spells cast.

Afterwards, she will join in the search.

You will find things like the badger burrow - and they watch you if you do invade, but seem to have some sense of deference, even in their own homes - but after hours of scouring the island, you discover it's actually missing any structure or underground complex of any sort - and the only significant feature appears to be the circle of pillars around the stream's source.

Aya nods, saying. The power is still in the water. We should all drink. We need to figure out why the results are temporary.

Reiko shakes his head in frustration.
What are we missing? There has got to be something here we aren't seeing...

"I could attempt to speak with the fauna... I don't think they'll have much interest in what I have to say, though." Nala offers. "I think the badgers will be the most likely to be of help, as they're burrowers. If they don't help, then asking the water denizens is an option."

Off to the side, Sakuro could be seen on her hands and knees with her head hanging down, looking rather depressed by those comments. "Studying magic... fighting monsters... tracking down legendary powers... limited to asking badgers... graaaah!" she stood up again. "I'm gonna find what's in that area if it's the last thing I do!" Nala's comments might have ignited some kind of competitive streak in Sakuro - and the girl stomped off, intending to go over the pillars and the source of the powerful magic with as much attention to detail as possible.

Taking 20 on Perception, w/Detect Magic as well, while examining the circle of Pillars.

Nala watches Sakuro for a moment... then taps into the deep, thrumming power that connects her to the earth. She concentrates for a moment, and the energy flows through her.

"I will look around the island. There are more ways to do this, and I'm not opposed to exhausting them."

Nala casts Greensight before searching what she can of the island (take 10 to search as much of the island as she can in half an hour), without all of the foliage being in the way.

Nia would go study the statue of Alyra seeing if anything was missing or out of place as she looked to see if it had a magical aura and would do as Sakuro was. Examining the area around and the stone itself that the stream came from.

Once Nala returns, she's thought of two more options, but looks expectantly to the others, before she gives either an attempt. "Do any of you speak any of the elemental languages?"

Nia would walk to the stone where the water was coming out of and see if she could pick it up.

"No, I know Draconic, Aklo, giant, and elven. None of the elemental ones yet. Still working on a couple of languages."

That stone is huge - if you're seeing all of it, it's likely half a ton or more - but it's also in the ground.

"Sakuro, do you have that Tiara? Maybe I can be silly and see if the pearl has any effect on the water. I really don't know at this point."

Without hesitation, Sakuro handed the tiara over to Nia. "I know Auran..." the obsessed arcanist added in response to Nala's question. "Maybe we should try digging around this stone and seeing how deep it goes...?"

Nala nodded. "If we spoke Terran, I would summon the earth elemental again, and retrieve what information we could in the short time we had. I do not believe an air elemental would suffice in this situation, however. The other option is to ask the wildlife for aid. I do believe that a large animal would make short work of digging this up, were they willing to aid us."

She stays out of the way for now, and watches to see what occurs.

"Unfortunately we have to wait to see how long until the power wears off to test it again. That being said maybe someone can continue to drink from it to see if that works also. I just think its weird that the power just fades."

"Given what you stated, it certainly doesn't make sense. You were entrusted with power from an ancient being who told you to come here and 'drink from the source', because, presumably, the world will need you with these powers. However, this place will serve only as an anchor for as long as you have these powers, unless you somehow learn to take it with you." she says, shaking her head. She hated talking. But she hated being frustrated with a situation, more.

Looks at Aya. "Aya has been studying keeping it bottled but that doesn't seem. Efficient, I guess is the word I am looking for. We can't really carry gallon's of this around with us."

"Nor does it seem that water that does this." Nala motions around, "will keep for long at all. All manner of things will grow in it if it is left to stand for any period of time. Perhaps boil it and see if it becomes a potion of some sort?" she offers up. "Are any of you versed in Alchemy?"

"Brewing stuff was never my thing." Sakuro said with a sigh. "Do you think I could keep casting, like, nonstop if I keep drinking? I could probably manage SOMETHING if I did that..." Ooooooor it would fail horribly. Also a possibility.

"I think I would enjoy watching as you attempt to do so." Nala offers, leaning against a marble column. "Either way, it promises to be quite entertaining."

Sorry been really busy.

Nia' Nikta would touch the water with the tiara and pearl not sure anything would happen but they had to try. That and she would try putting it onto the statue for grins.

Seeing that nothing works, Nala uses the last of her mythic power to make a cask to carry the water in, finding a downed tree or old stump, then heads for the ship after filling and sealing the receptacle.

She returns to being quiet now that she knows there isn't any sort of puzzle or anything deeper.

Sakuro poked around the entire time that Nia and Nala worked... but it seemed none of them could find any solutions to this mystery, and with a heavy sigh and slouched shoulders, she staggered her way back to the ship they'd be using. Not being able to find a good answer seemed to have made her a bit listless... though that was only likely to last until the next interesting magical thing she found.

So, after your investigations, you plan on staying the night there, and getting rest?

Nia would look at Aya. "Let's gather what we can in flasks and such and let's head back. That's my vote anyways. I am not sure why we were supposed to be here but maybe we will learn with time."

She looked at the statue of Alyra. "Rest well Alyra." She would help haul things to the boat.

Aya looks at Nia and then scans the rest of the group. "I agree with you, Nia." She then empties her waterskin and fills it with the spring water. "I wish I had more containers but alas this is all I have." She then heads back down the hill to the boat.

As she went to bed, Sakuro was muttering something about extradimensional spaces, permanent teleportation spells, and one way or another getting to the bottom of all of this.

"Hm. Perhaps it is a puzzle to be solved... I wish I could comprehend it. But if we cannot work it out, we need to move along." Antonio said, laying back against his pack.

The night is peaceful - nature is so close, and yet, in harmony here, which may be strange considering how you all arrived. At any rate, as the sun climbs into the sky in the morning, everybody is remarkably rested.

After feeling broken on the previous day, it's a remarkable feeling.

There's still plenty of crab meat for breakfast, and the captain has smoked about 20 lbs of it!

Do we feel the mystic power?

Nia would eat up heartily.

"Everyone ready to head out? This crab is excellent by the way captain."

If you drink, you feel the mythic power flowing through your body. I assume everyone does, as they fill containers?

I'll need a good idea of the containers filled, by the way. Consider a 'drink' to be the same size as a potion. :)

Nala has an entire cask of it. Whatever size cask she could reliably make from one solid piece of deadwood with Wood Shape. (Up to 15 cubic feet)

She'll also fill her waterskin with it, because it's at least the clearest water available.

Antonio will drink, and fill his waterskin.

So, I am to understand we do not feel the mystic power in the morning until we first take a drink. Right? Aya checks her 3 vials and her waterskin, which she filed yesterday to see if the magic is still there. If so, she drinks the content on one of the vials. Does the mystic power return to her? If not, she drinks from the spring. Dose she feel the power return then? She then refills that vial from the spring. and reports her findings to the party. If Aya feels the mystic power, she goes to Sakuro, and tells her, "Sakuro, if you give me 25 gold pieces, I will make you a first level Pearl of Power."

The magic is still there, and the assumptions are correct. The water seems to hold its power away from the stream, but only if taken from the source, where it's pure. So far, you've determined that it seems to last an hour.

Sakuro fished around in her pockets, then tossed the appropriate number of coins to Aya, looking more than slightly interested in the elf's idea. Now at 967 GP.

She did not, however, drink the water herself. She had no need to at the moment - and the ability to keep spells memorized in her head was kind of pointless if it fizzled after an hour. Might be useful on the one or two times she might want to sneak a spell into somewhere by keeping it in her mind, but beyond that, it just wasn't any good as long as it was temporary.

Aya sits quietly a little away from the group and concentrates on some materials she pulled from her Spell Component Pouch for a brief period of time. She seems to be speaking very quietly as she concentrates. After a bit she get up, walks over to Sakuro and hands her a small pearl. This pearl will return to your memory any one first level you have already cast each day, It can be used but once a day. Use it wisely, my friend.
She then goes back where she was sitting, pulls out her Spell Book, and starts studying the spells she will have available to her this day.