"Oh no...Are we gonna have to write a short story? Is this some sort of book club? I ain't a writer and never been much of a reader." Grabius starts to head back towards the hallway, but stops in the doorway. "How d'you say this devil got in here? And...is Caelius still in the library?" Glancing around, his eyes landing towards the book, Grabius is obviously unsure about the situation. He mutters a few words under his breath.
"Caelius the devil is most certainly still in the library, in one of the demiplanes, so to speak. A time will come when you will have to face that horrible creature, but for now all you will need to be concerned with would be the keys and the crystals." Mattias said with a nod.
He grinned at his mistake. "Why, of course! It seems that I should give some sort of directions for using a demiplane..."
Mattias stepped away from the book and winced as he picked up a stray book and hurled it at the podium. The book vanished into the book's blank pages. Mattias himself seemed surprised by this, stepping back a bit.
"That is...more or less, how to access it. You simply...step through!"
Grabius scratches the back of his head and grumbles as he moves forward. Taking a deep breath, he reaches for the blank page. Just as he begins to touch it, he looks back to Mattias and says, "If this so much as ca..." and he's gone.
Mattias was about to answer Grabius as the remaining three had warped themselves into the book. When they touched it, their bodies seemed to disintegrate into a fine powder, which took up a misty form of it's own and spiraled into the book. Before Mattias could explain to Grabius, Grabius himself stepped up and was sent into the book. Mattias grinned and rubbed his hands together, silently wishing the adventurers good luck.
---
The adventurers tumbled in a heap onto wet grass. It was dark, but a dim blue glow lit the area around them. A quick look of the place would tell the adventurers that they were in a forest, but large glowing mushrooms were the source of the grow. The tall trees stretched so high, and were so leafy that they blocked the sky, the only light visible was that of the glowing mushrooms. Many blue fireflies darted about the forest, the entire place was breathtaking. The air was wet with moisture and it seemed an occasional drop of dew came down from the trees.
A look behind the adventurers would reveal a huge stone covered in runes. When they had emerged it rippled like water. The stone still had the rippling affect as wind blew against it.
The trees were tightly packed, but one trail that was visible gave view to a gate. The gate was closed and guarded by two humanoid shapes(perception to see who they are). It seemed to be the only way to go, the trees were like walls on all sides.
Grabius appears and seems to be mid-sentence, "...causes me to...AGHK-HA! *cough* Triggerspat! ... well, I'm in no hurry to do that again...ugh." He turns to look back at the stone behind them and then to the surrounding area.
As the group stared blindly at the figures only Grabius and Zerxius could identify that they were indeed hobgoblins. Their stern faces in a neverending scowl. It seemed that even if you took a stick and tried to force their faces to change they would not. The guards didn't move, except for their eyes, scanning the forest. As Grabius coughed the noise caught their attention. One bugbear pointed a sword at him, noticing the group.
"You there! Do you know you are on soil to-be-claimed by the army of Blurgh?!" He barked. "It would be wise of you to return to wherever you came from."
"Oh no...Are we gonna have to write a short story? Is this some sort of book club? I ain't a writer and never been much of a reader." Grabius starts to head back towards the hallway, but stops in the doorway. "How d'you say this devil got in here? And...is Caelius still in the library?" Glancing around, his eyes landing towards the book, Grabius is obviously unsure about the situation. He mutters a few words under his breath.
"So if anyone has any ideas as to what to do next, I'm all horns," Allure says.
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"so Mattias how does one trigger this empty book"
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"Caelius the devil is most certainly still in the library, in one of the demiplanes, so to speak. A time will come when you will have to face that horrible creature, but for now all you will need to be concerned with would be the keys and the crystals." Mattias said with a nod.
He grinned at his mistake. "Why, of course! It seems that I should give some sort of directions for using a demiplane..."
Mattias stepped away from the book and winced as he picked up a stray book and hurled it at the podium. The book vanished into the book's blank pages. Mattias himself seemed surprised by this, stepping back a bit.
"That is...more or less, how to access it. You simply...step through!"
Zerxius looks at the others and shrugs, "shall we then?"
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Grabius mulls over Mattias’ words as if trying to balance some scale; trying to translate them into a justifiable arrangement of words and thought.
At Zerxius’ comment, he turns and says, “...you first.” Trying hard to suppress a slight smirk.
Out of the side of his mouth Grabius mutters through his teeth to Mattias, “You’ve done this before, right?”
[Continues muttering more words to himself as if having a conversation] “...o’ buggersnap pimpleglitch fudge-lipple... ...every time...but...you...”
Boxey nods as she holds her shield and mace forward. "I'm ready when y'all are."
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
"As you wish" Zerxius touches the book
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Allure snaps his tail in excitement. For all his uncaring attitude, he founds the prospect of traveling through demiplanes interesting.
"Well then, the last on the other side cooks dinner," he jokes, all but diving in the book. The next minute he is through.
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Boxey touches the book and closes her eyes, saying a silent prayer to Tempus.
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Grabius scratches the back of his head and grumbles as he moves forward. Taking a deep breath, he reaches for the blank page. Just as he begins to touch it, he looks back to Mattias and says, "If this so much as ca..." and he's gone.
Mattias was about to answer Grabius as the remaining three had warped themselves into the book. When they touched it, their bodies seemed to disintegrate into a fine powder, which took up a misty form of it's own and spiraled into the book. Before Mattias could explain to Grabius, Grabius himself stepped up and was sent into the book. Mattias grinned and rubbed his hands together, silently wishing the adventurers good luck.
---
The adventurers tumbled in a heap onto wet grass. It was dark, but a dim blue glow lit the area around them. A quick look of the place would tell the adventurers that they were in a forest, but large glowing mushrooms were the source of the grow. The tall trees stretched so high, and were so leafy that they blocked the sky, the only light visible was that of the glowing mushrooms. Many blue fireflies darted about the forest, the entire place was breathtaking. The air was wet with moisture and it seemed an occasional drop of dew came down from the trees.
A look behind the adventurers would reveal a huge stone covered in runes. When they had emerged it rippled like water. The stone still had the rippling affect as wind blew against it.
The trees were tightly packed, but one trail that was visible gave view to a gate. The gate was closed and guarded by two humanoid shapes(perception to see who they are). It seemed to be the only way to go, the trees were like walls on all sides.
"ok everyone remember where we arrived"
Perception check :18
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Perception: 8
I have an intelligence of six, I know what I'm doing.
Grabius appears and seems to be mid-sentence, "...causes me to...AGHK-HA! *cough* Triggerspat! ... well, I'm in no hurry to do that again...ugh." He turns to look back at the stone behind them and then to the surrounding area.
Perception: 18
"Great. Trees. And then more trees," Allure sneered. He wasn't a big fan of the outdoors. "Well, at least we're not on a farm."
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As the group stared blindly at the figures only Grabius and Zerxius could identify that they were indeed hobgoblins. Their stern faces in a neverending scowl. It seemed that even if you took a stick and tried to force their faces to change they would not. The guards didn't move, except for their eyes, scanning the forest. As Grabius coughed the noise caught their attention. One bugbear pointed a sword at him, noticing the group.
"You there! Do you know you are on soil to-be-claimed by the army of Blurgh?!" He barked. "It would be wise of you to return to wherever you came from."
Grabius facepalms. As his hand slowly stretches his face, he shoots a look to Allure.
Zerxius speaks lowly to Grabius "you go left i go right?"
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Grabius gives Zerxius a quick wink.