Candlekeep Mysteries Group 2

Mav um....attacks the rope?

[Rapier: 19 Damage: 10 piercing]

The rope snaps! The sculpture falls! Shemshine gets crushed! As he does so, he gets sucked back into the book, it latches shut, and the song is out of your head! 

"Do you hear that?" Mav asks "it's silence......" and he smiles a toothy grin "well done everyone, hopefully our kenku friend here learned an important lesson today."

This may not be over yet.. He starts to chant in dwarvish, in Moradins name, as he casts prayer of healing (3rd) 20 healed to everyone

Emporious recoils as the large book comes crashing down. Peering through the dust and rubble he sees nothing remains of the entity but notices that the bothersome tune has left his head. With a sigh of relief he dismisses the manifested mind of his spell book and goes to see if Varnyr is willing to let them out.

Isa simply stares at the now fallen and broken book sculpture as the tune in her head disappears.  "Is it gone?  Like for good??"

After about ten minutes of chanting, Barbär scans the room for anything that still seems off or of the Shadowfell plane, perception 3 then realizing the current state of events says out loud looking to the group

Ebder! Check Ebder! Is he still breathing? Is he up? Barbär rushes over to Ebders side, and if he is still unresponsive, medicine 14, but if he stirs, Ebder, friend, how do you fare?

"What just happened?!" Ebder says, alive! The others pour in next to you all, wondering what in the world just happened.

Hino quickly jumps out of the way of the falling book sculpture, gracefully rolling away like a ninja.  She remains in a ball for a good minute after the crash, trembling in fear at how close she came to getting crushed herself.  After composing herself, she untucks, stands back up, and runs over to Mav to give him a giant hug of relief and thanks.  "Thank you, Master Mavshoon...your aim was true!  I owe you one!"

As the group gathers around Ebder, Hino gently pokes him in the ribs..."You're okay there, Eb.  You have US to thank for that, too!"

"Anyone see Varnyr?  I wanna get outta this joint!"

Mav accepts the hug, albeit a bit awkwardly and then pats Hino on the shoulder "it is nothing any one of us would have done if the situations were reversed dear Hino.  Now yes let's find Varnyr and get out of here.  I could use a drink."

We put an end to a 600 year old curse, and better yet, stopped that damned tune. A childrens book released some shadow figure after Mavshoon here fixed it. Are you hurt at all, Ebder?

"We best give this 'Shemshine's Bedtime Rhyme' book to the Avowed - I think they will know how to deal with it or destroy it so that it's curse is forever gone!"

Agreed. And if nothing else, sealed away in a mirror lined box, cast out to the Astral sea.

Barbär continues to tend to Ebder for a moment

Varnyr, who has the key, unlocks the hatch in area F1. Then, she immediately takes the book to lock it away in one of Candlekeep’s secure vaults. "This book shall never bother anyone ever again. Praise and our utmost thanks for solving this mystery, kind friends. It is quite a relief to not hear that terrible addicting song in our heads anymore. You are free to go in search of further mysteries!"

“What?!  No reward?” Hino adds, in response to Varnyr.

Orvok hands Mav one of the bottles he'd originally brought down, before taking a long swig on another one. 'I'm beginning to think the reason they keep people away from Candlekeep isn't to keep the books safe from people, it's to keep people safe from the books....'

He takes another swig. 'I *am* getting a little tired of doing the work of the Avowed pro-bono though, I have to say...'

"Your reward is our gratitude." Varnyr says. "Just like the last mystery. I'm not sure how you guys pay bills."

Quite contrary, Hino. Our reward is this...

He holds up a gauntleted finger, and waits for a moment as a smile starts to grow across his face,

Silence. Ha! One step closer to slightly normal!

Ben's got it.

Hino harrumphs and sighs her annoyance at the cheapskates, and responds "Well, since you're such a churl, perhaps you could see in your heart to at least let us outta this cellar?  Pretty please, with me on top?"