Charm is standing by the door. "Oh, they're back," she mutters, darkly. She turns and bids goodbye to Bavlorna with a voice dripping with syrupy sweetness.
"Yes, yes, a delightful visit," responds Bavlorna absently. Turning to Matilda, she smiles and claps her gnarled hands together with delight. "And now my little burglars are back! My courageous warriors! My Seekers and Patrons! Did you fix my pool yet?"
Charm gives you a hostile look as she steps past the party to exit the study.
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Meanwhile, Titaani ducks out of sight into a nearby door. (Which one?)
"Oozes." She shakes her head with disgust and sighs. "Those oozes." Then she puts her hands together again and jumps up and down once, excitedly. The two little miniature lornlings clinging to her filthy clothing flap in the air but hang on securely. "But my pool? It's fixed and clean? You are fine little plumbers, you are! I need to take a bath, desperately. Look at my skin! But first, could you be good little seekers and patrons and go fetch my crate for a poor old woman who so needs her new skins? I am too weak and tired to be going up and down those stairs all day."
"Your brother?" she responds to the second question. "You have a little spawnling, do you? So cute! I assure you, little thing, that I have seen nothing resembling the likes of you around here! Perhaps that awful Baron found him in the woods when he was collecting my skins?"
Charm navigates through the party and the hallway and heads downstairs to the pool room.
”I suppose,” agrees Ben, turning to leave, though he is wondering what the others might have found—and what may be at the top of that outside staircase.
As they get into the hallway, he pauses and looks at the pictures and the mirror. “We came to this realm by a mirror…I wonder if this one is a portal as well—perhaps to the other side of those pictures?” he muses as he touches the surface of the mirror to see if it is solid or if his hand might go through.
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Ben examines the large, oval mirror on the wall of the hallway. (Perception check?)
It seems nicely crafted, if a little overboard with its scrollwork. The glass is quite solid. The only thing slightly odd about it is Ben's reflection. Instead of reflecting his quizzical, curious frown, Ben's reflection seems to appear completely bereft of any expression or emotion.
Ben suddenly feels ice running down his spine—his expression in the mirror is exactly how he has felt inside since that first trip to the carnival many years ago…
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Even as he reacts with alarm to his completely expressionless reflection, he notices a seam behind the mirror: the edge of another door behind the mirror, camouflaged to look like the rest of the wall. It appears to be solidly sealed.
(Titaani went through the door to her upper left - the one facing the same direction as where the corridor leading to the stairs points. Sorry for not clarifying.)
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Pronouns: She/her/her's
Currently playing as Titaani Leelathae in The Wild beyond the Witchlight
Titaani finds herself in a dusty, uncluttered bedroom. Several shadow boxes hang on the wall to either side of a modest bed with moldering linens.
Charm has gone downstairs; you hear her sharp footfalls crossing the pool room. Bavlorna remains standing in her study, her lornlings still clinging to her. Horatio stands in the doorway, near the staircase to the third floor.
"Put the crate downstairs," Bavlorna calls out after you. "Don't break anything."
Shaking his head slowly, Ben whispers, “I’ll tell you once the doors are closed and Bavlorna is once again shut away with her crony Charm,” obviously not wanting to be overheard and expecting Charm to come back up this way once she has inspected the pool.
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With Charm gone, Ben points to the hidden door edge behind the mirror so that Matilda can see. He whispers, “My expression is all wrong in the mirror, but while I was looking I saw a hidden door behind it. Should we check it out now?”
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With Charm gone, Ben points to the hidden door edge behind the mirror so that Matilda can see. He whispers, “My expression is all wrong in the mirror, but while I was looking I saw a hidden door behind it. Should we check it out now?”
" The answer is always yes when it comes to hidden doors."
Matilda leads Horatio and Ben into the study.
Charm is standing by the door. "Oh, they're back," she mutters, darkly. She turns and bids goodbye to Bavlorna with a voice dripping with syrupy sweetness.
"Yes, yes, a delightful visit," responds Bavlorna absently. Turning to Matilda, she smiles and claps her gnarled hands together with delight. "And now my little burglars are back! My courageous warriors! My Seekers and Patrons! Did you fix my pool yet?"
Charm gives you a hostile look as she steps past the party to exit the study.
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Meanwhile, Titaani ducks out of sight into a nearby door. (Which one?)
" Pool is fixed. You had an ooze problem."
" Where is my brother?"
"Oozes." She shakes her head with disgust and sighs. "Those oozes." Then she puts her hands together again and jumps up and down once, excitedly. The two little miniature lornlings clinging to her filthy clothing flap in the air but hang on securely. "But my pool? It's fixed and clean? You are fine little plumbers, you are! I need to take a bath, desperately. Look at my skin! But first, could you be good little seekers and patrons and go fetch my crate for a poor old woman who so needs her new skins? I am too weak and tired to be going up and down those stairs all day."
"Your brother?" she responds to the second question. "You have a little spawnling, do you? So cute! I assure you, little thing, that I have seen nothing resembling the likes of you around here! Perhaps that awful Baron found him in the woods when he was collecting my skins?"
Charm navigates through the party and the hallway and heads downstairs to the pool room.
Matilda rolls her eyes and walks out, " Skins then?", she asks the other two.
Ben:
”I suppose,” agrees Ben, turning to leave, though he is wondering what the others might have found—and what may be at the top of that outside staircase.
As they get into the hallway, he pauses and looks at the pictures and the mirror. “We came to this realm by a mirror…I wonder if this one is a portal as well—perhaps to the other side of those pictures?” he muses as he touches the surface of the mirror to see if it is solid or if his hand might go through.
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Matilda thinks back to the mirror she broke, " Maybe..."
Ben examines the large, oval mirror on the wall of the hallway. (Perception check?)
It seems nicely crafted, if a little overboard with its scrollwork. The glass is quite solid. The only thing slightly odd about it is Ben's reflection. Instead of reflecting his quizzical, curious frown, Ben's reflection seems to appear completely bereft of any expression or emotion.
Ben’s Perception Check: 15
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Ben suddenly feels ice running down his spine—his expression in the mirror is exactly how he has felt inside since that first trip to the carnival many years ago…
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
Even as he reacts with alarm to his completely expressionless reflection, he notices a seam behind the mirror: the edge of another door behind the mirror, camouflaged to look like the rest of the wall. It appears to be solidly sealed.
(Meanwhile, where did Titaani sneak off to?)
Ben:
Making a mental note, Ben hurries on to keep pace with the others…It would not do to make Charm suspicious while she is out wandering around.
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(Titaani went through the door to her upper left - the one facing the same direction as where the corridor leading to the stairs points. Sorry for not clarifying.)
Pronouns: She/her/her's
Currently playing as Titaani Leelathae in The Wild beyond the Witchlight
Matilda stopped, " What is it Ben?"
Titaani finds herself in a dusty, uncluttered bedroom. Several shadow boxes hang on the wall to either side of a modest bed with moldering linens.
Charm has gone downstairs; you hear her sharp footfalls crossing the pool room. Bavlorna remains standing in her study, her lornlings still clinging to her. Horatio stands in the doorway, near the staircase to the third floor.
"Put the crate downstairs," Bavlorna calls out after you. "Don't break anything."
Ben:
Shaking his head slowly, Ben whispers, “I’ll tell you once the doors are closed and Bavlorna is once again shut away with her crony Charm,” obviously not wanting to be overheard and expecting Charm to come back up this way once she has inspected the pool.
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
(At that, the party hears the trap door slam downstairs as Charm evidently leaves the cottage altogether.)
Ben:
With Charm gone, Ben points to the hidden door edge behind the mirror so that Matilda can see. He whispers, “My expression is all wrong in the mirror, but while I was looking I saw a hidden door behind it. Should we check it out now?”
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Kerric Brightblade - Elven Warrior in "Apocalypse"
" The answer is always yes when it comes to hidden doors."
The secret door behind the mirror seems tightly sealed. It will not open easily from this side, it seems.
"Ew, does she sleep in that?" Titaani asks Tiny, pointing at the moldy bed. "That can't be good for her health. Ah well, let's see what we can find."
Titaani and Tiny are going to search the shadow boxes for anything of importance. (Can I have help with that, since Tiny is helping me?)
Investigation with help: 8
Investigation without help: 13
Pronouns: She/her/her's
Currently playing as Titaani Leelathae in The Wild beyond the Witchlight