Tetrevess, rounds are passing as you look on, either make 4 Wis saves or get out of the cavern.

(As Piccolo can "pass through" objects here, other than the pits, does she see anything really important under the surface?)

The invisible Piccolo (Still felt/ almost seen by Trisk) continues to float toward him (Perception: 26) The rest can't "see" her but if they weren't covered in slime, probably could "sense her presence"

@shimshon123:

 She can only move 10ft per round, thats her biggest issue. In practical terms, the slime is, for all intents and purposes, alive.

As he Waitsfield the others, floating above the slime as eye rays flash around the room, Tetrevess notices something approaching from the next room. Hovering several feet above the ground, a spherical body adorned with 8 eye stalks and two others that end prematurely, sans eye. In the center of the sphere, above a wide, fanged jaw, sits a large central eye, white with cataract.

At this, the eye rays cease, and the creature speaks.  "Enough" it says, in a hissing sibilance, "State your purpose for being here."

Sam will break of a bead and cast wind walk on him Ethan, randy and if there in range tisk and piccolo?  
then moves to float around to the other side 

Ethan's WIS Save: 16

If the creature can see him and Randy, he'll reply in a stern tone: "We have zero interests in taking you on whatsoever. We're only interested in tearing down the lich Tzazz uh... whatever is... his full name is... we aim to take him down for good. Unless if you are affiliated with him in some way...?" If the creature doesn't take notice of him, he won't say a thing.

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Sam will break of a bead and cast wind walk on him Ethan, randy and if there in range tisk and piccolo?  
then moves to float around to the other side 

 @Legion4: are you sure you want to do that? This is a 6th level spell.

@everyone: if Sam does cast wind walk, are you all "willing creatures"?

"Szazz Tam," the beholder addresses the slime‐covered Ethan, "I have heard this *name* many times throughout my imprisonment. It was by his order that I was mutilated,  tortured, *experimented* on.  His Red Wizard's cruelty is truly venerable.  You seek the *demise* of this Szass Tam. Perhaps an alliance would be mutually beneficial." 

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<RP as much as you like. His motivation leads inexorably to one question:>

Ethan maintains his serious posture  and crosses his arms whilst his bat temporarily vanishes. (he's gonna lose his invisibility). "So you've been imprisoned by him. Just like her, wherever she went. I can sense your pain a little now that you've told us." He points to Piccolo. "To be honest it would be most appreciated to join forces rather than having to waste our energy beating each other up for no reason and give S... Z... I can't pronounce his name properly sorry... but even so, fighting each other would only give the lich an advantage over us. And you don't want him to gain that do you? If that's so I have two questions to ask. Number 1: if you do insist what would you require from us in order to properly establish it? And 2: How are you so sure you won't stab us in the back once we've handed your request to you, let alone work towards our main goal? We're not the type to take backstabber lightly. You want us to join forces, you need to make it clear to us and vice-versa, should my brother hand you what you need."

He glances at Randy, who is holding all of the key attunements. He's worried if the team makes one mistake, then things could go south with this temporary alliance and the situation would be against their favour. He's also not fond of teaming up with beholders because... he teamed up with one in the past with the shifters and got stabbed in the back for it. He doesn't want to make the same mistake twice.

(ooc: Trisk is willing to have water walk cast on him if Sam is still casting it?)

(Piccolo is completely gone from view, but some astute in Arcana might "feel" her presence)

After she arrives at the far south "floor" she will slowly reappear (first very ethereal, then slowly, more solid in her substance.
She then plays a tune of bravery
(If anyone needs help getting out, she can use bardic inspiration to help with your save)

(You see an image of the party helping the unknown imprisoned one)

She also tries to discover the source of the voice, playing a few notes that only the voice can understand

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(ooc: Trisk is willing to have water walk cast on him if Sam is still casting it?)

 <it was wind walk>

The beholder considers Wthans words and nods approvingly (or so you guess. It looks odd to see a head nodding with no neck).

"You talk straight. I like that.  Backstabbing. Everywhere. The whole lot of them.  Magic users. I would never suffer tbe sight kf them, till they took my central eye from me.  Now, I know they have done something with magic to keep me here.  Watch." At this, the beholder moves near the corner and tbe slime recesses, revealing the bodies if two wights and three thayan warriors. From a wight, the beholder takes a glyph key and, holding it in his teeth, floats back across the slime cavern, the way you came in, finding the white gate blocking passage to the east, it lays the stone down, attempting to bypass the barrier, to no avail.

"These stones open doors for the others. Thalaxia can not open it, even with the stone. Help Thalaxia and I kill Red Wizards. What doubt of this have you, now?"

"So you must have gone through a lot." Randy says in a lowered voice as he does his best to stop himself from sinking again. It's hard for him to even imagine being in the now-blind beholder's shoes. And hearing about his treatment disgusted him to no end. "I'm currently holding the other attuned keys. So far I don't see why I shouldn't share it with you besides from my brother's concern, of course. I'm more concerned of everyone else disagreeing with what he says about this temporary team-up. It's a double-edged sword, but if it helps you to get out of this hell hole, I'm all for destroying the three remaining stones for you. But I'm standing besides Ethan on this matter. Though... I'm not too sure about his current attitude towards this. He's been through... a lot. This entire place must have reminded him of something. Who's that Thalaxia, by the way? Is he also against the lich seeing that he's also driven to destroy them wizards?"

If everyone else approves, Randy will gesture the beholder to levitate his key towards him so he can speed-attune and secure this temporary alliance for the time being. 

Piccolo hears its words and studies it carefully, trying to assess if it is speaking the truth

(insight 13)

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Piccolo hears its words and studies it carefully, trying to assess if it is speaking the truth

(insight 13)

 Thaxalia's eyes look in all directions, constantly roving. It's lifeless grimace reveals rows I'd sharp teeth dripping with saliva. The creature is utterly alien. It's body language is equally inscrutable, given the lack of joints other than the madibles and stalk eyes.

But its words, they're timbre and cadence, sound earnest.

"I accept your gift," Thaxalia tells Randy, its raspy voice choking out the words, "but as I have demonstrated, the wizards have done something to me that prevents me from using these devices as others do. Curse those foul humans." He mutters to himself. Then, recalling present company, adds, 'present company excluded."

(Thalaxia can't use the glyph keys. They don't know what to do about it, but they want your help with it but they are grateful for the offer of additional attunemnts. Based on all you've seen and done, it looks like what Thaxalia is doing with the glyph key he took from the wight should work. It just -- didn't.)

"Our little friend here is also prevented from leaving," Trisk will gesture toward where Piccolo recently appeared out of thin air, "perhaps the only way we can help either of you leave is to destroy the phylacteries and/or lich connected to them?"

Looking back toward Thalaxia, "If there is anything you can think of that will help us in that regard it would also, by extension, be helping free yourself from this gods forsaken place."

"You have our thanks. Actually no..." Randy mutters if Thalaxia allows him to go over to the rock and attempt what he couldn't. "If you want to thank someone, thank Ethan. He's the one the big heart, the one who agreed to this in the first place." If I had it my way... you would have been blasted to pieces by us. He thinks.

The gate opens for Randy.  Thalaxia's eye stalks squirm excitedly, quivering. 

To Randy, they say "I have waited so long to see beyond these walls. And now, I will find my vengeance.  Things in this world are very different from my own.  Seldom us there contact with your world, but it is exclusively these mages who come to our realm, abducting us.  Thank you for your help. I don't know how far I will get while so cursed, but perhaps I can find another ally to open these barriers of luminous smoke."