Crimson Sands of Time

Piccolo sits down, looking at the group and raising her hands.

She begins playing a calm melodic melody. Maybe the Unicorn will come to them.

Despite the calming music and serene sounds of nature, an inescapable disquiet waxes among you. You slowly get the feeling you are being watched. 

Uriel:

"What's the plan when we find the unicorn?  Asking for help to free those frozen in time seems okay, but the man sitting on the throne seemed more the type to butcher a unicorn for its horn rather than ask for its help," asks Uriel.

Piccolo shrugs, plays a few notes, (“image of piccolo hugging the unicorn and smiling, but shaking her head at the ugly throne man”)

"I agree with Piccolo, we should befriend a unicorn if we find one."

Trisk will try to make eye contact with as many of the group as he can while saying, "If any here have designs on harming one just for a chance at it's horn then maybe we should part ways now. We don't have to agree on everything but we should generally be on the same page when it comes to the bigger issues."

Drain:

"If the unicorn won't give up it's horn, perhaps it can tell us how to break the spell, or come with us."  Drain will cast detect magic again and walk up and down the shoreline at a distance, looking for tracks as well.  He will also call up his familiar to check from the air.

As the familiar approaches the shoreline, he too is turned away, but Drain, through the hawk's keen eyes, notices something odd. For a brief moment, as the bird approaches the airspace over the shoreline, he sees it's reflection in the shimmering pool of water and for just a moment, the bird appears to be adorned by a golden horn extending from its head, nearly half the length of its body from head to tailfesthers, before vanishing in a blink.  The glamour yet repulse the hawk, inexplicably denying the creature access to the small island within the lake. 

As he peers beyond the trees and the underbrush, Drain glimpses his own reflection in the waters of the lake and he, roo, for just a moment, appears to have a single large horn protruding from his forehead. But on second glance, it is gone. 

(Assuming Drain tells the group about this)

Hearing Drain describe himself with a horn, then the rabbit unicorn, and hawk, both with horns, is reminder of her game she played when she was young. They used to strap on a set of horns and pretend they were bucks, fighting with each other. Piccolo decides maybe she should look the part and that this is yet another game. She takes her little flute and ties it to her head with some string. Then she starts hopping like a rabbit and eats some grass. Like the rabbit, she hops toward the shore where it disappeared. the girl is a strange one indeed, and perhaps, not entirely sane.

Picollo finds herself anklr deep in the waters of the lake. Getting to the islet in the middle of the lake requires crossing 250 feet of fresh, still water. The lake is 30 feet deep, and the islet is 30 feet wide and 40 feet long.

She hops back and gets the others.  

Trisk follows where Piccolo is leading and has a look at the water.

"Looks like we'll have to swim." 

Pixcolo double checks her knots on her head and instrument (fast hands/ sleight of hand.
Piccolo gives a thumbs up to Trisk and jumps in.

Drain:  

Drain nods, wondering and Piccolo's knowledge to figure out this puzzle with the description.. ""Well, when in the land of the Fae..."  And will proceed to tie a stick to his head as well before following.

Uriel:

Walking out on the water, Uriel takes a deep breath and looks around.  Yes, this is a fitting island for a unicorn, he thinks, keeping pace with those swimming.

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Trisk follows where Piccolo is leading and has a look at the water.

"Looks like we'll have to swim." 

 Does he have anything on his head? 

Assuming you all realized that you have to be unicorns to do so, you make your way through the water. You manage to swim to the island to find, perched atop the islet’s highest point, 30 feet above the surface of the water, an iron bowl filled with coals. 

Trisk uses some ribbon to attach a wand to the front of his head so he can pass as a faux-unicorn.

Looking up at the bowl filled with coals, "Are we supposed to light it?"

Piccolo takes a close look at the coals and bowl, also with true sight looking for unicorns and other things

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Trisk uses some ribbon to attach a wand to the front of his head so he can pass as a faux-unicorn.

Looking up at the bowl filled with coals, "Are we supposed to light it?"

 

 Do you try it?