Praxius,

Neither the Knight or the Commander respond to you, keeping their steady pace towards the frontline. While Dagoro still seems eager to join in the fight, but was denied the chance to help. "That Reli is a piece of work." He mentions, to no one in particular. Rather a statement. 

Impa folds their arms over their chest and watches you closely. "Reli is a trusted comrade to the crown, you would be wise to heed him." Their voice is low, barely a whisper. Causing you to have to lean in just to hear what they had said. 

"IMPA!" You look over your shoulder, back towards the gate which you had exited. Running from the gate is a young hylian man. Wearing simple clothes, his features are a bit round and as he arrives to the three of you. He has to stop to catch his breath. "Lady Impa......Word from the castle.....A Zora has found the Princess.....They need you." 

Rae, 

The Throne room is still, the dark corners offering little detail in the dim light. You note the strange tile your companion had found earlier, the throne still revealing the secret passage beneath it. The Princess' still form laying within the grandeous chair, Nothing seems to move. 

Quiggley, Paca and Rae, 

Shiek puts her feet under her, letting out a grunt of pain as she rises to her feet. "Listen well Kokiri, I dont know how things were for you in the forest. But here, you would be wise to watch your tone to who you are speaking to. If you know anything about the Orchards, you know they are well guarded by more than just soldiers. Impa is the Leader of Kakriko, she knows the defences of the Orchards better than anyone." 

Praxius smiles at Impa.

"Now there is a pickle, your Princess needs you but you have orders to stay here and babysit Dagoro and I", he says and chuckles.

"What will you do? Whose order will you disobey. What do you think Dagoro? Should they heed the Princess. We won't cause any trouble here, will we?", he continues, eyes narrowing as he watches Impa closely.

Quiggley continues into the throne room.

With the throne room quiet, Rae's mind begins to wonder.  The yellow zora decides to take a peek inside the secret passage underneath the throne.

Investigation Check: 9
Passive Investigation: 13

Paca lowers his head and sulks, "Fine. I will wait to go until we find Impa. But if it is too late by the time we get there, I think we know who to blame" Paca then follows Quiggley into the throne room. "Lead on Quiggley. Lets grab Rae and find Impa"

"Oh? I don't know about leading. I'm just going to go mess with the hollow brick the fake king told me not to. I figure if he's fake listening to it isn't in our interest or the princesses."

Quiggley says as he continues into the throne room.

"Whatever the case may be. My emotions are clouding my judgment apparently. I need a better mind to lead me right now than my own." Paca sulks again at the thought that he cannot immediately undo what he has done. His resolve is low. How can he allow anyone else to trust him when he cannot trust himself. 

Theo places a hand on Paca’s shoulder. “I know what it’s like to regret you actions. There are thing that I wish I could do over again, if only to change what happened. But we can’t dwell on those right now. Yes, we may regret our actions, but there is nothing we can do to change them. We need to focus on the Now, not the What Could Have Been. Come on, let’s check out what Quiggley is investigating.” Theo starts walking to the throne room.

Praxius, 

Dagoro chuckles with you, eagerly waiting for Impa's decision. "Aye, I reckon if the princess be callin fer ya. It'd be an important manner, more important than keepin an eye on the pair of us." He continues with your attempt to egg her on, cause her to disobey orders given to her no more than five minutes before. 

"Blast it all." Impa whispers quietly, turning on her heel and dashing towards the eastern gate in a dead on sprint, much faster than anyone you had seen before. 

Rae, 

Taking a peek into the hidden chamber, you can see a set of stairs that descends into darkness. Unfortunately with the lack of light you are unable to discern any features of the hidden chamber.

Quiggley, 

If you are going to check the fake tile, give me a investigation check. 

Rae grabs her Pole of Collapsing (currently in it's shorter form) and casts light on it to allow her to peer further into the stairs.

Quiggley moves to the tile and tries pushing it, moving it in various directions by sliding, pushing different sections, pulling. Finally if none of those work he breaks it with base of his dagger.

Investigation 14

Praxius watches Impa rush off and turns and offers a fist bump to Dagoro, and his giant fist.

"Ok, let's move before someone else tries to stop us", he says and darts off towards the sounds of battle, following Knight Feld and the Commander.

"What do you think Knight Feld meant by creatures of darkness?", he asks as he runs, trying to figure it out himself.

Any Int Skill that applies: 16-1=15

Praxius, 

The Goron returns your gesture with excitement, of course as you dart off you find yourself out pacing the Goron due to his short legs. He attempts to keep up with you but over a period of time, you recognize that at your current speed. Dagoro is going to fall very behind. "I think it has someething to do with the Calamity, Im not really sure." Dagoro's heavy breaths fall further and further behind. "Praxius? You mind slowing a bit?" 

Rae, 

With the additional light, you are now able to see a marble staircase descending about 15 feet into a wide, circular chamber beneath. Your light does let you see the faint shimmer of a reflective surface within the chamber but you would have to descend further to really see any details. 

Quiggley, 

The tile does not move at all, despite your efforts. Striking the tile with the butt of your dagger, the tile shatters and falls away. Revealing the hollow inside, you carefully brush away the debris and look for anything that may have been hidden within. With the significant lack of light within the throne room, you are mainly seeing shapes and shadows. No real details, but you are able to feel what you would describe as a rectangular slate. Infact you feel a series of them, five in total. Grasping one and pulling it from under the debris, you find yourself looking at something baring the mark of the SHiekah. 

Make an Intelligence check.

Praxius turns to see Dagoro trailing behind and pauses to allow him to catch up.

”I bet one of our other companions would have a better idea of what it means. I wonder where they got to. I hope they are ok”, he says when the Goron catches up.

He then carries on towards the front line at a jog, keeping pace with Dagoro.

Looking at the one slate Quiggley tries to remember anything about SHiekah as he also removes the other four.

Intelligence check 20+2= 22

Rae's curiosity begs her to descend further down the staircase, but the yellow zora stops herself short.  Right now the priority was the princess' safety.  Help was eventually on the way, so for now the zora monk stayed with the princess until help arrived.

Paca approaches Rae. "I will watch over her. It's the least I can do. Go. Find out what is below"

"Wait!", Quiggley will call turning and flying towards the others. "Each of you take one of these tiles. They allow you to communicate to any other holder of one of the other tiles.. just concentrate on who while holding the tile and say what you need to say."

" With these we can cover more options. Theo if you will wait with Paca until Impa comes, I will accompany Rae. Once Impa comes if you will go with Paca to the orchard contact me and I will return to guard the princess, so you both can go." 

Quiggley hands out the tiles holding on to the extra one for thier missing  companion.

“Thanks,” Theo says as he inspects his slate. “I wonder why these were kept secret from everyone? I mean, imagine if the leaders of all of the races had one of these: decisions made instantly between thousands of miles!” 

“How did the Poe know about this, though?” Theo realizes. “They said it was a secret of the Royal family. How long has this creature been masquerading as a false king? Who knows what kind of damage it could have caused to this world?”

"I thought we needed to find Impa, not wait for her? Maybe my mind is so clouded I can't remember what is what now" Paca says frustrated. He then grabs a stone from Quiggley and plops himself down next to the princess.