The Forgotten Wish

((In that case Breldo gives up on trying to get rabbits high, briefly ponders if it might make Lady Lark a bit less uptight before tossing the mushroom bits into the shrubs and heads back to the clearing to look for the tunnel and hidden hatch that clearly must be there since magic doesn't exist.))

(OK, I understand now.  Even ODDER now he thinks.)

(you can give me investigation checks) 

Breldo Perception: 11

Rick nods along with Clyde,

"Rick thanks Clyde and Rick will share Clyde's information with Rick's group. Clyde should come back and listen to Khond play!"

Rick waves Clyde back with him and then will share Clyde's story and desire with those at the table, including Khond, between songs.

Breldo does an closer inspection of the circle, but finds nothing - no secret hatch or anything of the kind. Maybe he could just try digging if he has the appropriate tool..? 

"This makes no sense, how would their tracks just START here?", he says in frustration, looking up to see if they could have dropped down from an overhanging branch or the like.

Feeling rather useless, Nuria walks into the ring of mushrooms and starts investigating the area. She's not sure what she's looking for, but the least she could do is keep an eye out for any clues.

Investigation: 10

Breldo looks up. There are a few trees having some branches hanging over the clearing, so maybe it's not impossible if one has been clever, but... He doesn't think he can see any branch that would really serve well enough to drop right in the middle of the circle..? Maybe if they set something up between trees then somehow managed to clean it up without leaving marks..?

Nuria on the other hand, decides to investigate the circle closer, stepping right in the middle of it. While a peaceful scene, she doesn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

(Can Nuria give me a d100 roll?)

((I'd intended Breldo to blindly step into the middle of it when he was checking for a trap door, because clearly those fairy tales couldn't be real, since magic is make believe. He was looking for a trap door where the footsteps started (or ended) in the middle of the circle.))

(Then Breldo can give me a d100 roll too.)

Nuria's roll is 10.

Breldo: 76

While it is no doubt a silly notion, both for Breldo and Nuria, standing in the midst of this mushroom circle... It is almost enchanting to think that perhaps there is something more to this, after all? More than the same mundane answers that always provide themselves. A deep breath, a glance around.

But all that meets them is this cold, dead world.

"I'm beginning to see why he wanted us to see this for ourselves first. If he'd said that the trail started out of thin air, I'd not have believed him in not for having followed the tracks myself."

(Is there any avenue the clearing party would still like to explore, or how long they'd continue to try and explore for leads?)

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At the "inn", Rick returns and shares what the boy had told him. Beside that, things remain pretty mundane.

(Does anyone have an instrument (visible) beside Khond?)

((Return and talk to our guide, see if he has any insights or suspicions?))

((Not Rick, he can't play anything.))

(The group could certainly head back. It is about a small half an hour to go between the village and this clearing, so time might be getting a bit cramped if the intent is to head back right after, but not impossible...)

"I was hoping a simple mystery that eluded the villagers, but I have to admit it's eluding me too at this point.", Breldo confides in Nuria and Oren. "Ugh, I'm starting to sound far too much like a noble for my taste. Shall we head back and see if our guide has any other revelations for us?"