Perception 20

Croak steps outdoors and takes a glance to the left, then to the right "Pleasure to meet ya Varni. Name's Croak. Keep that knife handy and try, by all means, to resist transforming. People get kinda... funny... around things they don't understand. Besides, something about this place draws in the crazies" he then back at his new companions with a smile.

Perception: 22

"Nice to have ya Kizori. Your timing has been perfect. You ever find anything at that farm?"

Croak, you notice, but Kizori does not, that there is a faint aura of magic over the entryway.  Varni is about to walk into Dar's defenses.

"Thank you, that would be the best! I could still keep a backup scroll in my pouch in case we need it, and memorize other spells for the day. But for now, I should start memorizing every bit of this statue first." Nathan sits down in front of the bullette statue and stares at it intensely.

"Hey Varn wait! You gotta slow down kid. One thing I've learned about magic is to never trust nothin'. Dar's tower is booby trapped."

Croak runs to catch the girl before she blows herself to smithereens. 

Pulled back suddenly, Varni squeaks, before struggling in your arms in brief panic at being grabbed.

As Nathan begins studying the statue, Dar and Isa begins to talk.  "Now Isa, the council and I will be guarding you while these adventurers deal with the Ghost Prince." He turns to Nathan, Eliath, and Shalech.  "And we'll be helping them gear up the best we can."

At the notion of getting equipment, Shalech glibly asks, "You wouldn't happen to have a wand of destroy Spectral Wizard, would you?"

"How do we get past the defences Croak?" Kizori eyes the door wearily. "If he made more friends than enemies, he wouldn't need booby trapped doors." Kizori scoffs indignantly. "I'll wait out here with her, since I probably can't go in either."

Urselles goes through out the service watching Normand preach and giving her own message imploring the people to work together, that this situation they’re is not permanent that it can be beat.

"I wish." Dar replies with a light chuckle.  "I'd have to check the other floors to see what survived my mass dispel.  My research is definitely ruined." He adds with a grimace.

Urselles, your words appear well received.  

(You are a bit ahead of the rest of the group, so let me know if there is anything you'd like to do while we wait for the others to catch up?)

"I don't know how to shut it off"

Croak bends over to grab a pebble and throws it at Dar's front door.

"Dar! Shalech! Nathan! Let me in! You guys done with your wizardry yet!?"

Nathan and Shalech, you hear Croak calling from below.  Dar jumps momentarily at the sudden sound; Isa squeaks in start.  Eliath seems unfazed.

Kizori chuckles at Croak, picks up a stone and throws it the same as Croak and shouts, "Kizori, too!" He scoffa "That was fun." He picks up a second stone and hands it to Varni.

"Master Dar, I think the rest of the group is here. I suppose the spell also dispelled the magical defenses of the tower?" If Dar answers yes, Nathan will yell out to the others to join them, if not, he will ask Dar to switch off the defenses (if they are on) and let them in.

"Tower, defenses down." Dar calls out.  Croak, you notice the magic vanish from the doorway.

"Alright gang it looks safe to enter."

Croak leads the way, opening the door with a little bit more force than necessary. He looks around the group, "So Kizori found someone inter- whoa, what happened to you guys?! You get that magic sorted out?"

Croak, you notice that the entire third floor is dark, except for a single torch over a strange statue.  Varni hesitates and doesn't go up there.

Kizori kneels besides Varni, placing his flipper-like hand on her shoulder, "Climb on my shell. I'll keep you safe."