The sword looks like it can be taken from the statue as it holds it in two outstretched hands.

The crossguard is straight and has a circle on one side. It looks to be about the length of one side of the square in the door.

Anton follows the others down the corridor, staying in the back as a rearguard.  He stops briefly to look at the statue that he thought was a real knight and shakes his head.

He notices Razzec looking over the statue and the sword again “Do you think the sword has something to do with the markings on the door?”

Grey is going to touch the symbol, he'll start with the top left circle, then move clock wise to press the other circles. Assuming nothing happens, he'll press the middle area. Assuming nothing happens, he'll cast light on the door. Assuming nothing happens, he will then follow the others back.

[OOC: Once we entered the chessboard room, did we actually see a way out the way we came?]

The shiny door has no reaction and is not damaged by anything.

The chessboard is all white and the passages that you came in through are open for you to go back.

Nico stood in front of the shiny wall, staring at it with a look of intense concentration, while his companions went back to the chessboard. After a moment, he started walking back to the same room, examining the walls on the way back to ensure there were no hidden doors.

(( Investigation: 17 ))

Nico doesn't find any secret doors.

Razzec looks back at Anton and says, "It couldn't hurt to assume it might and take it back to the door to try..." And with that he slowly grabs the sword and checks for any traps connected to the sword while pulling on it.

No traps on the sword. It feels light in the hand and..oops..the crossguard slips off looking like a short bar with a circle on the end.

Razzec looks around nervously like he just broke a genie's lamp. He whispers to himself, "Hmm, I'm going to assume that was supposed to happen."  He carries the now two pieces of the sword back to the group and shows them what he found and says, "they just kinda came apart as soon as I touched them."

"Huh." Nico looked over the crossguard in Razzec's hand. "Well, looks like that'll fit into the wall. Strange. And hey--that's a nice-looking sword as a bonus!

"So, mebbe there are other pieces like this in the other towers? I'm guessin' we need four, o' course."

Ember chirps, "One from each tower?  Or we just have to figure out WHICH circle the crosspiece fits in to represent THIS tower?"

"I don't mind flying back and seeing what the original 'other door' might reveal."

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Ember chirps, "One from each tower?  Or we just have to figure out WHICH circle the crosspiece fits in to represent THIS tower?"

"I don't mind flying back and seeing what the original 'other door' might reveal."

 The alternate door near the beaded curtain is a series of 10 by 10 rooms with one way doors and fake doors. In person it might be fun, but PbP would take days to get you back to the beaded curtain. 

Otho ponders for a moment confused, He casts shape water and tries to mold some of his water from his waterskin to fit the rest of the slots of the puzzle, freezing it in place. (assuming this will fail) "So if one side is covered by the sword/sword handle we need to find more of them, I hope they're all not based on strategy games hehe, my brain my implode, so its on to the next area. I'm guessing we can't jimmy it or replace the other handles with something else though..."

The crossguard fits perfectly, but the water/ice does nothing.

Nico stared at the crossguard fit into the wall, tapping his foot as he waited fruitlessly for some sort of magical flash or whoosh to manifest.

After a few moments, he simply shook his head, smiled and chuckled. "Shoulda known it wouldn't be that easy. Guess we go back and try a different tower now?"

"Yes, lets go try another tower, see if we can unravel things..." Grey says.

 Razzec suggests, "Let's make sure we take the first piece with us to make sure it doesn't disappear or get stolen.  We still don't know who or what all is down here."   

You go to which other tower?

"Let's try the opposite tower!" (Diagonal across the court... skirting that hole, anyway.)

The tower and entry to the tower are SURPRISE! the same.

Unless you want to run into the door like last time. This one is more sturdy and will do 1d12 if you crash it.