Lost Lab of Kwalish

The monks all radiate heat like typical living humanoids.  As you enter the room, there is no sogn of the gate that brought you here or the garage you left behind.

"Is that everyone, then?" The monk asks. "We wouldn't want to leave anyone behind."

The monk holding her has not yet let go of Echo.

Edit: so far Echo, Huarache, Omiy and Hondo have entered the portal. Leann, Sam, Shutorn and Sigurd can see whats happening, but the others cannot see them.

"If that's all of you then, please, follow me." 

If yij walk to the door you'll notice that there is nothing but sky and clouds, if youbturn youll see the oeaks off mountains in the distance.  You are on a small elevated platform high above a temple, should you look down. If Huarache seems tl have Echoninder control, the monk holding her will release her, cautiously.

Small edit: the room also has all the magic items from Tasha's Cauldron, as well as the DMG, including magic tattoo needles and items of all rarities.

Huarache isn't going to take anything, but he will absolutely get a good look at it all. And Echo is totally under Huarache's control.

“I believe so, yeah, that’s everyone I mentioned. “ Omiy answers, she waves her hand towards the approximate position of the gate and hopes the rest of the group will see her.

Omiy would like a shiny new sword for herself; she’s gonna ask first, though.

“Who do all these magic items belong to? I’ve never seen these many in my life. “ Omiy says impressively as she browses through a myriad collection of all sorts, she follows behind the elder monk and asks, “is it possible for them to spare some?”

Hondo will simply follow Omiy since she’s asking all the questions. He’s keeping his eye on the monks. 

Leann watches through the open portal. She waits to see if all of the monks go with the others.

"These items belong to the Monastery.  The Grand Master hiards them up here in his treasury, but what has he doen with all this powet? Naught! That is why we, the Brothers of The Distressed Body are liberating them, to be put to use.  Your appearance here at this moment is therefore, shocking.  But then, the same has been said of myself ince or twice." At this, the elder monk draws back his cowl, revealing a featureless face, flayed nearly to the bone.  "Take what you will and join us, The Enlightened, but let us make haste."

"My apologies for being rude, but could you please elaborate on..." Huarache pauses to remember some things the monk said. "The Monastery, the Grand Master, and the Distressed Body? What are those?"

When Hondo hears the words “Monastery” and “Distressed Body” he pulls Omiy aside. “Don’t let them see me. When I came to this world, these monks found me and enslaved me. I barely escaped with my life. We should get what we can and get out of here.” He whispers. 

“Uh-oh. That doesn’t sound too good. Are you sure?” Omiy whispers back to Hondo, “let’s grab Huarache and get out of here then. “

“Huarache,” she calls out, and tilts her head towards the gateway where they came from, “we should probably go back and tell all others to tag along, they wouldn’t want to miss this. “

Insight: 9

Gonna give myself advantage because I know nothing about these monks, and they've used dark, cryptic language. Insight: 9

For crying out loud. That was a 22, and I decided to edit my post accordingly, but it did this thing where it refused to open the text box when I clicked "edit," and I had to reload. I swear it was a 22. I don't know what even would have changed that. (EDIT: And having edited my post with Huarache's actions, the 8 changed to an 11. What is going on. In any case:

Huarache looks at Omiy, and realization dawns on him. "Yeah, wouldn't want them to miss this." He goes over to Omiy and Hondo, and I assume the latter explains quickly. Wile, what magic items are nearest to Huarache that he could identify with a quick look?

I think the second Insight roll is just changing whenever I edit my actions, for some reason.

Ooc: I think, all things considered, you can guess this is an evil aligned cult.  The deal is clear, take the loot and join the cult. By all accounts the old monk seems sincere. 

The Insight rolls were for guessing Omiy had something important to tell me.

I'm a bit lost with all yiur dialogue s guys. The folks in the garage csn see yii snd get to you, but tye k es in the Monastery have bo immediate exit exceot straight down (there js a platform that moves, but its being piloted by a monk). So either take some stuff or dont and ssy yes or no, sincerely or insincerely and kwt me know wh8ch it is.  ('Yes' is you're with the monks.)

Sigurd-no

Seeing the horrible face of the monk, he recoils and yells (not knowing they can't hear him),

"I believe you should get out of there immediately, my friends! Treasure isn't worth much if you're too dead to enjoy it!"

"What exactly are the goals of your order?" asks Huarache cautiously, gesturing to his own face to signify that he's referring to the flaying thing. He's stopped; he's not trying to move forward any more so he can get to the portal in a hurry if need be, trying to get them to stop and answer him in return.

Yeah, let’s play along with the monks, grab some stuff, and bolt. 
“I do like the sound of a brotherhood... but the whole face thing,” Omiy stands beside Huarache, scrunches her face and a little asks, “is that a requirement?”

"Perhaps we should go help the reckless fools." Shutorn says to his companions in the garage as he scratches his head. "Do you think the apparatus could fit through the portal? That would give us some means of escape..."

"Isn't that what is keeping the portal open?" Leann asks, though she truly doesn't know much about what is going on with it... "I'm all for going to aid them though, not sure what else to do at this point..."

(DM, Leann was going to check out that magical top the last rest we got, so that was the long rest we just recieved. Can you tell me what it does, if anything?)