(OOC: Sadly, Rhogar's spell ended during the wait for prayer of healing, but c'est la vie)

A brow ridge rises at the statement, before then with a shrug, Rhogar squeezes his way past the others as much as necessary to get a better look at Kazri's "concern". "That's-....!" Started the dragonborn before catching himself in time. His eyes than narrowed and a hand is set to much quiet chin rubbing as he contemplated the nature of the creature, and how it might've related to foe the slaid at the base of the tower. 

-Arcana: 21. 

Of course he eventually notices the slab at its strange inscription. But short of being able to read it from afar without drawing much more attention, the dragonborn eventually had to step back to whisper and convey what he knew of at least the creature itself, but with his first thoughts at least hinting at the possibility of the frog being another Nothic situation. "Either way, it seems... peaceful enough to converse with. We need but mind our manners and be stay at least somewhat on guard." He adds on towards the end.

Krom, shield and hammer at the ready, carefully follows the group inside the tower and up towards the top floor. As he walks, the dwarf scans the interior of the building looking for metal implements for future uses. Upon reaching the top, Krom's gaze is immediately drawn to the adamantine shields covering the windows. The dwarf is so fully drawn by them that for a brief moment he doesn't notice the frog.  Krom acknowledges Rhogar's remarks with a nod and, whispering to the Professor Orb asks "What do you think Professor? Keep your voice low as we do not need to startle that creature."

Chill stows his crossbow and elects to draw his rapier due to the confines of the tower and the stairs. He waits at the back of the line and provides rear guard for the party as they investigate the top floor of the tower.  He watches the stairs and makes sure nothing comes up behind them.

Rhogar takes a good look at the green slaad.  He's certain that the blue and now the green are of the same species.  Though the blue was far more brutish and this one seems far more intelligent as it works at the controls of the telescope.

The Professor Orb actually does keep his voice down and sounds intrigued.  "I would venture to guess that the blue slaad down below infected a mage that was here in the tower.  These creatures reproduce in a most horrible way and I would say that you, Krom, are very lucky that the blue ones clawing of you did not infect you in any way.  They pass on a disease, or an infection, called chaos phage. It transforms its victim into a fully grown red slaad, or green slaad if the victim was able to manipulate the weave. This green one was likely a mage, the mage in charge of this tower perhaps.  Perhaps also the door being welded shut was to keep the blue slaad in, to prevent it from escaping.  It was a good thing you killed it. It could cause much destruction if it had escaped these caves."

As the orb speaks Rhogar reads the words on the chunk of wall that he can safely presume is from the Tower of Divination. It bears the following inscription in Draconic: “ed a secret about yourself for all to hear.”

Full inscription is

Third, a burnt palm loosens the tongue. Shed a secret about yourself for all to hear.

Krom listens carefully as the Professor tells them about the slaad and their terrible disease "In that case we have to deal with the green one too before it finds out that the door is not welded anymore. It's our responsibility, we forced our way in for gathering information. We have to put the poor mage, if he is still in there, to rest before the slaad escape. With all the rubble and discarded materials below, I could seal this tower for good, but the slaad might escape in the future, especially if they retain some arcane abilities from their previous life."

Though somewhat disappointed at the limit of his understanding of the creature, the dragonborn could no more deny there being only so few hours in the day, than he could the fact that Brother Vixix might've steered him away from most topics about the otherwordly to keep younger Rhogar safe. So instead, he shifted focused to the inscription while half-listening Professor Orb. Rhogar would repeatedly mouth the words inscribed several times, as well as completing the phrase from the group's previous discovery, before nodding inwardly in satisfaction.

"As abhorrent as their reproductive means are, I confess to feeling somewhat reticent to put an end to that one. For if it still possesses all if not most of their ability to manipulate the weave and has been here since fall at that, I doubt it could not have escaped well before now if they so wish and wrecked untold havoc." Rhogar whispered to the group. "I... I wish to try and converse with them first. And if this one proves just as hostile as the other, THAN feel free to do what you feel you must, Master Krom." He then turns to regard everyone else. "Is that alright with you all as well?"

If able to get everyone's approval, Rhogar smiles appreciatively, turned his attention again on the creature, then following taking one last breath to steady his nerves, both he and Gorrah would step more into view and at least begin approaching the Slaad. "Greetings and salutations! Pardon our intrusion, but I would have words with you, should you, eh, understand common tongue? Or mayhaps you speak draconic?" He says, though the last question is spoken in draconic.

Kazri stows her sword, but she will keep her hand on the handle. Just in case. Oli is standing behind her.

"Give a heads up if you think this are going south.  Till then I'm watching the stairs." Chill says

Rhogar approaches the green slaad who is madly fiddling with the telescope.  It appears to initially ignore him but as he continues to speak it the slaad turns to him and baring its teeth and claws it hisses for a moment before returning to its fiddling with the telescope.

Rhogar - insight check please 

Krom nods at Rhogar as the dragonborn explains his planned course of action. "As always you make valid points. If we manage to talk with them, we may obtain some useful information." says the dwarf keeping his voice low. "Be careful, even if they are not hostile, they might behave in an unpredicted way." adds as Rhogar begins to approach the slaad."

The dwarf lowers his shield and hammer, but prepares himself to react in case of hostility from the creature.

-Insight: 14. 

Rhogar is taken aback at first. But rather than growl back as instinct demanded, the dragonborn merely huffed, then squinted at the creature, watching its actions closely to at least try to make sense of its obsession over the scope. Could it be an item both as blessed and as "cursed" as the one that led the group to the tower? Or has even in his(?) Slaad, the mage's hunger for knowledge couldn't to plague it? And wasn't the roof of the cavern enclosed the ruins wholly or was some other magic at work here!? The more the questions rattled around in the dragonborn's head, the more his fingers rapt at the staff ever in hand. 

Rhogar realizes that the creature was not just ignoring him, it couldn't understand him. It seems wholly interested in working on the telescope.

After a few moments of contemplating the matter, Rhogar lets out a long, exasperated sounding sigh and shook his head. "Well, can't say I didn't at least try." The dragonborn further remarked as he turned to the rest of the party. "Let us go. The... 'being' here is no threat to anyone, and shall not be for quite some I'd imagine. Not while their absorbed in their strange telescope and whatever visions it is showing them." He said confidently. "If it would yet be a comfort to you, Master Krom, to see about sealing the door once more before our departure from this area, I'm more than willing to offer what aid I can in the endeavor. But best we do not go out of our way to invite trouble when there's plenty enough yet to deal with throughout the city, eh?" 

"At least we learned the other part of the phrase," says Krom, placing a hand on Rhogar's shoulder. "You are right, that creature seems completely obsessed with their telescope."
The dwarf nods in agreement. "It pains me a bit to leave those adamantine shields here, but as we do not know what surprises the other Towers or they city might have in store for us, it's better to save my hymns for later."
As the group returns to the ground floor, Krom searches for a few metal items for future use. The dwarf also collects several pieces of damaged furnitures of various shapes. Once outside of the tower, the dwarf places the damaged door back in its frame. Using his axe, the dwarf chops the furnitures into pieces, creating makeshifts wedges around it to hold it in place. He then takes out his alchemy jug and pours water all over the door and the wooden pieces.
"Rhogar, could you freeze the water? It should help keep everything together. It may not withstand a direct assault, but it's better than leaving the door open."

(Sorry guys. Notifications are not working for me. Last notification is from 4 days ago.)

When the creature bares its teeth and claws, Kazri almost pulled out her sword. Once she was sure it was not a threat, she puts it back. Before everyone gives up and leave. “Can the Professor speak with this creature?”

(@Wolfy: They've not been working for most of late. Probably a side-effect due to background prep in anticipation of the updates to the site.)

(@Max: Gonna assume Krom place a hand on Rhogar's shoulder when he was partway down the stairs. Because otherwise, Krom is doing quite a bit of stretching to reach it I'd imagine, what with Rhogar being seven feet and some change tall. xD)

Earlier near the top of the observatory(or so the player assumes)...

Rhogar grimaces, but reluctantly nods. "Possibly. Though given the Professor's tone and tendencies I hesitate to endorse it. But, if you are resolute in trying then-..." He looks to Chill. "Mind staying with her while I and Krom see to the door? For I imagine it won't be as simple as a mending spell." Rhogar said with a bit of a chuckle. Taking that as her cue, Gorrah languidly slides off from her perch on Rhogar and glides on over to Chill's shoulder before Rhogar and Krom potentially depart for the downstairs.

Eventually later downstairs(with everyone... unless things happen)...

"Hmm... I could, actually. Though, we'll have to hope this place is significantly cold enough to keep it frozen past an hour, as my enchantment upon it will only last so long." Rhogar warns while absently enchanting the water as request with but a few casual strokes of the hand to form a seamless reinforcement to the project. "There. That should about do it. Now, shall we head on to the next nearest tower? I believe the, uhm... necromancy one? Or might a visit along the way to the menagerie be in order?"

Professor Skant sighs as he floats along with the party. "Unfortunately these creatures only speak their own language once they transform and I cannot speak that.  I doubt we could communicate with it.  Best to perhaps leave it alone."

You make your way down and Krom is able to find enough materials to at least bar the door and wedge it shut.  Rhogar seals it further by freezing the water in place. 

You are at Y15, top left corner

Y2. Wizard Spires - These towers were once occupied by mages and contained laboratories, libraries, and living quarters.

Y3. Chain Lightning Stadium - A sport called Chain Lightning was played in this stadium. This event, which pitted mortals against each other in an electrified arena, enjoyed great popularity.

Y4. Tower of Abjuration

Y6. Spire Entrance

Y7. Tower of Conjuration

Y8. House of the Arcane - a grand academy was a place of study for novice mages

Y9. Library

Y10. Arboretum

Y11. Tower of Divination

Y12. Wellspring of Answers - A deep well plunges through the city floor into darkness. Something tragic happened there and mages lost their lives.

Y13. Bazaar of the Bizarre - market hall that sold relics of arcane wonder.

Y14. Hall of Silk - shop that sold silk products

Y15. Observatory

Y16. Menagerie - Ythryn’s mages would visit there to conjure up one-of-a-kind pets

Y17. Theater

Y18. Tower of Necromancy

Y19 Spire of Iriolarthas

Y20. Tower of Evocation

Y21. Obelisk - A A sixty-foot-tall obelisk of black stone that it is rumored could be used to rewind time

Y22. Tower of Illusion

Y23. Ythryn Mythallar - At the base of the Spire and enclosed within the force field surrounding the Spire of Iriolarthas.

Y24. Tower of Enchantment

Y25. Hall of Weightless Wonder - Ythryn’s elite used this hall for meditation.

Y26. Tower of Transmutation

Y27. Music Hall

Y28. Skydock Spire

Y29. Museum

Chill nods to Rhogar.  "Yeah,  I'll stay here and see what we can do." A moment later after the orb speaks he shrugs his shoulders.  "Well,  that answers that."

He heads down with the others and immediately heads outside to take a look around and make sure nothing has approached the tower while they were busy inside.

"That should do, Rhogar. Thank you." replies Krom as the dragonborn freezes the water. "As for our next destination, paying a quick visit to the Menagerie as we head towards the Tower of Necromancy sounds good to me."
Turning to Chill, Krom continues, "Chill, since you're more perceptive than I am, would you mind keeping an eye out for any items made of adamantine or perhaps mithril? If those wizards used adamantine shields in their Observatory, we might still find more somewhere else within the city."

(OOC @Orileo Krom is only 5ft tall so I too assumed that the scene was taking place when climbing down the stairs.)

(OOC @All Notifications are not working for me either...)

"Agreed Master Krom. Perhaps we can stop by the Theather (Y17) as well." Kazri will follow Chill closely, and have Oli bring up the rear.