Mist

Druquilla nods in agreement at Gintarou's remark while nocking another arrow, readying herself for the next attack, "Aye no one deserves this kind of fate. I do not agree in the way they pray but we can at least the priestess and her followers a safe place to worship."

You continue to follow the cloud golem, as you pass by where they were working you see the three statues are: a human male, an adult griffon, and a female halfling.  Do you do anything or do you continue on up?

Gintarou tries to remember if he has seen these people before. Also he checks their status and if some of them can be cured by the antidote he found in the Cyclops' book.

Investigation:18

You would not reconise them, and yes you would know that they could be curred with the antidote.

" …They can be cured. I have read about the antidote for Cockatrice venom. It needs the monster's feathers though. " Gintarou touches the surface of the statues. He stares at the golem's back and says. " Hey Mist. Can you ask your little demon to go ahead and take a look. If he finds the Cyclops, we will be able to ambush the giant" 

@DM

(Does Gintarou know how long it will take to make enough antidote) 

About an hour, and it would take two rolls, a d6 to see how many you can make, than a DC 14 Arcana check for each one to see if you are successful or not.

Mist looks deep in thought as he has a silent conversation with Tukmas. From the range of expressions on his face, it's clearly not going as smoothly as he would have liked. Eventually he sighs and says, "Well the little beastie's going to scout up ahead for the cyclops and whatever else might be awaiting us." He rolls his eyes and shakes his head. "Wish that one'd be as silent and amenable to just doing what I say as this one." The halfling jerks a thumb up over his shoulder at the golem as the construct does similarly, indicating the open air behind it. "We can always come back with the antidote once we've dealt with the dastardly danger."

Perception: 17 as Tuk flies ahead invisibly, looking for any danger or signs of the monocular monstrosity.

The edges of Giant's Spur show the ruin of the mighty tower. When it fell, the structure broke unevenly to one side, creating a jagged slope. Carved, ornate stonework is still visible on the stones, once part of an enormous work of art - though it now serves as the way between the top of the Spur and the clouds around it.

Beautifully carved columns and arches still stand on the shattered lip, decorated with images of the moon and sea. A DC 13 History for a little more info.

More shocking are the cages that hold captive pilgrims. These stout wooden pens hold 4 people.

Great cracks and loose stone cover the top of Giant's Spur. The stone is dark gray, covered in the thick patches of lichen and mildew. A quarter of the spire is covered in thick scaffolding, which rises another 25 ft. above the top of the Spur. Within the scaffolding a huge statue is under construction. Tuk sees that it is a life-sized statue of a cyclops. Although only half complete, it's recognizable as the female cyclops depicted in the chambers.

The cyclops is an intimidating figure: over 20 ft. tall with a bloodshot eye, wearing the loose robes of a noble. Standing on top of the scaffolding, a mallet and chisel in hand, he painstakingly chips a pile of broken petrified creatures into bricks for this statue. A cloud golem waits at the Cyclops' side, attending to him. It currently holds his heavy wooden staff, a gleaming gem set in its top. 

(Assuming that Mist shared all the information above)

Gintarou stops walking and whispers to his friends." Now we found the Cyclops. We don't need to follow the big guy anymore. Also I really don't want to fight the crazy giant wizard with two golem on his side. So here is the plan… we return to the quarry and destroy the golem there. Hopefully the battle sound will distract the giant and make him leave the hostages and come to us. Then we can set an ambush or trap for him. " 

(Mist is absolutely relaying everything to the others.)

Eventually Mist's eyes return to normal after perceiving through Tuk's senses. He sees everyone looking at Gintarou and asks, "What'd I miss?"

After being filled in he chews on a lip for a minute, lost in thought, before responding. "So the fool's tryin' to recreate his lost love from the limestone. Why's he think it would be his wifey what comes from the rock rather than a whole new bein'? Or some mindless monster? For all his research, this one doesn't seem all that bright!" The halfling stares at the ground for a moment and toes a small rock.

"Counteroffer, Bigm'n: What say we help the flimflamin' fool instead? He's goin' about this all wrong! The blasted buffoon is goin' through all the trouble of turnin' people to stone when the dastardly dolt's workin' atop one o' the biggest stockpiles of the stuff in the whole o' the Greenwold! Why don't we see if we can't help him see reason? I'm sure we could blast out chunks of the Spire for him to hew much faster than he can find people and turn 'em to stone!"

Mist looks around at the group, eyebrows raised.

"Best case? It actually works and he gives us the rock we need as payment for helpin'. Worst case? The resulting monstrosity will keep him occupied while we nick it and make our escape!"

Listening to both ideas Druquilla thinks for a moment, "Mist may have a point but I wonder if the cyclops must use stone made of petrified creatures in order for whatever ritual it is attempting to actually work. It could be that regular stone will not be enough, so the turn worse case would be the cyclops denies our help, turns us all into stone, and use our bodies to finish his work, or just swiftly kill us all. All in all while I believe Mist may have a point I feel Gintarou's plan is our safer bet."

Druquilla turns her attention to Gintarou, "Gintarou when you read that story about the cyclops earlier did you see anything that could point to a reason it is using petrified bodies?"  

" I can't remember anything about the petrified body. But it makes sense. If you want to revive someone by making their statue, you better use the … well living parts. And we killed all the cockatrices that the Cyclops needed to finish his work. It will be terribly difficult to negotiate with the giant now. But… humm " Gintarou scratches the back of his head and looks up at the ceiling. " All this mess happened because the mad giant wants to reunite with his dead wife but can't reach the astral plane, right? If there is an easier way, maybe he wouldn't stick to the statue and stone anymore. Mist, can you ask Oarsman to take the Cyclops to the astral plane,  ​just like his followers? " 

Gintarou touches the pillars of the temple. He checks if there are loosen ones which can be used as traps.  

Perception: 11

@ Gintarou Not really, might take some work, also there is no ruff.

Mist blows a raspberry at Druquilla as Gintarou begins to speak.

"Interestin'... Hadn't considered that!" he says as he strokes his chin, the towering golem doing the same above the halfling. "Seems worth a try. Can't be any worse odds than expectin' a bunch of stones slapped together and suddenly made into meat to form a giantess rather than a big oozing mess." He shrugs.

Not really knowing what to do next, Mist backtracks a few paces and sits down, cross-legged with eyes closed. He places his hands, palms up, on his knees and touches his middle fingers to his thumbs as he's seen monks do and seems to begin a chant. "Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....................." Until you realize he's just trying to figure out what to say next. "Um, Mr. Oarsm'n, sir. Beggin' yer pardon. We seem to have found ourselves in a bit of a predicament and, well, to be honest, I haven't a clue how to proceed. The fool of a fomorian's just blinded by love and loss and has done terrible things as a result. Don't rightly want to kill him for it if that can be avoided but the only way 'round as we can see is reuniting him with his slain scrag! But that would require nothin' short of divine intervention, if ya catch my drift. We heard tell of you takin' followers to the astral plane before. Any chance you could take another? Or send one back? Not sure if there's a leave a 'copper, take a copper' kind of policy in place for these sort of things or what but I'm sure we could come up with some sort of payment or balance or what-have-you to even it out if that's the case. So whaddya say, eh? Help a halfling out?"

He arches an enquiring eyebrow and cracks an eye open to look up at the sky as he waits for a response, not sure if one will come or not.

In your mind Mist you hear, "What you ask is not what I do regularly, I have been using my powers a lot, and they are running low, I will act if needed but there is nothing I can promise."

Mist quietly mutters "What's the use of bein' a god if you can't just..." as he stands back to his feet.

"That's a no-go on the godly guidance, Bigm'n. Looks as though we'll have to deal with this oafish ogre on our own." He sighs. "Well... Let's go bring an epic tale of love and loss to a crashing and tragic close."

The halfling's lumbering cloud body slowly plods back toward the first golem they passed, with shoulders slumped.

" Never mind. I didn't expect much. Thanks to the Oarsman. It's good to have a divine friend who cares for us and answers our call… Oh wait! Mist, what are you doing! We can't just start fight with a Magic using Cyclops and two golems! Do you forget what happened when you rushed into the cockatrice stable! " Gintarou tries to detain the halfling and his golem. The warrior turns his face  to the dwarf artificer.  " Bollo, can you make one of the pillars easy to fall down? And Kraven, I want you to tie this rope with one pillar. We will lure the Cyclops here. Pull the rope and trip him. If the spirits are blessing us, we can drop the stone pole on the giant's one eyed head too. "

Mist turns back and regards Gintarou. "I... was headed back to the first golem to take it out before fighting the cyclops... Wasn't that the plan?"

First golem is with the  Cyclops, so is the second one.  If you would allow me to pull the current back some, the first golem you saw is somewhat an  errand boy getting the stone, the other one is more or less helping the Cyclops.