" It's … a castle on the cloud."  Gintarou mutters to himself. The word and recognition slowly sink in his brain and sprouts into awe and admiration. " It's a freaking castle in the sky and it's made from clouds! Unbelievable! This view alone is worth becoming an adventurer! " The warrior laughs a loud. And the sight of Mist being smacked by the head only makes his voice louder. 

Tuk flies around the castle, and finds one tower that he looks into one of its many windows.  He sees an interior that is draped with green and white cloths. An air genasi meditates looking at the pillar from within.  The genasi has light blue skin, wispy white hair that almost looks like a cloud on his head.

Druquilla stands beside Gintarou rather dumbfounded at the sight before her, "I would not have thought this possible in even my most wildest dreams. My fear now is what happens after we remove what we came here for? Will this place continue to stand or will it fall apart around us."

"Guess we will have to wait and see," Druquilla sighs shaking her head before turning to Mist. "Your little friend see anything in there?" 

"Hrm," Most frowns back at Druquilla's question. "I've heard of these sky structures. Thought I'd seen one a few times but never been this close to be sure. I've had dreams about going places like this and not needing to sweep floors... And there was no crying allowed..." Mist trails off for a moment, looking lost in thought. "But that's another story altogether! Seems there's some sort of sorcerous sot sitting in the steamy stronghold just staring at the central surface. Dunno what they're doin' but they might've seen our sky rock! Let's go say hello."

Mist begins walking out on the cloud.

Mist's past is interesting but for now Gintarou  is more interested in the castle of clouds. " Likely a promising clue. Great. But my gut is telling me, we better be prepared before talking with an air sorcerer on his ground… or cloud in this case. " The warrior takes out the feather tokens and healing options from the bag of holding. He passes out the items to other members. 

(Feather tokens and hearing portions for everyone.)

"It would stand to reason that this place was here long before the star fell, and should continue after it is removed. But I can appreciate your caution" Aubric will follow Mist in, albeit a tiny bit more cautiously. 

As you approch the castle you hear a voice, that is soft and loud, and does not give hint on male or female.

"Stop, Stand, Explain!" You see the genasi standing on top of the castle looking down at you.  What ever you do make a check, Deception, Intim, or Persation (depending on what you are doing or saying)

{Edited it because I saw that the checks might be confusing.}

" Oh Hello!  There are people kidnapped by monsters below. We are a search party sent to find them. Have you seen those poor souls? " Gintarou smiles friendly and waves to the genasi. He is trying to distract them and use his body to cover his friends' actions. " By the way, you have a really cool castle. I've never seen something like this before. Could you tell it doesn't get blown away like, you know, normal clouds? "

( Help action to other member)

Seeing Gintarou take the initiative, Mist hangs back a step and lets the giant approach first. Confident that the big man was blocking the view of him, the halfling's head cocks to the side with curiosity at the words of his companion. He takes a deep breath, facepalms, and mutters something quietly while casting guidance on himself. He steps back out from behind everyone's favorite fighter and back into view with a big smile on his face and arms outstretched in a friendly and welcoming manner.

"What my friend here is tryin' to say is that some cloudy-demon-things came and carried off our friends. We're pretty sure they're, uh... no longer of this world, but we wouldn't be very good friends if we didn't try to find out, eh? We figured... you know... they were clouds, you live in a cloud... You all must know each other, right?"

Mist glances around to the group for affirmation before realizing his faux pas. He swallows hard and clears his throat.

"I mean... We think their abduction might have had something to do with a rock we're looking for what fell from the sky not too long ago. Any chance you've seen that as well?"

Persuasion: 20 (or whatever you deem appropriate...all 3 of those are the same for Mist)

"Sad, in, talk."  The gate to the castle opens, and by open I mean that the cloud that is the gate evaporates.  You all walk into the courtyard,  and the gate appears back behind you.  In the courtyard there are cloud statues all over the place, Mist' curiosity gets the better of him, and touches one, it is as solid as a rock.  To a far side you can see a small farm with plants growing a few chickens, a cow and a pair of goats.  The Castle doors open the same way as the gates, and the genasi is standing with open arms.  He is wearing a dark blue set of robes, with a sash belt tying everything closed.  His arms are wide open.  “Rojaros pleased to meet.”  and he grabs each one of you by the shoulders, squeezes almost like a hug and kisses you each on each cheek.  He jumps and hovers a little while kissing Gentatou.  

“Join.”  and Rojaros walks further into the castle, the castle main door, like the gate reappears.  Once at another door it again leaves and comes back once you walk through it.  The new room looks to be a dinning hall of sorts.  “Sit, eat.”  and small clouds start to bring in food as if the clouds are trays themselves.  “Castle stay, Rojaros stay, castle move, hear of spike, see spike, think of spike.  Rojaros this sun.  Stay 2 more.  You first, no rock.”

If you wish to make a perception check please do so, DC 13

If you want to insight check DC 13

Kraven Perception: 13

Kraven Insight: 14

Kraven is mystified about the solid clouds and is extremely curious about everything around him as he has never come across solid clouds and is now a bit worried when he is flying about running into them. Once inside he keeps a sharp eye out for anything shiny that just begs to be in his pockets.

Nothing for Kraven to find.  Everything that is there is made of clouds, except the food.

Mist, mind reeling to catch/keep up, follows along and immediately starts eating. Around a mouthful of who-knows-what, he pipes up, "So... *swallow* You just got here today? Stickin' around for a few days, eh? We were the first thing that's caught your eye so far? *belch* Where were you comin' from? Seen any more of these sky rocks in your travels? We're in a bit of a hurry to find this one and get back home. Any chance you could help us search? We'd really appreciate the help and, while we need to keep moving, we'd love to get to know you, our new...friend...? You seem like an interesting individual who's probably got some great stories to tell!"

Persuasion: 23

Tuk is currently flying around the castle, just looking around. Not snooping or looking for anything in particular and not overly-suspicious of danger, just bored of the conversation and wandering, seeing if anything else catches his attention. If he notices anything important he'll let Mist know telepathically.

Perception: 17

Perception: 6

Insight: 18

( I will write my reaction later.)

Still apprehensive about standing on a cloud Druquilla follows after rest just to be sure it was solid. She mirrors Kraven's mystified expression as she looks around wondering to herself how all this was even possible.

Perception: 16

Insight: 9

 "Home everywhere, Go anywhere.  No skyrock.  Stay on home."  Rojaros answers.

Tuk is in the same boat as Kraven was, there is nothing to see, nothing to find really, Rojaros is a minimalist at most, and everything is made from clouds, he does have a small wardrobe of clothes, all the same as what he is wearing now.

Aubric seems to not be paying much attention to the genasi but is looking around and inspecting things. 

Perception: 5

(If allowed Aubric will be looking closer at things trying to see if there is anything more solid behind the cloud they are currently on Investigation: 8 casting Detect Magic as well)

With your roll, and the fact that I am going to change it to Arcana, which is the same roll.  You have heard of the Overbright, in more than just myth.  You would know that some who live in the Overbright have developed skills to make clouds more solid, as long as they stay high enough up.  This is rare, but there is a posibilty that you meet someone who could do this, while living in the Feywild.

"Well, then. Brilliant. Great chat. Thank you for your hospitality but we do need to get going to find that rock of ours, as I said. Can we repay you in some way for the meal? It seems like your needs are well provided for... Is there anything we can help with? Otherwise, we should probably keep moving," Mist says as he stands and brushes crumbs off his robe and onto the floor. He looks at the others for confirmation.

(I messed up the pronouns are they/them not he/him)

"No, Take.  Thank."  And they produce 2 viales, each with a clear red liquade in it, and heart shaped bubbles made of light, and a gold two fingered ring, that has 5 ruins on it, 5 ruins slightly glowing.