The Muck Pond

[Razorlance]

Tek slowly unravelled himself and opened his 'fingers' looking around him. "We, we did it?" How is this possible, we are not wizards, he thought. Then he listened to Shasan then focuses on the moon with a limb, as he looked he noticed how bright it was, he had not noticed that before, it seemed mesmerizing as he started to trace it's outline, round and round as he had just done in his mind, and all else seemed to disappear from his view.

[Debsy]

Erake looked around cautiously, to be sure no one was following her, before she pushed the door aside, and stepped inside, closing the door behind her. She narrowed her eyes to try to make out the glittering object, and she stepped a little closer. Before she got too close she decided to be sure no one saw her, so she concentrated as she always does and soon she was nowhere to be seen. She stepped a little closer, taking her time in case the object was dangerous.

[AoM]

Ao rumbles an earthy 'harumph'. An interesting trick... I wonder if it will work elsewhere or only here. But seeing Tek closing off his senses yet again, he decides that he doesn't want to fall behind so instead he intently stares at the moon until he can see it clearly in his head. Then he closes his eyes again, still picturing it, and traces it around and around, slowly as the moon begins to shrink in size.

[Fleegle]

(For Pie)

Ithicus made his way into the Temple. A ghostly pale blue orb hung motionless in the air close to the broken ceiling. Hearing Ithicus' footsteps on the hard stone floor, Ilosep shuffled out of his dark room and approached Ithicus.
"What is it? Why do you disturb me at this hour? Did I not give you your fate already?"

(For AoM and Tek. For the sake of getting on with things, I've taken a small liberty with your character, AoM. Hope you don't mind.)

"You must not close your eyes this time, stoney one." Shasan advised. Ao opened his eyes in response. As they traced the outline of the moon and the rest of the world seemed to fall away beneath them, they noticed a spiral of blue haze appearing to flow towards them from the center of the moon. Their heads swam and they felt the now-familiar but nonetheless unsettling sickly feeling in the pit of their stomachs. As the world seemed to drop out from under them, they noticed the moon seemed to fill their enitre field of vision. Then a pervasive white light filled the space around them, blanking out all else. Suddenly the feeling went away, as did the light, leaving them in total, absolute darkness, though they could clearly feel a hard, smooth surface beneath them.

(For 3shy)

As Erake closed the door, the room fell into total darkness. She could no longer make out the glittering object at all.

[AoM]

"Shasan? Tek? Are you still here?"

[Razorlance]

"I can hear you Ao, but not see you, but we are definately not on the mountain anymore." I just hope we can leave as easily as we got here, he thought to himself as he tries to focus anything that might be visible.

[Fleegle]

(For AoM and Tek)

As much as he tried, Tek could not resolve anything. It was completely pitch black, wherever they were. The only way to navigate would be through touch. The room echoed as Tek and Ao spoke.

[swymir]

Omura still waits in the bushes for Deimos to wake up, but falls asleep herself after an hour of waiting.

[AoM]

((ooc: Did the room really echo as they spoke? 'Cuz y'know, Ao and Tek communicate with their minds. ))


Ao rumbled a bit in earth-tongue and listened to the echoing. "There must be walls," he mindspoke outloud. "We should head in one direction until we reach one, and then follow it until we reach a door or passageway. Just be careful of obstacles or sudden drops."

He slowly starts to plod his way carefully ahead. Making sure not to put his full weight down on his foot until he's certain that there's solid ground beneath him.

[Razorlance]

(ooc: nice one )

"That sounds like a good plan" He slowly lumbers off in what he hopes is the opposite direction to Ao, using his forward most limb to check the ground in front of him is solid as he proceeds. "I wonder where Shason went?" He pauses "Ahh, but Kikkik did say we would on our own once we were in Xunis' domain."

[Fleegle]

(For AoM and Tek)

It did not take long for both Ao and Tek to reach the walls. At least in two directions the room seemed fairly small. On Tek's side the wall seemed knobbly, what felt like square protrusions. Ao's side was completely smooth. As Tek felt one of the protrusions, they heard a whoosing sound fill the room, and a rumble as a heavy door slid upward. A doorway grew beside Tek, bright light making a rectangle on the floor and wall of the room. Ao winced as the brilliant light dazzled his eyes, for he stood almost directly across from the door. The light revealed the room to be completely empty. The walls were made of smooth blue marble with white streaks, and were completely devoid of decoration. The square protrusions were metallic and were arranged in a trapezoid around the doorway. The ceiling was quite high, and again featureless, save for a small hanging light fixture that obviously didn't work anymore or had been intentionally shut off.
The room opened onto a long hallway. The right side of the hallway was just a long straight wall composed of the same blue marble, but the left side was a long series of tall, arching windows that doubled as a ceiling. Ao and Tek could see a magnificent vista of hard white rocky mountains and valleys. The sky looked dark purple and the sun shone brilliantly upon them. They could also make out a dark circular object not far from the sun, close enough that it looked like it might soon begin to eclipse it. It looked like it might be the moon, but it was significantly larger.
At the other end of the hallway stood a pair of double doors, and through the window they could see that they led into a large dome-like structure wedged in amongst the white rocks.

[AoM]

Ao plods across the room and into the hallway. "Well, Tek, we're definitely not in Lomba Mountain anymore." He moved forward towards the big double doors while looking outside of the window.

"If we're on the moon now, like I think we might be... then we had best be very careful. Xunis might take us for intruders and do something nasty before we have a chance to speak."

[Razorlance]

"I was just thinking the same" Tek replied as he lumbered across the room and caught up with Ao in the hallway. He looks out at the sky and then down to the mountains. "That magic is something extraordinary, travelling to a different planet no less. I agree about our actions, I wonder if Xunis is similar looking to Eridiana, least then we would know her when we see her."

[AoM]

"Appearances may be deceiving, especially when it comes to the gods," Ao says as he reaches for the door. "Ilosep appears as an old and hobbling fleshy person, yet he is one of the most powerful beings I have met. Certainly Justice is not weak like his appearance, and so we cannot be sure that Xunis will take a form we expect either."

[Debsy]

"Damn..." Erake muttered as the glittering object disappeared. She stepped back slowly until she made out the door, and pulled it open a little. Stepping forward again, she quietly and slowly made her way towards the glittering object again, squinting her eyes to try to make it out.