NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 723437" data-attributes="member: 1210">A shaken Orbius is brought back to life.  He's angry that someone came after him, and it makes him very nervous about scrying enemies a lot.  Lester tells him not to worry- "Death's just a temporary thing.  I've been dead before; I came back too.  Heck, I'll bet most of us have been dead before!" -but Orbius just shakes his head.  Horbin frowns; his recent death left him profoundly shaken.The party spends ten days taking care of various forms of business.  Lester fasts and meditates, trying to ascertain the nature of his geas, but to no avail.  Various items are bought, dents are hammered out of the party's armor and shields, commissioned items are procured.  And then the party's ready to return to Bile Mountain."I'm really worried about my daughter," says Sybele mournfully.Angelfire shrugs.  "I'll worry about my father when I'm not busy."The party decides to mass teleport in to the beholder duel chamber.  They'll explore from there.  They cast their various power-up spells and then they're off.  In an instant, the Temple of Elemental Good disappears from around them and is replaced by the strange beholder architecture.  There are verticle tubes leading both up from the ceiling and down from the floor, but most seems to be merely places for beholders to retreat.  A cursory search turns up one that actually exits, however."You know," Lester says, "we could really use Alcar's help.  He and I used to adventure together, and he's really tough.  And he packs a lot of healing, which is always good.""But he's my enemy," says Angelfire flatly.  "He's already attacked us.""Well, yeah, but I bet I can talk him into behaving.""I don't believe I'm hearing this," mutters Sheva, but Horbin looks like he's intrigued by the idea- after all, Alcar is an angel of his god."Look," Lester continues, "I'm for peace in the party.  I'll just make it very clear to him how things are, and we know he's trying to overthrow this place too- we're bound to run into him again sometime anyhow, right?""If he starts anything, I'll kill him," warns Angelfire."And if it comes to that, we'll all help you.  But it won't," Lester assures him.And he shuffles out a trump of Alcar.Next Time: Alcar rejoins the party?  How long can that last??</blockquote>

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