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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 773084" data-attributes="member: 1210">To Pandemonium"After this trip to kill this air guy we need to find my daughter," Sybele says insistently. "And there's the Temple of Elemental Evil," says Horbin, and Lester nods.  "I think something's up with all these kidnapped people.  I don't like it one bit."  Sheva is grim.  "Who's behind it?  And where are they?"The party is heading through the streets of Var's outskirts towards the Temple of Elemental Good.  There used to be many more people here, in the days before Fuligin came; and there are hundreds of uninhabited buildings in various stages of decay.  It's eerie to Lester, who was here back then, along with Malford, Hobbes, Thimbleton... many great heroes.  Yep, Lester is a well-traveled and, in some circles, highly-regarded adventurer.  He's thinking to himself of all his achievements when they reach his temple and discover that the dragons are missing and several acolytes have been killed by them.  "Whoops," laughs Sheva."Well," says Lester, "we'll go kill them, but we'll let them grow up and get some treasure first."Lester hires one of his old friends, Chobain, to come sing a B Flat for him so he can stone shape the granite tuning fork they need.  "When I first met Chobain," Lester tells whoever's listening, "he was in a bag with some sheep that a big ol' giant had." After a little work, the L has his tuning fork.  "Thanks," he tells Chobain, and the party prepares to leave.  First, Sheva casts a false visions of the party having a fight and splitting up (she kills Zeebo and Horbin in the fight).  They dress in warm gear they all bought for the occasion and stuff their ears to try to minimize the effects of the maddening winds.  Then they plane shift away to a dark and windy place.Even with their ears stuffed, our heroes can hear the air screaming like a banshee all around them.  Little flecks of rock and dirt are carried at breakneck speed through the air by the brutal winds, slashing at exposed flesh and leaving welts and irritating abrasions.  It's dark except for the lights they bear- the glowing crystal Sheva's had since Firestorm Peak, the continual flame on one of Angelfire's ring.  The flames gutter heatlessly in the howling wind.Orbius has already cast Rary's telepathic bond so that he can communicate telepathically with Lester, Sheva, Horbin and Zeebo; so they confer quickly and decide that a discern location is the best way to find their foes.  Orbius casts the spell and discerns that it's across the River Styx and beyond the Fields of Madness.  The party discussing logistics; they decide he'll teleport there with Lester's trump in hand and then bring the others to him via trump.  The problem arises when, as Lester hands his cohort the trump, a tremendous gust of wind snatches it away, and in less than a second it's out of view.Crap! yells Lester telepathically.  2000 gold for everyone if we get it back!They burst into action, looking for it, and they manage to find it through quick use of a locate object spell combined with sheer serendipity.  Lester puts the trump safely, but that makes travel more difficult.  Why don't we just mass teleport there? thinks Sheva.We're over the weight limit with Polsoon, Orbius responds.Leave him here, Sheva retorts."Polsoon, do you mind if we go kill him without you?" shouts Lester. "Nooo," says Polsoon, "I would not miss his death."The party starts to trudge along.  The wind is terrible; a constant shrieking everywhere, cold grit always in their eyes.  After about ten minutes, the party decides that they simply have to do without Polsoon.  They exchange glances, and Sybele gives the 'ready' hand signal she'd invented yesterday.  "We'll be right back," Lester shouts, and they mass teleport, leaving Polsoon behind."Nooo," the elemental laments, alone.Next time:  Against Ahhl'Ahhh!</blockquote>

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