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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 836118" data-attributes="member: 1210">Getting on TrackThe party is back in Pesh City, and their next move is obvious: figure out where Jezebel is.  In the hopes of doing so, Orbius communes.Who am I talking to?  Boccob.I open my mind to you and give you all that I have learned.Where else could Jezebel be other than Darkhold if she's nowhere?  Nonexistent at this point.Did the forces of Law have anything to do with Jezebel's kidnapping?  Seems likely.Is Nigel under the control of another?  Under the influence.Who is he under the influence of?  Marius.How is Nigel able to scry me if I couldn't scry him?  Change of location.Where was Nigel when he scried us?  The ethereal plane.When will he return to that location?  Unknown.Is Chemnu truly dead?  Yes.When will the Bile Lords attack again?  Depends on your actions.If we go to the Temple of Elemental Evil, how long until they attack?  Uncertain.What is the best time of day tomorrow to launch a sneak attack on Lareth, the Champion of Elemental Evil?  No good time.What is the best thing we could do next to find Jezebel?  Look where Nigel was.Please show me where he was.  Orbius sees a vision of swirling protomatter in the ether; it's enough for him to try to teleport to later.What is the most powerful creature with Lareth?  Imix, Ogremoch and Olhydra.If we teleport in to the Temple of Elemental Evil and attack, what are our chances?  Very bad odds, but situation growing desperate."What situation?" Zeebo wonders after the Eye relates this information over a beer."Should've asked who the slut's baby's father is," Sheva mutters."So tell me," Horbin asks, "why exactly is it that the forces of Law are after you guys?""It's a long story," Sheva answers. The Mayor fills in some of the details.  "We guarded a cave full of dragon eggs a few years back as part of a plan to break the power of Forinthia.  The forces of Law got involved and a suit was filed on Nirvana to force us away from it.  It's currently on appeal, but ever since we kind of left in the middle of it, they've been after us.""Maybe all this 'nowhere' stuff could be some sort of planar temporal effect or something?" Sheva wonders aloud."Hmm, if Sybele's daughter is somewhere else in time..." Zeebo trails off."Marius might be able to skip forward a day.  I'll be able to, once my clerical powers grow a little more," Sheva says.  "If he's doing that, then she wouldn't exist at all during that time.""But to be doing it every time we try to scry her?" Orbius sounds doubtful.  "Unless he somehow knows when we'll be trying...""Well, they haven't given us any demands or anything- maybe she's not a hostage."  Sybele turns to look at Horbin the Holy as he speaks.  "Maybe... they just want her for a material component or something.""That's disgusting!" Thrush cries.  Sybele looks shaken.  He puts his arm around her to comfort her.  The party sips there beers collectively.  Sheva glances at Sybele, and then discretely casts a time pool in her beer, scrying out the moment of conception of Sybele's unborn child- no, children.  Silently, she watches it- it's kind of like porn- until she gets a good look at the man's face.  It's Thrush.  At least the kid will be strong, Sheva thinks, glancing at Sybele.  Slut.Sybele gets up to order another round.  When she comes back, she informs the group, "Now that I'm pregnant, I'm going to make sure I don't drink any more swill... just healthy malt beers."As the night progresses, it comes out that Thrush is the father-to-be, and to the surprise of the rest of the party, he immediately starts talking to Sybele about settling down.  "You shouldn't adventure anymore," he tells her insistently.  "One good blow to the belly and our children could be hurt or killed."  She's very noncommital about the idea of settling down- she's only 21, after all.The next day Horbin summons a new planar ally to help track down Jezebel (Lionel left after helping fend off Chemnu).  This time he gets Hank, a celestial storm giant.  They bargain briefly, and the giant agrees to aid the party's quest in return for some treasure.  Sheva, meanwhile, communes with Coila.Is Marius a follower of Coila?  Yes.Is he using time to hide Sybele's child?  Yes.  What is Coila's interest in elemental evil?  It ties to Tharizdun.Who is the most likely candidate in Pesh City to run the temple here?  Belranth.Why is Marius doing all this?  His loyalty to Law outweighs his loyalty to me.How do you feel about Garnet?  We go way back.Will we find Darkhold, or will it find us?  Unknown.On the ethereal plane, what should we look for?  A curtain.Where would be a good starting point in the fight against the Temple of Elemental Evil?  Stop them from summoning the fourth Prince.How?  Destroy the Champion of Elemental Evil.Then she attempts a sending to Jezebel's father to alert him that she's been taken; however, she receives no response.  With a grunt of displeasure, she stalks off to beat her imp.  Zeebo, meanwhile, uses Orbius' crystal ball with telepathy to contact his modron lawyer on Nirvana and check up on the old business about the suit against the guardians of the dragon eggs.  He's told it's still on appeal.  Then he heads into the financial district, where he brings up the trust fund for each of the two children he knows about to 6000 gp.After a severe beating, Sheva tells Habiskis to get the temple in Pesh in order.  "I'm gonna be gone for a little while- don't mess things up," she barks at him.The party prepares for the trip to the ethereal plane, and with the ringing of a tuning fork the Material Plane fades out around them.  Then they find themselves floating in a zone of neutral gravity, surrounded by wisps of strange ethereal matter, clouds of color rolling in shapeless masses all around them.  Then Orbius casts mass teleport and they reappear at the spot he saw in his vision.And before them is a strange curtain of strange silvery color."Here we go," Sybele says, and with a deep breath the party prepares to plunge through.Next Time: Into the Plane of Time!  The most Star Trek adventure I've ever run as a dnd game!</blockquote>

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