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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 8989394" data-attributes="member: 6855223">[spoiler=Investigate]Astarte: 54(investigate) + 32(tuning) + 149(d100) = 235Plumeir: 61 + 0 + 62 = 123Taylar: 47 + 34 + 74 = 155[/spoiler]Thinking back, it has been too many cycles to be certain but Taylar thinks that some of the symbols are the same as those previously discovered. He also comes to the realization that more of the marks are idiographic instead of pictographic giving a greater impression of some actual written language rather than mere symbols. To his frustration, despite his natural talent, nothing comes to mind with regard to manipulating waylines. They are definitely within the structure, but he cannot seem to do anything with them. He steps back to control his anger and allow Astarte to have a go.Thinking more of the mysterious structure as something mechanical, she is impressed at the meticulous smoothness of the structure, like some fine sculpture that has withstood the passage of time. So thorough is she in her investigation that she notes some stains upon the frame at two particular marks. The stains appear to be dried blood. Those two marks have also been slightly smoothed when compared to the others, possibly just from being touched over and over. Backing away to allow Plumeir to have a look, she throws a stone at the very smooth surface of the frame’s interior. The stone simply bounces away with the distinct pinging sound of stone striking stone.Thinking about what Taylar had tried and the discovery by Astarte, Plumeir suspects that blood is required to use the device. Being less concerned with personal injury than the other two, Taylar takes his small carving knife and pricks the inside edge of both hands, fingering the trickling blood across his palms. He then places his bloody hands upon the two specific marks. The one on the left is just above shoulder level. The one on the right is just below hip level. This awkward position causes his head to be pressed against the stone center. As he takes in a breath, thinking that nothing is going to happen, his body falls forward, straight through the stone.Quickly recovering from the shock of his disappearance, Astarte takes an arrow and cuts her own hands to do the same thing with the same result. As Plumeir proceeds to follow suit, a thought occurs to him, as if implanted from some greater power. Merely touching the two symbols, even without blood on his hands, allows him to pass through the stone. The skill to manipulate waylines is far greater with Plumeir than either Taylar or Astarte, so much so that they cannot sense the talent in him, though they well know of his familiarity.The three find themselves disoriented and nauseous, down on hands and knees, trying to recover from the extreme vertigo. Those hands and knees are pressed down into the loose sands of some never before seen desert. With the absence of anything much resembling weather, tracks of others leading away from the very spot are readily evident across the dune. It will likely be several more days before they will become indistinguishable.[spoiler=Character Data]Taylar: full wellnesstunic: - 3 - 3Astarte: full wellnessvest - 1Plumeir: full wellnesstunic - 1 - 1[/spoiler][spoiler=Collections]none[/spoiler][ooc]Each character receives 5 DP. State nominal actions and intentions. Provide a random roll.[/ooc]</blockquote>

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