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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Droid101" data-source="post: 1772393" data-attributes="member: 942">“This is crazy.  We’ll never pull it off,” Damaré says, looking at his group-mates.  Ogrim, Eltharion and The Necromancer were dressed up in the strange futuristic clothing.“Listen, Kendri deals with businessmen from other countries all the time.  And the only people who live in other countries are the other races.  So, it stands, that if this elf and this dwarf say they are coming to discuss a business deal, they can sneak into his skyscraper and maybe get past security,” Jerik explains.“So why is The Necromancer going?” Damaré asks.“He’s the tallest, he looks like a bodyguard,” Jerik reasons.“Fine, Misani and I will stay here on board your flying machine,” Damaré is defeated.“Don’t worry, we’ll be back as soon as possible, and with the crystal,” Eltharion says, adjusting his suit.“Here, take these, it’ll make you look more like a bodyguard,” Jerik gives The Necromancer some black sunglasses, two little crossbow looking things, and a longer metal stick.“Is this a walking stick?” The Necromancer places it on the ground.“No!  That’s a laser rifle, and those smaller ones are laser pistols.  Like this, see?” Jerik demonstrates how to handle and fire them.  The Necromancer nods.  “So this will shoot out unlimited energy?” The Necromancer asks.“No, shots are limited.  The little ones have more than the big one.  There are even more powerful ones that have even less shots.  Don’t be wasteful; hopefully you won’t have to use it at all, it’s just for show,” Jerik explains.  The Necromancer gives Eltharion and Ogrim each a smaller laser pistol, since they won’t have any of their weapons on them.The Raven flies them almost instantaneously to a section of the city with even taller buildings, reaching up high into the sky.  Ogrim, Eltharion and The Necromancer exit the ship and head toward a building that says “Starseal Corp.” on the outside.  The doors open automatically.“Magic…” Ogrim grunts.“Worse, technology,” The Necromancer says, walking in front of them, acting tough and bodyguardish.“We’re here to meet with Kendri Starseal about a business proposition from the country of the dwarves,” Ogrim states to the security guard behind the desk.“I don’t see anybody on my list.  I’m going to have to call up and see about this.  Hold on a moment.  What’s your name?” the guard says.“Ogrim.  Tell him that this proposal is a once in a lifetime offer,” Ogrim bluffs.  The guard picks up a thing and talks into it.“Ogrim is here from the dwarven nation.  Yes.  No.  No.  Okay.” The guard puts the thing down and looks to the party.  “He’s busy.  Go on up to floor 111.  His secretary will take your proposal down and see if it merits his time.” The guard points to a doorway behind him that opens up to a small, 5x5 room.  They walk in.There are all kinds of buttons on the wall, each with a number and some with strange symbols.“I think it’s a teleportation chamber.  If we hit the 111, then we go to Kendri’s secretary?” Eltharion reasons.  They agree and hit the button with the 111 on it.  They feel their stomachs drop.“That’s a strange feeling,” The Necromancer states.  The doors open and they see a desk, and about 20 feet behind it, a door that says “Kendri Starseal” on it.  Behind the desk is a woman.“Okay, please give me the details of your proposal, Ogrim, is it?” the woman asks.  She holds a piece of stark white parchment and a feather quill without the feather.“Sure, we just…” Ogrim starts, but doesn’t finish.  The Necromancer casts sleep and the woman falls into a deep slumber.  Ogrim and Eltharion produce their laser pistols.  The Necromancer brandishes his rifle.  They approach the office of Kendri Starseal.  Eltharion kicks in the door, and they enter.The room is decorated with strange objects and furniture.  Before they have time to check anything more, a middle aged man stands up from behind a desk inside the room.“What is the meaning of this!” Kendri asks, his voice charismatic and demanding.  They see a chain with a small crystal dangling from it about his neck.“That’s the guy,” Eltharion says.Kendri pulls out a laser pistol of his own, firing it.  A flash of bright white energy flies from it and strikes Ogrim in the chest.  It burns furiously.  Eltharion, Ogrim, and The Necromancer fire back.  Kendri dives behind his desk, shielding him from the blasts.Eltharion approaches the desk, but as he does so, a grumbling is heard.  Not heard, but felt, in their minds.  A flash of psychic energy and a terrible psionic scream sends the Heroes to their knees, clutching their heads.  Eltharion fights through the pain and charges around the table.  He sees the man crouched and concentrating.  Eltharion grabs him, grasping the crystal and pulling it loose.  Another psionic scream flashes over the party, and Eltharion has had enough.  He bull rushes Kendri, pushing him back, back, and into the window (the outer walls of the office are all windowed), sending him flying out falling 111 stories down.“Time to go…” Eltharion says, looking around the room for anything interesting to grab before he leaves.  A strange thing that looks like the laser pistols they have, but larger and with a strange barrel hangs on a wall.  Eltharion grabs it as they run out, back toward the elevator.  They hit the 1 button and are sped to the first floor.“Don’t move!” the guard behind the desk, along with three other guards are all pointing laser pistols at them.  Ogrim casts obscuring mist and they all flee out the front door during the commotion it causes.  They reach the Raven, climb aboard, and within seconds, the ship has already carried them back to the Time-Cavern.“Thanks for all your help.  I hope that our task being completed bring an end to war in your times,” Eltharion says.  He and Ogrim don their armor and weapons.“Not a problem.  I hope so too.  And I hope you are able to make it back to your own time.  You can keep the lasers if you wish,” Jerik says.“Hey, I got this one from Kendri’s place.  What does it do?” Eltharion asks.“Ah, that’s a phase disruptor.  Changes the phase of whoever gets caught in the blast,” Jerik responds.“Hm, okay, thanks again,” Eltharion says, not really understanding, but taking the answer anyway.  The Heroes exit the ship, which speeds off after they do so.“If we can control this time thing, do you want us to return you to your time, Misani?” Eltharion asks.“No… I don’t want to go back to those yuan-ti.  And the people of the Dizgurd tribe would never accept me now that I’m changed…” Misani responds.“You can come with us.  We like company,” Eltharion says.  They enter the cavern.It looks exactly the same as it did the first time they went in, just a lot more dilapidated.  Cobwebs everywhere, the iron door rusting off its hinges.  They get to the chamber with the letter-stones, and most of them are collapsed, creating large gaps in the floor.  The sword is gone off the pedestal.  The Necromancer casts fly on everyone, and they fly down the gap to the bottom, all of them on guard for whatever it is that turned them all to stone.“It’s probably long dead…” Ogrim reasons, and is right.  They find no traces of anything down there, other than large broken statues and stones piled very high.  There is a path that leads out of the room, into a small chamber.  Eltharion’s flaming scimitar lights up the room enough to see a large stone contraption, with a small opening.“I suppose this is where we put the crystal.  I wonder where it’s going to send us,” Eltharion says, producing the crystal.“Who knows… let’s just get out of this time, shall we?” The Necromancer says.  Nobody disagrees.  Eltharion puts in the crystal.A flash of white light.What time are they in now?  Do they have any control?  When do they get home?  Tune in tomorrow.</blockquote>

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