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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy" data-source="post: 280611" data-attributes="member: 4036">The torch light in the hall dimmed as the monolithic Anchor of the Earth ground to a stop.  The sound of earthfall behind a static hum grew then clanked to a stop.There was just a moment of silence for the party to wonder what it was they had done before draconic runes began forming in a flowing script before Frederick that only he could see."Is this bad, Col?"  Tylette whispered in the dimmed light.A tremendous crash like a column of lightning audibly washed over the entire party accompanied by a blinding flash of white light from the Anchor as it was touched by Frederick and suddenly begun to spin faster than his eyes could pick up!  The entire party was thrown bodily to the ground as the immense wave of energy bowled over them and washed out into Terraj's Breath.  There was a great heaving sound as of a great giant clawed for breath followed by an upward thrust of the land as if the entire cavern shot straight up forty or fifty feet.  A loud crackling like a sheet of ice over a lake slowly splintering turned their dazed gazes towards the Earth Anchor that was spinning so fast it hummed.  Underneath it the crackling sound was granite, growing underneath the anchor and spreading out in every direction in a creeping gray color lit by the brightly glowing anchor.  As it moved along the floors, ceiling, columns, and walls it accelerated exponentially, doubling and redoubling in speed until it shot past the group faster than their ship could travel."No Tylette," Collin said, beaming at Frederick, "This is very, very good."Brilliant smiles broke out across the room as the solid granite floor they stood upon broke out in a plush carpet of seemingly impossible thick grass.  Ivy wove and intertwined up and around the now sculpted granite columns and when it reached the torch scones revealed them as burnished gold glowing with lively green fire.Terraj's Breath breathed Life.The Earth Anchor slowed in it's rotation but still glowed brightly.  Frederick looked to corpse of Zerin, looking peaceful in the soft grass and sighed.  Looking back to the Anchor he wondered aloud, "Do you think the Keys are meant to remain in place?  I wonder what would happen if I..."  Frederick snaked out a hand and removed the staff from it's place mid-rotation.The Anchor dimmed, blinked, and went cold.  A slowly spinning ovular granite monlith stood before him.  He watched it for a moment, then shrugged and turned back to the rest of the group."Well?  Now what.  Can any of you lift Zerin?"  Looking at the dainty little arms of Tylette and the even thinner framed Collin Frederick shook his head, "Nevermind.  Can either of you Summon something that can lift Zerin?"Collin answered, "Yes.  For about one whole minute.""Well that's not going to help us much, even knowing the way out and assuming the Fire Elementals have cleared the way it'll take much longer than that," Tylette interjected.  "So what do we do?""Hmm."  Collin grinned* and excitedly pulled out a scrap of parchment and a quill and began writing in a flowing hand.  He rolled it, sealed it with his signet ring and began casting a spell.  The temporary summoning circle formed on the ground and as a sphere coalesced and dissipated a Hound Archon stood before them with imperious looking glowing orbs regarding them.Collin bowed before the celestial and quickly handed him the note.  "Please Teleport yourself to New Galdomond and hand this to the first Adventurer you see.  If they have time to reply, please bring the reply to us.  Thank you very kindly for your aid."After an exceedingly brief description of the common room of the New Galdomond inn, the Archon disappeared in a flash of tiny white motes of light.After about two minutes passed Collin sat down and pulled out his journal.  Looking up from the edge of it he added, "You may as well sit down, this is going to take a while.  Perhaps a good long while as they may need to prepare new spells on the morrow."*That insufferable Collin "I'm-being-clever" grin.</blockquote>

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