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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeremy" data-source="post: 293937" data-attributes="member: 4036">"Well so much for a little rest," mutters Collin irritably."I was just trying to--" the rest of the party tunes out the rest of Tylette's by now familiar reasoning.  Frederick twists in his seat uncomfortably at every mention.  The whispers and pointing he feels are directed solely at him.Tylette changed the subject.  "Well in any case, where do we take Zerin?  I don't know anyone capable of the spell we need.  Can Argus do it, Frederick?"Frederick shrugged.  "I don't believe so," he said with a sigh, "He's powerful, but I don't believe he's that powerful.  And I have yet to pay him back for the sendings he performed for us.""Well if he can't, perhaps the Circle of Oaks can," Collin offered.  He looked around and received grim nods.  Everyone remembered the price they paid the last time they stepped into the mists.  "We don't have much choice.""Yer mind if I come too?  I'd like ta see this here Circle of yers."  Clanking footsteps accompanied the monotone voice from behind them.Frederick turned around, astounded that Durcheck could show interest in anything at all.  He nodded, dumbfounded.  Collin grinned figuring his unabounded curiosity was rubbing off on the desensitized dwarf."We should get going.  I'll summon mounts for us.  Come on."The party boarded the Sara Ardon and carefully navigated the still dangerous harbor* before rocketing to the south and blasting away to the east.Durcheck was unimpressed.Frederick steeled himself and went to go have a talk with Tylette.  He had two spells prepared and he meant to use both.  Five minutes later a further conflicted Frederick left Tylette having only cast one of the two spells.  He went back to his room and sat confused for the other 100-odd minutes it took to get to the other side of the known world.The party air walked over the raucous jungle surrounding the lake which gave Crescent Lake it's name, it never seemed to die down.  Indeed, it appeared to have grown worse.  Frederick thought he saw something on the horizon but the party was busy.As the way to the Circle would only come with the morning mists, the party split up to rest and relax in the inn while Frederick and Collin went to take care of personal business.  Frederick payed Argus in full and chatted with him a little about the area.  Frederick's eyes went wide when he heard accounts of gorgons mixing it up with the trolls, minotaurs, hydra, huge centipedes, huge scorpions, and giants in the rowdy jungles but Argus smiled and told him that they would survive.  They always had, for longer than they could remember.Collin went to visit Atilly but was met with a familiar note.Out investigating.  Be back later.  -- AHe muttered and went back to the inn to study his own books and work over his notes some more.* When New Galdomond was initially attacked, there were 7 ships in harbor that were scuttled by the powerful undead lieutenant.  To a ship without the precise control of the Sara Ardon or a very shallow keel, the harbor is impossible to navigate because of all the debris and ships on the bottom of the harbor.</blockquote>

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