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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 3861975" data-attributes="member: 11760">A set of scrolls unroll in the wreckage of the puzzle tube and Renraw dives for the at them, slapping at Katadid's hands.There are six scrolls, each with a spell on them. Although Renraw can't be sure without magic, it appears they are multiple copies of two spells."As I'd suspected," he says sagely. "Two spells, one for shrinking, the other for  reversal of the shrinking process. We can cast them, but we need our rest first."Renraw gathers the papers to his breast and lies down again, cradling them."Don't bother me."It takes a little while for everyone to get to sleep -- the last rest was so recent, and everyone can't help but think of the beds above their heads at the Dented Coin -- but at last they do. The spellcasters awake, refreshed and their minds clear once more.Now freshly rested and cleaned, Katadid wanders over to the bundle in Renraw's arms. He slips a few of them out and places them on the ground. The rest of the party doesn't seem to be up yet, and he prefers it that way.He takes out a small hunk of quartzite and holds it up to his eye. He starts chanting and the crystal explodes with a tiny pop. Kat closes his eyes. When they open again, they ripple like water. He picks up the magic scrolls and starts to read."Hmmm, yes, one is the shrinking spell," he says out loud. "The other is commonly called 'Bull's Strength.' Redhurst had it listed as 'Oxen's Might,' but that may be a precursor. It may explain the other potion easily enough. And, well, there's enough scrolls and potions to give us another hour to navigate our way through ..."Oh, good morning."Katadid goes back to the scrolls as the others get up and begin to prepare for more delving."The spells themselves seem more potent. We wouldn't be studying spells like this until our fifth year at school. Maybe something in the method of brewing or compounding of solutions reduces the durations. Kat shrugs and looks at Renraw. "Two scrolls for you and Ragglus. A potion for Tock and I?"Kat reads the scroll to shrink Renraw, then Ragglus. He and Tock each drink a potion. Renraw, now anxious to finish this and return to the surface, begins walking back to the tunnels even before he shrinks. When the Gentlemen Delvers arrive in the badgers' den, the juveniles are gone, with no trace of where they went."Well, good," says Renraw, relieved. "Less triviality to worry about. Now then, let's. To the water room.""H-how tall do you suppose?" Katadid ponders aloud as they walk. "I mean us, in comparison? He stops dead and his eyes widen."Oh my! I-it's ... it's a CIPHER! A CODE!" Kat grips Tock's shirt and screams gleefully. "Asenhigh! ASENHIGH! For gnomes! I GET IT!""Slow it down a bit, Bird," Tock says, as he extracts himself from his cousin's grasp."Ah, yes, of course ..."Kat starts walking a bit more slowly and mutters to himself as they proceed down the tunnels.</blockquote>

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