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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 6797890" data-attributes="member: 6777052">A few days passed."Oh!, I didn't see you there," said Clotbert, "It's a fine view, up here on the battlements, isn't it?""Er, yes," replied BoldItalic distractedly. "Sorry if I startled you. I wasn't expecting anyone else to be up here.""Are you alright? We haven't seen much of you these last few days since we got back. I looked into your chambers a few times. I want you to come and see what I've done with the shrine."BoldItalic mumbled something about being tired. "It's the new scrolls we found. I've been up all night trying to decipher them. There's one I just can't make any headway with." He shook his head. "Maybe I do need a break. Come and show me your shrine." Then he took Clotbert by the arm and flourished his staff."That's neat," said Clotbert. "Quicker than walking.""It's a Dimension Door spell," said BoldItalic simply, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. "As you say, it saves walking." He yawned. "Takes it out of you, though." He looked around. "The statue looks well, there on the altar. I like the lighting effect. Just the right shade of purple.""You must come here to Myrristra's shrine whenever you feel tired," suggested Clotbert. "Perhaps She will guide your thoughts as She does mine.""If She could decipher this scroll for me, I'd be her disciple for life. But it doesn't work that way, does it? 'The gods help those who help themselves', as Fingers is apt to say, although I think he puts a different slant on the words.""Let's try. Do you have the scroll with you? Place it up the altar and light one of the sticks of incense in the silver chalice you so generously donated. Then join me in prayer. Recite the words after me."They prayed together for a short time, then Clotbert opened a massive tome that was placed on a lectern nearby and read out a spell of communion with Myrristra. As if in answer, a faint breeze like a sigh of wind ruffled the hangings and the light changed subtly so that the scroll seemed to stand out against the dark tone of the velvet altar cloth. BoldItalic went forward and picked it up. It unfurled itself in his hands and the writing danced before his eyes. He was dumbfounded. Then he laughed. "No wonder I couldn't read it. It's not meant for wizards at all," he said. "This one is for you."Clotbert took the scroll and saw what was written there. "Myrristra be praised," he said, "this is a Scroll of Recall. I must prepare this shrine as a sanctuary. In dire need, if we are trapped or close to disaster, I can bring us all instantly back here to safety. But only once.""If things are that bad, once will be enough," replied BoldItalic wryly. "All praise to Myrristra in her generosity. But it bodes not well. Do you not see, my friend? That she has given us this, suggests that she sees a future for us and the king that is so fraught with peril that we might one day need it. Let us hope that we do not, and we succeed in whatever endeavours are to come."Clotbert agreed and said a short prayer of hope and cheerfulness. "May the future be bright and may the king achieve glory."</blockquote>

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