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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 6806963" data-attributes="member: 6777052">They waited, anxiously scanning the horizon in case any more demons arrived. The rose bush remained a rose bush. If anything, it seemed to be taking root more firmly. Rylnethaz began to think they would have to leave it there and sang a wistful elvish song about rose trees in the autumn mists, as a kind of farewell. He sang in a fine tenor voice and, somewhat to his surprise, Clotbert joined in with the baritone part and sang fluently, with not a trace of stammer."You have a fine voice, archpriest, were you trained as a temple chorister?""B-Before I h-heard the c-call, I was g-going to b-be a m-minstrel l-like m-my g-grandfather. H-He t-taught m-me t-to s-sing.""Can you sing the words of a spell? Not actually trying to cast it, just singing the words?"So Clotbert thought about it, and sang the words of the ♫Light♫ cantrip to a little tune that suited the rhythm of the syllables. Almost without thinking, out of habit as it were, he made the hand gestures that went with it. A pale golden light sprang from his fingertips. The two looked at each other as realisation dawned. Clotbert could weave his divine magic after all. He just had to sing the incantations, instead of trying to recite them."Can you do anything about our friend here? We could dig him up and take him with us, but he might be rather heavy. Not to mention thorny.""♩♩ If I only had some diamond dust, ...""My crown is encrusted with powdered diamonds. We could scrape some off? Would that do?""♫We can but try, tra-la"So they did. The rose bush turned back into an elderly wizard, buried up to his knees in the muddy soil."Thank you," said BoldItalic, as they helped to haul him out. "I wasn't enjoying being a bush very much. There was something hard under my roots and it tasted of metal. Not very pleasant." He looked down at his <s>roots</s> feet, as if wondering what they were for."♬Something buried under the ground here?"BoldItalic <s>waved his leaves</s> nodded. "Yes. I think we should dig it up."So they did. It took some time because it was quite large. It turned out to be a kind of circular metal hatch buried under the ground. It had a large ring in the middle, obviously put there for lifting it open. So they opened it. Underneath was a short circular shaft with rungs down one side for climbing. At the bottom was a circular tunnel, lined with steel. It ran northwards, straight as an arrow, as far as the eye could see.They went cautiously north along the tunnel.</blockquote>

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