*Ashnar casts his Mage Armour (and anyone else can cast whatever buffs they like) and then Laynie moves tentatively towards the glowing azure seal. Placing her hand on the seal, she begins to glow herself, surrounded by a bright blue aura in a resonant harmony with the door's own glow. Then, there is a brilliant flash, and the seal's energy is absorbed into Laynie. The seal down, there is suddenly a strange queasy disorienting feeling of sudden shocking distortion, as temporal rifts burst violently outward from the sealed area, engulfing all gathered before the seal. After the initial shock, the rifts in space-time become less violent, though everyone feels...disoriented...different*
(OOC: Temporal distortions cause ripples in space time, causing aging effects--Vanitri becomes 5 years younger, Hogarth ages 4 years, Ashnar becomes 3 years younger, Rinaldo becomes 6 years younger, Tenebrynn ages 2 years (but remains in little girl form for the duration of the elixir regardless), Laynie ages 5 years) )
*Out of some of the rifts, pale-skinned corpselike creatures with glowing eyes begin to emerge, drawn here by the temporal distortions.*
(OOC: Rinaldo, Ashnar, and Hogarth are not surprised by the emergence of the creatures and Rinaldo can act first (the enemies have pretty good initiative, so some of them get to go after Rinaldo). With his new Wisdom, Tenebrynn is very very much surprised
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