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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jon Potter" data-source="post: 3311910" data-attributes="member: 2323">[PLAIN][Realms #375a] A Leap of Faith[/PLAIN]Ixin looked over at the far side of the chasm, judging the distance. It was simply too far for her to glide across. Unless she was higher..."We could-," Morier began, gesturing emphatically at Huzair. Then his face fell and he added, "Oh... yeah, anti-magic field."Ayremac unfurled his wings, critically studying the others appraisingly. He settled on the lanky wizard. "Huzair, get on now! Let's go!" He turned toward the chasm, poised to leap off."You sure about this?" Huzair asked as he grabbed hold of the holy warrior."Have faith," Ayremac responded, his expression grim as he pushed off and launched them into the air. He never realized how much the wizard smelled like smoke.They fell for a moment then his wings caught the air, buoying them upward. His flight was graceful and might well have elicited impressed gasps from the others if everyone hadn't been so busy looking for some way to save themselves.Ixin was busily climbing the rough wall, searching for a higher launch point.Shamalin dropped to her knees at the edge of the chasm, the clank of her knee guards echoed by the opposite cliff face. "I don't think the time for praying is on us yet, priestess," Morier told her, then he saw what she was doing as she gathered up a fistful of gravel and scattered it over the side."I'm not praying! Perhaps there's an invisible bridge or island or...," she stopped and tried to discern what she'd just seen. The rocks and pebbles and dust had broadcast out into the void and she'd watched them fall intent on any changes in their trajectory that might hint at something unseen. And then they'd simply vanished. "There's something here!" she said excitedly."What've ye found, lass?" Karak asked, leaning over here shoulder. She hefted a rock."Watch!" she replied, tossing the stone into the chasm. It disappeared and at the same time Huzair yelped. Looking up, she saw that the wizard and Ayremac had landed on the opposite side and Huzair was rubbing his rump."Something hit me with a rock!" he grumbled loudly.Shamalin grinned and got to her feet as Ixin sailed overhead, her wings carrying her easily across the chasm as Ayremac was poised to return. She landed beside them and turned to regard the three members of the Order who still remained on the opposite side of the chasm. Shamalin looked ready to step off into thin air."I believe I have rope in my bag. I could tie it -" Huzair stopped with the flap of his Handy Haversack open revealing the bag's empty interior. "Damned anti-magic field," he cursed at Ayremac."I've figured it out," Shamalin said to no one in particular. "This is a test of faith."And she stepped off. She tottered in the air for a moment and then fell like a half-elf encased in 100 pounds of steel. Morier cried a warning and reached for her trailing arm, but he was too slow and then she was gone.Literally.She reappeared with a clatter on the far ledge beside Huzair. Ixin looked at her in disbelief, shaking her horned head."Wux pothoc vaecaesin-ir," she hissed and Huzair nodded."You can say that again," he muttered and Shamalin caught his eye. He explained to her, "She says you're one crazy elf and I think she's probably right."A wave of energy coursed through their bodies as they passed through the portal. Their vision blurred momentarily and the sensation of falling rapidly filled them. All at once, their senses snapped back to normal and they found themselves resting on an the bottom half of an enormous shell, bobbing on a limitless pool of water. The rune of water lined the edge of the clamshell.The sky above was bleak and featureless. There were no structures or land masses to be seen above the waterline - but thick, colorful coral reefs grew mazelike in the depths. The water itself seemed boundless and clear as crystal, illuminated with blue and green light filtering up from the depths. Ayremac peered over the side, but it was difficult to determine the actual depth. At a guess, he figured it to be just shy of a 100' feet to the bottom.The blue-green light seemed to be coming from something lying directly beneath them on the bottom of the magic lake.</blockquote>

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