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<blockquote data-quote="RedShirtNo5" data-source="post: 4447486" data-attributes="member: 173"><p><strong>The Spawning Stone</strong></p><p></p><p>The Wind Riders are non-committal. “Why don’t you answer some of our questions first?” someone suggests. “Like how you got captured.”</p><p> </p><p>“Me left Spawning Stone and traveling. Big sphere flies toward me. Door opens, and ugly dao and earth-creatures come out. They throw nets on me, then bind my arms with icy chains. Now me is a prisoner. Slaadi not like being prisoners. Slaadi need freedom!”</p><p> </p><p>“Where were you going?”</p><p> </p><p>“Not know where to go. Just know me must leave.”</p><p> </p><p>“Why did you have to leave?”</p><p> </p><p>“Something wrong at Spawning Stone. Me at celebration. Suddenly celebration ends! No change, no rejoicing. Everything boring." Chaax sighs. "Me confused and not know what to do. Me leave, try to find reason celebration stopped.”</p><p> </p><p>“Well, did you see anything or anyone strange before this celebration ended?” asks Geldar.</p><p> </p><p>“Me want pet snake,” says Chaax. </p><p> </p><p>“Does the snake relate to what happened at the celebration?” </p><p> </p><p>“No. Just wanted to mention. Always wanted pet snake. ”</p><p> </p><p>“Ok. Did you see anything strange at the celebration.”</p><p> </p><p>“At celebration, me see insect creature. It have four legs and two arms.”</p><p> </p><p>Thantar casts a summon monster spell, and attempts to summon a worker formian. At first he feels something impeding the magic, and then he feels the magic slipping out of control. However, Thantar manages to finish the spell successfully. A small centaur-like insectoid appears. “Yes,” says Chaax, “it looked like that. But bigger.”</p><p> </p><p>The adventurers agree that ithey should go investigate the Spawning Stone. Geldar takes hold of the control crystal, and the Dream Diver speeds off into the swirling chaos.</p><p> </p><p>“You release me now?” asks Chaax. Not yet, the adventurers decide. The slaad becomes despondent, alternately muttering to itself, demanding to be released, and staring into space. </p><p> </p><p>The party travels, and when Geldar becomes tired, Kindrid takes over control of the Dream Diver.</p><p> </p><p>About two days pass in a rather monotonous travel through the swirling chaos, although it is now difficult for the Wind Riders to determine the time with neither day nor night. Finally, however, the Dream Diver bursts out from the swirling chaos into a huge spherical bubble nearly a mile across. In the center of the bubble is a gigantic stone slab, at least half a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide. The stone is scribed with giant glowing runes that crawl across its surface, gradually changing in color and shape. At the center of the slab is an obsidian throne, currently empty. Floating in the air around the slab are dozens of stone structures of various sizes and shapes.</p><p> </p><p>Also floating in the air around the slab are hundreds and hundreds of the frog-headed slaadi, and dozens of slaadi corpses. About half of the slaadi are blue-skinned, but another half are slightly smaller red-skinned creatures. A few of the living slaadi swim through the air, but most of the slaadi simply sit listlessly.</p><p> </p><p>“The Spawning Stone,” says Chaax. “But no rejoicing. The celebration must return. Or slaadi will stagnate and die.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedShirtNo5, post: 4447486, member: 173"] [b]The Spawning Stone[/b] The Wind Riders are non-committal. “Why don’t you answer some of our questions first?” someone suggests. “Like how you got captured.” “Me left Spawning Stone and traveling. Big sphere flies toward me. Door opens, and ugly dao and earth-creatures come out. They throw nets on me, then bind my arms with icy chains. Now me is a prisoner. Slaadi not like being prisoners. Slaadi need freedom!” “Where were you going?” “Not know where to go. Just know me must leave.” “Why did you have to leave?” “Something wrong at Spawning Stone. Me at celebration. Suddenly celebration ends! No change, no rejoicing. Everything boring." Chaax sighs. "Me confused and not know what to do. Me leave, try to find reason celebration stopped.” “Well, did you see anything or anyone strange before this celebration ended?” asks Geldar. “Me want pet snake,” says Chaax. “Does the snake relate to what happened at the celebration?” “No. Just wanted to mention. Always wanted pet snake. ” “Ok. Did you see anything strange at the celebration.” “At celebration, me see insect creature. It have four legs and two arms.” Thantar casts a summon monster spell, and attempts to summon a worker formian. At first he feels something impeding the magic, and then he feels the magic slipping out of control. However, Thantar manages to finish the spell successfully. A small centaur-like insectoid appears. “Yes,” says Chaax, “it looked like that. But bigger.” The adventurers agree that ithey should go investigate the Spawning Stone. Geldar takes hold of the control crystal, and the Dream Diver speeds off into the swirling chaos. “You release me now?” asks Chaax. Not yet, the adventurers decide. The slaad becomes despondent, alternately muttering to itself, demanding to be released, and staring into space. The party travels, and when Geldar becomes tired, Kindrid takes over control of the Dream Diver. About two days pass in a rather monotonous travel through the swirling chaos, although it is now difficult for the Wind Riders to determine the time with neither day nor night. Finally, however, the Dream Diver bursts out from the swirling chaos into a huge spherical bubble nearly a mile across. In the center of the bubble is a gigantic stone slab, at least half a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide. The stone is scribed with giant glowing runes that crawl across its surface, gradually changing in color and shape. At the center of the slab is an obsidian throne, currently empty. Floating in the air around the slab are dozens of stone structures of various sizes and shapes. Also floating in the air around the slab are hundreds and hundreds of the frog-headed slaadi, and dozens of slaadi corpses. About half of the slaadi are blue-skinned, but another half are slightly smaller red-skinned creatures. A few of the living slaadi swim through the air, but most of the slaadi simply sit listlessly. “The Spawning Stone,” says Chaax. “But no rejoicing. The celebration must return. Or slaadi will stagnate and die.” [/QUOTE]
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