Time Well Spent

[Tom Cashel]

"Agreed, Master Foxhound."

Calumn's hands move in complex gestures of Spellcasting, and he speaks arcane words in a language you assume is Netherese.

When he finishes, a swirling gate twists open beside you. Beyond it you see a windswept and barren land.

Let us make haste, tall magic-one, hoots Wisp softly.

 

[Lucius Foxhound]

Lucius thinks: Agreed, Wisp. Watch my back and I'll watch yours.

I step through.

 

[Tom Cashel]

When has it ever been otherwise, Tall magic-one?

You step into a howling wind, blowing sand that burns your eyes and skin, and the gate closes behind you...

 

[Lucius Foxhound]

I cast Mage Armor and have a look around.

 

[Mahiro Satsu]

OOC: I am reading both threads as well, and i must concur.

 

[Tom Cashel]

You have no idea where you are. The howling wind and sand blow around you (now mercifully deflected--somewhat--by the mage armor, which I'll assume you're 'sharing' with Wisp), and forbidding orange rock formations tower nearby. In all other directions you see flat orange-yellow sand dotted with scrub and battered cacti, stretching off into the haze of sand.

 

[Lucius Foxhound]

Wrapping one of my scarves around my face and putting wisp inside my vest, I stumble towards the rock formations in search of shelter.

 

[Tom Cashel]

You stagger through the windstorm toward the rocks, which are actually about a quarter-mile away. Cursing to yourself, you nearly fall into a few dry gullies and clamber up the opposite side. By the time the massive wall of needle-like orange rocks rises out of the haze, your eyes are caked with dust and your mouth is full of grit. The sand is in everything--Wisp warbles in anger inside your vest.

There is an opening in the rock wall, though--a small, dark cave.

 

[Lucius Foxhound]

We'll make a B-line for the cave and find a spot to rest right inside. We'll shake out the sand and drink a bit of water (we'll take about 15 minutes or so to gather our wits before we continue).

 

[Tom Cashel]

You shake out the sand and drink some water (it tastes gritty), and notice that the cave stretches quite a ways back.