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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The803" data-source="post: 1989523" data-attributes="member: 23183">Andarin is tossed into the flight zone several times, and has no trouble attracting "rides" from the Sarphidians and sunflies once he's up there; they enjoy his music as much as everyone else.  On the third throw, however, the ground crew gets a little overzealous, and Andarin shoots right through the flight zone and smack into the inner sphere, where he crashes into two clueless sods.The impact should have dealt at least some injury to all involved, but as the three gather themselves up, they are happy to find themselves unhurt.  Jurden and the others in the ground crew shout up sheepishly to Andarin and he shoots back that he's okay no thanks to them as he's apologizing to the two clueless for so rudely dropping in on them.The githzerai addresses Jurden, Your friend should've been hurt by that little stunt, but it's a trick to get hurt in the World Serpent.  You, Slaad, give me a good punch...The slaad shrugs and puts a great gray fist into the Githzerai's face.  He make no attempt to defend himself and is sent sprawling.  Several githzerai notice and come running, but the nasal laughter from the downed berk halts their attack.S'okay lads, I asked for it!  And nicely done, madamoiselle; I think my nose is broke.  As they help him up, you see that his nose is indeed smashed sideways into his face, but he doesn't seem to be in much pain at all.  Give it a moment...  He straightens his nose, sniffs, and then wipes away a little blood with the back of his hand.  There...  All better.  See?  There is indeed no sign of the injury a few moments after.  A lesser hit would've bounced right off and even a mighty whack like that closes up in a twinkle.  The downside is that magic is a bit harder to work.  I know it don't look like a tavern, but it is a common room of the World Serpent.The shell-like portal around Gibbous gives of a final puff of flow-jetsam and contracts back into the shell originally taken from Rhys.  Gibbous once again sets it on the ground and gives it a good whack.  Rather than a spiral stair, however, it opens a pore-like opening in the fleshy floor, filled with a vaporous fluid the same color as the gas.  Gibbous slides in and swims downward.A sarphidian observer chimes in.  The tunnels of the World Serpent lie below.  You may come and go as you please, but carry and strike no flames within this womb.Tselze is first in line to take a swim.  She slides into the water and vanishes for several minutes before reappearing with word of the other side.  It's like the flight space above; down becomes up, and it surfaces into a well in a big storage-room of some sort.</blockquote>

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