The Only Way to Find Out is to Fuck Around

We resumed our search in the cavern. Pearl uses spider climb on Glittr and he climbs up stalactite and sees a series of questions written in giant. The questions read:

• “What must I do next to please you, noble father?”

• “Do dream-creatures pose any danger to us?”

• “Are there any traitors in my clan?”

• “Can these puny barbarians be trusted?”

Glittr does a search of the stalactite for the answers to the questions, but there is nothing else on the tower. Brylwynn investigates the stalactite and just knows that it is a natural formation, but is unable to determine anything else about it being a relic. 

Brylwynn casts tiny hut and we try to take a long rest. Ari decides to attune to the Conch and RC attunes to his new bow. 

• While in the tent Glittr feels a celestial body just outside of the tent through his divine sense. He sticks his head outside of the tent and looks over at it. The creature turns its head to him and it appears like a hologram. It states that he has been able to see Glittr for a while now but this is the first time Glittr has ever been able to see it. The creature looks like it has the body of a horse and the face of a dragon with gold and purple coloring.

As RC touches his magic arrow, yellow flowers appear outside of the hut. A voice in his head says to not try attuning to the bow yet, for he is not ready for the power it possesses. The voice says that it is the conduit of Bahamut, his voice. He has been watching you and is proud of what RC has been doing. He speaks with the entity for a while. The entity warns RC that he should continue to do good and defeat evil and reminds him that is why he was given his power. “As the voice of Gruemar, I expect great things from you RC. May Bahamut’s blessings continue in you. Be strong as great evil will continue to plague you and your path.” 

As Ari is attuning to the conch, the same creepy voice speaks to her in her head. It comments on her growing stronger and that she was able to do what her family line was unable to. The voice offers her great power if she can remain strong. Ari agrees to this and as she does, she begins to glow red and her arms become covered in red scales. Her eyes rolled back into her head and she sees these scales. There are small black tendrils coming from the scales on her arms. 

As she is resting Brylwynn, she hears a voice in her head that accuses her of stealing. She fails her death throw and her eyes roll in the back of her head and she begins to have a seizure. A dark spectral hand emerges out and touches her right hand, dealing damage. She takes 60 points of necrotic damage as a branded image appears on the back of her hand. She recognizes the symbol as a symbol of necromancy. She is going to be the College of Valour now.

• The voice said to her, “youuu took our knowledgeee without payingggg. Without usinggg itttt. This knowledge comes at a priceeee. And stealing without paying means deathhhhh.”

• When she wakes up she feels a power has been taken from her and she is no longer a College of Lore Bard, she can also no longer cast necromancy magic.

Caulkin also levels up as the scar on his side glows. The Prince of Frost whisper’s in Pearl’s Ice, “just dreadful wouldn’t you say?”She asks the Prince of Frost to deliver a message to Fae but he declines stating that she is a little preoccupied with completing tasks.” 

Title: The only way to find out is to fuck around / Ari takes an L

Ari blows in the conch and we transport. We feel weightless for a brief moment as we teleport to a new room on this plane. There are sconces on the wall giving off a blue light. The walls themselves seem to give off a bluish light, almost like bioluminescent creatures and the walls are damp. There are small crabs that seem to walk in front of us. We do hear a deep voice singing that is coming from the staircase. It is eerily silent aside from the voice singing. 

• We see stone statues of storm giants, but find other doors leading off of hallways. We see some wine jugs and portable food, but no gold or coins. 

• Ari explores an underwater passageway but is met with an iron face she cannot pass. Glittr opens more doors and finds human sized rooms.

We climb the stairs and see a large room filled with giant clam shells. There are barnacle colored pillars and the ceilings are 70’ high, with a staircase in the back. In the room, all of the clams sitting on each of them are giants watching the woman in the middle of the room singing. Off to the side there is another storm giant playing a mellow on an instrument. There are storm giant guards in the room as well. A cloud, frost, storm, and other giants are present as well. Behind a crab, we see a large window that opens to the ocean outside. 

• We walked down the hallway. As we reach the end, the singing and music stops abruptly as everyone in the room turns to look towards us. The guards run up front and take position to stand guard. The singer asks, “what brings you small folk to Hekaton’s court?”