Episode 2 Scene 1 The Journey North

As Egret points at a window (#7) Shump looks up at it and says, "Why you climb, can see from here? Just pile rubble."

Egret sends an incredulous look towards the Yroc, confused about how he would be able to see through the window, and genuinely looks at a loss for words for a moment. He then clearly decides to not question their guide, and instead opts for a polite non-answer. "I would like a better look. These windows appear to have some unusual... qualities." The tiefling pauses, hesitant, before adding: "If you do see something of curious nature, I would like to hear your insight."

Shump glances at the other windows and shakes his head no, "No curious nature, just normal nature. Except those two." He points at two of the windows (#11 and #12), "They dark. That one cobwebby." he points at one those two windows (#11).

"Lex, would you please hold the torch close to the floor? I can't tell if this object on the floor has any writing or pictures on it."

"Yes, there's a disk on the floor. It might be a coin or a piece of machinery. I want to check it for any markings." Without touching or moving the disk, Brindel looks at it in the torchlight.

Egret watches Brindel and Lex inspect the disk for a few moments, then crosses his arms and starts walking backwards from the table, gaining some distance from the others. You've been warned," he announces cheerfully, as magic starts weaving around him. "So if anyone attacks me, I'm going to bite back. Gently." The druid laughs softly as his form shifts, eight black legs erupting outwards from a round fluffy body which appears in place of the tiefling. The wolf spider blinks all of its many dark brown eyes and shifts in place to get acquainted with many new limbs. It clicks its mandibles then and turns to climb up the wall, slowly beelining for the windows up above.

Lex reaches for his staff and attempts to drag the disk out from near the leg of the table.

Brindel picks up the gem to examine it better under the torchlight.

Brindel says to the others, "This disk is tough as a diamond but I have never seen one that is gray, not to mention the rune inside. Much like the metal objects in this tower, it is similar to what we know but has qualities we do not yet understand."

The spider clicks its mandibles in acknowledgement from somewhere above, but offers no comment, for obvious reasons. Though even if he were in his normal body, Egret would probably have no insight to add, seeing as stones or runes aren't his specialty.

"That rune is on one of the pillars of the planned portal, we most certainly should show it to our employer. as he looks over Brindel's shoulder.

The spider crawls alongside the window's frame, poking around with its spindly legs to see if the barrier extends over the whole window - while also inspecting the murky image behind it and wondering what it might be. He considers the possibility of the window being a portal and the barrier its "door", so to say, needing to be activated to become intangible. There were some peculiar things back at the village, especially in the magical inn, and Egret won't put it past wizards to build a tower on the point of power just for convenience of transportation...