Deeper Underdark

There was no city. Mostly homesteaders out in the wilds. I say we let the animals through the door then continue to search for Yoci's door. The animals will find there way out.

Huzzah! Let’s get them out then! Goodbye animal friends! May the force be with you always! Uhhhh… the forces of nature I mean.

Grin ties Havoc up and starts transporting animals out of the door.

Stee will keep a rope on Wreak as the animals are ushered out.

Ahh, well met Sephek. Thanks for coming to see if you could help. I am glad to see you are well and hear the others are also. Imagine my surprise when I came back through the door and I was in a completely different place. This is a strange place indeed. But I will not be coming back with you. This fine group of adventurers I have met have freed another and must see them safely back to there home. Give my regards to all and you deserve a lot of credit also. You are a good man. I introduce him to the others and ask By the way do you care if we keep this goat and dog? We have kinda become attached to them. Also how long has it been since the original rescue? Stee wonders if maybe time acts differently down here.

At some point, it seemed logical for Ealdwig to pull the spider silk out of his back. I've got this and he holds it up. I was told it is endless so we can use it to find our way back to the doors if we ever want to venture out. We will need to figure out a way to keep the doors open but we shouldn't get lost.

Is there any way to pass specific locations, such as the lake? Can you just swipe quickly so there is no time to get the door open? Ealdwig pauses a few seconds, tilts his head and looks up, does anyone know if these doors only lead to the underdark, just different locations? After we get Yoci back home, the only way out of here that we know of is through the lake. There are now Morlocks at the door to the lake. How are we going to manage that? Any ideas?

Sephek smiles and puts his hand on Stee's shoulder. "Well, your loss. Thank you for all of your help earlier, and thank you for taking the effort to return the animals. You didn't need to do that, and I truly appreciate you did. I figure that everyone is going to be so happy with the animals we did get back, no one is going to complain about the animals that are missing. I certainly won't tell anyone!

"However, know that we will likely not meet again, because the reason I am here is to destroy the doors. I doubt I can do anything to them right now, but once you leave, they seemed like ordinary doors. I am going to chop them down so we don't have to worry about those nasty creatures ever again. Good luck on your journeys and may the gods be with you!"

With that Sephek makes sure the sheep and dog are on their way, releases the cats (figuring they can make their own way at this point), then helps move the chicken cages out of the cavern into the small entry cave on the other side of the doors. "I'll have to get some help to carry these all back, but that won't be a problem! Again, thank you all for your help solving this mystery."Goodbyes are said and Oliver places a small flask just outside the door. To Sephek he says, "Please leave this alone for a few minutes. I am trying an experiment. This is just a small flask of undrinkable alcohol I can use to try and detect using my magic circlet," he points to the circlet on his head. "Once we close the doors, you will shortly see a flash of light between the doors. Once this happens, please wait a minute or two. After that, you may start hacking away."

Sephek nods in acknowledgement and waves as the group reenters the cave. With the doors closed, Oliver can still sense the alcohol, as it is right on the other side of the door. While he waits at the door, Brewner goes to the panel and deactivates it. As expected, the moment that Oliver sees the light flash, he can no longer sense the alcohol. His experiment completed, he retrieves the rod from doors 12, and moves it to doors 8 as planned. At that point, Brewner activates the panel again. Strangely, they don't hear any movement on the other side of doors 8.

Yoci tries to detect a path. "The only indication I can feel is through doors 8, but it isn't as strong as the last one I felt. That likely means using this path will be longer than the other path."

Thank you good sir and farewell Stee turns to the group Let's get this figured out and get Yoci home.

Felix says, "Uh, guys, I don't think I'm ready to delve back into the ground again. I think I am going to take advantage of this opportunity here to stay above ground."

Sephek replies, "You are welcome to come back with me after I chop these doors down." He laughs and continues, "You can even take credit for the recovery of the animals. We'll host you for a couple days while you figure out what you want to do next."

Goodbyes are said and Oliver places a small flask just outside the door. To Sephek he says, "Please leave this alone for a few minutes. I am trying an experiment. This is just a small flask of undrinkable alcohol I can use to try and detect using my magic circlet," he points to the circlet on his head. "Once we close the doors, you will shortly see a flash of light between the doors. Once this happens, please wait a minute or two. After that, you may start hacking away."

Sephek nods in acknowledgement and waves as the group reenters the cave. With the doors closed, Oliver can still sense the alcohol, as it is right on the other side of the door. While he waits at the door, Brewner goes to the panel and deactivates it. As expected, the moment that Oliver sees the light flash, he can no longer sense the alcohol. His experiment completed, he retrieves the rod from doors 12, and moves it to doors 8 as planned. At that point, Brewner activates the panel again. Strangely, they don't hear any movement on the other side of doors 8.

Yoci tries to detect a path. "The only indication I can feel is through doors 8, but it isn't as strong as the last one I felt. That likely means using this path will be longer than the other path."

I think we should cycle through until Yoci gets the strongest pull then we go for that one. Stee will work Wreak through commands while we wait and test doors/

" I agree, unfortunately the strongest pull was in the more dangerous cycle, but perhaps there are others"

"It has been a pleasure, Felix. May the invisible rivers guide you to that which you seek. And also, feel free to visit us anytime."

Oliver bowed ceremoniously to Felix.

After bidding farewells and experimenting with the doors, Oliver responds to Stee's idea:

"That sounds like fun! I want to see what's behind all the other doors. Besides, I agree that's the most practical approach for Yoci's search. The experiment just proved that we become spatially disconnected from the other side of the doors when the panel is deactivated... so not even a magic amulet could detect nearby objects on the other side as long as the panel has the wrong number of lights. Wellp! Not really surprising, no."

"...though it does beg the question of whether we are in a pocket dimension or something? This is some funny and powerful magic."