We have defeated the cultists and the dragon Sarastra! We party with army. Full rest. Cooks has something for us in the morning. Dragon bacon – only so much on him. We eat breakfast. We select Neves to go with us into the Portal.

Portal is glowing, ominous, large. Cooks/Merka bid us farewell.

WE GO THROUGH THE PORTAL AND……NOTHING.

Ground beneath our feet. We can see each other but nothing else. We can see about 40 feet in the distance – then super foggy, can’t see and any further. The Portal is still behind us.

We suggest Neves casts wind opposite direction of the Portal. He does so, nothing happens. Whole place feels very off – like the ground is a little tilted. We start walking north.

Kex attempts to summon the Prelate with his ring. It sparks and almost works, but doesn’t. Kex tries again. Prelate Sagamore appears in front of us – pixelated. Where are you you’re barely coming through. We tell him of the portal. He doesn’t know where to go – others have made it through the portal.

We go back to the portal. We hear in the distance, something walking. From the north – light object not a huge beast. We hear footsteps that are coming towards us. It seems to be a small sphere with arms and legs approaching us.

Kex asks – who are you. Sphere “we are they” we are we. They, does not compute. It’s made of metal about twice the size of basketball. Bring up Fellen, no recognition. We ask about its master DuoDrone. Jartha waves armband – does not compute. DuoDrone at Time Inn. We ask directions. We must pick up then return to Time Inn. Sphere walks away we start follow. It moves v methodical. Dedicated to its task.

We begin to see an object in the distance – half the size of the creature that we’re following, it’s on the ground. Appears to be inanimate. We race past the droid.

It’s a box from Winchendon that houses the spheres. The creature continues its walk to the box. We huddle around the box while Kex tries to open it. Sphere robot keeps bumping into Jartha repeatedly. Jartha holds its head. Kex finds one globe. Closes box, we let robot sphere take it. Spherebot takes box, heads north.

Jartha tries to lassos the sphere. The sphere has the rope with it now. The sphere heads north and we track with 30 feet spacing. We start to hear another set of footprints. We still hangout. Another spherebot joins the first one. Also carrying a box. We keep following. Start to hear noises that sound a little like civilization.

We come across a building, and the ground is like a city street fading in gradient style. We keep moving and come across and large familiar building. It looks like the time inn. Square robot outside commanding drones on where to take the boxes.

We hear people inside of the building.  Kex goes to look into the window. It’s a tavern! People inside, performer on stage. No arm bands.

Jartha talks to DuoDrone. Asks about TriDrone. Can connect us to tridrone. Lots of we are many type talk. Says tavern people from your place.

We roll into the tavern. Neves says I feel safe here.

Standing behind the counter – it’s Morris. The Time Inn is here so I am here. Through the power of time, I’ve been able to stay both here and in Jaree’s land. Please – all here have been faded. I believe you know some people here.  We see JeGarcia, Gage Hennessee, Lady Sasha, Skyler Reach etc.

We’ve been faded and just try to live our life here. We ask how long they have been here – rising/setting of the sun. We mostly stay here in the place of revelry.  We ask about the drones.

Are you not aware to where you have come to? There are different planes of existence, you are on the plane of law. Must be very careful. Drones don’t take kindly to people violating the rules.  Led by the prime. A few drones in the back performing menial tasks. Too bad your friend the cook couldn’t make it. I recognize the gentleman you’re with, ah Neves. Powerful creature – not who he seems. I can’t tell who he is – only know he has secrets.

Jartha is like that’s great where’s my beer.

We ask Skyler about traveling between planes. They’ve never been able to find this supposed Portal. We have Frank Zappa on the main stage. Dulcet tones.

Lux sees JeGarcia and JG is welcoming. He’s legit. Tells us the triangle/square/five drones/ are bad. Morris comes and goes – no one knows how he does it. People come here all the time. Doesn’t know how got faded. Sometimes the cultists come here. Led Zeppelin played here yesterday. I haven’t been here that long. They seem to have a way to travel – Led Zeppelin. No huge reveal.

Kex talks to Lady Sasha. It’s wonderful and sad to see you – so sad you got taken. Kex talks about Portal. “Does not compute” – she says borrowing a phrase from monodrones. She got faded months after ash. There was this structure when I first got it – a square, a triangle and a rhombus all together. One of the square guys got me and brought me here. Hard to tell in the zone here – but I’ll never forget that building. It all seemed the same direction. But I came from WNW. She wants to reunite Cat people – but no Rel. Went on a different path. Kex brings up JeGarcia – she says he’s a handsome one. I tried. I also tried this Hennessey guy. “You have to take what you can get around here and I’m not gonna have sex with Frank Zappa”. Kex says he’ll help.

Jartha gets Zappa’s attention after a long jam. Jartha asks Zappa about his story. Very nebulous about his story. Not bound by the plane of law.  Zappa says he’s on his way to plane of elemental fire. Can get us on the guest list.

Skyler tells us to talk to Morris.

Lux talks to Morris – lays it down. Morris can only go in between time inn. The multi portal was due to Jaree/Ogelsby. Morris talks about Time Inn exists in several different planes. This is plane of law – many rules have been in place that I did not expect.

The basement of my establishment – used to contain the Grey Mist Lantern but cant access any more. The basement has been corrupted by the evil jinn. It’s a trap door in the storage. It’s never been there and it’s always been there. Power of the plane of law created.

We descend to the basement, bring Neves.

We go into a room in the basement. Jartha walks into large room. Big blue rug. We inspect – nothing ado. Nothing out of regular dungeon noise. We head north. We go into a room we see a statue of a dog. In it’s mouth is a key. Neves uses floating hand. Statue turns into living dog. Big aggressive looking wolf.

Initiative/combat. Kex attacks the wolf – scimitar says I know this place be careful. We kill the dog, it disintegrates. Key falls – we hear a voice – come to test me have you? Test you I will?

Kex talks to his sword. Confirms that its’s the jinn. Kex talks a while to his sword. Not a human dwelling. I have been in places like this. Realm of a genie.

We talk to Neves – all genie’s focus is self preservation. Never killed a jinn but it makes quite a shockwave. Kexyl inspects. Nothing.

Lux inspects east room via listening – sounds like a pool. Most jinn have a life of luxury.  We head south – another dog. Also some talk about Jartha getting Mage Hand from Neves in a pleasurable moment in the past.

Jartha just leroy Jenkins into the room. Gets hit with an arrow in the knee. Neves uses the hand to grab the key. Nothing happens, brings it back to us.

We use mage hand – go into room with pool of black water. “Enjoy my trials”

Kex takes a pebble and throws it into the black pool. Nothing happens.

Jartha convinces Neves to throw the gold piece into the pool. Jartha says I’ll pay you twice. Huge water elemental jumps out. Jartha “neves did you wish for this” “no I wished for my dead daughter back”

Initiative

Also Jartha hands Neves two coins. Fist bumps

We get in a fight with a water elemental. Jartha is like “yeah bitch” at one point.

We kill it.

Everyone wet except Jarth bc cuffs of bone driedness.

There is a small blue gem where the water elemental died. Jartha grabs it like he had something to do with the killing of elemental. Kex checks it out. It’s magical, it’s a real/enchanted item. Used in some sort of lock mechanism.

Jartha goes into, we all go into the north room. It’s time to fight an air elemental. Initiative. Fight, Jartha at one point jumps on the table.

We kill the air element. “You killed my pet, I will not forget this”. Small diamond falls, Jartha takes it.

Kex inspects east door from pool room. Jartha puts two keys in, door opens up

We then go to room south of pool. Nothing in there. But there are day beds – we can lounge on. We short rest and talk about the mechanics of short resting.

Check out northeast door. No squash courts or anything

We go through southeast door. It’s hot. Jartha is shut out because he was fucking around. Jartha wins initiative and just attacks a statue. Then moves to another statue instead of helping us.

Kex used tidal wave and just wiped out the fire elemental v quickly.

With Jartha’s unnecessary destruction of statues, the genie whispers “now it’s personal”

Door to the north takes four gems, we have three.

Then something emerges from the wall.

Humanoid form – earth elemental.

Kex wins initiative, turns it into a land turtle. Says he wants to throw into the black pool. We watch a turtle drown. Jartha stares at Kex and wonders why. Earth elemental appears and is super pissed off bc it died. Water doesn’t have huge impact.

Neves is like this is unprecedented but I have a cool idea. Creature from stone into flesh. It begins to bleed profusely. Now it’s a flesh elemental. Fight continues.

We defeat it. “Was that really necessary?” Neves gets the last gem. It’s actually a river rock. But shaped like we need it to be.

We go the door with the gem spaces. Jartha inserts the gems/rocks. Door opens, throne room. Sitting upon the throne is a genie!

The genie is like I haven’t been around Serabia in a long time. How long? A long time. It’s from the old kingdom, where I hail. Serabia was a prince who betrayed his father with the weapon you now wield. Serabia says great danger is here. Kex is like talking to his sword. The rest of us are like whatever what’s going on.

What is it you’re here for – the lantern? It is a place I sometime I reside, it is dear to me.  I’m not trapped in there, but even I must rest.

Jartha “how can a dude that big fit into a lantern”. It’s magic my dear solider, I knew you ages ago, you were smarter then. He and I met on the battlefield once, he was a more clever man. I could grant you a wish perhaps.

Jartha’s like whatever I want to see a genie in a lamp. En garde sir.

Gim Geon bellows bring it on motherfucker. Fight time.

The genie is so close to death – Kex, I’ll make you human, Lux, you want the death mark off of you, Jartha, do you want to remember I can make these dreams come true.

Cloud of daggers kills him, disintegrates into a warm breeze. A sword and pair of gauntlets dropped. Jartha takes the gauntlets. Kex checks out the sword – magic scimitar. Serabia says you have bested a great warrior. Kex – I know right it’s pretty cool.

We move the gems from previous door. Lattice works opens and we get our lantern! Lux grabs the lantern. We are now in possession of the grey mist lantern, and a door to get out opens.