We talked some game play – using the initiative tracker, having enemies not all attack at the same time.

We’re at the Administration Building. Pentadrone mentions there’s a tower on the mountain. Doesn’t know what we may encounter as we get closer to the mountain. Pentadrone says it’s a little more than a day to the mountain, maybe a half day or longer to get up the mountain.

Pentadrone informs us of Prime’s punches, eye beams, and spell casting. Has two brains, can concentrate on one spell while casting another. Robot brains. We’ve seen this. Be very cautious, this foe is beyond any of you. Restraining bolt should fuse instantly.

Lux talks to a Quadrone, who won’t give  up its bow. Determines that there’s a stockroom with modrone bows. Kex talks to one of the quadrones about Primus, prime that’s not binary. Tells us to check out the worship room. Primus could defeat Prime. We discuss worship protocols. That make clicking and cluttering sound with biblical gestures. We talk to Pentadrone about maybe finding Primus. Suggests that we go to the Mondrone Temple and speak to the priestess there.

Lux picks up a bow, 1 d6 minus 1.

We go to the temple. Temple is regal, cold. Two mondrones are sitting in carpeted floor seats. There are trees there, which we’ve never noticed before. Kex engages Mondrone – asks for location of Priestess. We encounter the High Mondron Priestess. Greetings, you may call me Priestess. We tell her we’re seeking Primus. No one know where’s he’s gone. We ask about stories of where he was last. Primus, the god of law, was last seen before he left the educate Asmodius/hold a trial.  A trial of one god versus another takes eons to resolve. We mention we need him to destroy Binary Prime.

She says Binary Prime – you speak strong words in my temple. We tell her we are here to destroy prime. She says I am able to provide the blessing of primus. “It forces the DM to come up with powers on the fly”.  Gives us a watch. This device here, known as a watch, you needn’t need to know what it is. Get near prime and press it at the top.  Will generate confusion and slowed movements. Lux takes the watch – known as Lycor Mechanism, it will help you.  We thank the high priestess. Jartha asks about ability to reach Primus. Jartha is like if you get a chance, let him know the peril this place is in. She agrees to mention it in her prayers.

We look around the temple. We notice a data repository – but all written in mondrone. Primus blessing upon you.

We roll out to the fade. We start heading out towards the mountain. We get hungry, eat. We keep walking and in the distance we smell a fire. We see a soft warm glow. We get closer and we can see one person sitting by a fire. They have a green armband on.  We all put on our armbands. We inch closer and can hear that he’s crying. He’s faced away from us, doesn’t see us.  We end up startling him. Omg – you’re the first people I’ve seen in ages, you have to help me I’ve been stuck here for ages, I wanna go back, I miss my girlfriend.  Says he was marching with troops and just got faded. Was part of troop 354 of the Milport Occupational Army.

Jartha is like how did you get faded separately from your trip. Says he just got faded and ended up here. Says cult of the absconsion. Says he had tinder. Gotta let me follow you man.  Somewhere’s gotta be better than the middle of nowhere. You can’t stop me from following you. Who are you. Jartha is like you’re in a cult. His name is Private Dick. You gotta let me follow you. We choose to leave and let him follow us. Jartha talks to him. He’s like alright somewhere is better than nowhere. He asks about the lantern but we don’t really answer. We slow down a tiny bit to allow him to catch up.

We get to the foot of the mountain, there’s a tower and a super high and long staircase. Jartha asks dick about the mountain. Neves is like this is a very dangerous place.  We should be really careful about what we do and say. The walls could be listening. Means that literally.

Jartha fashions a restraining bolt arrow and we head up the stair case. We start going up the stairs, checking for traps. The tower is enormous. Six or seven stories tall with a large battlement area. Large glow at the top of the tower. Similar to glow we saw at the portal.  We move up the stairs to an door. We can hear people speaking common, more than a couple. Door is unlocked. Jartha and Private Dick go in first.

We walk in, large room, a bunch of cultists eating and drinking. They have glowing arm bands.  Jartha asks Dick if he knows any of them. Spots the chess board.  Jartha is like hi everyone. Orange was like hail, you sent here to relieve us? Jartha – yeah, tall mountain. Can you give us the run down. Says Cleo is up in his bedroom, has been since we warped in here. We’re second shift. Glad you guys showed up.  Jartha talks provisions. But doesn’t recognize us. What division are you from. Jartha is like do you want me to wake up Cleo Pipe? The cultist is like hey asshole don’t write checks your butt can’t cash. Kex is like we’re here to relieve you, relax. Kex talks hinm down – they is like it’s cool, have a beer. Kex is like you’re free to go.  On the way out, one says bunks are downstairs.

Jartha is like let’s bar the door and set up shop. Plenty of untouched food and drink. We feast on fresh food. Lux writes notes and tears them up – reminding the group that we’re being listend to and the Pipe would recognize us. We have beer, food, we feel refreshed.

Jartha sends Private Dick down to the barracks, then we hear sounds of a struggle (“what the fouck, ahh). We go investigate. Neves senses magic.  We see Private Dick turned to stone. Why would those guys send us down here. No one is down there. Nothing suspicious. Kex grabs a pan and throws it toward the area were Dick was turned to stone. We hear a strange noise like something falling over. Neves is like spells can do this, so can some creatures. Lux throws a chair, just breaks into a few pieces. No additional noises.

Lux checks for traps, but notices the door to the right is open. We agree to open the door but from a protected vantage point. Kex does this. He can see in ever so slightly. Sees a hole in there, just lead to the other room where we hear the noise. The hole is small, like for an animal. Jartha moves private dick to block the left door. We check out the room to the right, it’s a store room

Lux checks out door to the top. Doesn’t hear anything, unlocked. Kex checks out other door – doesn’t hear anything. Kex opens the door to the top right. Jartha sees a bed. From the door to the right, out pops a lizard creature! COMBAT

Jartha begins by starting to get turned to stone. Combat continues. We kill the basilisk, mainly because of the cloud of daggers. Jartha survives. We check out the barracks. There’s also a small hole, freshly dug.  We put the statue of dick in front of the hole. Check out the other room. Same but with a sweet rug. Lux picks up a hand cross bow and some bolts.

Jartha finds a diary. It says Cleo Pipe is a dick.  We got up to the main level. Then we go to level 2 as Jartha is chugging a powdered beer. We check out a room in level 2 – see a lot of books. It’s a large circular library. Neves is pumped. Super interested in a lot of the books. Jartha closes and locks the door. There’s a book on the table Military Strategy. Neves checks out a bunch of shit.  Lux sees a bunch of books on Winchendon. Books on commerce, other things. There’s a blue book about Winchendon Council meetings. The book adheres to my hand and I cannot put it down.

Book bites me. Fight night.

The book, as we beat it up, ends up in piles of books that turn into humanoid golems.

Lux activates Joffrey figurine and sends him up to scout. Can see next two levels. Then next level has a balcony. Level 3 seems like nothing, Level 4 garden, Level 5 balcony cleo pipe, then level 6 purple glow flashing. I tell the figurine to scout plus or minus a floor.

We short rest, go up to 3. Check out the door. Large room, large desks. Maybe some brewery components. Watch parts. We find a supply room. And a cookbook called Cooking with Cleo. Jartha pokes it with his sword. Jartha grabs the book.

We open the door to go up, something shoots at Jartha but misses. Jahree reports back – talking about Pipe on 5. There’s a dude – ahhhh. Figurine appears in my hand again.

We’re checking out the garden level. We hear a strange chittering sounds over on the other side of the garden. There’s a small pool of water on the ground like something melted. Kex can tell the sound comes from a very large centipede with fire within it. Recognizes it from his childhood. We avoid the garden level and move on.

We go up towards level 5 – we smell a fire burning, tobacco, ozone from crackling electricity.  We see Cleo Pipe – “at last, you needn’t bother skulking. Please come inside, it’s time we talked”. We walk into the room, we don’t see anyone else.

Pipe: I don’t think you understand the situation as well as you should. What do you hope to accomplish by coming up here. Kex is like we were looking for someone else. Oh, Binary Prime perhaps. It is here, it awaits you. Pipe is like I want you to understand the fade. It’s a spell I created that went awry. Was intended to weaken the bones of the dragon that lives below the core of the planet. The spell is out of control. I wish to stop the fade as well. Talks about the orbs being for military purposes. Still intends to bring the titan dragon up from the ground. It will bring him untold knowledge, ability to move between planes, and most importantly immortality.

Pipe: what I must do is weaken the bounds of the planets hold on the dragon. I use the souls and removing the soul from the planet, I am weakening the hold the planet has on the dragon. Kex: sounds like a you problem. Lux: what is the name of this dragon? Kenton  but I don’t know his name. Jartha: how do you propose to stop the fading. Tells us to return to Fellen and stop resisting the army, prep the lands for summoning the dragon. He will be the king of hell and the god of heaven. You may join me on my journey. You will not be immortal but you will countless years and pleasures and power. I require a decision or problems may occur. Join with me.

Kex: No. Jartha: this isn’t what we’re here for. Kex: we’re going to stop the fading. Pipe: you will never stop the fading and never stop me. We all feel light and lighter and all of a sudden we’re floating upwards. We slam into the ceiling. Pipe books it. Runs up the stairs. We fall back down.

We hear Cleo yell from up top: hold them off!  Kex checks out the other door. It’s the bathroom, and he hasn’t drained the bathwater. Also he has a water bed! Jartha checks out the balcony. Smells the ozone. There’s a pipe there. Jartha takes Cleo Pipe’s pipe. We go upstairs.

Open air, the breeze is blowing strong. There are energy crystals feeding the center. Binary Prime is like I’ve been waiting for you. Jartha: what was your name again.

We fight. Lux gets PERMANENTLY BLINDED.

Fight continues, cloud of daggers, tidal wave. We keep going. Prime says ive had enough of this. He tries to teleport. The restraining bolt glows, and he disappears. Part of his body fall down. Looks like a magic item.  Neves recognizes the device – this is the teleportation device gyrosphere. He won’t teleport again but we can teleport to him. Kex starts checking out the crystals around the area. Magic is super ancient. Used by charging the four portals with the equal amount of energy.

Jartha tries to pick up a crystal and drops it and the portal is now inactive. The tower begins to rumble. We start to flee. We leave the tower, it crumbles down to nothing.