Day 4: Death and The Cheating, Time.

Returning to the inn, the same way she went to the Ruins, Rekka changed herself back into human before returning to the Normal plane.   Once returned Everyone was being gather up by Isaac he had an idea on how to take care of Y’day.  But before that, Isaac handed out some of the items that he had gotten. Rekka received goggles  she placed them on her forehead as other put their on or away. Then Isaac was informed that the Stables are in chaos by Cortanna and Ajara. Turns out that Briar was going hunting. She attacked all the horses in the stables, and then with the horse done went after the stable boys. It was this morning that parents where coming in to find their child that have been missing.  Ajara was worried about Uniboy, and cortanna about Briar. Ajara had good sense to remove Cortanna from the stables. Cortanna was very worried, seeing the bones of the hunted, she wanted to find Briar fast. She asked if anyone seen her. Isaac and Rekka tried not to look at each other, they knew all too well what happened but promised each other not to say anything. Cortanna went after Isaac asking him where Briar went or if he knew anything that happened to her. Isaac did some fast talking, and lying. Ajara asked Isaac to look for Raaien on the map. Isaac pulls it out and found that Raaien was at the river. Heading out, Cortanna asked Isaac if Briar was on the map. Isaac looked but said, “She isn’t on the map.” he tried to keep his face blank. Rekka couldn’t take it so she hid. 
The group found Raaien, battered, bleeding, and laying barely alive on the banks of the river. Using the healing wand, Raaien finally came to.
Raaien told the group what happened. Briar had called Raaien over to create water since neither one like the water that was supplied by the city.  Briar moved out of the way as Raaien moved over, then without notice, Briar attack and keep attacking until Raaien was knocked out. When he came to, he was here on the bank of the river. Cortanna couldn’t believe was she was being told, but this also caused her to want to find Briar even more. Isaac said that she was long gone, and had a head start.
Isaac moved the group along since he had a meeting with some of the elders and members of the community. Rekka pulled out the circlet that was meant for Briar and offered it to Raaien. He accepted it and turned himself into a creature that had cat ears and tails, but a human body. A cat boy Rekka thought.
The group went to the city jail, where several members of the community were gathered.  Feeling like she missed something, Rekka followed the group to into the jail. Once everyone was there, Isaac pulled out Hubert. “I’m going to do the plan now.”
Totally confused Rekka looked at the jail cell in front of them. She had a bad feeling and was about to happen and wanted to leave when Ajara jumped up and grab Isaac.
“Don’t do it!” she yelled, “this ends badly. Several people die, you amoung them.” she points to several other people, “All of them die. If you make this wish.”
“What? No that can’t happen.”
“Ask Hubert how many wishes.”
“Hubert how many wishes do you have?”
“Three.”
“It’s suppose to be four.” Isaac looked at Ajara and then at the group.
“Well that plan failed.”
Rekka let out a  sigh of relief but what was Isaac going to do? What was his plan?

After talking with those who where there, the group decide to head after the adventures that went to Numb. Not completely liking the idea of going into a temple known as elemental temple of evil but with no other choice. The group went on. Getting close Rekka spotted Soap and the cleric. The poor Cleric was tied to a cross not moving. Soap seemed to be taking care of  a fire. Rekka told the group and went into hiding as the group just rushed forwards. They went straight for Soap, while Rekka went for the cleric but was beat out by Isaac. Soap went down fast. using the Healing wand again, The cleric came around, and told the group that she was attacked by the group, when she went against them about going into the temple. She was disappointed, she thought she could change the group. But now it was now gone.  He told the  group that the fire was the entrance to the temple. Isaac pulled out several pouches and threw bits of fluff and animals appeared. Several different kinds. That she never seen before.  It seemed  that none of the animal where ones that Isaac wanted, cleric got on one and had it trampled Soap’s body. Then moved on.  Isaac called forward The Luggage, and asked for a pair of bracers. Putting them on, he pointed his finger at the fire. Magic happened and the fire became a hole, broken stairs lead into the temple.

The Temple of Elemental Evil. Inside the group came across three door all ajar. The group went through the middle door.  It open to a large cave as if the temple was only carved to get to caverns under the surface.  There was nothing here except two more door. The one on the left had a defeated  earth elemental. Putting the goggles on, Rekka was able to spot the hole where something once before, and that the earth elemental is worth a pretty copper. It was decided to take the elemental. Placing it in The Luggage, the group moved on to the door on the right. It contains a large group of Imps fascinated with a glowing ball of magic. The group backed out of this one rather quickly.
The right door had a vast pond, that seemed to go down rather far. Unicatboy and Ajara transformed into water creatures and drove down. There happened to be two split off that went in different directions. One up and one down.  The two water members decided to continue down which ended in a large opening. Ajara just stop short of being hit with a tentacle. A giant octopus, attacked the group. Dragging Isaac down into the depths of the water. The other moved back and was forced to wait to see how the others would do.  The fight didn’t seem to last long, for the Octopus was sent flying out of the water hit the ceiling and then splashing down sank to the bottom.  Isaac and everyone returned to the surface and the group left the room. 
The door to the left, was flames. It was too hot for the group to enter. Isaac once again calls upon the Luggage, get and put on another set of bracers. He walks into the room just fine. Unicatboy also went in. When they got to the middle of the room, more Imps this time fire elemental rose up and attacked the two of them.  Cortanna pulled out her weapon handle, and then it spoke. “may I suggest this.” and changed itself into a similar weapon as Ajara’s. Isaac and Unicatboy fought back taken them down. Isaac used his fist and caused the imps to go flying hitting the wall. Using the fight Rekka whispered to Jessica about what happened to Briar, although she only got across that Briar was indeed dead and Isaac and Rekka were the ones who killed her.  But could not say anymore.  Soon all that was left was 4 imps that ran down a hallway on the other side of the room. Isaac chasing them down came face to face with a red dragon.  It spoke to Isaac about it’s mistress and if the  group was here to sever her. Isaac asked who the Mistress was and it consulted that the group wasn’t servants.  Isaac came back to tell the group but he had an idea.  He went to The Luggage and pulled out a staff. Going back to the dragon he did something out of everyone’s view. He came back and said it was done. Now it was just how to get the group back and forth.
    It was decided that Isaac and Unicatboy would go first, then once Isaac was safe, he would give the bracers to Unicatboy who would take it to the next person. So it was done. The last of the imps where at this point was only two did nothing to stop the progress of anyone coming or going. At the bottom were three symbols that represented each of the elements that had already been destroyed along with the fire. It was told to the group that the other adventures didn’t get pass the red dragon.

The second floor was like the first but all the door where closed.  The group decided to go about it the same way.  In the middle door was a group of air elemental that floated and flied about. Once again the luggage was asked for items, this time boots. Isaac gave it to people that couldn’t fly and so everyone ended up in the air.  Rekka spotted the one that had symbols on it. Trying to talk with it didn’t seem to work, forcing the group into a fight.  The air elemental attacked the group with a wind tunnel trapping several of them within. Rekka threw her dagger and the others did their attacks. The element begged for the fight to stop and gave up the symbol.  Gigeon seeing that it was evil, killed it with a blow from his holy sword.
The door to the right was a metal room, with an electric about it. Ajara touched the floor and was shocked with bolts of lightening.  Isaac put on another thing of bracers, and a ring of rusting. Rekka handed over her dagger of rust. Isaac quickly took out the metal causing the lightening to stop. All that was left where the two doors. Rekka went to Isaac to get her dagger. Isaac used his ring to rust away the doors. That’s when a large group of golems made their way out into the room. Rekka did her best at a sneak attack but it didn’t work, and none of the others faired better before the creatures breathed some kind of gases.  Several people in the group dropped including Isaac. Cortanna’s weapon suggested using a whip of electric attacking one, causing it to power down, then suggested that she runs. Rekka rushed over to Herburt and struggled for a idea of a wish that wasn’t going to be too much but her mind went blank.  “I wish we can go back to before we entered this room.”
Rekka was completely ignorant that this wish could very well destroy reality.  She closed her eyes and hope for the best. When she opened them, they were all alive standing in front of the door.  Isaac opened it and it was the metal room all over again. Ajara was about to touch the ground.
“Don’t! It’s Electrified. Isaac it happened again. You rusted the room with your ring and my dagger. All that was left was the door. You rusted those and these creatures came out and attacked the group. They breathed some kind of gas and several of you dropped dead.  Cortanna made a whip of electricity and attacked one. It seemed to shut down.”
Isaac frowned called forth the bracer again and this time. Picked one of the door. Opening it, he found the creatures, unable to move. A symbol on one of them. Isaac walked over and took it. The creatures could only watch as he did so.
Moving on, the group opened the left door.  It opened into a liquid floor. No one knew what it could be. Looking around there seemed to be something just under the surface.  Isaac pulled out a staff and froze the liquid.  He walked on to it and into a corner where he broke the ice reached down and picked up a creature. Inside of it was symbol.  The room nearby were also filled with similar creature but the frost got to them as well. The ice began to break under Isaac’s weight he moved to the exit and then begin to move everyone by switching places with them.  Going down the stairs darkness was all there was.  Isaac and Rekka could see the door but Isaac seemed to see something else. He even was talking to someone. It was Y’day. She then attacked the group. Isaac and everyone took her down fast, and Isaac placed a control collar on her, giving her orders not to cast any spells, to answer all question pose to her, and not to move.
Turns out that several people in town where helping her with her plans.  Y’day was trying to unlock the goddess of chaos beauty death, etc. Rekka tried from all this evil, hid and move to her side. Readying to kill her with a moments notice. After getting whatever they could, Rekka decided to stone her instead. Then Isaac had the Luggage store her, but instead it ate her.
Looking at the door there were the symbols, five of them, but they had collected six. Then Isaac remember that Gigeon had received some items. Looking at one of them he say charms that were similar to symbols. He pulled one off and it turned into a light version of the symbols. Taking the symbol that were similar and put them together, destroying both and breaking the symbol on the door. Each person did the same with the other four. Leaving the last. Once all the symbols on the door broke away, the last symbol was shown.  Isaac put the last two symbols together destroying the door. Beyond the door was nothingness, blackness. Then it broke away, Rekka moved away from the door just in time as the floor broke away as well. Almost as one the group turned to run. Isaac pulled out a staff and the next thing anyone knew they were standing in the town square.
    A huge Bear came running up to them, “What have you done?” he roared.
“We destroyed the temple.”
The bear looked back, and then began to run for it. Away from the temple. The wind begin to pick up.
“we have to get out of here.”
Thinking quickly Rekka transformed herself back into a dragon this time sliver. Isaac at the same called said something, but Rekka didn’t hear it. Gigeon, unicatboy, The luggage and Issac disappeared. Rekka had a feeling that he wasn’t coming back. The last thing he said that she actually hear was “See you at the dwarf Ruin.” Helping the others onto her back.  Rekka took off.  Turning on her far speaking amulet she yelled at Isaac.  But quickly the winds became stronger, Rekka worried that what happen to Ajara in Polduck but in reverse would happen. She swooped down, and dug her claws into the ground. Still yelling at Isaac but he either pretending that he could hear her, or he was mocking her plight, was of no use. She then placed her wings down on top of everyone to protect them from the wind that was still getting stronger.  So strong that she lost her footing and was thrown backwards and just manage to regain a footing, but was unable to move forward. Looking around she saw Rufus and Brayant making their way, casting spells that created walls to protect them from the wind. The Druid no longer a bear was doing similar things with earth allowing fellow town people to move on.
Rekka worried that her strength would fail again, “Isaac if I don’t die I’m going to kill you.” but then the winds died down.  Rekka not wanting to be around and had a bone to pick with Isaac. She took flight and rushed towards the ruins. It took a whole day travel to reach the ruins, once there she landed got everyone off, and turned her self back to human. She rushed angrily  at Isaac.
“Give me a reason.” she spat, her finger pointing at Isaac.
“your goggles look nice.” he said, unsure.
She Reached out her hand to touch Isaac, but she fainted. Too tried from her trip.