[CENTER][h1]Elemental Plane of Air[/h1]
[h2][color=6ecff6]Ishaan's Palace: Grand Hall, Right Wing[/color][/h2][/CENTER]

Moving past the door, Brutrumukk and Jub find themselves in another large hall. To say that it was quiet and peaceful would be incorrect.

A familiar macaw is screeching and swooping at two large grinning cats, "You damned pests! Get lost!" One of the cats have their giant paw over Aaliyah who is shouting in a complete panic from her translucent, spherical prison, "Stop it! Let me out of here! What do you want?!" The cats are tossing her prison out and about like it was a simply toy.

[hider=Jub Only]Jub, with your arcana, you realize that Aaliyah was somehow captured and is now trapped in an Otiluke's Resilient Sphere! [/hider]

"Such fortune! Such fortune!"
"You little servant, shall help us find the treasure!"
"Ishaan's had his time with it, now we want it back!"

The cats answered Aaliyah, while the macaw retorts to the cats, while swooping and pecking at them again, "I remember you! You made a deal with Ishaan, and you're still benefitting from it! You don't get to have that back!" 

One of the cats swipe at the bird, while the other holds down Aaliyah's prison with a paw. The cats then look to Brutrumukk and Jub upon noticing their entrance, and they speak,

"Ah, our accomplices have arrived,"
"You want treasure too, do you not? You only need follow us,"

One of the cats then picks up the sphere with his maw, and the two vanish from sight. The macaw screeches, "Get back here!!!"

The macaw remains high in the air as he addresses both Jub and Brutrumukk, "Oi! You two! Help me rescue Aaliyah! Trust me, you don't [i]want[/i] to know what could happen if Aaliyah gets so much as a scratch! Follow me, I know where they're going!"

The macaw then proceeds to fly ahead of the two goblinoids down the hall.

[@XxFellsingxX][@rush99999]

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[CENTER][color=598527][h1]Hither[/h1][/color][/CENTER]
[CENTER][color=00746b][h2]Downfall: Chattering Heads (D5)[/h2][/color][/CENTER] 

Assuming there were no disagreements or protests to Aurora's suggestion, the group would make their way back to Bavlorna's Cottage. As they leave, Clapperclaw waves to the party, "Thank you and good luck! I'll wait here for your return!" 

The group is able to get a boat from the new bullywug court nearby, in return for their assistance with the revolution, and they'll be able to use it to make their way back to the cottage. 

[CENTER][color=00746b][h2]Bavlorna's Cottage: Preservation Pool (B1)[/h2][/color][/CENTER] 

The party is able to reach the cottage without incident, and thanks to the fact that they were not moving quickly like they were before, they are currently able to take in more of the details. They climbed up the four flights of wooden steps rising out of the swamp, ending at a trapdoor in the underside of the cottage, which is perched atop tall, thick wooden stilts and surrounded by dense fog.

The trapdoor leads them into a large room. A recessed pool lined with moldy clay tiles takes up most of this large square room. Stagnant water fills the depression to a depth of one foot. Rising from the pool's center is the head of a stone well that gives off an unpleasant, pungent odor. In one corner of the pool stands a tall, dirty, freestanding mirror in an oval frame, and floating on the water is a large lily pad.

Creaky wooden floorboards are arranged in a ten-foot-wide raised walkway around the pool. This walkway is crowded with shelves, tables, and stools in all shapes and styles. Almost every available surface is littered with stacks of dirty plates, scraps of food, and old junk. Dressing dummies are pushed together in one corner, and a wooden staircase spirals up from another corner. Five closed doors lead from the room.

[@Lurking Krog][@Dark Cloud][@Fading Memory][@Cao the Exiled]