Since it might be funnier more academically enlightening like this: Lan Sizhui and Catra will be dragged into the same stony area at two different times of the day and by two different sculptures. It is up to you both if you want the characters to find each other in this space, or whether they will investigate alone.
This particular region is a very deep stone temple pit, bordered by a circular stairwell. The space is poorly lit by dying torches, some quick to flicker out. Every part of the pit wall has been carved, depicting scenes of war: some of armies clashing, some of magic users deploying their skills, some of defeat, some of victory. Interspaced are carvings of the moon at various phases, a day with two suns, a barren forest, as well as depictions of a city that can be easily recognised as Taravast, once we reach the destination — alternatively, if Sizhui or Catra remember some of the telltale fixtures ( a twin tower, a waterway and its ten bridges, a circle with five equidistant points Xed in the outline ), one of the other caravan members could identify it as Taravast.
The initially very broad perimeter of the pit tightens as one goes down. It will take hours to reach the bottom, and the narrow, old stairwell, its crumbling or missing steps, and various critters (nothing more immediately dangerous than spiders, rodents and vermin) could startle the two into slipping — possibly a good idea to try to keep each other alive. They can still access the outside world through their communication devices in this period, but not teleport out in any way.
Once fully down, Catra and Sizhui will find the bottom of the pit fully and heavily covered in pale petals of white rose and magnolia, some spattered with red — blood, inevitably. Careful: three poisonous, large white snakes are coiled in the middle of the pit, surrounding a stone pedestal that holds an opened book. They will hiss and threaten to bite, if Catra and Sizhui move too abruptly or violently, but will allow them to come near, if they move slowly and with care.
If they reach the book, they will hear the same song that haunts them at night, the first few verses now clear, with the rest still indistinct:
"Stitch by stitch, The love of a witch Will unravel
Dusk to dawn Each morning to mourn With blood and gravel"
They will only be able to read the first page of the book before they are pulled down by stone hands and released outside into the canyon. They can learn that Taravast, ancient seat of magic, could not bear to be outpaced in sorcery by beautiful Ellethia. The magical institutions of Taravast were financed to flourish, with three leading schools becoming prominent. As is the way of things, soon, these three schools began to compete with each other more than with Ellethia, leading to conflict.
If they do not reach the bottom of the pit, assume Catra and Sizhui are pulled by the stone hands and delivered back into the canyon through the pit walls.
Perhaps you can both agree on a day in the 3rd-10th period for this to happen and let me know? :O ! You're getting a meatier hint that the others as this is a dual adventure, so please consider sharing with the other party members!
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funniermore academically enlightening like this: Lan Sizhui and Catra will be dragged into the same stony area at two different times of the day and by two different sculptures. It is up to you both if you want the characters to find each other in this space, or whether they will investigate alone.This particular region is a very deep stone temple pit, bordered by a circular stairwell. The space is poorly lit by dying torches, some quick to flicker out. Every part of the pit wall has been carved, depicting scenes of war: some of armies clashing, some of magic users deploying their skills, some of defeat, some of victory. Interspaced are carvings of the moon at various phases, a day with two suns, a barren forest, as well as depictions of a city that can be easily recognised as Taravast, once we reach the destination — alternatively, if Sizhui or Catra remember some of the telltale fixtures ( a twin tower, a waterway and its ten bridges, a circle with five equidistant points Xed in the outline ), one of the other caravan members could identify it as Taravast.
The initially very broad perimeter of the pit tightens as one goes down. It will take hours to reach the bottom, and the narrow, old stairwell, its crumbling or missing steps, and various critters (nothing more immediately dangerous than spiders, rodents and vermin) could startle the two into slipping — possibly a good idea to try to keep each other alive. They can still access the outside world through their communication devices in this period, but not teleport out in any way.
Once fully down, Catra and Sizhui will find the bottom of the pit fully and heavily covered in pale petals of white rose and magnolia, some spattered with red — blood, inevitably. Careful: three poisonous, large white snakes are coiled in the middle of the pit, surrounding a stone pedestal that holds an opened book. They will hiss and threaten to bite, if Catra and Sizhui move too abruptly or violently, but will allow them to come near, if they move slowly and with care.
If they reach the book, they will hear the same song that haunts them at night, the first few verses now clear, with the rest still indistinct:
The love of a witch
Will unravel
Dusk to dawn
Each morning to mourn
With blood and gravel"
They will only be able to read the first page of the book before they are pulled down by stone hands and released outside into the canyon. They can learn that Taravast, ancient seat of magic, could not bear to be outpaced in sorcery by beautiful Ellethia. The magical institutions of Taravast were financed to flourish, with three leading schools becoming prominent. As is the way of things, soon, these three schools began to compete with each other more than with Ellethia, leading to conflict.
If they do not reach the bottom of the pit, assume Catra and Sizhui are pulled by the stone hands and delivered back into the canyon through the pit walls.
Perhaps you can both agree on a day in the 3rd-10th period for this to happen and let me know? :O ! You're getting a meatier hint that the others as this is a dual adventure, so please consider sharing with the other party members!