”This has all the hallmarks of someone’s arcane experiment gone awry…” he muses.

Derry waits for the scout's report although he is eager to have a swim himself.

Out of the well the chamber was small. Lit only by the shimmering light of liquid Wyndham saw that the room was twenty foot by twenty foot. There was an exit door in the eastern wall.

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In reply to DM (msg # 42):

Wyndham pads over and listens at the door. If he hears nothing, he'll open it a crack for a peek. Then he'll go back down through the silvery liquid and update the group on his findings.

Stealthy Wyndham listened at the door and heard nothing. The door opened when pulled and was darkness beyond.

The swim down through the silvery liquid brought Wyndham back to the room below. On his way down Wyndham felt a strange transformation come over him. Knowing that the liquid would come to end Wyndham was able to reach Derry's ladder to descend rather than fall out the ceiling.

OOC Wyndham - pick an ability score - note it in the dice roller - then roll 3d6!

14:06, Today: Wyndham rolled 10 using 3d6.  Strength.

So this is the same transformational liquid Wyndham was in before? I thought it was a pool before, not a well. Bad memory.

OOC Yes same well. My error, as Wyndham has been through before and altered his Constitution he has no change this time to his Strength. It stays at its original 8.

So the transformation only occurs on the way "down" not the way "up"?

OOC That's for you to work out.

Derry considers Wyndham's report.

"The room with the door on the eastern wall -- you'd been there before, right?"

"Why don't you try swimming in other directions this time? Maybe the "well" can lead to other places," Derry hazards.

Wyndham nods and climbs up the ladder into the silvery liquid. This time, he veers to the right to see where that leads.

When in the magic well Wyndham finds that the well’s diameter remains the same. Whatever direction he swims in besides up or down resulted in him facing a stone wall.

After a few moments, Wyndham emerges from the silvery liquid and reports on his findings.
"Anyone else want to go for a dip? You'll feel like a new person."

He removes his cloak. ”Sure, why not?”

He climbs up into the quicksilver to experience for himself.

After Valerian has finished with his swim, we'll edge past the rat nests and head all the way west until we reach the NW corner room, the one with the coin monster.

Up the ladder Valerian ascended into the quicksilver like liquid. The liquid was cool to touch; its smell was not pleasant, being faintly of rot.

Once Valerian was in the upside down pool he found the liquid cool to the touch. He felt a sense of weightlessness.

Within the liquid Valerian could discern little through his eyes beside the glowing luminescence of the liquid. He swam up until he reached the top. After a gulp of air he was able to swim back down and return to the room with the others.

OOC Valerian - pick an ability score - note it in the dice roller - then roll 3d6!

14:57, Today: Valerian rolled 7 using 3d6 ((1,5,1)). Constitution

He climbs back down and shrugs.

(As bad as that roll is it’s still better than the 6 he had!)

After both Valerian and Wyndham has been swimming in the quicksilver the party headed west. As they travelled west they heard a crunching sound ahead in the darkness.

OOC Day 35. Time: 10:40am. Weather: Rain. Vision: Cloudy. Movement: 20’

Light
Wyndham torch 3 turns
Eadwynn torch 3 turns
Derry torch 3 turns

Could we get an exact map location, please?
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 Before everyone began their trek away from the pool, Brilliance also takes a dip... "In the name of research..." She justifies herself to Chess.

 Then, indeed feeling somewhat like a new person, the Medium accompanies her companions.  Notes will be made, later.

 But for now, pause will be made... there was a crunching noise.  A hand goes to one of her daggers she uses for throwing at foes, but she pauses in anticipation of the revelation of its source.

OOC Brilliance - pick an ability score - note it in the dice roller - then roll 3d6!

14:55, Today: Brilliance rolled 5 using 3d6 ((1,2,2)).

Charisma.

Brilliance gains the magnetism befitting one with her interpersonal skills: that of a fonkey.  Or, an ass.
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The dice roller has not been kind to the swimmers.

Chessintra was the only one not to take a swim in the pool but as she watched everyone else do, she then looked up at the pool and took a deep breath.

When Brilliance returned she spoke "What was it like, how did it feel? she asked before entering the pool.