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• Aster and Daisy Daisy talk for a bit and try to process what just happened. They're sad because they’re stuck in the sand dimension
• Dorian is within earshot but is super focused on the one thing in the distance to keep perspective the same
• Divination spell says pressing forward will lead to Mist
• Ullanor’s ax did not recharge. It has recharged once, and doesn't seem to be long rest dependent. It has not been identified
• Aster + Mariana back inside the crab, Dorian + Quill on top watching, Daisy Daisy + Ullanor walking in front. Its go time (also it’s like end of Imera)
• The tree comes into view on Quill’s right (the gray twisted one not the druid bush)
• Most people want to go to the tree. Dorian agrees as long as he can keep an eye on the thing in the distance. Which he can because he doesn’t need to blink
• It takes much longer to reach the tree than hoped; as it approaches, the branches twist higher until at 70 ft away it pierces through the sand ceiling, almost like the sand is being torn
• Front and center of the blackened gray trunk is a large hole
• Quill + Astraea will stay in the crab driving it, Dorian will keep looking at the gray blob, the rest will carefully approach the tree
• The tree looks like it’s swaying in the wind
• Ullanor did a spell
• Mariana walks up to the tree and pulls something out of it, then walks back to Daisy Daisy (this can be seen from the barrel)
• Mariana glances back at the barrel with a shocked expression for a second
• The barrel trundles forward, drivers looking for signals to stop
• There is a voice in the tree, and it said “there is nothing to be gained”
• It does respond to attempts at communication
• The voice says it will not harm us, Quill asks to climb the tree
• The thing Mariana pulled out was a red rock. The voice says it’s “a gift from Ashaksell” <- Magi’s name
• When Mariana asked how to get out of the sand, the voice said it knew but “everything at a price”
• When mentioning being on another plane, the voice said “it’s much worse than that”
• Several people asked the voice to elaborate
• The voice calls itself The Cthaeh
• “You have many options. Only two will save you”
• “Use the simpler path” (?)
• “I will miss this”
• “Leave with haste”
• 1 hour passes at 60 ft, Quill attunes to the cloak
• Around midday, we hear something crash through the sand
• Parapet slams into the dust sideways almost directly in front of the crab (but far) and then something in it explodes
• The crab moves toward it to explore and try to find things (and maybe people?)
• Quill moves to the tip of the tower and calls out, seeing if anyone is there
• Astraea finds a weak point in the middle, cannot make an opening themselves
• Mariana stays behind with Dorian to watch for attackers
• Daisy Daisy goes to help open the weak point. A section large enough to walk through is pulled open. Inside is a room that has been turned sideways. Tables, chairs, and a couple of bodies
• Tower is slowly sinking into the sand
• No way in through the top
• Aster determines the structure will last only for around 30 seconds (5 rounds)
• Daisy Daisy moves down the tower to the room Ullanor is in
• They find people in the floor below, alive with red skin, and seemingly hostile (hobgoblins)
• Daisy Daisy attempts to be non-threatening; the goblins think they  ware responsible for the destruction of the tower
• Daisy Daisy attempts to make an accessible exit. They run outside to find a way to do so and to notify the others of the goblins’ presence
• Lower part of structure sinks so now it’s tilted
• No openings on this side of the parapet for rescue purposes
• Mariana walks up to where Ullanor is and looks for incoming goblins
• Daisy Daisy borrows Ullanor’s ax and strikes the wall-floor, opening a passage between Ullanor’s room and the goblins and warning the latter that they need to leave
• Goblins confused about being in a desert and still accuse Daisy Daisy of being responsible for all of this
• Ullanor grabs a box full of stuff
• Structure sinks, dex save
• Astraea + Mariana are prone and sink into Ullanor room
• Quill yells that it’s time to go
• Aster gets up and helps Mariana up
• Mariana grabs things from the room and leaves
• Daisy Daisy tries to help the goblin in command out from under the beam, it’s am success but leaves them pinned for the rest of the turn
• Ullanor gets himself and Astraea out
• Able bodied hobgoblins get the beam off the trapped one and get him draped over two people’s shoulders; overall ready to leave
• Building sinks further, dex save
• Everyone holds onto each other and helps each other stabilize, also everyone moves back 5 ft
• Daisy Daisy room fully under sand
• Quill + Ullanor: “Anyone have a plan?” “Rope.” “Where?” “Here.”
• Aster casts mold earth to clear an area of sand. It starts filling again, will be full in 6 seconds
• Daisy Daisy gets everyone + themself into the adjoining room (less sand submerged)
• The others are not aware of this
• Hole is made, rope is thrown, but no one is in that room anymore (except for a few stragglers moving between rooms)
• There is an opening farther left. Both Daisy Daisy and Quill move in that direction
• Daisy Daisy can’t get to said opening because fire
• Ullanor pulls rope out and tosses it to Aster
• Entire thing sinks into sand
• Sand puts out fire
• Quill takes rope and runs to hole, tosses one end of rope in
• Aster molds earth and gets 5 cubic ft of sand out of the hole
• Mariana grabs hold of the rope and gets ready to pull as well
• Daisy Daisy can now see outside, so they summon Daisy Daisy outside
• Og Daisy Daisy hands rope to goblins
• Structure shifts, another dex save, Daisy Daisy is now prone
• Talking to one Daisy Daisy does not relay the message to the other Daisy Daisy
• Aster molds earth
• Daisy Daisy tugs on the rope, Mariana starts pulling, it doesn't work
• Daisy Daisy commands their echo to move towards the rope, swaps places with them, then pulls on the rope
• Some people pull
• Ullanor pulls
• Dex save, Ullanor loses grip on the rope
• Everyone pulls