The Danger Gang Meets Another Modron And Plays 20 Questions

At five am Arben hears a knock on his door. Its B The Beholder and he's being chased by a ten armed Modron. "Woah!" says Arben and he starts running down the hall, trying to wake everyone up. He tries to offer the big guy a job, but before he can say, "What are your references?" the modron Holds him fast.

Luckily, Eorl is already awake and kind of ready for this kind of thing. He grabs the Mithral Bead off the Change Into Substances Necklace, and turns into Solid-Mithral Eorl.

Everyone is soon awake and ready to fight this interdimensional paper pusher. HZ starts Chanting in praise of some Owl. Beau is quickly brushed aside by the beasts mighty tentacles. Can tries the old Color Spray, and on the second attempt, the vivid, fanshaped spray soon stuns (realing and unable to respond) the creature for one round. Gershom Silences it, leaving only it's ten mighty psuedopods to defend itself. Even Oeonoe gets in on the act, after being woken with a splitting headache. She Free Actions Arben, who is soon whipping Magic Missiles at the beast. This thing is bleeding numbers everywhere. With a few rounds of melee, the creature soon is sent back to its native plane. As it leaves, it cries out, "We shall return on June 22".

Everyone considers that quite decent of him.

Before they head back to Samothrace, there are a few things to take care of in town. Arben goes to take stock of who's still around that might want to get in on this wall killing. Liten (looking a little worse for wear) and Abner both are interested, but everyone else decides against it. Indeed, almost everyone else is gone. Naum and Signy have left town, possibly with sexy results. Leo got his hands on Ezio's Comprehend Languages and is freaking out with glee.

Still, two more sets of hands couldn't hurt. Someone casts Divination, and they response tells them that they got, possibly a 50/50 chance, but there's going to be something behind that wall that is also kind of bad news. C'est la vie.

The other thing they want to check out is the 20 questions jar. It's already down to 19, so they figure they should get cracking. They get Maya the Chicken in on it, knowing her intelligence and love of riddles. Gershom translates questions in to Hebrew.

19. Are there keyword(s) needed to open the jar? - Yes 18. Is it a person? - No 17. Is it a thing? - Yes 16. Is it mentioned in Rabbi Tarphon's Letter? - No 15. Is it a thing of religious significance? - No 14. Is it man made? - No 13. Is it organic? - No 12. Is it larger than the jar? - Yes 11. Is it larger than the mansion? - Yes 10. Is it a proper noun? - No 9. Is it the world? - No 8. Is it bigger than a mountain? - Yes 7. Is it smaller than the world? - No 6. Is it the sky? - Hmmmm, no 5. Is it a concept? - Define concept (this answer didn't count) 5. Is it reffered to in the first five lines of the Torah? - No

At this point, everyone seems a little stumped. They decide to take a little breather and come back to it.

Then, suddenly, inspiration strikes Eorl. He grabs Gershom and tells him to ask some more questions.

4. Is it plural? - Yes 3. Is it the stars? - Yes

The jar opens revealing a cache of scrolls. Gershom is beside himself and rushes off flip through them.