/// it's on the calendar. ;-)
What a weird question!
Iri taps her lips with a finger and squints at nothing in the distance, and her face shows a range of emotions as she pauses and dwells on specific words.
How do I feel?
How do I feel about hurrying...
... to Bydell Castle...
... to let them know What. Happened...
... and request help...
She puts her fists on her hips and nods a little.
I feel pretty normal about this. It seems like part of the natural way of things, so I guess maybe "content" is a good summary. I am content! How do you feel about it?
Without waiting for an answer, she looks at a nearby soldier and continues talking, as if he were part of the conversation all along.
What if she says something weird like "disillusioned" or "precocious?" OH! Or "smarmy!" Can you feel smarmy, or is that just something you are? What would that mean, anyway? She throws up her hands. If she just had regular emotions we wouldn't be in this situation!
Her fists go back to her hips and she looks at Tyrra as if waiting for her to explain herself.
Tyrra rubs her temples. "Great, I'm glad you feel content about my suggestion. Would you, please, just go to Bydell Castle and report back as well as request help? I need to focus on taking care of the people."
She looks over to Armand and Lia. "Are we certain that portal won't cause any more trouble?"
Her eyes widened. "Alright, you heard the man!" she said, turning toward the troops. "Let's move away as far from here as possible. This tunnel extends to the shaft, so let's move and assemble there."
She looks to one of the remaining officers and asks, "Where we most of the men when you were first transported? Topside? In the shaft? Have any idea how far this thing can reach?"
Iri seems glad to be moving and trots off down the passage without another word, seeming to melt away into the darkness sooner than expected.
As Tyrra orders everyone to move out, Lia moves near Tyrra and begins to speak, “Smart mov for now”, she glances behind at the portal descending beneath her, “Hit was meant teh beh one way hand what Jenna haccomplished was hunorthodox. While Hyi doubt hit would beh hyused hin such ha wahy hagain, weh should still beh careful. Hyi suggest weh find ha way teh disable hit without physicalleh destroyin hit. Hyi would like teh study hit further, hespecially teh find the henchantment portion hof it. Hif Hyi learn teh disable that heffect, hit might beh heasier teh seh how hit functions hand remove hit.”
“Hyi would halso suggest gaurds beh posted with regular relief hand muster teh hensure hall hare haccounted for. This would halso hensure that hif hanythin does come from the hother side, yo harn’t caught by surprise. Hif hany fall hin hagain, weh could send supplies the sam wahy so they don’t suffer the sam hissues the first group did.”
"Might halso beh ha good hidea teh hav Jenna record how she reversed the heffect, soh hit can beh replicated without her hif nehd beh."
*Even as the people move, Armand remains beside the barrier, awaiting to see if Jenna moves or needs help, he continues on the study of the patterns and how to help out to diminush the effect , he takes special atention to Jenna's state, and tries his best to help anyway he can, if he has to stop the concentration to do so.*
Several of the men explain that after discussion among themselves following the effect of the magical device, it seems like anything below the first level of the mine was/is summoned away by the magical device.
"It will certainly cause more trouble until we find a way to dismantle or move this device, for that is what it is.." Jenna muses, "it traps people, but its not a trap in and of itself, but programmed device. I'm trying to figure out how to disable or perhaps move it away."
*with some amusement she shrugs* "If I find a way to move it I could just put it in my attic, and it wouldn't bother anyone while I study it until I find a way to turn it off. "
*glancing away from the stone briefly around at the various too-weak to climb soldiers... then gives the metal-armed man in the group a smile* "Armand, I believe you can solve Tyrra's immediate problem... a construct should be able to easily carry several of them out at a time. Just rig a few slings or straps for them to lie or sit in as it goes, and shuttle them out. The helmed ones float, after all.. it would just follow you up and down as you make the climb. It would take a few trips, but not that long, all told."
*noting to Tyrra and the others,* "Just be sure, first, that everyone is out of this little cavern when timer runs down again."
*with that, she turns her attention back to the patterns and flows of the al'noth within the device..*
*She snaps her fingers* You can teleport.. if you went to the castle and recreated the summoning circles there.. perhaps I could set this device to target them instead of the ones below? Then getting everyone where they can receive aid would be as simple as letting them be "summoned" there. After they've had a month or two to recover, then we could end all the summons again. They'd be back here, but strong and healthy once more. *she gives that idea some thought*
Tyrra considers Jenna for a few moments. "Retarget the summoning location? Is that even possible?"
Coupled with hus breakin the circle hin the hotehr location, hit might work. Weh might not heven have teh mak hanother circle hif there his no focus for hit teh lead teh.
Iri stands at Tyrra's elbow, slightly behind, with her hands clasped behind her back. She nods occasionally as she surveys the situation.
Tyrra flinches when she notices Iri standing behind her. Now I know what it feels like, she thinks to herself. "So are back already or did you never leave?"
(( am I mis-remembering? Though at the beginning we were teleported into a dungeon map, I thought the description we were given was that we were teleported outside a cave, and then made our way in..? I didn't think we were trapped, just a long way from civilization... ))
"Sorry Armand, I've always sought to draw more and concentrate more of the Al'noth from within and through me. I haven't practiced any kind of effect that destroys or disperses it."