Springing into action, the party moves forward to engage the woman in charge of this cult; after all, once she was reduced to squirming bulge in someone (by her alacrity, likeliest Ambrosia's) stomach, the cult would be leaderless and easier to break apart. The druid shrinks and sprouts feathers right beside Albali to teh accompaniment of vaguely disquieting organic crackling sounds, but those are all over in a few seconds- he leaps forward, flapping past fellow avian Ain and powering over the pit. At least it's got a flat stone bottom, and not acid or spikes; falling in would be more an inconvenience and painful embarrassment than life-threatening injury. Not that he has to worry in the air, and neither does Ambrosia, who simply leaps out over the pit trusting her wings to keep her moving forward. And so they do. Sparing no thought for the pit she bypassed, Ambrosia soars most of the way toward the priestess who gives her a sly smile, licking her full red lips, and makes a slight come-hither gesture to the fairy. Up ahead and below, the... altarpiece comes into her view. Wooden waist-high walls between stone pillars are holding in something that gurgles and shudders under its own power, as though it were an ooze. Black and red, it has the distinct appearance of burnt flesh, and a very faint whiff of sickly-sweet corruption (but no cooked flesh smells) comes to Ambrosia's nose.<br/><br/>Back among the ground-bound, suspicions are raised about the pit as Eiyre sidles along its edge- and though Turilia begins the process of figuring out precisely where and what type of magical auras are around- after the scant few seconds she has so far, though, all she can tell is that south of her in the rough general area of the pit there is some type of magical aura. Eiyre and Albali pick their way forward, giving the pit a deal of respect, and begin providing arcane 'covering fire' for the approaching birds. Two of their better spells land squarely on the priestess, who shrugs them off with a chopped-off laugh and snort as the woman diverts her attention from Ambrosia to give them a mocking half-curtsy.<br/><br/>[[Actions!<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Eiyre moves and casts; spell has no visible effect!<br/>'Alizome' <img alt=":lol:" src="./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif" title="Laughing"/> flies 60 feet. <br/>Xarithe shapechanges and takes flight. <br/>Turilia casts detect magic. First round result: There is a magical aura somewhere in a 60 foot long cone pointed towards the pit. <br/>Albali steps into the room and casts Blindness. Spell has no visible effect!<br/>Ain flutters. <br/>Priestess holds her action.</div></div></div><br/><br/>Init:<br/>Gorun, Kaheksa<span style="font-style: italic">Currently Up</span><br/>Eiyre, Ambrosia, Xarithe, Turilia, Albali, Ain<span style="font-style: italic">(Can move if they like, but may be preempted)</span><br/>Priestess<br/><br/>Status:<br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Xarithe is an eagle.</div></div></div><br/><br/>Map:<a class="postlink" href="http://i.imgur.com/d7n3g4A.png">http://i.imgur.com/d7n3g4A.png</a>]]