<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;">Spot: 1d20 (4) + 2 = 6, failure   (Sorry, Kitts...  <img alt="^^;" src="./images/smilies/sweatdrop.gif" title="Sweat drop"/> )</div></div></div><br/><br/>Alyssa says nothing as she gazes in awe at the building before her. While this is not her first visit to the arena - Leska brought her "pet" tiefling here several times - it<span style="font-style: italic">is</span>the first opportunity she has had to examine the structure without spidersilk, venom, or enchantment clouding her senses. The quality of the construction is astounding- despite its massive scale (the entryway alone dwarfs Rubinova's town square), these gigantic walls are without gap or mortar, rising seamlessly from the surrounding bedrock. The stonework reminds her of Brother Hakon's back in Rubinova; not so much built as grown from the earth itself. But somehow the comparison seems innappropriate; there is some distressing quale about this building that was never present in Hakon's sculpting. A sense of... contrariness?<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Hostility,</span>she quickly amends, observing the steel dentition of the front gate's raised portcullis. If Hakon's works grew like trees, the arena sprouts like a weed; or worse, like one of the snaggle-toothed giant flytraps she encountered in the jungles to the North. And if Chrrou's nose is correct, Sashi is somewhere within this monstrous building...<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~We've followed Sashi's trail to the arena,~</span>Alyssa informs Mindy and her group.<span style="font-style: italic">~But she might be anywhere inside by now. Shall we wait for you, or proceed?~</span><br/><br/><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;">EDIT: rewrote just about everything...  <img alt="^^;" src="./images/smilies/sweatdrop.gif" title="Sweat drop"/></div></div></div>