((Nyocopic manuscripts give plus five to knowledge checks in necromancy))<br/><br/>When asked if he wanted her to wear it, the creature paused for a moment. Certainly giving it to her s a gift would be a nice gesture, but that had not been what he was asking for. He liked her voice, liked learning. He wanted her to read more. He shook his head and gestured it toward her again. Her inspection of the item would help her discover a secret compartment holding a thin piece of paper. Written upon it were magical runes,<br/><em><strong>Look low and high for gold, to hear a tale untold. The archway at the end, and on your way you’ll wend.—A.</strong></em><br/><br/>====<br/><br/>As it would happen it was likely for the best that no one heard the odd noises at the end of the hall. From out of that southern pit would emerge Treats. A long and meandering passage had led her from her fate back to within a few feet of the mists that had sent her there. And she was not alone. Her arrival coincided with an apex in the winds escaping the whole in the back wall. The mouth would suddenly spit out a naked body, the surprised and confused adventurer Jainia.<br/><br/>((All party members, including the newest one, are now in the same hallway. Let's all post shall we?))