The avatars follow the scrying to the location of a massive, disgusting Aboleth, which looks about ready to fight as the avatars close in at blinding speed, when it suddenly jerks and crumples in on itself; it seems it died from a self-inflicted aneurysm. Obviously, not a natural phenomenon, but, unfortunately, not one that seems to have an arcane, divine, or psionic origin.<br/><br/>The mermaid, on the other hand, looked to be in rather unpleasant straits; an intelligent giant octopus seems to have gotten hungry, and she just happened to be swimming by. As he arrives, she's wrapped up in its numerous tentacles, the long arms teasing at her and toying with her, as it hauls her struggling body towards its open beak.