"No, you can't tell me what to do!"  the doll protested, but then the magic took hold, and then it climbed down to the floor level. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84682)<br/><br/>As for the cake, it had a vanilla frosting with solidified ochre jelly bits (tastes like honey when properly cooked) in the shape of gumdrops encircling the layers.<br/><br/>The doll was not a typical toy fashioned to look like the race of their creators, but rather a light-colored figure with bright green eyes and hair and a dark dress.  A rather unusual choice:<br/><br/><strong>Picture TBD</strong><br/><br/>"Just follow me," the doll declared.  "I know the route well."<br/><br/>"We won't forget this!" the chef exclaimed as the pair left.  Although in this case, it was a more positive tone and not the threatening connotation it usually carried.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;">Meeting the Mistress</span></span></div><br/>The eager little doll swung through the air on bits of strings, like a ballooning spider.  "I don't typically leave things unfinished, although I've been away long enough that returning's a good idea, on the off-chance she's conscious."<br/><br/>Hanging by a thread, the doll descended to Zelara's eye level.  "Anyways, my designated title is Silanthra.  What's your name?"<br/><br/>Some time later, after a few more portals and ventures up staircases, Zelara was on the highest level of the southern tower, a single door fashioned out of black adamantine with no visible doorknob nor locks.<br/><br/>"Mistress Zabria, I'm back!"<br/><br/>The only hint of acknowledgement was the opening of the door; Silanthra squeezed through almost as soon as an opening presented itself.<br/><br/>Scene Music. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXIKFoP2lZ4)<br/><br/>The room's interior smelled of stale air.  Small handheld tools moved about of their own accord, swatters smacking at cave crickets, brooms sweeping away dust into thick piles in the corner.  The bowl of mushroom soup at the table was long cold, the mushrooms broken down and congealed into the rest of the liquid.<br/><br/>"Hmm, she's been out for quite a while," Silanthra said.  "Hopefully she'll come to soon."<br/><br/>A yawn from a nearby room brought an answer to this question.<br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/8etLDPA.png?1)<br/><br/>Clad in nothing more than a white bathrobe, a sleepy-eyed blue-haired drow rose from her bed, leaving a noticeable indentation from where she laid.  Her breasts were firmly placed and partially covered thanks to the fastening sash about her waist, but below that things weren't so tight.  She absentmindedly flashed Zelara with a good view of her womanhood, although she didn't seem to notice.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Detect Magic</div><div class="spoiler_body">She's wearing a <em>ring of sustenance.</em></div></div><br/>"Mistress Zabria, I'm back."<br/><br/>The blue-haired drow blinked several times.  "Hrmmm...who's that with you?  I don't recognize her."<br/><br/>"She's Zelara, who got me out of quite the pickle back in the kitchen!" the doll leaped up to Zelara's shoulder.  "One of the new students, presumably."<br/><br/>"By Lolth's Fang, has the school year already started?  Oh no, did I miss my first teaching day?  Eh, at least you're here, Silanthra.  Zelara, is it again?  I'd like to thank you for returning my doll.  See that bookshelf over there?"<br/><br/>She gestured to a bookshelf...overturned and empty now, footprints about in the dust.<br/><br/>"Oh no, looks they're all stolen," she said, yawning again.  "I was going to recommend a scroll as a reward, but it looks like I'll need some cleaning up to do to get ahold of things.  Oh wait, kitchen!  I have an idea!"<br/><br/>Rushing over to a spidersilk purse, Zabria retrieved a small piece of fungi, bread, and preserved cheese.  After about a minute of casting a sandwich materialized on the table, fresh-looking.<br/><br/>"A mushroom and cheese sandwich!  That should be a fair reward until I get things in order, right?"<br/><br/>She smiled sheepishly.  Zelara could detect that it was not an insult; apparently the dollmaker's mind was still out of sorts from a nap of who-knows-how-long.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Detect Magic</div><div class="spoiler_body">Moderate Conjuration.  A <em>minor creation</em> spell.</div></div><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;">The Perfect Spot!</span></span></div><br/>After some more searching, Zelara discovered three area in school for her Ideal World assignment.<br/><br/><strong>Block Network Room:</strong>The southeast tower held lessons on the transmutation classes, which due to the versatility in number of spells and potential options, remained a very popular choice.  Running throughout the tower's floors and rooms was a system of chain pulleys with huge square blocks of material.  Stone, bone, wood, gold, flesh...they encompassed all manner of animal, vegetable, and mineral, and Zelara could tell that more than a few were not natural but magically changed.  Already some of them were moving, drow eagerly huddled to try their minor magics on the passing material.<br/><br/>Should Zelara find a way to exploit the pulley system, she can ensure that her work is seen by many students...<br/><br/><strong>Overside Chasm:</strong><em>Harder to scout out (-4 Perception) but easy to avoid notice (+4 Stealth).</em><br/><br/>The western portion of the Eightfold Academy overlooked a huge crevasse in the earth, with the opposite side of land containing low-income housing for Undrek'Thoz's craftsfolk.  Scaling the rock wall (an easy feat with<em>levitation</em>) and putting her illusion on there would make her work noticeable by either about half of the tower students who have classes with windows (on the west end of the crevasse) or the city's workers (on the eastern side).<br/><br/><strong>Bathroom:</strong><em>Easy to scout out (+4 Perception), but harder to avoid notice (-2 Stealth).</em><br/><br/>Barring some forms of advanced magic or a<em>ring of sustenance,</em>all drow feel the call of nature.  What better place to put an illusion than where people<em>have</em>to go?  Naturally, it's a very public area (unlike the Block Network Room) and doesn't require much travel (unlike the Overside Chasm), but that will probably make it the first choice for many rivals.<br/><br/><em>Roll a DC 12 Perception check and a DC 19 Stealth check.  The former is rolled first and represents scouting out the area for oddities and passersby, the latter last representing getting there without complication.</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Perception Success</div><div class="spoiler_body">Zelara got there in time and has room to prepare and scout out the place.  Grant her a +4 bonus on her stealth roll.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Perception Failure</div><div class="spoiler_body">Zelara notices that several slaves in school are acting strangely.  They're pretending to attend to normal duties, but seem to be on the lookout for someone.  It's possible that another student beat her to the spot, and convinced the slaves to be on the lookout for rival artists.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Stealth Success</div><div class="spoiler_body">Zelara's able to get into position without anyone the wiser and can apply the illusion without hindrance.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Stealth Failure</div><div class="spoiler_body">"Mistress Drezz'Lynur!" a slave shouts out.  "It's that blonde drow girl!"<br/><br/>From the shadows comes the rushing form of the attempted cereal thief.  "Heh, looks like we both had the right idea..."</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">400 experience for resolving the Food Fight encounter.<br/><br/>Underling Perception DC 19 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84685)</div></div>