<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/vwE6K1D.jpg)</div><br/>Zerxel told the djinn everything she could think of about the fiend, Malefactus.  At times the blue skinned elemental fey seemed bored and almost as if she weren't playing attention, but at other times her interest was sharper than an enchanted drow blade.  She would sometimes interrupt and ask specific questions, some of which seemed rather straight forwards, like what powers he had displayed, other times the questions seemed trivial and pointless, like the exact shade of color of his eyes or if he turned to his left or his right when turning around.  In any regard Zerxel talked long enough that her throat began to feel a bit dry before Mistress Skie called an end to the questions.<br/><br/><strong>"That is enough," </strong>she said waving a hand dismissively.<strong>"You have fulfilled your end of our bargain, and quite satisfactorily to me.  So it is my turn to uphold our deal.  The south gate is the true exit.  Passing through any of the other three gates teleports a contestant to a spot several dozen feet above the lake in the center of the crater.  A massive void beast resides at the bottom of the lake, which is dangerous during the day, and quite lethal at night." </strong><br/><br/>She floated so that her face was close to Zerxels and locked gazes,<strong>"Now, if you will accept a bit of free advice contestant?  I would highly reccomend that you not mention to anyone what information you gave to me today.  I disabled the eyebots for your own saftey not my own.  I am sure that no counselor would appreciate their secrets being given out, especially not one who is so embattled as the fiend is currently.  He might see sharing of his personal information as," </strong>She paused and chuckled slightly,<strong>"a betrayal?" </strong><br/><br/>She shrugged her shoulders, sending golden chains about her body rattling,<strong>"You are free to discuss the gate with your friends of course, even what we talked about.  But if you do once the eyebots are reactivated, I have no doubt the fiend will hear what you say.  So unless there is anything else I think your value to me has come to an end.  I wish you good luck Zerxel Zaknafien, doubtlessly you will need it in the future." </strong><br/><br/>Skie waited for Zerxel to say her peace, then unless there was anything else would reactivate the eyebots and gesture towards the door which would begin to swing open.  Zerxel would notice a slight bulge in her stomach and a feeling of weight there now, as Skie would call out to the drow's retreating back,<strong>"If either of your friends wishes to converse, you may send them in now.  Oh and be a wise one and try not to antagonize Ayeir, she works for me but is her own....woman.  I will not interrupt if she decides to try to slay you because of your own actions." </strong><br/><br/>Zerxel was free to leave Mistress Skie's lair then, and return to the small antechamber where her two friends and the blonde guard were waiting conversing quietly about little of import.  Bo, hopping up, was eager to ask Zerxel what she'd learned, and would reveal that Ayeir had let them know that Mistress Skie was primarily an information broker.  She was eager to learn the location of the golden door if Zerxel did not know it.