Portents of a Beacon II
The vision begins on a familiar sight. So familiar, in fact, that at first it appears to be the same one as before. There is a strange glass orb with water pouring down the sides. The first sign that something has changed is the lack of shadows; the vision is clear this time. The body of water is now more easily identified as a wide islet or river, with a visible coast on the other side.
As the vision pans around to see the gathered figures, however, it is clear that the crowd of people has changed. The shadows are gone now, every single one, but the figures that were seen in the previous are not present. Neither Natsu nor Hobbs are among the crowd. This time, the crowd has about a dozen people consists primarily of unfamiliar myconids and drow. There are two recognizable figures, however: the first is Lenora, the medusa. She fidgets nervously for the duration, muttering to herself in undercommon.
The apparent leader of the group is Bosgosho, now wearing a strange red robe covered in eyes. The wizard hat is unchanged, though; he still wears the one he bought with the party in Stasterry. Dangling from his neck and hanging outside the cloak is an amulet that appears to contain an eyeball suspended in some kind of fluid. At first this eye appears to be inert, but as the vision holds its attention on the eye it can be seen blinking and looking around. As Bosgosho approaches the beacon, he stops suddenly. The eye in his amulet is now staring directly at the viewer. After a few moments, Bosgosho himself looks in the same direction. It is clear from the confusion on his face that he does not see anything remiss, but the air around him is filled with the familiar sight of "rapport spores". A few more moments pass, as those around him start searching near the sensor. Their search is fruitless until Lenora retrieves a strange clear potion from her backpack and drinks it. She looks around again, then kneels down directly in front of the scrying sensor. She is looking directly into it now, clearly aware that she is being watched. She smirks, and switches to common:
It's impolite to stare.Behind her, a drow snaps their fingers. The vision fades.
Parent Plot
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