Several days walking. Some going back and forth with
Changing Ways changing on us. Studying our new library in the
evenings suggests we can recharge the fuel packs by building a
certain gizmo and applying lightning through it; also looks like
there's a way to fix variable gates. Passing into realm of
Kyaliad. Lots of overlarge steps - giants maybe, feh.
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It's worth it.]
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Bit of a debate upon finding a big cave mouth apparently leading
out into a sunny mountainside - totally wrong season of course.
Korenn figured it for "Bi-world" or something - was another
mountain sort of floating upside down in the sky opposite. Nice
design, but very much not this earth. Was reminded that though
these humans are good fighters they're not civilized people when
Dizyk responded to my attempt to explain dwarven injunction on
planar travel by speaking disrespectfully of my mother, may her
spirit strengthen us. My father would have killed him; I merely
burst small blood vessel in left eye before Korenn recalled me to
myself.
Anyways, we decided to go around after all. Next day fought
annoying flaming bats (too charred to eat, plus they relight
unless you kill them with cold, which would make for some bad
indigestion), and two days after that made it to darramorc village
with stable portal to Guardian city. Went through (locking gate
behind us, even) and got to city, which is fantastic. Colossal
column of stone spanning city-sized cavern, encrusted with giant
clockwork. Even some whole parts of column turning. Spidery
bridges and intricate machinery everywhere. Connection to
mechanical plane somewhere in there, Korenn says. Cool. Restful
night and then spoke with The Great Cog, who speaks for them.