The ice restraining the mimic shatters from the blows, and the damage is done. The enchanted wooden casing the mimic used to protect itself falls in splinters. From the broken back, it appears a mass of thick, ebony sludge crammed into a box. The water rushes through the room, diluting and washing away the venom.
The mimic staggers and falls forward. It does not get the chance to rise again as Orcelito casts Morpheus's Embrace over it. With a final strike, the Ancient Mimic enters eternal slumber.
(Since it will take a day or so for the Ancient Mimic's corpse to dry out, the party members are free to harvest some of the poisonous goo while it's available. Properties are as laid out in the Libra scan; remember to handle with care!)
With the mimic taken care of, the party members can now squeeze through the holes into the adjacent room. Sure enough, the doorway leads past the blocked hall and into the rest of the building the group couldn't access before.
This place has a distinct musty smell, but the air is noticeably drier. Seems this area has been sealed off for longer and protected from the local monsters.
The passage leads past two rooms with long tables and chairs. But the real prize is when the hallway opens into a large room at the end of the corridor, and the party finds something particularly special!
Lining the walls of the chamber are bookshelves housing a collection of tomes! Though they were carefully shelved for their centuries-long sleep, the pages cling weakly to the deteriorated spines and the covers are heavily discolored and threatening to fall off. Many of the titles on the spines have faded to illegibility. If they open one with great (GREAT!) care, what little ink persists to show on the pages is indecipherable. Hm… if you can't read it, perhaps someone who's a native can?
(Once the Crystal Temple staff is called in to investigate, they'll be able to confirm that these books are written in Old Vaikunthan, an early form of Vaikunthan which was used a thousand years ago. The researchers will express surprise that the party can't make heads of tails of it; from their perspective, the Heroes are speaking Vaikunthan, so Old Vaikunthan should be at least a bit legible. It's strange, that.)
But for now, the books will have to stay here. Reluctantly, Orcelito reminds the group that it's time to rendezvous with the other team. Perhaps they also found something of interest?
Final Summary for Team A
The mimic staggers and falls forward. It does not get the chance to rise again as Orcelito casts Morpheus's Embrace over it. With a final strike, the Ancient Mimic enters eternal slumber.
(Since it will take a day or so for the Ancient Mimic's corpse to dry out, the party members are free to harvest some of the poisonous goo while it's available. Properties are as laid out in the Libra scan; remember to handle with care!)
With the mimic taken care of, the party members can now squeeze through the holes into the adjacent room. Sure enough, the doorway leads past the blocked hall and into the rest of the building the group couldn't access before.
This place has a distinct musty smell, but the air is noticeably drier. Seems this area has been sealed off for longer and protected from the local monsters.
The passage leads past two rooms with long tables and chairs. But the real prize is when the hallway opens into a large room at the end of the corridor, and the party finds something particularly special!
Lining the walls of the chamber are bookshelves housing a collection of tomes! Though they were carefully shelved for their centuries-long sleep, the pages cling weakly to the deteriorated spines and the covers are heavily discolored and threatening to fall off. Many of the titles on the spines have faded to illegibility. If they open one with great (GREAT!) care, what little ink persists to show on the pages is indecipherable. Hm… if you can't read it, perhaps someone who's a native can?
(Once the Crystal Temple staff is called in to investigate, they'll be able to confirm that these books are written in Old Vaikunthan, an early form of Vaikunthan which was used a thousand years ago. The researchers will express surprise that the party can't make heads of tails of it; from their perspective, the Heroes are speaking Vaikunthan, so Old Vaikunthan should be at least a bit legible. It's strange, that.)
But for now, the books will have to stay here. Reluctantly, Orcelito reminds the group that it's time to rendezvous with the other team. Perhaps they also found something of interest?