Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24510587-20180430230012/@comment-24510587-20180506195515

After sifting through the documents for a while, they eventually ended up with a number of the journal documents that, when put next to each other, appeared to form a coherent narrative.

''It seems my research has gone nowhere again. Lord Hurring pointed out that the focussing crystal I procured will not get the portal to open into Apocrypha. Admittedly, he is probably right. Still, it cannot hurt to try anyhow. Tonight, I will see about getting it to work. It is a long shot, but we have everything in place. Might as well just try now.

''~M

''Hurring was right. Of course he was. The portal did not even open. This means we'll have to start from scratch. I will have to see about finding an alternative to the focussing crystal tomorrow. It all hinges on that; everything else is in place and should work. Just need something to focus it all with.

''~M

''I had the strangest encounter today. In my search for a focussing crystal, I ended up in a shady bazaar in Skingrad. Admittedly, it was perhaps not very wise of me to go into such a place without guard detail, but I don't believe it turned out to be necessary. The shopkeep was a very pale fellow, I think he must have been sick. He kept eyeing me with some sort of hungry intent, and also kept insisting that I buy a certain little statue from him. He said he needed to get rid of it. Looking at it, it was some sort of barely humanoid figure with a multitude of eyes on its body. Eyes... Hermaeus Mora is associated with eyes, and accounts about Apocrypha state that the sky there is filled with them. Perhaps this statue is the focus we need? I will go back tomorrow to purchase it.

''~M

''I purchased the statue today. The odd shopkeep was overjoyed and stated that the thing had been driving him mad for ages now. He even gave me a discount. How odd. In any event, it is in my possession now. I will inform Hurring of it, even though he will most likely call me a fool for this purchase. No matter. If this works, he will be the one looking like a fool instead. I'll go up the tower now and install the statue immediately, so we can get to work as soon as possible tomorrow.

''~M

''P.S. Something stung me in the neck while I was in the bazaar. Likely a wasp. Will see about that later.