Among the Mages

- Neil takes Jinorah back from Zaril and settles her on his shoulders. - The group looks around to see if there is a door knocker, but it looks like this might not be a door meant for receiving visitors. - Acta casts Thaumaturgy to make a loud door knocking sound without sacrificing anyone's knuckles. It should be loud enough to be heard within the cave.  - Neil quiets himself and senses a dragon a few hundred feet ahead of him.  - The door opens and a very tall man with very broad shoulders, a longish red beard.  - They introduce themselves and explain why they have come, and he invites them in. - They chat for a while in his parlor (a nice room with comfy chairs and a fireplace)  - Acts shows Gerard her "souvenirs" and gives him an Infinity fruit and it tastes like a fine aged cheese  - Gerard agrees to let them read "Gods and Titans: A Treatise on the Probable Shaping of the Material Plane" and brings them to the library. - The library is the largest single r

- The baby dragon is currently up a tree, freaking the hell out. - Zaril flies up the tree near the baby, but it start making screaming noises at her.  - Acta tosses Zaril the last of the scorpion tails so she can try to lure it down to Neil, but it just screams again - Neil makes calming noises in Draconic, but that makes zero difference. - The dragon jumps to a different tree. - Zaril follows and tries to grab it, but it slips through her hands - Acta notices some rustling in the bushes around them, so she looks around and sees what look like very short lizardfolk carrying spears surrounding them. She says hello to them in Draconic, and it starts so she gets Neil's attention. - The kobolds (they're kobolds) threaten the group for trying to "threaten" the baby dragon. - Sariel starts fading and turning into an Air Elemental, and the kobolds freak out. - Luckily she still has Tongues going (from last time), so she assures them that she's just trying to get it out

- How often do you use a hot tub in Texas, really? - The group walks for a few hours and as it's starting to get dark they see a small building on a hill  - The roof is partially collapsed and the door is ajar. - The inside is torn up and there are old stains on the walls that may or may not be blood. There is a pile of bones in the corner. Some of them might be human (or elven or whatever). - The debris seems to be collected into what looks like it might be a nest. There are blackish-purple scales scattered around, but they don't look like dragon scales. - Zaril backs up out of the house. She sees a flying creature with leathery bat-wings and four legs land on the roof. Everyone else in the house hears the thump. - She tries to throw a rock through the door, but she misses a little bit and it bounces off the door frame. - The creature cocks its head to look at her and she casts Invisibility - Acta casts Invisibility on herself and goes outside to see what's landed on the s