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Start: 11th of Venusta, midday, sinking into the sand of the Fyrbak Desert outside of the buried temple, the Praeten Oubliette. Main party with Dennis.
Entering the entrance, Bill's Bimbos all made Wisdom saving throws, and Nesdin, Aoife Sweeney, Dohwar, and Arwa Hathspelt failed. They observed an arch decorated with stonework chains. Upon entering, some of the party members had to make Charisma saves, but all those who had to succeeded, and they passed through to the inner hallway.
Aoife Sweeney made note of several extremely worn and decayed murals on the walls, with some forms noticed within but all detail impossible to discern. They hit a dead end, turned around, and found that the path had changed - the way back was replaced by a T intersection, now going left and right. Stinky scouted down one hallway, and died immediately to a chain attack. Navigating the labyrinth as a group, they found their way through the halls, down several split paths, to an octagonal chamber. They heard chains rattling loudest down one exit, followed it, and encountered a Sibriex. They fought it, and in the scuffle, Nesdin fell victim to its warp effect, and his legs became incredibly long and springy, increasing his movement speed by 10 ft. Rohtagels had slain the beast, and Crax Goobadink retrieved a magic chisel from the carcass of the monster (Sibriex Chisel). He used it on Nesdin, refreshing his elongated leg state. The party continued forward, and entered the following hallway.
They came to another chamber, circular with 8 chain-design pillars encircling a 10-foot diameter pool of liquid in the center of the floor. Approaching, the party looked in the reflective surface of the liquid, and each saw possible alternate versions of Bill's Bimbos each without the beholder present, and far more successful in various ways (without Nesdin, far more powerful and mature, and Arix joined and was better; without Aoife Sweeney, unburdened by morality and far more bloodthirsty and effective at killing evil, without Calliope, inspiring the masses with countless bards free to sing the party's praises). Nesdin, entranced and depressed by the vision, was compelled to jump in the pool and try to drown himself. The hidden aboleth began to strangle him, and a fight ensued. Rohtagels also killed off this monster, jumping in the pool, and thanks to the persisting Air Bubble, no one risked drowning. Emerging from the pool, those who were submerged or entranced felt their lives flash before their eyes, and a random memory was selected and deleted from their minds - Calliope forgot meeting Qafiali, Aoife Sweeney forgot her first show with the Stardust Spectacle, Nesdin forgot the trek from his home cave to Rookmore with the Pebblepunches, and Rohtagels lost his first time flying with his mentor/dad. The toll paid, the chains of the pillars animated and went slack with each memory, more powerful ones unraveling several, and a passage appeared on the opposite side of the room, and the party continued deeper inside.
End: 11th of Venusta, afternoon, Bill's Bimbos deep in the Praeten Oubliette - exiting the memory pool chamber.