#elminsters prodigy-boy and mystras time-bomb are killing me

[weavebcund]

IT'S A MYSTERY THAT STILL ELUDES GALE, what exactly it is that brings all of them together here. Why Fiyero, why Astarion? Certainly the three of them are close enough, but Jaheira? Gale had only met the woman once. He finds himself particularly intrigued by the concept of cyclical arrivals, lost at what the thread might be that connects any of them to this place, daring to wonder if perhaps more of their companions will appear. Better they all be here than to leave half, or less, of them behind to fend for themselves. Not that they aren't perfectly capable, of course.

He was not exactly including Volo in his count when considering the matter. Gale hadn't expected to see him again at all, to be perfectly honest, at least not for quite some time ( his reputation notwithstanding, being that the two of them ran in the same circles - Elminster's company, namely - he was an impossible presence to truly escape ) after he scampered off from camp. It takes a moment to locate him from a ways across the park once Gale hears the voice over his shoulder.

"Ah. It's you." He's not disappointed. He means it, he's not - just, you know, there's a lot of people who could be calling for THE Wizard of Waterdeep and some of them are of higher standing in Gale's personal book. But surprise, really, takes priority— though, on his level? Gale holds his tongue but most definitely tables that one for later commentary. "I must admit, I didn't expect to see you of all people here. I'd been toying with the working theory that the tadpole was somehow involved in all this."

Naturally he couldn't speak for any of the other poor souls stuck here, but as far as their little group - honestly, it had held up rather well for all of ten minutes. Jaheira he could count as a fluke, unfortunately whisked along perhaps due to proximity. But this? Well, this throws the whole hypothesis right out the window.

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They were sure they were going to dedicate an entire chapter to this place in their autobiography ( The Great Adventures of Volothamp Geddarm -- to be released posthumously, to have the most accurate and updated information ). Volo attempted to whistle for a while, in the middle of the park, to garner some coin. Perhaps if they saved enough from scratch, they would be able to buy their way out. Alas, they would discover shortly, that all currency was trapped in the little metal contraption they'd yet learnt to use.

They must be sure to save some coin for Tymora in offerings, though, for when they managed to make their way back to more familiar soil. They'd come upon yet another miracle since arriving on the island-- one of those adventurers that they'd become acquainted with! Elminster's prodigy-boy! Mystra's time-bomb! Oh, how relieved they were to finally be around someone who could cast a damn spell! "Well, if it isn't the famed Wizard of Waterdeep! Finally, someone on my level."