I decided that we might as well follow Uberbob onward. "Come on," I told the party. "Let's just go already."
The five of us stepped through the mystical gateway, leaving Fox and the handle-less door behind. After walking through the wide stone hallway for a few minutes, I started to notice a faint glow from up ahead. Also, the farther we progressed through the hall, the more frost appeared on the walls. I was getting really freaking tired of ice by now, but I tried to ignore it.
At last, we emerged from the frosty hallway and found ourselves in a huge, dome-shaped room. The top of the dome was at least 60 feet high, and the walls and floor were covered in a thick layer of ice. I could see in a few places where some sort of inscription had been on the walls before they were frozen, but I couldn't make out what it had been. There were three new doors in this room, evenly spaced, leading West, North, and East, though the Northen door was noteably more ellaborate than the other two, and the room of the other side of it seemed to be glowing. In the center of the room was a large fountain, about 20 feet high, with a complex geometric pattern covering its sides and a huge glowing sphere on the top. The sphere covered the room in a soft, blueish light. Oddly, the water in the fountain was not frozen, possibly due to some sort of heating system.
"Pretty," I heard Leetzan mutter under her breath.
Indeed, it did look very shiney and neat, but as usual the moment was soon ruined.
"It's cold as hell in here," Araches groaned, rubbing her hands together to warm them up.
"Hell isn't cold, you know," I said.
"It's just an expression, hon."
All her whining was starting to get on my nerves, but then again, at least she wasn't flirting with me... yet.
"BOO!" Uberbob shouted, jumping out from behind the fountain with his arms raised. Everyone stared at him silently. He laughed to himself and said, "Don't worry, it's just me. Uberbob." He then glanced around the room, shivered and said, "This place feels... uncool. Like something's trying to pull out my soul-" he paused, then added, "through my butt."
Apparently, Uberbob was sensing the same evil force as I was. Considering how weak his magical powers were, anything he could sense had to be very, very powerful.
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