Our team traveled with great care to the source of the problem, uncovering a plot to drain this world into the next. Silvery serpents tried to draw the team into the huge funnel knot, but the detectives drew on some vintage Star Trek magic and Sarubobo the Monkey Baby from Japan to protect themselves.
A bit of trickery landed the detectives in two glowing crystal pyramids. The two groups could not communicate, so they each began working on a solution. With turtle magic, we nearly had two tunnels being dug toward one another at the same time--but one team was slightly faster, so the second spell was saved for later use.
After defeating a giant Sandworm, the detectives made their way to an oasis in the desert. Their luck changed as the Egyptian goddess of luck, Renenutet, showed up with help. The team cast a scrying spell to locate Merneith, and found her in a prison tomb beneath an abandoned temple in Egypt.
One woolyborus ride to Egypt and the detectives arrived as golden scarabs. Two hungry cats were hunting beetles and snakes in the overgrown grass near the temple. After sending the cats scurrying after a red laser beam dot, the detectives found themselves with only a fire jewel. The cats had the jewels and an ID.
The team decided to rescue Merneith before retrieving their items. They faced some challenging serpent powers, who caught them and put them in prison. The very prison where Merneith was held.
Once again, I don't wish to give away secrets of the story, in case their is a future repeat of this mystery. Merneith and the detectives managed to escape the prison with some new knowledge that helped turn the tide of the adventure.
The detectives received Moon Shadow Books that summoned help from an Egyptian god or goddess. They assembled Fixitrons--tiny robots that perform time and space feats of engineering magic. Armed with these two powers, the detectives took on the trouble of the time tangle.
I'm happy to report that all's well with the world. The clog was removed, the Serpent Roads untangled and the responsible parties were hauled off the the Hall of Judgment for a talk with Ma'at, goddess of truth and justice.
And the detectives? They had a party; and what a party it was. Pizza, fireworks, and the summoning of a new immortal, an asteroid god who couldn't resist the lure of a good celebration.
Photos of the adventure are on the Dragon's Eye Adventures Facebook page. Images of the Books of Shadow are also there.
