[HQ Ignorance] Re : Re : Scene 125: The Land of the Ghosts

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> [OOC: Is there any plant life near the gate [Plant Sight 20]. Just in case
> things get nasty with the guards.]

As the group approaches the gatehouse, Rikku stares and engages in a soft
chant. At first he strains, but then a smile comes over his face; there
are Plant runes in the palisade and gatehouse.

[Ability 20 + 5 for quantity, roll 5, success bumped to critical versus
Resistance 14, roll 13, success].

Upon reaching the gatehouse at first the rump fellowship thinks it's
deserted. Beyond the gatehouse the Fellowship sees another half of
Puppettown, where people are going about their daily tasks.

Taking but a single step into the gatehouse however, there is a howl and
from the rafters a ghastly apparition appears, bearing a ghostly dao which
leaves trails as it moves through the air.

"You bear the standard of The General, but the rules of this land still
apply. A simple task to pass this point just answer who am I the part of
the bird that's not in the sky, I can swim in the ocean and yet remain
dry, I follow everyone under the sun's great light, I turn invisible in
the dead of the night."