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Lvl me up please.

Pull hood over head so as to not attract too much attention already, go talk with the pilgrims a bit to see what's going on. Be sure to use my Cthonic knowledge if it helps make sense of the situation or this door.

Also, can I spend skillpoints toward my wizardeyes?

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza

Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.

Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.

Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.

After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.

Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.

Stats
Str: 10
Dex: 10
Spe: 11
End: 10
Awa: 11
Cun: 10
Kno: 10
Ner: 13

Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Flammenvision!

Inventory

1 soldier chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, shortened a bit so as to less restrict his movements

1 ethral rifle [10 rounds]  (pierce 2)
1 black flame

1 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 crystal construct

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
6 fathoms
   -loaned 40 to Cara (Tiruin)
207 fathoms (payment from pilgrim escort)
438 fathoms ('payment' from cargo transport)
2 unspent skillpoints

[Ozarck]

((I'll roll for you again. maha. mahahah. Muwahahahahahahahahaha.))

[piecewise]

spit poison on yer sword

Eyyyy sekiro bois

Nyw leans forward slightly to look at the books he'd been carrying and check on his murakumo, but doesn't rise, lest his bulk crowd the room.  "I suspected that might happen.  I am sorry that more books could not be recovered, Alex, but I hope these ones are enough of a consolation."

He then raises his crystalline Murakumo in front of him, running one gauntleted hand along the side and letting out a small sigh.

Just to be sure, Nyw's murakumo is now intact again, yeah?  It shattered to dust in the dream and I'd been hanging onto it just in case our items didn't revert, but since injuries were fixed I assume damaged equipment was as well.

Edit: If we move to negotiations, Nyw will ask only that he be paid with an enchantment; he wants his crystalline murakumo enchanted to be sturdy, so it doesn't shatter like it did in the vision.  He's willing to forego his share of the payment in return, if that's an option.  Also, +speed and +nerve for the levelup.

Spoiler: The Unpronounceable Undead (click to show/hide)

Name: Nyw'geuq Otin Sunam; calls himself "The Lords' Child"
Description:

((One murakumo! ))
Goal: Inscrutable, which is code for "Talks like this.".

Stats:
Str:14
Dex:8
Spe:11
End:14
Awa:14
Cun:8
Kno:7
Ner:11

Skills:
Unarmed: +1
Defense Skill: +3 (Full Plate)
Vehicle Skill: +1
Caving: +1
Navigation: +1
Murakumo: +1


Inventory:
Full Plate Armor [Protective 4]
Ornamental Mask of the Child
(Probably fixed now) Shattered to powder, which is held in a little cloth bag: Crystal Murakumo [Cut 6, Pierce 3, Fragile]
Giant Guardian Hatchet [Chop 4, ]
~25 glowing books

Probably left in the warehouse:
A hooked cleaver [Cut 3]
Two knives [Cut 2, Pierce 2]
Guard rifle [Pierce 2]
A bunch of bloody guard garments, to be used as raw material.

Murakumo is fine, not powdered at all.

"It is as I feared, we could have gotten out with all of the books if only our expedition leader had just waited for everyone to be ready." Alex let out a bitter sigh before continuing.
"We'll have to make up this devastating loss in the imminent negotiations, but otherwise it'll have to do."

Do I still have the moon blade or did that not carry over? Follow AsHul and insist on questioning our employers about the relic vision before we enter negotiations with them.

Spoiler: Alex Wells (click to show/hide)

Name: Alex Wells

Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.

Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.

Stats:
Str: 11
Dex: 11
Spe: 10
End: 11
Awa: 11
Cun: 12
Kno: 11
Ner: 11

Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
1 Skill point

Inventory:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
4 TNT
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
Mail Shirt
39 Fathoms
Crystal box of golem limbs
Golem buddy
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 4/10
8 Structural Junk
Grappling Hook
Moon bladed staff (Cut 4)
5 ancient human books

It carried over. I was only looking on the sheets of people who posted.

"I feel we are owed substantial compensation for this activity!"

Despite her outraged tone, Auft's many hands began rubbing together eagerly.

Negotiate for higher pay. Way higher pay. This was way more grueling and temporarily fatal than advertised!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Auft Kindheart
Description: Standing 3'10", with even fluffier than usual snow-white fur, this Ethral radiates adorable innocence even by the standards of her kind. Her porcelain-white mask is a circular shape carved into slices, each bearing a smiling face with eyes and mouths arched in joy, and adorned with pink blush marks. Her cloak is similarly pure white and a little too large for her, adding to her cute and defenseless appearance.
Goal: To amass and improve loyal pets and slaves.
 
Stats
Str:  8
Dex:  13
Spe:  11
End:  8
Awa:  9
Cun:  16
Kno:  14
Ner:  10

Skills
+1 Medical
+1 Translate
+1 Acrobatics
+1 Persuasion
+1 Stealth
+1 Animal Handling
+1 Archeology
+1 Biological
+1 Chemical
+1 Occult
[2 Skill Points]

Inventory
82 Fathoms
Ethral Rifle [1/7]
Doctor's Bag
Dodecahedron Spider-Thing: Fist-sized dodecahedron body, long unjointed legs that move in very slow cascades. Ceased moving upon being picked up. Can be trained in simple commands via clear hand signals, bops, and repetition.
2 quarter-inch cubes of impossibly heavy black stuff: Estimated 50 lbs weight total
Thug with metal teeth in his mouth and on his arm
Mediocre Skull Mug: A mug made from a skull. It works, but it's pretty meh considering it's made from a skull.
Shitty Bone Pan Flute: Several long bones crudely strapped together, long to short. Despite this, the actual notes are arranged randomly, out of tune, and lack much range.
Inanimate Vertebra Scarab: A bug-thing with a single human vertebra for a body, fingerbones for legs, teeth for mandibles, and so on. Needs an appropriate sacrifice to animate, like a "large" insect.

Iron Teeth, Slightly Demuscled Thug
Knife (Cut/Pierce 2)
Soldier Chestplate
Slave Trap

"I concur with the fluffy moth, our compensation should be substantial for everything we went through. Let's...negotiate."

Help negotiate for higher pay. Let that Shluck charm work its magic.
Also, did I keep the bow I looted? It's been in my inventory since like the halfway point of our little trip.

Spoiler: Clate (click to show/hide)

Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: Being a Shluck, Clate is rarely seen outside of his environmental suit. Inside, he is the standard albino mollusk, with his only true defining characteristic being the alternating white/borwn pattern of his beak, much like on a nautilus shell. His environmental suit and exoskeltons are full of scuff marks and small blemishes from work, but the knowledgable observer will notice that it is mechanically kept in tip-top shape. He wears a toolbelt and a satchel to store his tools and other knickknacks, and has a blue cap perched on top of his helmet.
Goal: To create great works of craftsmanship and become filthy rich in the process.
 
Stats
Str:  8
Dex:  11
Spe:  9
End:  10
Awa:  10
Cun:  16 (+3)
Kno:  12
Ner:  11

Skills (1 point unused)
Electronics 1
Mechanical 1
Biological 1
Chemical 1
Occult 1
Weaponsmith 1
Armorsmith 1
Stealth 1
Steal 1
Explosives 1

Inventory
Clothing: A tool belt that can be modified to fit the exoskeleton, a satchel and a blue cap with "If it ain't broke, fix it" embroidered on.
Mail shirt (Made to integrate directly into the exosuit, protecting surface that houses Shluck including head.Protect 3)
Bladed Shovel - handle coated with Pseudomagnetic mortar
Knife (cut2, pierce2)
Rifle (pierce2, 6/10 magazine)
TNT x5
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10
"Muggy"(skull mug scrimshawed with "can we fix it?" on the side, "No, it's fucked." on the bottom. Has trigger on the inside of the spine-handle that, when squeezed, caused the mandible to open and close)
1 Bow from weird eyeball creature. Produces a bone arrow when drawing the string.
3 weird picture books


2 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials
1 container of Pseudomagnetic mortar
labradorite/Obedience rod


100ft silk rope


3 structural junk
30 chemical junk
1 gold ingot
143 Fathoms


Crystal Babies

2. 8 sided diamond (looks like  Ramiel from EVA and floats). 8 inches to an edge
3.  Crystal snake. hiss. 18 inches long.


Warehouse/bore storage:
 1. Dodecahedron, no limbs, rolls. Fist sized.
4.  Spiky daddy long legs like Irony has. 1 foot legs, fist sized body.
5. Thing looks like (see pic). about 8 inches to a side.
7. Wheel sort of thing that has a fat inside edge and tapers to a sharp edge on the outside. Foot and a half in diameter.
1 corpse (missing: skull, neck vertebrea, some bones)
Bomb Collar
Slate box with multicolour crystal toothpick - supposedly turns someone into a gemperson.
Spool of thermoreactive wire.
Acoustic guitar (Metal + guardbone, totally mundane.)
Box with "kidnapper bell"
6 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials

Any weapons of guardians looted are kept.

"My. That was quite the experience. I hope to never deal with that again."

Unshackle myself. Be pleased with the 9 books I managed to cart out on my own for later translation.

Drett

[20]
[4]

As soon as the minders are summoned and the door opened both Clate and Ashul pounce on them with demands for a greater salary.  Clate argues mostly through screaming insults and threats of legal action, while Ashul is far more reasonable and careful in his words. In the end Ashul shoves Clate away and finishes the negotiation on his own.  They offer 50 fathoms per person (not counting ol' ironteeth) or a reasonable alternative action or item.

Lvl me up please.

Pull hood over head so as to not attract too much attention already, go talk with the pilgrims a bit to see what's going on. Be sure to use my Cthonic knowledge if it helps make sense of the situation or this door.

Also, can I spend skillpoints toward my wizardeyes?

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza

Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.

Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.

Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.

After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.

Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.

Stats
Str: 10
Dex: 10
Spe: 11
End: 10
Awa: 11
Cun: 10
Kno: 10
Ner: 13

Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Flammenvision!

Inventory

1 soldier chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, shortened a bit so as to less restrict his movements

1 ethral rifle [10 rounds]  (pierce 2)
1 black flame

1 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 crystal construct

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
6 fathoms
   -loaned 40 to Cara (Tiruin)
207 fathoms (payment from pilgrim escort)
438 fathoms ('payment' from cargo transport)
2 unspent skillpoints

Str: 10 (4, 1, 5)
Dex: 7 (5, 1, 1)
Spe: 16 (6, 4, 6)
End: 15 (4, 5, 6)
Awa: 10 (1, 5, 4)
Cun: 9 (1, 3, 5)
Kno: 5 (1, 2, 2)
Nrv: 15 (6, 4, 5)

No. You can level them up but not...like that.

Go have a friendly chat with those guys to figure out what they're doing here and what they know about the door. Try to do so before they notice Adam and start ignoring me.

Also, try to use my knowledge of Archeology (+2) to see if there's anything I know or have heard about this thing).

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Status
Sacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged and given spider venom for the pain.

Stats
Str:10
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End:8
Awa:12
Cun:10 
Kno:12
Ner:11


Skills
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 2
Navigation: 1

Inventory
Radio
3 fathoms
Ethral Rifle (scope+bipod) (rifle 3, pierce 3) 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 6/7
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Grappling Hook + Ethral Silk rope 100 ft
Simple Clothes (with hood)
Metal Card with the address of the Gilded Crow (corven Gangsters of Goldshore)
Kara's Diary

In Storage
Crystal Tablets (diary about All-Eater and Great Destroyer, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Mechanical Arm (not installed)
Crystal Friend
Bomb collar (unlocked)
All bomb collar remotes

[2]
Hmm...You've heard of this thing before for sure but beyond vague memories of Giants, odd gravity, and cannibalism you can really remember anything.

Str: 14 ☑
Dex: 13 ☑
Spe: 6  ☒
End: 7  ☒
Awa: 14 ☑
Cun: 11 ☒
Kno: 11 ☒
Ner: 13 ☑

Stats updated.

^{_{"Do you need me to be your left arm today, Kara?"}}

Follow Kara. Try to, ah, boost her confidence?

Spoiler: Wiellste? (click to show/hide)

Name: Wiellste Gunsmithy

Description: A young Ethral, no taller than 4 feet. Her fur is unpatterned and a milky white. Usually wears a rather plain quilted brown silk cloak, and a polished copper mask with symmetrical, spiraling lines etched on the sides.

Goal: The spheres remain intriguing, but it's become clear that it would not be good for Wiellste's health to become a diver. And... neither Ethral or Corven culture demand it, but Wiellste feels that she owes Kara something. There's a difference between someone who saves your life and someone who brings you back from the dead.

Stats:
Str:  9
Dex: 13
Spe: 10
End:  9
Awa:  8
Cun: 15
Kno: 13
Ner: 12

Skills:
SKILL 2
Weaponsmith 2
Diving 2
Pistol 1
Bore 1
Translate 1
Stealth 1

Inventory:
Silk cloak
Copper mask
Human-made revolver (Pistol 3) (6/6)

Notes

1 Fathom

Level-up results: cunning and nerve go up, and I’m spending my skillpoint on Occult.

Use The Voice on the door.

Spoiler: Harm (click to show/hide)

Name: Harmony “Harm” Li
Description: Lean and broody looking. This woman has short black hair and is partially covered in interlocking black tattoos. One of her eyes is covered with an eyepatch. She wears simple black clothes, with a knee-length Maggot Wool Coat overtop. She wears a mail shirt underneath her clothes.
Goal: Overall, Harm would like to find a place where refugees and travelers could seek refuge without dealing with the dogmatic influence of the church. Right now, though, she just wants to get away.
 
Stats
Str:11
Dex:11
Spe:11
End:10
Awa:11
Cun:13
Kno:10
Ner:12

Skills
Weapon smith (3)
Mechanical (2)
Occult (1)
Lucky Shot (1)

1 unassigned

Condition
Hand has been severed, then reattached (fully healed).

Inventory
Eyepatch
Radio
Mail shirt (protect 3)
Small Obsidian Knife [cut, stab 3. Fragile]
Crystal cutting utility knife (free to borrow)
Obsidian arrowhead (cut 4, fragile)
6 Octahedrons
Half a ton of obsidian
5 Large branches of crystalline lead
Lucky Shot (6/7)(14 rounds)
Short sword (cutting 3, pierce 2)
Voice in the Eyes (in eye socket)
Field Lighter
10 Path Markers
2 units mechanical junk
2 mechanical arms (belong to Kara and Vikkan)
6 sturdy glass bottles
Preserved severed eye
94 fathoms

[7]
The voice says something rather odd when you look at the door. It says "HUNGRY" over and over again with out pause in a voice that is not the normal one.


Talks with the pilgrims reveal a few things.

1. They're camped here to admire this door, but are not going inside. They are more interested in the nearby caverns and reports they've heard of a new messenger's path opening up. After all, that will mean the creation of virgin Antediluvian structures and perhaps all manner of holy things will be delivered there. 

2. The door is known to them. Apparently it is the entrance to the realm of giants. There are many things in there ranging from normal size to truly massive. They say that objects that reside in there slowy grow in size and that creatures which eat one another in there gain great size as well.

3. They warn it is a dangerous place, but also a potentially profitable one. One older lady laughingly wonders what would happen to a few precious gems dropped in there many years ago.  "I wager they'd be positively stupendous by now!" she laughs.

[The Lupanian]

”Guys, the voices in my head are telling me the door is… hungry. Make of that what you will.”
Use the eye on the pilgrims. Search the area around the door for clues or anything interesting.

Spoiler: Harm (click to show/hide)

Name: Harmony “Harm” Li
Description: Lean and broody looking. This woman has short black hair and is partially covered in interlocking black tattoos. One of her eyes is covered with an eyepatch. She wears simple black clothes, with a knee-length Maggot Wool Coat overtop. She wears a mail shirt underneath her clothes.
Goal: Overall, Harm would like to find a place where refugees and travelers could seek refuge without dealing with the dogmatic influence of the church. Right now, though, she just wants to get away.
 
Stats
Str:11
Dex:11
Spe:11
End:10
Awa:11
Cun:13
Kno:10
Ner:12

Skills
Weapon smith (3)
Mechanical (2)
Occult (1)
Lucky Shot (1)

1 unassigned

Condition
Hand has been severed, then reattached (fully healed).

Inventory
Eyepatch
Radio
Mail shirt (protect 3)
Small Obsidian Knife [cut, stab 3. Fragile]
Crystal cutting utility knife (free to borrow)
Obsidian arrowhead (cut 4, fragile)
6 Octahedrons
Half a ton of obsidian
5 Large branches of crystalline lead
Lucky Shot (6/7)(14 rounds)
Short sword (cutting 3, pierce 2)
Voice in the Eyes (in eye socket)
Field Lighter
10 Path Markers
2 units mechanical junk
2 mechanical arms (belong to Kara and Vikkan)
6 sturdy glass bottles
Preserved severed eye
94 fathoms

[Parisbre56]

"I like the idea of huge things. Giant gems would make me the happiest girl in the world but even mundane objects like giant pots would be useful to break down and use as materials. Not to mention how much money we could save if we found a giant weapon we could attach to the bore. If nothing else, it's worth taking a peek."

”Guys, the voices in my head are telling me the door is… hungry. Make of that what you will.”

"Uh... So how does that work, anyway? Do you just... focus on something and start hearing things?"

Find somewhere to attach my rope+grappling hook, use the other end to secure myself. Then walk through the door. Carefully and quietly.

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Status
Sacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged and given spider venom for the pain.

Stats
Str:10
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End:8
Awa:12
Cun:10 
Kno:12
Ner:11


Skills
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 2
Navigation: 1

Inventory
Radio
3 fathoms
Ethral Rifle (scope+bipod) (rifle 3, pierce 3) 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 6/7
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Grappling Hook + Ethral Silk rope 100 ft
Simple Clothes (with hood)
Metal Card with the address of the Gilded Crow (corven Gangsters of Goldshore)
Kara's Diary

In Storage
Crystal Tablets (diary about All-Eater and Great Destroyer, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Mechanical Arm (not installed)
Crystal Friend
Bomb collar (unlocked)
All bomb collar remotes

[The Lupanian]

”That’s just about the size of it. I haven’t had it for too long, but normally it tells me things about what I’m focusing on. But this time it just said, “hungry”. I don’t know what it means, all I know is what it tells me. I have to figure it out from there. But still, it’s usually more obvious than this.
I rub my chin in thought for a moment
”I’ll leave for you to decide how we proceed here. I would be wary, but based on what the pilgrims said, we should have more or less of an idea of what we’re getting ourselves into. Besides, we have no way of knowing whether “hungry” is a plea, a threat, a suggestion, or a warning.”

[Ozarck]

"Ah, please pardon my teammate's agitation, and thank you for your generosity, in light of our stumbles along the path."

Graciously accept the 40% pay increase and collect the 1000 base pay for the team. Request that my portion of the bonus be paid as a Real Black Book - preferably one enchanted.
Possible enchantments that would be cool:
1) simple readability and durability enchantments
2) a sort of cross reference locator to track passages that are related to a given topic or passage or such
3) let the book respond to the presence of holy/unholy beings (saints, Antediluvians, starfish people, or whatever)
4) an enchantment to steady Nerve or resist the effects of Addiction.

"Now then, my fellow travelers, let us discuss the proper division of our pay. Those of you who brought items from within the Vision may decide those items fate yourselves, naturally. Those things will not affect how we distribute our base pay. as for the 50 fathoms per person increase - the church has offered it per person, so each of you may collect that portion yourselves.
As for the 1000 base pay, here is my suggestion: 100 for each participant. That leaves 200. I will take 25 of that as team lead, and the remaining 175 can be used as bonuses for actions above the call of duty, or can remain in the team fund, to go toward Bore, warehouse, and team equipment upgrades.

If this is acceptable, please offer recommendations for who might receive a bonus. Forgive me if I overlook some action you have taken - It was a stressful journey and i was not entirely myself during some parts of it."

Spoiler: Not so much a character, but a mistake (click to show/hide)

Name: AsHul
Description:Former human. Awful, ugly, indifferent. No longer a dream robot
Goal:To find God
 
Stats
Str:9  Dex:8  Spe:9  End:11  Awa:12  Cun:12  Kno:11  Ner:16 (-1)

Skills (1 point unspent)
3 Diving
2 Animal Handling
1 Survival
1 Weapon skill: Guitar

Inventory
Relic Fragment
Black Book (copy, strata 1,2,4)
1 Silent Night 
3 Worm Blood
100 ft of rope
1 knife (cut/pierce 2)
2 Occult Junks
59  Fathoms (One magnetically welded to the wall of his room in the Bore, one "shiny," 57 standard)
168 Fathoms (Team Account.)

Stored at warehouse during Relic Vision:
Firing Control Module (Brass Brain)
Book of sheet music (from Balaram) [stack of about 100 pages bound by three brass rings along the top of the sheets]
his former bomb collar - made of something like demagnetized neodymium.
One Bone-fretted haunted electric guitar
One mundane acoustic guitar with wave patterns in abalone and turquoise

Notes:
Travellers' guild is offering a relic retrieval job. Local hazards ('living').

[Gentlefish]

"Ah. In that case, I find myself having a difficult time keeping up with the more... Diving-inclined folks when it comes to keeping my crew alive. Mayhaps you have a small artifact that can help, medically? Otherwise, the 50 fathoms is plenty good. I have no dearth of medical supplies to purchase."

Inquire about artifacts that (hopefully) roll medical. Otherwise accept the 50 fathoms.

How long were we in the dream?

to AsHul: "Our honored dead was pivotal to all our survival, keeping the pressure off of me in order to do my work and succeeding in eliminating some of the guardians."

Drett

[syvarris]

"I have little need for money.  If you feel that I deserve extra fathoms regardless, I will not refuse to carry them, but in all likelihood the money will end up going elsewhere.  Still, Drett, thank you for the kind words.  I personally believe Ashul was of the greatest utility; though he caused some danger, his diving was instrumental to our success, and most notably, revived Alex after he seemed entirely lost.  All at great personal risk; I do believe we've all witnessed the terrible consequences that can result from a failed dive."

Nyw will request only that his crystalline murakumo be enchanted for toughness, so that it will never shatter.  Other than that, he'll just stand back and watch the proceedings, taking whatever is given to him.

Do we keep the guardian weapons, or will the church be wanting those back?  You said we've kept the guardian weapons, yes, but I'm unsure if you only mean they were carried out of the dreamworld.

Spoiler: The Unpronounceable Undead (click to show/hide)

Name: Nyw'geuq Otin Sunam; calls himself "The Lords' Child"
Description:

((One murakumo! ))
Goal: Inscrutable, which is code for "Talks like this.".

Stats:
Str:14
Dex:8
Spe:11
End:14
Awa:14
Cun:8
Kno:7
Ner:11

Skills: (One unspent skillpoint)
Unarmed: +1
Defense Skill: +3 (Full Plate)
Vehicle Skill: +1
Caving: +1
Navigation: +1
Murakumo: +1


Inventory:
Full Plate Armor [Protective 4]
Ornamental Mask of the Child
Crystal Murakumo [Cut 6, Pierce 3, Fragile]
Giant Guardian Hatchet [Chop 4, ]
~25 glowing books

Probably left in the warehouse:
A hooked cleaver [Cut 3]
Two knives [Cut 2, Pierce 2]
Guard rifle [Pierce 2]
A bunch of bloody guard garments, to be used as raw material.

[Caellath]

"I'll be in the bore if anyone needs me."

Nap, preparing  to leave the team when we return to our home base.

Spoiler: Vikkan Laerthe, Human Bore Driver (click to show/hide)

Name: Vikkan Laerthe

Description: A human from Anvil and a moderate Chthonic who was born and raised close in the neighborhood of the Hammerfall boreyard, where his parents were employed as menial workers. Being so close to a place so filled with machinery and boring machines left a lasting impression on Vikkan, who became a furnace helper, then a drivemaster's apprentice until he finally reached the controls of a bore. He's quite good at conducting driving bores and, most importantly, he deeply enjoys his work.

Bore love aside, Vikkan is also generally quite friendly and good-humored even when he's not behind a bore's controls. He is, however, aware of his limitations out of the control room, and he'd rather leave most other matters to more skilled people. What he lacks in intellectual education he displays in polite curiosity, and he tends to be interested in listening even to topics he can only vaguely grasp, making for a good talking and drinking buddy if nothing else.

At odds with his friendliness, he looks rugged, if young. His hair is dark brown and cut short, and he has a well-groomed handlebar mustache (though he's been known to let it grow and style it into a horseshoe at times). A small diagonal scar moves from his right eyebrow to the bridge of his nose. His skin is brown and displays a few burns thanks to a few years of furnace and boiler work. He's fairly hairy, with his shirt's sleeves covering hairy arms and a few spots of scar tissue. His uniform is made of thick cloth and utilitarian, overalls, a long-sleeved shirt and a cap. His major concession to vanity is keeping his uniform and mustache impeccable. He doesn't have a right hand.

Goal: To deep driving bores and having fun while doing it. It's not a difficult dream, even if it can be hard at times.
 
Stats
Str: 11
Dex: 11
Spe: 10
End: 11
Awa: 13
Cun: 10
Kno: 11
Ner: 11

Skills (1 point unspent)
+3 Vehicle (Bore)
+2 Navigation
+1 Defense (Mail Shirt)

Inventory
-Conductor's Clothes
-Dynamo Lantern
-Black Book (Copy)
-Field Lighter
-Mail Shirt
-Short Sword
-Rifle
-Knife
-100ft silk rope
-142 Fathoms
-Neck chain (that used to hold a black flame that actually never existed)
-Black Flame
-Clockwork arm

1 Mission and counting
Level 0: +3 Awareness
Level 1: +1 Str, Dex, End, Kno, Ner. 1 skill point unused.

[Hotfire90]

Request that they teach me how to properly use the magic of my moon blade.
Also ask them whether they have anything to help translate ancient human books, just in case we were to find any in our travels.

Spoiler: Alex Wells (click to show/hide)

Name: Alex Wells

Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.

Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.

Stats:
Str: 12 (15)
Dex: 11 (10)
Spe: 11 (14)
End: 12 (14)
Awa: 12 (12)
Cun: 12 (
Kno: 12 (14)
Ner: 11 (

Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
2 Skill points

Inventory:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
4 TNT
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
Mail Shirt
39 Fathoms
Crystal box of golem limbs
Golem buddy
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 4/10
8 Structural Junk
Grappling Hook
Moon bladed staff (Cut 4)
5 ancient human books

[Egan_BW]

Kara is tying a rope around herself and leaping in, so... watch from a safe distance. If it seems necessary, try to pull her back with the rope.

Spoiler: Wiellste? (click to show/hide)

Name: Wiellste Gunsmithy

Description: A young Ethral, no taller than 4 feet. Her fur is unpatterned and a milky white. Usually wears a rather plain quilted brown silk cloak, and a polished copper mask with symmetrical, spiraling lines etched on the sides.

Goal: The spheres remain intriguing, but it's become clear that it would not be good for Wiellste's health to become a diver. And... neither Ethral or Corven culture demand it, but Wiellste feels that she owes Kara something. There's a difference between someone who saves your life and someone who brings you back from the dead.

Stats:
Str:  9
Dex: 13
Spe: 10
End:  9
Awa:  8
Cun: 15
Kno: 13
Ner: 12

Skills:
SKILL 2
Weaponsmith 2
Diving 2
Pistol 1
Bore 1
Translate 1
Stealth 1

Inventory:
Silk cloak
Copper mask
Human-made revolver (Pistol 3) (6/6)

Notes

1 Fathom

[Pancaek]

"Like, me and friend Auft shot at the guardians, for all the good it did. Apparently I got a good shot in at the bow wielding thing that attacked us in the hallway, so that's nice.
But yes, friend Abdul and our appreciated deceased were probably the pivotal members on this little trip."


Forego the 50 fathom bonus and instead ask for them for whatever their willing to give me pertaining to the crystal people.

Spoiler: Clate (click to show/hide)

Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: Being a Shluck, Clate is rarely seen outside of his environmental suit. Inside, he is the standard albino mollusk, with his only true defining characteristic being the alternating white/borwn pattern of his beak, much like on a nautilus shell. His environmental suit and exoskeltons are full of scuff marks and small blemishes from work, but the knowledgable observer will notice that it is mechanically kept in tip-top shape. He wears a toolbelt and a satchel to store his tools and other knickknacks, and has a blue cap perched on top of his helmet.
Goal: To create great works of craftsmanship and become filthy rich in the process.
 
Stats
Str:  8
Dex:  12
Spe:  10
End:  11
Awa:  10
Cun:  16 (+3)
Kno:  12
Ner:  11

Skills (2 point unused)
Electronics 1
Mechanical 1
Biological 1
Chemical 1
Occult 1
Weaponsmith 1
Armorsmith 1
Stealth 1
Steal 1
Explosives 1

Inventory
Clothing: A tool belt that can be modified to fit the exoskeleton, a satchel and a blue cap with "If it ain't broke, fix it" embroidered on.
Mail shirt (Made to integrate directly into the exosuit, protecting surface that houses Shluck including head.Protect 3)
Bladed Shovel - handle coated with Pseudomagnetic mortar
Knife (cut2, pierce2)
Rifle (pierce2, 6/10 magazine)
TNT x5
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10
"Muggy"(skull mug scrimshawed with "can we fix it?" on the side, "No, it's fucked." on the bottom. Has trigger on the inside of the spine-handle that, when squeezed, caused the mandible to open and close)
1 Bow from weird eyeball creature. Produces a bone arrow when drawing the string.
3 weird picture books


2 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials
1 container of Pseudomagnetic mortar
labradorite/Obedience rod


100ft silk rope


3 structural junk
30 chemical junk
1 gold ingot
143 Fathoms


Crystal Babies

2. 8 sided diamond (looks like  Ramiel from EVA and floats). 8 inches to an edge
3.  Crystal snake. hiss. 18 inches long.


Warehouse/bore storage:
 1. Dodecahedron, no limbs, rolls. Fist sized.
4.  Spiky daddy long legs like Irony has. 1 foot legs, fist sized body.
5. Thing looks like (see pic). about 8 inches to a side.
7. Wheel sort of thing that has a fat inside edge and tapers to a sharp edge on the outside. Foot and a half in diameter.
1 corpse (missing: skull, neck vertebrea, some bones)
Bomb Collar
Slate box with multicolour crystal toothpick - supposedly turns someone into a gemperson.
Spool of thermoreactive wire.
Acoustic guitar (Metal + guardbone, totally mundane.)
Box with "kidnapper bell"
6 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials

[piecewise]

"Like, me and friend Auft shot at the guardians, for all the good it did. Apparently I got a good shot in at the bow wielding thing that attacked us in the hallway, so that's nice.
But yes, friend Abdul and our appreciated deceased were probably the pivotal members on this little trip."


Forego the 50 fathom bonus and instead ask for them for whatever their willing to give me pertaining to the crystal people.

Spoiler: Clate (click to show/hide)

Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: Being a Shluck, Clate is rarely seen outside of his environmental suit. Inside, he is the standard albino mollusk, with his only true defining characteristic being the alternating white/borwn pattern of his beak, much like on a nautilus shell. His environmental suit and exoskeltons are full of scuff marks and small blemishes from work, but the knowledgable observer will notice that it is mechanically kept in tip-top shape. He wears a toolbelt and a satchel to store his tools and other knickknacks, and has a blue cap perched on top of his helmet.
Goal: To create great works of craftsmanship and become filthy rich in the process.
 
Stats
Str:  8
Dex:  12
Spe:  10
End:  11
Awa:  10
Cun:  16 (+3)
Kno:  12
Ner:  11

Skills (2 point unused)
Electronics 1
Mechanical 1
Biological 1
Chemical 1
Occult 1
Weaponsmith 1
Armorsmith 1
Stealth 1
Steal 1
Explosives 1

Inventory
Clothing: A tool belt that can be modified to fit the exoskeleton, a satchel and a blue cap with "If it ain't broke, fix it" embroidered on.
Mail shirt (Made to integrate directly into the exosuit, protecting surface that houses Shluck including head.Protect 3)
Bladed Shovel - handle coated with Pseudomagnetic mortar
Knife (cut2, pierce2)
Rifle (pierce2, 6/10 magazine)
TNT x5
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10
"Muggy"(skull mug scrimshawed with "can we fix it?" on the side, "No, it's fucked." on the bottom. Has trigger on the inside of the spine-handle that, when squeezed, caused the mandible to open and close)
1 Bow from weird eyeball creature. Produces a bone arrow when drawing the string.
3 weird picture books


2 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials
1 container of Pseudomagnetic mortar
labradorite/Obedience rod


100ft silk rope


3 structural junk
30 chemical junk
1 gold ingot
143 Fathoms


Crystal Babies

2. 8 sided diamond (looks like  Ramiel from EVA and floats). 8 inches to an edge
3.  Crystal snake. hiss. 18 inches long.


Warehouse/bore storage:
 1. Dodecahedron, no limbs, rolls. Fist sized.
4.  Spiky daddy long legs like Irony has. 1 foot legs, fist sized body.
5. Thing looks like (see pic). about 8 inches to a side.
7. Wheel sort of thing that has a fat inside edge and tapers to a sharp edge on the outside. Foot and a half in diameter.
1 corpse (missing: skull, neck vertebrea, some bones)
Bomb Collar
Slate box with multicolour crystal toothpick - supposedly turns someone into a gemperson.
Spool of thermoreactive wire.
Acoustic guitar (Metal + guardbone, totally mundane.)
Box with "kidnapper bell"
6 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials

Information or objects? They have a map of possible and confirmed ruin locations and some artifacts from them, though nothing particularly valuable. Not so much as your needle that is.

Request that they teach me how to properly use the magic of my moon blade.
Also ask them whether they have anything to help translate ancient human books, just in case we were to find any in our travels.

Spoiler: Alex Wells (click to show/hide)

Name: Alex Wells

Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.

Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.

Stats:
Str: 12 (15)
Dex: 11 (10)
Spe: 11 (14)
End: 12 (14)
Awa: 12 (12)
Cun: 12 (
Kno: 12 (14)
Ner: 11 (

Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
2 Skill points

Inventory:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
4 TNT
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
Mail Shirt
39 Fathoms
Crystal box of golem limbs
Golem buddy
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 4/10
8 Structural Junk
Grappling Hook
Moon bladed staff (Cut 4)
5 ancient human books

The moon blade's capacity is activated, mechanically, through the use of a nerve roll instead of a strength one when attacking.  In game its activated by a particular thought or state of mind. They help you achieve it so you can at least attempt to use it in the future.

They tell you that there are examples of ancient human text and translators in Empyrean.

"I have little need for money.  If you feel that I deserve extra fathoms regardless, I will not refuse to carry them, but in all likelihood the money will end up going elsewhere.  Still, Drett, thank you for the kind words.  I personally believe Ashul was of the greatest utility; though he caused some danger, his diving was instrumental to our success, and most notably, revived Alex after he seemed entirely lost.  All at great personal risk; I do believe we've all witnessed the terrible consequences that can result from a failed dive."

Nyw will request only that his crystalline murakumo be enchanted for toughness, so that it will never shatter.  Other than that, he'll just stand back and watch the proceedings, taking whatever is given to him.

Do we keep the guardian weapons, or will the church be wanting those back?  You said we've kept the guardian weapons, yes, but I'm unsure if you only mean they were carried out of the dreamworld.

Spoiler: The Unpronounceable Undead (click to show/hide)

Name: Nyw'geuq Otin Sunam; calls himself "The Lords' Child"
Description:

((One murakumo! ))
Goal: Inscrutable, which is code for "Talks like this.".

Stats:
Str:14
Dex:8
Spe:11
End:14
Awa:14
Cun:8
Kno:7
Ner:11

Skills: (One unspent skillpoint)
Unarmed: +1
Defense Skill: +3 (Full Plate)
Vehicle Skill: +1
Caving: +1
Navigation: +1
Murakumo: +1


Inventory:
Full Plate Armor [Protective 4]
Ornamental Mask of the Child
Crystal Murakumo [Cut 6, Pierce 3, Fragile]
Giant Guardian Hatchet [Chop 4, ]
~25 glowing books

Probably left in the warehouse:
A hooked cleaver [Cut 3]
Two knives [Cut 2, Pierce 2]
Guard rifle [Pierce 2]
A bunch of bloody guard garments, to be used as raw material.

You could exchange your gathered weapons with the church for favors or items but you keep them otherwise.

They use diving to remove the "Fragile" from the crystal sword.  It could still be broken but it will take a great great deal more force to do so.

"Ah. In that case, I find myself having a difficult time keeping up with the more... Diving-inclined folks when it comes to keeping my crew alive. Mayhaps you have a small artifact that can help, medically? Otherwise, the 50 fathoms is plenty good. I have no dearth of medical supplies to purchase."

Inquire about artifacts that (hopefully) roll medical. Otherwise accept the 50 fathoms.

How long were we in the dream?

to AsHul: "Our honored dead was pivotal to all our survival, keeping the pressure off of me in order to do my work and succeeding in eliminating some of the guardians."

Drett

They have no such artifacts here, but could give you a voucher of sorts for access to the archives in Empyrean, where they might have something.

Hard to say. A good while. Maybe 24 hours. You have to pee.

"Ah, please pardon my teammate's agitation, and thank you for your generosity, in light of our stumbles along the path."

Graciously accept the 40% pay increase and collect the 1000 base pay for the team. Request that my portion of the bonus be paid as a Real Black Book - preferably one enchanted.
Possible enchantments that would be cool:
1) simple readability and durability enchantments
2) a sort of cross reference locator to track passages that are related to a given topic or passage or such
3) let the book respond to the presence of holy/unholy beings (saints, Antediluvians, starfish people, or whatever)
4) an enchantment to steady Nerve or resist the effects of Addiction.

"Now then, my fellow travelers, let us discuss the proper division of our pay. Those of you who brought items from within the Vision may decide those items fate yourselves, naturally. Those things will not affect how we distribute our base pay. as for the 50 fathoms per person increase - the church has offered it per person, so each of you may collect that portion yourselves.
As for the 1000 base pay, here is my suggestion: 100 for each participant. That leaves 200. I will take 25 of that as team lead, and the remaining 175 can be used as bonuses for actions above the call of duty, or can remain in the team fund, to go toward Bore, warehouse, and team equipment upgrades.

If this is acceptable, please offer recommendations for who might receive a bonus. Forgive me if I overlook some action you have taken - It was a stressful journey and i was not entirely myself during some parts of it."

Spoiler: Not so much a character, but a mistake (click to show/hide)

Name: AsHul
Description:Former human. Awful, ugly, indifferent. No longer a dream robot
Goal:To find God
 
Stats
Str:9  Dex:8  Spe:9  End:11  Awa:12  Cun:12  Kno:11  Ner:16 (-1)

Skills (1 point unspent)
3 Diving
2 Animal Handling
1 Survival
1 Weapon skill: Guitar

Inventory
Relic Fragment
Black Book (copy, strata 1,2,4)
1 Silent Night 
3 Worm Blood
100 ft of rope
1 knife (cut/pierce 2)
2 Occult Junks
59  Fathoms (One magnetically welded to the wall of his room in the Bore, one "shiny," 57 standard)
168 Fathoms (Team Account.)

Stored at warehouse during Relic Vision:
Firing Control Module (Brass Brain)
Book of sheet music (from Balaram) [stack of about 100 pages bound by three brass rings along the top of the sheets]
his former bomb collar - made of something like demagnetized neodymium.
One Bone-fretted haunted electric guitar
One mundane acoustic guitar with wave patterns in abalone and turquoise

Notes:
Travellers' guild is offering a relic retrieval job. Local hazards ('living').

So lets do this as 1000 and then every person who takes the 50 gets it personally and everyone who elects for something else gets that instead.

They gladly give you a Black Book, but when you ask about enchanting it they basically tell you "We don't do that and Its probably a good idea if you don't do it either."

”Guys, the voices in my head are telling me the door is… hungry. Make of that what you will.”
Use the eye on the pilgrims. Search the area around the door for clues or anything interesting.

Spoiler: Harm (click to show/hide)

Name: Harmony “Harm” Li
Description: Lean and broody looking. This woman has short black hair and is partially covered in interlocking black tattoos. One of her eyes is covered with an eyepatch. She wears simple black clothes, with a knee-length Maggot Wool Coat overtop. She wears a mail shirt underneath her clothes.
Goal: Overall, Harm would like to find a place where refugees and travelers could seek refuge without dealing with the dogmatic influence of the church. Right now, though, she just wants to get away.
 
Stats
Str:11
Dex:11
Spe:11
End:10
Awa:11
Cun:13
Kno:10
Ner:12

Skills
Weapon smith (3)
Mechanical (2)
Occult (1)
Lucky Shot (1)

1 unassigned

Condition
Hand has been severed, then reattached (fully healed).

Inventory
Eyepatch
Radio
Mail shirt (protect 3)
Small Obsidian Knife [cut, stab 3. Fragile]
Crystal cutting utility knife (free to borrow)
Obsidian arrowhead (cut 4, fragile)
6 Octahedrons
Half a ton of obsidian
5 Large branches of crystalline lead
Lucky Shot (6/7)(14 rounds)
Short sword (cutting 3, pierce 2)
Voice in the Eyes (in eye socket)
Field Lighter
10 Path Markers
2 units mechanical junk
2 mechanical arms (belong to Kara and Vikkan)
6 sturdy glass bottles
Preserved severed eye
94 fathoms

Looking at the pilgrims reveals nothing that interesting. Varying places of origin, mostly mundane professions and lives. Generally there seems to be some major life event before they set out, but the group itself formed spontaneously some distance back.

You search around the door and find some rather large bones and oversized items. Nothing massive but like... a rusty spoon thats roughly twice as big as a normal spoon.

"I like the idea of huge things. Giant gems would make me the happiest girl in the world but even mundane objects like giant pots would be useful to break down and use as materials. Not to mention how much money we could save if we found a giant weapon we could attach to the bore. If nothing else, it's worth taking a peek."

”Guys, the voices in my head are telling me the door is… hungry. Make of that what you will.”

"Uh... So how does that work, anyway? Do you just... focus on something and start hearing things?"

Find somewhere to attach my rope+grappling hook, use the other end to secure myself. Then walk through the door. Carefully and quietly.

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Status
Sacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged and given spider venom for the pain.

Stats
Str:10
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End:8
Awa:12
Cun:10 
Kno:12
Ner:11


Skills
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 2
Navigation: 1

Inventory
Radio
3 fathoms
Ethral Rifle (scope+bipod) (rifle 3, pierce 3) 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 6/7
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Grappling Hook + Ethral Silk rope 100 ft
Simple Clothes (with hood)
Metal Card with the address of the Gilded Crow (corven Gangsters of Goldshore)
Kara's Diary

In Storage
Crystal Tablets (diary about All-Eater and Great Destroyer, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Mechanical Arm (not installed)
Crystal Friend
Bomb collar (unlocked)
All bomb collar remotes

You tie yourself off on a rock outside the door and then carefully sneak in. The door leads straight into a canyon of sorts, wider than the door by a dozen or more feet and several times as tall. The canyon's walls are oddly smooth and regular, all white, and the canyon itself seems to stretch on to infinity, almost completely straight. The bottom is rounded and, upon inspection of the ground and walls, you come to the conclusion that they're made of mortar.  This isn't a canyon, its the space between two bricks on a tiled floor. You look up and see a ceiling that seems an impossible distance away. This cavern must be larger than the entirety of the Empyrean cavern. Maybe several times larger.  If you had to estimate the ratio in here...it would be maybe 1 meter out there is 1mm in here. Maybe even less.

Kara is tying a rope around herself and leaping in, so... watch from a safe distance. If it seems necessary, try to pull her back with the rope.

Spoiler: Wiellste? (click to show/hide)

Name: Wiellste Gunsmithy

Description: A young Ethral, no taller than 4 feet. Her fur is unpatterned and a milky white. Usually wears a rather plain quilted brown silk cloak, and a polished copper mask with symmetrical, spiraling lines etched on the sides.

Goal: The spheres remain intriguing, but it's become clear that it would not be good for Wiellste's health to become a diver. And... neither Ethral or Corven culture demand it, but Wiellste feels that she owes Kara something. There's a difference between someone who saves your life and someone who brings you back from the dead.

Stats:
Str:  9
Dex: 13
Spe: 10
End:  9
Awa:  8
Cun: 15
Kno: 13
Ner: 12

Skills:
SKILL 2
Weaponsmith 2
Diving 2
Pistol 1
Bore 1
Translate 1
Stealth 1

Inventory:
Silk cloak
Copper mask
Human-made revolver (Pistol 3) (6/6)

Notes

1 Fathom

"I'll be in the bore if anyone needs me."

Nap, preparing  to leave the team when we return to our home base.

Spoiler: Vikkan Laerthe, Human Bore Driver (click to show/hide)

Name: Vikkan Laerthe

Description: A human from Anvil and a moderate Chthonic who was born and raised close in the neighborhood of the Hammerfall boreyard, where his parents were employed as menial workers. Being so close to a place so filled with machinery and boring machines left a lasting impression on Vikkan, who became a furnace helper, then a drivemaster's apprentice until he finally reached the controls of a bore. He's quite good at conducting driving bores and, most importantly, he deeply enjoys his work.

Bore love aside, Vikkan is also generally quite friendly and good-humored even when he's not behind a bore's controls. He is, however, aware of his limitations out of the control room, and he'd rather leave most other matters to more skilled people. What he lacks in intellectual education he displays in polite curiosity, and he tends to be interested in listening even to topics he can only vaguely grasp, making for a good talking and drinking buddy if nothing else.

At odds with his friendliness, he looks rugged, if young. His hair is dark brown and cut short, and he has a well-groomed handlebar mustache (though he's been known to let it grow and style it into a horseshoe at times). A small diagonal scar moves from his right eyebrow to the bridge of his nose. His skin is brown and displays a few burns thanks to a few years of furnace and boiler work. He's fairly hairy, with his shirt's sleeves covering hairy arms and a few spots of scar tissue. His uniform is made of thick cloth and utilitarian, overalls, a long-sleeved shirt and a cap. His major concession to vanity is keeping his uniform and mustache impeccable. He doesn't have a right hand.

Goal: To deep driving bores and having fun while doing it. It's not a difficult dream, even if it can be hard at times.
 
Stats
Str: 11
Dex: 11
Spe: 10
End: 11
Awa: 13
Cun: 10
Kno: 11
Ner: 11

Skills (1 point unspent)
+3 Vehicle (Bore)
+2 Navigation
+1 Defense (Mail Shirt)

Inventory
-Conductor's Clothes
-Dynamo Lantern
-Black Book (Copy)
-Field Lighter
-Mail Shirt
-Short Sword
-Rifle
-Knife
-100ft silk rope
-142 Fathoms
-Neck chain (that used to hold a black flame that actually never existed)
-Black Flame
-Clockwork arm

1 Mission and counting
Level 0: +3 Awareness
Level 1: +1 Str, Dex, End, Kno, Ner. 1 skill point unused.

POWERFUL WAITING ENGAGED

[The Lupanian]

Does any of that stuff count as structural junk by chance?

Follow the bird into the door. Have sword and revolver at the ready. Let Kara take the lead. Use the Voice on something once I’m inside.

Spoiler: Harm (click to show/hide)

Name: Harmony “Harm” Li
Description: Lean and broody looking. This woman has short black hair and is partially covered in interlocking black tattoos. One of her eyes is covered with an eyepatch. She wears simple black clothes, with a knee-length Maggot Wool Coat overtop. She wears a mail shirt underneath her clothes.
Goal: Overall, Harm would like to find a place where refugees and travelers could seek refuge without dealing with the dogmatic influence of the church. Right now, though, she just wants to get away.
 
Stats
Str:11
Dex:11
Spe:11
End:10
Awa:11
Cun:13
Kno:10
Ner:12

Skills
Weapon smith (3)
Mechanical (2)
Occult (1)
Lucky Shot (1)

1 unassigned

Condition
Hand has been severed, then reattached (fully healed).

Inventory
Eyepatch
Radio
Mail shirt (protect 3)
Small Obsidian Knife [cut, stab 3. Fragile]
Crystal cutting utility knife (free to borrow)
Obsidian arrowhead (cut 4, fragile)
6 Octahedrons
Half a ton of obsidian
5 Large branches of crystalline lead
Lucky Shot (6/7)(14 rounds)
Short sword (cutting 3, pierce 2)
Voice in the Eyes (in eye socket)
Field Lighter
10 Path Markers
2 units mechanical junk
2 mechanical arms (belong to Kara and Vikkan)
6 sturdy glass bottles
Preserved severed eye
94 fathoms