"Anywhere's better than here, left sounds good to me, too."

Thank you for raising me and healing me up, I owe you a debt. Since I have no idea what is happening I am content to follow where you lead.

Vuzyl is in worn leather armour with a sword and dagger at his hip. His face is almost obscured by a deep hood but his eyes are bright and always moving.

Kahan mentions that he thinks the wall behind them is moving so it might be more prudent to go that direction. "If the walls are spinning we can put more distance between ourselves and our pursuer if we go that way and end up somewhere he can't track us." he explains.

The party moves off to the left.  They hear at one point an inhuman cackling sound behind them.  Whatever is back there is getting closer.

You reach a crossroads.  You may go to the right.  If you continue forward, you see a blue-framed mirror in the distance reflected in all the mirrors.
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Shae says, "Let's keep heading toward the colored mirrors.  Maybe the path behind us will close up." She will head toward the blue mirror.

"I agree.  Let's try this blue door before whatever is behind us catches up." Tahldar says as he shuffles forward.

The party moves toward the blue framed mirror.  It is like the others but is framed in blue.

But this time, when you look directly into the mirror itself, the face of the mirror appears to become foggy and change.  You find yourself looking into the inside of a cave that leads up.  There is a faint light where the rocky stairs turn a corner in the distance.

The cackle behind you turns into an insectoid sounding chitter that is unnerving.  It also seems to be gradually catching up to you, and sounds closer, though it is hard to tell with the echoes caused by all these mirrors.

"Weeeellllll, of these two options, I think I like my chances in the mirror", Leo says as he tries to step through the mirror.

Borimer positions himself between the incoming sound and his companions.  If or when they are through the mirror he will follow.
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Kahan agrees and follows his companions, letting others with less armor go first.

Confused by the idea of stepping through a mirror Vuzyl follows the actions of the others standing ready to defend the retreat until it is his turn to go.
Cleric go though, I will stand with Borimer if there is any trouble
As he draws his sword there is a faint sound so quiet most people are not even sure it is real. Although only lasting a second it encapsulates that moment when the old day has ended but the new one has not yet been born.
Ssapffyn my Midnight Song how did I not remember you old friend

The mirror is quite solid....but, the moment it is touched, it shimmers momentarily, and you feel the floor go our from underneath you.

Too late, you realize you have been duped into a trap.  The mirrors at your feet are a pit trap, and you find yourselves falling into darkness...

The fall is momentary, as you fall only about 20 feet, landing in soft sand that doesn't harm you physically.  But you do fall about waist deep, and you can feel the sand slowly shifting beneath you.  It takes only a moment to realize you have been caught in quicksand.

20 feet above you is nothing but a solid rock ceiling--the bottom of the mirror maze.  The area of the quicksand is about 50 feet square, but it is positioned in a circle, with the center of the circle of quicksand slightly lower (about 25 feet from the ceiling) than the side where you are at).  The flow of the quick sand is dragging you both down and slowly toward the center--like an hourglass.

There are two potential exits.  To your left, a passageway leads to darkness.  To your right, you see the gradual incline of the natural stairs you saw in the mirror, leading toward some sort of light in the distance.  There does not appear to be anything to latch onto.

"Gaah!" Tahldar yelps in surprise as the group plummets into the sand.  Quickly he begins to cast a spell...

OOC: I wish to cast a fly spell, but range is touch so if a strong member of the party is nearby I will cast it on them.  If not he will cast it on himself.

He wishes to make his way to the stairs with the light.  He will give aid either through his flight spell by carrying people and/or use of rope to allow others to drag themselves out of the sand.  (This would serve better if cast on another which he will do if he can)

I think fighting what ever that was up there would have been preferable! If we get out of this and end up back in that infernal mirror prison and of course there is time maybe I should check for traps before we touch any more fancy frames. 
As his hands are full and he has nothing that will be of any help Vuzyl waits to see if anyone else has anything that would get them out of here.

Kahan reaches for rope out of his backpack and throws it to whoever gets the fly spell cast on them. If they already have rope he will also tie a grappling hook onto it and throw it to the nearest ledge where a hook could stick. "Remember, don't struggle. Remain calm and we will sink slower." he reminds everyone.

Leo trys to calmly roll if possible hoping his stocky frame will allow him to get to the edge.  "I guess it was my turn to get everyone in trouble this time", he says slightly exasperated.

OOC: You were all standing next to each other when you fell, so you are within touch distance.

Tahldar begins casting, reaching toward Borimer...

The rest of you try to limit your movement because you feel that every time you strain against the sand, it just makes your sinking go faster.

Kahan is pulling out the rope to toss over to Borimer.

Tahldar finishes the spell, and Borimer finds that he can fly.  Kahan also tosses a rope to him, which the one-handed warrior grabs.


Here is the spell description for the fly spell:
The subject can fly at a speed of 60 feet (or 40 feet if it wears medium or heavy armor, or if it carries a medium or heavy load). It can ascend at half speed and descend at double speed, and its maneuverability is good. Using a fly spell requires only as much concentration as walking, so the subject can attack or cast spells normally. The subject of a fly spell can charge but not run, and it cannot carry aloft more weight than its maximum load, plus any armor it wears.

Should the spell duration expire while the subject is still aloft, the magic fails slowly. The subject floats downward 60 feet per round for 1d6 rounds. If it reaches the ground in that amount of time, it lands safely. If not, it falls the rest of the distance, taking 1d6 points of damage per 10 feet of fall. Since dispelling a spell effectively ends it, the subject also descends in this way if the fly spell is dispelled, but not if it is negated by an antimagic field.

The exact duration of the spell is always unknown to the spellcaster, as the variable addition is determined secretly by the DM.

Borimer flies out of the quicksand and onto the stairs.  He secures his own rope around his arm and then tosses it to the others in the quicksand, ready to pull them out.

borimer is strong enough to pull all of them out at the same time I think, if not he will pull out as many as possible and then toss the rope to the any left in the quicksand

"Ah, that's interesting", Leo says as he struggles a bit in the quicksand.  "Apparently there is some rope or vine or something that appears to be securely attached to both ends of the room.  It's a ways under the sand.  I felt it with my foot", he continues as he waits for the rope to come within his grasping range.

"I thought bugs were surrounding me, but maybe that's what I felt while down there too.  Brushing against my back and stomach."

"Or perhaps they don't call this madness for nothing", Leo quips shaking his head.

"I think there's something moving around in the sand.  Could be a rope too, but whatever touched me seems to be moving." Tahldar says as he reaches for the rope to bring him to safety.

it may be a rope or something else, but a little paranoia never hurt anyone.
Vuzyl shifts his grip on his dagger to stab down into the sand if anything attacks.

If Kahan gets out of the sand first (since I have no idea where anything is or how this will work), he will help pull the others out with his own rope.

Shae transforms into an eagle and flies toward the open doorway to let the others have a clear path at the stairs.  She will swoop down to help anyone who is sinking if she can reasonably fly with them or assist them.