Eleisai:
The older woman nods at Eris, and looks with concern as Attilisk winces.
"Do you need healing, friend?"
Attilisk:
"Just a bit, if it's no trouble. I'll live, either way." He moves closer to Eleisai. "What means of attack have you found effective so far? Perhaps a simple strike with my staff would be best, as my aim seems less than perfect today."
The older woman hands glow gently as she lays them near his wounds.
"The attacks of friend Cube have been quite effective. Arrows and Nano bolts have also been useful, as was that explosion..."
GM:
Eris, Erin, Q'nur, and Eleisai, you can spy something else that was knocked free when the tentacle beast attacked - the room has some panels marked with glowing symbols and small wisps of smoke in strangely confined patterns, one of which is up on the wall where the fitting was knocked out, the other atop the doorway where Delfino was looking into the hallway.
Attilisk:
Attilisk dials the viewing cypher to about 1 minute before the creature appears and activates it. He tries to hold the device in such a way that as many people as possible can see the events of the phasing-beasts arrival.
The older woman observes the cypher with interest...
GM:
Cube finds the smaller copies nimbler than it, but after a few moments of chasing them through the maze of pods, is able to integrate each back into itself. There are a few fragments of speech that come through before each is consumed, but no more than a few words.
Seeker and Delfino look rather sad as Cube consumes the mini-Cubes.
"Are you attempting to integrate enough pre-Form formula to initiate a full doubling?" Delfino asks.
Seeker wrenches his gaze away from Cube to examine the picture that had formed of the past. "Perhaps the tentacle-beast initially came here because of a weakness in this area? But the creation of a secondary Form seems to have startled it. Perhaps the attacks have been because one is chasing the other?"
The older woman looks sad as well when the mini-Cubes are consumed, and moves to join Seeker and Delfino.
"Perhaps if we could better understand the nature of these Forms, we could better understand the cause of the attacks. That creature is highly intelligent, enraged, and hungry. It is also multi-dimensional. Would the Form of that creature share those traits?"
Her eyes move to the exposed panels.
"Please, do you know what the symbols on these panels signify?"