"Eh, it's not that--" said Garla, but then she broke into a coughing fit.  Physical power was no match for dust, it appeared.

Perception

(OOC: Perception Check - Park Yu-Jin rolled 16 using 1d20+9)

...there was indeed some kind of pit or crater ahead.  Flickering blue lights appeared now and then around it.

"That does look interesting," Yu-Jin said as she continued moving closer.

Perception and Investigation again

(OOC: Perception & Investigation - Park Yu-Jin rolled 14,26 using d20+9,d20+9)

The lights reminded her of something-- electrical wires, sparking!

"The sparkling is strange," Yu-Jin said.

"Any idea what it is?" Garla asked.

"It's likely a circuit of some kind," Yu-Jin said. "Maybe for defenses or something similar."

"What the hey are you talking about?" Garla asked.  "What do you mean, a 'circuit'?  Nobody's riding anything around that..."

"Never mind, just be careful of the sparks," Yu-Jin said.

"But we can move in closer?" Ivy asked, confirming.

"Yes," Yu-Jin said, going first.

The sparks around the crater were dangerous, but stationary-- they could be avoided, and Yu-Jin could see the thick power wires that had apparently been severed by the impact of the meteor.  Inside the crater, the meteor was visible, as was a tunnel of some kind it had apparently cut through.

"Wow, a meteor! I haven't seen one up close before," Yu-Jin said.

"What's a 'meteor'?" Garla asked.

"A rock that came from the sky," Yu-Jin said.

"Dropped by a dragon, or thrown by a giant?" Ivy asked, looking down the hole.

"A very, very, very large dragon..." she added, looking at the size of the hole.

"Let's head in," Yu-Jin said, putting up her defensive field before heading in.

The side-tunnel beckoned... but there was also the meteor itself, if desired.

Yu-Jin examined the meteor. If it had iron or some other weird metal it good be worth a lot.

It was... shockingly cold to the touch, actually.  Prolonged contact would be painful, even damaging, until it warmed up.  That made examination quite difficult.  Still, it might be valuable, if they could get it up out of the crater-- it looked like it might weigh a few hundred pounds.

"Damn," Yu-Jin said. "This is weird. We'll have to leave it for now."

"I think I could get it out, once it warms up," said Garla.

"Yes, but the tunnel!" Ivy pointed out.  "That's why we're here!"