Ahem
It would appear that for the past several days, I have been under the influence of a powerful Tecera. A tecera aligned to the far realm as opposed to any specific godly plane.
Under this influence, I blithely destroyed parts of my spell books and conducted horrifyingly dangerous experiments with the Grotius Cube. Indeed, had my experiments been fruitful, I might have destroyed this very plane.
Instead, it would appear that I have discovered how to activate the cube.
The party entered the temple of possibility and defeated the council of 12 (a group of beholders)
Ascending the helix staircase to the cube floating above the city, we encountered the tecera; a semi mobile piece of comet. It spoke to us through our own mouths.
It would appear that the tecera appeared AFTER the patriarch claims to have regained use of magic. The two events are close in chronilogical order in any event.
It is after withdrawing from our first meeting that I was able to finish the activation of the cube.
On returning, we were forced to fight our way back up the helix and the tecera itself attempted to protect itself.
Altering reality itself, it built a maze around itself and caused the party to behave in unpredictable ways. Upon defeat, the maze as well as the helix and floating cube all disappeared.
Cautiously, I placed another being in the Grotius Cube. My concern was the potential effects of Far Realm energies on the Cube.
We returned with the Cube and the Tecera to the Berreran compound. Unfortunately, the unsuppressed Tecera attracted its halfling guards (Halflings continue to seem HIGHLY affected by planar energies). I had to work on a ritual to extract the Cube's occupant before we could place the Tecera inside.
We still have not had the opportunity to trap the Tecera in the Grotius Cube. We are consistently interrupted by halflings who have been affected by the Possibility. Perhaps the Possibility is attracting them.
We currently have no sign of Mistress Kim. Without her, there is no way to activate the portal to Berera.