(10-21-2020, 09:30 PM)Crozar the Sunspot Wrote: Crozar smiles a menacing looking grin full of needles and points. "Good," it said, "Glad to hear it. I was exploring in the Ribs in New Crobuzon, walking around a bend and suddenly stepped through a portal. It closed right behind me, leaving me trapped here. I must have wandered through the glade outside into this cave while those beasts were chasing vermin. Most of the creatures in this area seem little interested in plants other than your buzzing companions. But those wolves were drawn to movement, and I am not a particularly quiet person, so anytime I tried to leave they would notice me again and knock me about until they got bored and stopped moving again. Are we still in or near New Crobuzon? I am pretty sure we are still on Rohagi."
Simon says to the outworlders, "The Ribs are one of the defining features of New Crobuzon, located right next to Bonetown. As the name suggests, the eponymous ribs are the half-buried skeleton of a gargantuan creature that once roamed Bas-Lag. The ribs stand about two hundred feet above the ground. They say, proximity to the ribs causes tools to break and building projects to crumble into dust. Despite the bad luck, the ribs are one of New Crobuzon's defining landmarks. The area around the ribs is home to hawkers, buskers, salespeople, and acrobats. And yes, we are still on Rohagi." Glancing at the outlanders he adds, "Rohagi is the largest Continent on this world." Turning his attention back to the Crozar, he continues, "We're actually just on the northern edge of the Cacotopic Stain, fairly close to Neovadan. We air-dropped from an Air Ship into a giant crater because we're looking for some strange energy readings that are similar to the energy readings I detected when these people rode a wave through a portal. We hope this place might hold some answers to getting them home and back to New Crobuzon so they can pick up their friends who didn't come with us."
