8/25 Session

Once they had gone back a few days to the day of the full moon in modern time, Jeb and Tank, in their disguises, go to the top of the cliff. As a group, we're trying to glide across the wind to get to the Wind Stone.
There are caves surrounding the garden that Kali, Corrin, and Callow remain in, but one of the caves is sealed off via rockfall. Pre-Neox, the cave was opened up and available.
Jeb and Tank jump from the top of the cliff, but the wind doesn't seem to be going in any particular direction. They get dumped into a cave.
Callow starts to try and un-earth the cave entrance. Corrin and Kali leap up to glide along the air currents. They also get dumped into a cave.
The cave is strangely foggy, lit by candles. The howling wind sounds different inside the cave, like labored breathing. There is a pentagram surrounded by human remains.
Callow vaporizes the rocks and enters the cave, which is just an extension to the garden. There are no cats.
 
Jeb: It's mighty convenient that the wind led us to this same cave, even though we came from both the bottom and the top.
 
Tank investigates the pentagram and knows it's related to an ancient god of darkness and the night, though heavily altered. Corrin determines the pentagram was used for summoning magic.
Tank feels a sudden, sharp jab from behind. Jeb sees that there's a nickel-sized patch of rot on her shoulder. Corrin's familiar, Infinity, was able to detect that something small was moving around, but lost track of it. Infinity tries to follow the entity, but stops at the wall and can't go further.
Tank summons their wind elemental brother, Tornado, who only speaks in Primordial.
Corrin walks into the pentagram, but nothing happens. They continue down the path. Corrin takes some damage similar to Tank. The fog is still bad, but the breathing noises from the wind have stopped.
Tank takes another round of damage. They go further into the caves. Everyone takes another round of damage, except Jeb, because he's dodging every six seconds.
It becomes evident to the party that what is attacking them is the shadows that are being cast. Tank orders Tornado to blow away the fog, which allows the lantern to shine brighter without casting as many shadows. Corrin goes further north in the cave to discover the ruins and dead bodies at the part of the cave furthest away from the entrance. It is a ritual location, unlike the one in the front, but it hasn't been used in a long time, at least since Year Zero. Tank knows that this is one of many spawnpoints for the Year Zero void creatures.
 
Tank: Whatever you do, do not put those rocks together.
Corrin: Do you know what they are?
Tank: This is one of the places that those creatures came from.
Corrin: Which creatures?
Tank: You know, the void creatures.
 
Corrin begins to scrawl down the symbols. The team takes another round of damage, exposing the void monster. Callow glides up to the cave entrance.
 
Callow: The Wind Stone isn't here, get out!
Corrin: What do you mean?
Callow: I mean, the Wind Stone isn't in there, so there's no point in us being in there!
Corrin: How do you know that?
Callow: Does it look like the Wind Stone is in there? No! It's evil shadows! Now get out!
Corrin: How do you know THAT?!
Callow: Don't worry about it!
Corrin: I'm going to worry about it!
Callow: You don't need to be in here!
Corrin: This is kind of the point of all of my research, Callow!
 
Callow steps into the cave. The cave entrance closes off behind them. The monster attacks and downs Tank. Corrin casts Sunburst on the interior of the shadow monster. The monster retaliates and attacks Corrin back. It seems perturbed by the Tallhalone ring Corrin uses.
 
Corrin: Get the hell over here!
 
Kali attacks with Eldritch Blast. Jeb loads a railspike. Callow dashes into the cave. When it tries to move, Corrin punches it backwards and Tank attempts to trip it with her horns, with little success.
 
Tank: You know what, I'm so sick and tired of dying all the damn time!
 
Tank, standing up, polymorphs into a mummy lord.
Corrin tries to speak to the creature, but it doesn't listen, so she casts Sunbeam. Kali attacks. Jeb, still grown, squeezes through the caves to attack with an explosive railspike. Callow casts Fire Bolt.