Wujen and Little Dragon Tie the Knot

WuJen gets up and dressed, and much more carefully attempts to cast Improved Reflexes in preparation for his trip.

Improved Reflexes, Force 4
WuJen carried out 12 launched of one d6 :

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Drain
WuJen carried out 11 launched of one d6 :

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Before setting out he tests his magic in other ways, first shifting his perspective to Astral Perception, and if it seems possible projecting from his body.

If that goes well he attempts to summon a Force 1 earth elemental.

Astral Perception
WuJen carried out 8 launched of one d6 :

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Summoning Force 1 Earth Elemental
WuJen carried out 12 launched of one d6 :

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Drain
WuJen carried out 11 launched of one d6 :

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While Wujen is able to perceive and project into the astral plane, it is not a particularly useful ability for him to have at the moment as the astral plane overlaps the physical one, but not whatever metaplane he currently is on. It is particularly disorienting while perceiving since his eyes see one thing and his astral senses see another that in no way matches what his eyes are seeing. Distances moved on this plane don't seem to match those on the astral/physical either, so that doesn't help things.

Wujen is a little worried about projecting once he see's what perceiving is like as he is unsure if he will be able to find his body to return to.

His spell goes off without a hitch and he feels his reflexes increase as a result.

The summoning attempt feels about as perfect as a summoning attempt could possibly be, at yet nothing appears. It seems that summoning does not work in this metaplane. However, Wujen feels like he might be able to control an existing spirit here using similar techniques. The only problem being he has no way of knowing the relative strengths of the spirits on this metaplane without assensing them, so it may be a bit of a gamble.

WuJen mumbles to himself "ok, manipulating Mana is more or less the same, but I can't assense, and while I might be able to form bonds with the spirits here that's not going to be useful without a way to gauge their strength. Good to know."

WuJen takes his leave of the sanctuary and sets off toward the mad mages home to see what can be found there.

Wujen slips out the front door and leaves before the crazies can assemble. They mostly ignore him as he makes is way to the ruins of the old wizard's home. The wall has been destroyed by some kind of blast and it looks like some people have been squatting in the now vacant structure. Next to the front door stands a pole, upon which the remains of a skeleton lies impaled upon it. The flesh has long rotted away and any clothing it may have been wearing has either been stolen or similarly rotten away. Some graffiti on the wall above its head reads, "Spit-roasted wizard. Delicious!"

A doorway leads further into the the darkened building, its metal door ripped off its hinges and laying on the ground.

WuJen moves carefully into the wizards home, doing his best to be aware of any magical energies and mundane traps as he does so, looking for any sign of where the wizard may have stored rare or valuable objects.

The interior of the building is filled with graffiti, shelves have been toppled and books burned. One particular shelf appears to once have been a secret door leading to a hidden basement, but vandalism now leaves the doorway open for all to see. Another stairway goes up, but it is heavily damaged and filled with debris. It does not look safe to climb.

WuJen chooses to go down into the basement to begin his search. It seems like it's been picked over, but you never know.

The stairs lead down to a stone room with a vault-like door. It has no handles or obvious means of opening it. Above the door is written a message in elven:

WuJen says "Trust" in Elven.

The vault does not budge.

"Well, of course it's not that easy."

WuJen looks around for anything else in the area that might be useful.

Perception
WuJen carried out 3 launched of one d6 :

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As Wujen glances around the room, he notices a bit of a smell. The smell leads him to the body of an ork that was behind some debris next to a statue of a beautiful woman who looks as though she is chanting in preparation of some kind of spell. The ork has clearly been beaten to death with excessive blunt trauma. His head is completely bashed open and maggots are crawling around in his remains.

WuJen examines both the body in detail and the statue.

Wujen's not a doctor, so he isn't sure how long exactly the body would have been here, but long enough to rot and stink anyway. He looks like a squatter.

The statue is made of stone, but has no particular writing or other details on it to make note of.

WuJen heads back upstairs since there is nothing of note down here except an impenetrable vault door and a statue.

When he gets to the partially blocked stairwell he levitates himself so as to pass through the debris without putting his weight on anything.

Sorcery, Levitate force 4
WuJen carried out 10 launched of one d6 :

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Drain
WuJen carried out 11 launched of one d6 :

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Wujen floats up with ease to the second floor. There is a landing that leads down a hall as well as stairs going up to a third floor.

WuJen settles on the second floor and releases the levitation. He then systematically goes room to room looking for anything interesting before going upstairs.

The second floor appears to be in better condition that the first. It has at least not been as thoroughly sacked, though someone has definitely gone through them. The rooms on the floor are all bedrooms, one of which has some kind of snake woman sleeping in it, a book clutched in her hands. She is not roused by Wujen's entry.

WuJen attempts to read the title of the book without waking the woman.

The book title is: Practical Thaumatic Gemology.

WuJen tries to slip the book from her grasp without waking her.

He carefully manages to slip the book out of her grasp. She hisses in her sleep for a second, but does not awaken.

Remembering the statue downstairs and likely species of snake women WuJen leaves the room quietly, and continues to examine the rest of the second floor.

If everything stays quiet after he's seen the whole second floor he will take a moment to look through the book.

The book seems to be a treatise on the properties of various magical gems. There are thousands of different listings but the book is really meant to be used as a reference book instead of reading from cover to cover. The entries are organized in alphabetical order, though there is an appendix that lists the gems based on color, rarity, value and relative power.