When they proceed back to the room eight hours later, they begin their investigation of the room.
Brialle, immediately goes to the swamp in the north west corner of the room to find a turtle. She does, indeed, find turtle tracks. She also finds footprints. The turtle escapes her, but Brialle and Dani follow the footprints to the Ziggurat, where they lose the trail.
Later, more footprints are found leading the pool where the Black Dragon escaped through.
At the top of the ziggurat, the party finds The Still. It is a contraption that distills the black ooze from the vat room into ‘pataphysical ink.
The party managed to fill one ink pot with black ink.
They also manage to shut off the slight drip from the spigot that is burning down through the ziggurat.
The altar The Still sit on is dusty, and there is the outline of a key on the stone surface, having recently been removed.
The party finds a hidden door at the top of the ziggurat with a narrow, circular stair defending into its base.
The party decends the stairs (where they are not burned by dripping ink from the still, having secured the spigot earlier). At the base of the stairs they discover a room with a magical circle that fills the floor. It is similar to the circle found in Arthur’s room at the Baron’s Estate. The symbols, however, are completely different.
Celaena takes a moment to memorize the design of the circle.
The dragon’s horde is looted. They get a good amount of cash, but they are disappointed by the lack of magical items.
The party makes their way through the pool the dragon escaped from.
They find themselves surfacing on the north east side fo the island.
With Kahseer’s help, who shapes the path beneath them (and boy is she sick of that cantrip by the end of their walk), they find themselves back at the ship.
They depart the island for the (safety?) of the seas.
Burni encourages the party to remain at sea for six more days, when Brialle can summon Sebastian. Bruni is convinced the goblin is on the ship and doesn’t want to make port without Sebastian searching the ship.
Departing the island, The Traveller congratulates Flex on a job well done and tells him now they only need four more pots of ink if they are going to succeed at whatever it is they need the ink for in the first place.
If that isn’t bad enough news, the ship is spotted by a Roc, who takes an interest in them.