The party seek to finish their time in the Cradle
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18/10/42 Aper Tertius (evening)
The party discuss their objectives and possible ways out. Belam wonders if the any of the muses could be deployed and the group discuss the morality of using the innocent Muses as a weapon. The group discard the idea and discuss their objectives. The group reach some decisions and rest.
19/10/42 Aper Tertius
They decide to use the connection to the Ethereal plane and the jaunt glands from the phase spiders to investigate the stone ring in the arch chamber within the Cradle of Creation. Batthu creates a circle of Phase Spider silk to build a bridge between the prime and ethereal planes that she uses to work on some projects with the Muses. The first is the design of the bag of holding and the second is the design of Batthu's thinking cap. She also asked whether the Muses could take them to the arch chamber. The muses agreed to help and Batthu spend a few hours designing a bag of holding (completing a weeks work in a few hours but nearly killing herself). Cefesee was on hand to ensure she didn't die. Batthu then used the safety of the circle to activate a jaunt gland and sent the group into the Ethereal Plane. Linking 'hands' the Muses, led by Science, moved deeper into the Ethereal and appeared in the arch chamber.
In the arch chamber they saw Susti being admonished. She now wore an additional Binding Bracelet as a stay of execution. Prince Chetan seemingly had the power to see into the Ethereal plane and watched, amused, as the group moved around. Susti pleaded with the Prince and begged for the archway to be activated (causing the temporal chamber to activate). The core assumption held by Chetan was that the party were projecting was wrong but when Batthu's investigation of the ring became increasingly obvious he walked towards the ring and began channeling his own energy through it, seeking to incinerate their bodies. The group quickly fled into the Ethereal as Susti raced to the temporal chamber.
The group, using the distraction, stole a large bin of orium ore using the circle at the Ruins of The End. Using the last two jaunt glands they retreated to the surface.