Back in thier rooms, Kitten is pacing. She called it, Robert IS a God. Though a friendly if touch dramatic one. Robert, followed by Alric and several cats and 1 lion cub, enter the room.

Alric is shaking his head, "She warned you she would do that and now your attracting cats, little ones, big ones, I am just waiting for a changing one to show up."

Robert nods to the lion cub, "That is one of those, just to young to shift yet."

Alric looks at the lion cub, "Ok then. I don't mind cats, but please keep them from crawling around inside my armor. It's uncomfortable."

"All I can do is ask them. Cats are very independant sorts." He tells his cursed friend.

Alric and Kitten look at him, but Kitten ask, "You can talk to cats ?"

"Animalism, rank 2. Telepathic communication with animals. See I am also part Revinant." he tells them, "So I have some thrall type gifts to."

Kitten sits down and sighs, "A god with the powers of a thrall. What is next a Daywalker god ?"

"Technically speaking your a Goddess Kitten." Robert says off handedly.

Kitten glares at him, "I am not a God."

"Your of the 2cd generation, a child of Uriel the first Immortal. By the rules of this world, that makes you a God. Just like Caine KinSlayer and Set. You have that kind of potential. All the Ancient Immortals are recognized as Gods by the Rules of this world." he pulls up one of his Books and points to the sanskrit lines telling how those of the Immortal Lines are Gods. She reads it over then sighs, "I don't feel like a God."

Robert shrugs, "Neither do I. Sure I can destroy a city with ease, but I don't think that makes me a god."

All 3 of them stare at him, then Althea, fearing the answer but asking anyway, "Robert, just what kind of Godly power do you have ?"

"Elemental, Fire, Ice, Lightning and Weather Control. No earth power though. Most of it is wrapped in to the Weather Control, but I can increase or decrease the energies giving me dominion over heat, cold, and electricity. Other than that, telekinesis, healing powers, and clairvoyance. My healing power will even work on people like you Kitten. It's a form of Psionic ability instead of magic." said all matter of factly.

Alric snaps his fingers, "Your a minor sky god then."

" Effectively." Robert nods, Alric squats in front of him, "That is just awesome. I just feel it's a shame I had to die in order to meet you."

"Yeah, well as a God I don't have the power to free you from your curse. Truthfully, from what I recall, no one in my own time line worked out how to break the curse with out killing the one so cursed. They did figure out how to purposely make people like you and similar ones. BUT and this is something I find interesting. Your the only one who can still Talk. That Never happened before and I only know of 3 other times it happens later. And of those 3, 2 were just Skulls, no bodies. The last was bound to his armor, no body left."

"Ok I don't feel so bad about being a skeleton now. Being bound to my armor alone would be Much worse. Glad I am not just a head to."

Clapping a hand on his shoulder Robert tells him, "There are some perks to your condition. I believe you have developed powers to. We will have to practice and see what all you have access to. THAT may give us a clue to which sorts of spirits changed you in to your present state. Or at least make being as you are less annoying."

Alric nods, "Less annoying is good. Powers could be interesting. Still want skin though, but will settle for leather body suit."

"Ok, I have it on my list of things to do for you. Body suit, swords, fixing your armor, there are some holes in the back and a bit of rust on it."

"The armor used to have an attached cloak, the cloak rotted off, the holes are where it was attached. This was actually my dress armor. I was a Hero back in the day. Famous in my own lands and well respected. But as such I had enemies to. They caught me as I left a banquet for me and well, that is what lead to me being trapped in that place. Left me there to rot. It was not in use back then. Just a forgotten place. Then the Assun-an came, fixed it up and well I tried to escape. That mage you killed forced me in to that cell. They would occaisonally put people in that cell. I think they hoped I would kill them. I didn't. Mostly I talked to them as they starved to death. Horrible way to die, so happy you killed them all in fire."

"Actually some lived, trapped behind that iron door. Sharing the fate they put so many others through now." Robert informs them, his eyes glowing as he looks north west.

The others nod, Kitten sighs, "Fitting end for them then."

Kitten ask, "Robert do you know what happened to the First of my kind ?"

He looks in to the Middle and slowly nods, "Fell in to a Well of the Worlds and got trapped in another place. He is not the only one trapped there. But do to the nature of the place even Gods have trouble navigating it or finding those lost in it."

Ag mutters something to him, he looks thoughtful. "You know that might work." pulls out his Mirror and stares in to it. Kitten, being curious comes over and looks over his shoulder. All she see's is unending blackness with the strange feeling of motion. Occaisionally Something appears in the distance, at one point a skull rolled passed and then Robert stops the images, places the mirror against a wall, and the mirror Grows till it is 7ft tall and 3.5 ft wide oval. Then he continues his search. At one point he comes across what looks like mountains of junk and trash. Squeeling happily Robert steps through the mirror and starts to dig through the piles of Stuff.

Alric looking at the place sighs, "I have heard stories of that place. When ever something gets Lost for long enough time, it has a chance to appear in there, The Lands of the Lost Things. In this case, magical items, all kinds of lost magic items."

About 2 hours later, carrying a huge assortment of stuff, Robert comes back, stumbling over the entrance and unknowingly dropping a few things. The gate closes behind him, becoming a mirror.

Robert looks at it and sighs, "Ok, well not likely to find that again any time soon. Still I found some nifty items."

He lays out his finds, then frowns, "I thought I had more stuff."

Alric nods, "You tripped coming back through, some items fell off you when that happened."

Robert frowns, then sighs, "Oh well. At least I kept the majority of it."

Goes through it all, "Lost 2 books, a mace, a dagger, a cloak and a strange talisman. Still good haul. I shrank a bunch of it so I could carry it all and now I got Presents for you all."

Picking up a small silver 'manikin' with twin swords on it, Robert puts it to one side and releases his shrinking charm. It grows in to a suit of Full Plate Armor of Elven design.

"I found this full suit of Elven armor for you Alric, Its enchanted to allow freedom of movement, I put the swords on it though. They are enchanted to, sabre style."

Alric draws one and whispers, "oh now these are nice. I am specialized in sabre, so good find master. Thank you."

"The armor is made of Mythral to." Robert whispers to him. Alric stands up straight then just stares at the magical armor, "Oh well, I will have to beat off thieves while wearing that. It's impressive to."

Robert helps him out of his old armor and in to the new, highly enchanted armor. Alric reports that there is magic in the helm to, he can see through the metal likes it's not there, giving him a full view. The armor also changes shape till it fits him like a second skin. Robert comments, "Now you have metal skin."

Alric considers that then nods, "Ok this is nice. Moves well and like you said, I don't feel like I am wearing armor. More like a well tailored suit."

Robert grins, "Now you can pretend to be an Iron Golem. Scary in a different way."

Alric chuckles, "Yes, this suit makes me less Monster and more Armored scary."

Robert sat down, picked an item up and before anyone knew it fell asleep against the wall. Seeing as it's after midnight now, and a long day to be sure. It was surprising he was awake as long as he was.

Alric went and got a blanket and a pillow for his master but let the man sleep.

The next day Althea has shown Alric where she practices at, so he is sparing with her there. Kitten is asleep in her dark room, when a servant accidently wakes the foriegn mage while trying to 'clean up' the mess around him.

They were throwing away all his treasures.

Robert looks about in worry, "My stuff, where is it ?" He demands of the servant, "I threw out all that junk." he says defiantly.

Robert growls, "What gives you the Right to get rid of Other peoples belongings ?"

"It's my job to clean these rooms, and you made a MSSS" the last being him being levitated up by his throat by the enraged mage. Pulling the fool behind him, Robert stalks out to the guards, "Either of you know what this fool did with my belongings ? He said he tossed them out with the garbage."

One guard runs down the hall while the other stares wide eyed at the slowly sufficating servant. The first guard returns with a second servant, who has a cart full of the mages belongings, "We did not know that any of these items were taken from you sir."

Robert looks through the items, then strip searches the two servants, finding several items and pieces of jewelry of his on them, "They are not servants, they are theives. My ankh, my bracelet." pointing at the one who had it on his arm, "You are lucky I did not just call for this, it would have ripped your arm off before returning to me." the servant pales.

Robert finds his mind reading ring and scans them. Then Snarls something in the Language and both scream and shrink in on themselves, becoming snakes. "Set's creatures. They were not human to start with." The guards look shocked even as the palace cats attack the snakes, and kill them before the asp can attack the humans.

He did not Know what they were, he just cast a Dispell Magic enchantment, with his ire and status as a god behind it, it changed the magical beings in to their 'true forms'. He only knew that he could not read them with the ring.

Robert looks at the cats, "Well that makes it harder to question them, oh well." He sighs. Should have known there would be more than those few serpents here. Looks like weeding out the snakes is going to be part of his job while he is here. He does note, the Only things they took were his magical items. They left all his non magical things behind. He is not sure what they were looking for and with them dead he can't ask.

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Looking at the cats, "Any of you kitties know where Bast or Sekhmet is at ? Physically I mean."

They look at him, then the lion cub takes off at speed, though not with grace.

One of the guards gives him a stink eye and the mage shrugs, "The Goddesses sent these cats to keep an eye on me. So it was worth a shot to ask them. Hopefully the cub is going to look for one of them, if it can stay focused. Kittens are not known for great focus."

Looking thoughtful, they seem to understand That at least. Also the idea that Bast would send cats to look after someone is a well established belief around here. The Mage returns to his room and starts sorting what they took and marveling that they were able to remove items with out waking him. Normally anything unexpected will wake him. Sleeping in strange places included.

He gets distracted from his sorting when he finds this puzzle box from the Lost place. It's a nifty wooden box with a strong feel of magic coming from with in. Being a mage and highly interested in magical devices, he could not resist its pull or mystery. The design, for him, is not all that complicated, though he recognizes the symbols on it being from the orient. But does not know which provence. Still it's an old and to his way of thinking, easy kind of box to unlock. Just takes time as the pieces are stiff.

The 'High Priestess' of Sekhmet is just walking in to his room when he gets the box open. The blast of magic from it nearly blows the Goddess right out of the room.

With in the box is a copper pendant with a dark red stone inside. The pendant looks like two 4 sided 'boxes' with overlapping sides (8 point star) with and 6 point inner part that the stone is with in.

Giving a low whistle of recognition. Its a Relic from another world. Belongs to the Goddess of Magic in the world of Krynn. He has read of it. Pulling out his 'library' he scans it and does a search for it and Finds it. Its a holy relic of Lunitari, she of Neutral Magic and represented by the Red Moon. He does not know why it was in that box or why the box was lost. Wonders if it was lost when the Cataclysm happened that threw the Gods of Krynn out of the world for a time.

Sekhmet looks to be standing in a high wind and is having to push herself in to the room, "ROBERT! WHAT EVER YOU UNLEASHED PUT IT BACK!"

Looking up and then in to the entry room he see's her fighting the force. "Oops." puts it back in the box and closes it. The 'Winds' just stop and the Goddess stumbles forward, but catches herself.

"What is That ?" she practically growls.

"Holy symbol from the world of Krynn, belongs to one of their Gods of Magic. Neutral force."

She takes a deep breath, "A Holy symbol would not have That kind of Power."

"Well I think it was an item that was used when she and another god tried to trap Chaos. They failed, but the Item that was used was lost. I um, found it, I think."

The Goddess nods and glaring dangerously at him, "How ?"

Nods at the large mirror behind him, "Magical Mirror that can open portals to other places, including the Land of Lost Items."

Blank look, "Where ?"

"It's part of the Void between worlds." he supplies.

She turns and walks Out of the world.

Fearing where she may be going, or more like Getting, Robert packs up Everything he owns in to his bags and wonders if he is strong enough to teleport himself out of a gods prison.

He just decided to run away with a short, broad chested bald dwarf of a man steps out of the Ether in front of him. He looks amused, "Running would not be a good idea. Would anger her even more. Your to come with me. Ra wants words with you."

"Your Ptah right ?" the mage ask with despair.

He nods, "Yes. Now come along." the little but incredibly strong man takes ahold of the mages arm and guides him to Ra, who is on his boat, doing his daily voyage.

Ra does not look happy. As Robert is approaching him Aphosis attacks Robert, hoping to get the magical device. Robert does not even see the God of Destruction coming, but his normal defenses do. A shield appears around him and the Power with in him unrolls and unleashes a lightning strike more on par with a Greater God than the Minor god everyone there thinks he is. The giant snake is blasted back in to it's realm with enough force that it is unlikely to return today.

Ra and the others did not miss That display of unconscious power.

Ra turns and using a device calls the White Lady while Robert stands before him, fearful as to what is going to happen to him now.

Ra has a heated discussion with the White Lady, to the point she comes in person and looks over Things.

"Robert." she says, "The box please."

He hands it over with out arguement, "In this world, this is an item of pure power, as such It amplifies any being holding it." she explains not only to him but the other gods present. "As such Roberts unconscious defenses became that much stronger. I will take this to where it Needs to be. As for you Robert, Be more careful about things you collect. You almost started a Gods war."

And Roberts legs give out and he just Sits down, in shock. Then he mutters, "shit" and stares at his bracelet, which he used to Scan the Amulet while looking for information on it. He decides not to tell them he did that.

Ptah is looking at the box, "How did he get that open ?"

The White Lady explains, "Puzzle Boxes are quite common where he is from. They are used as childrens games to teach problem solving and logic skills. One like this would be very simple for him."

Ra shakes his head, "This is just his 2cd day here and this happens."

Robert shrugs, "My day started with 2 transformed snakes, pretending to be servants who tried to steal everything I own with the cover of Cleaning my room."

Ra sighs again, "I know your a wierdness magnet, but I wonder at the Levels. Did you bring any thing else from that place ?"

"Yes sir. But nothing else particularly powerful. Suit of elven armor, couple swords, Protection scroll, book on making golems, I gave the Armor to Alric, the skeleton, the swords to."

He pulls out most the rest of the items. Leaving only the 2 mirrors in his bag. The Gods look the items over and nothing else is particularly powerful or dangerous, "I had more items, but I tripped on the exit and they got left behind. But there was nothing special about any of that stuff either. I can't go back either, the way that place works is one visit per person with out some serious magical help, which I don't have."

The Lady confirms that to them. "Need a Special magical device to go there, and even then it was Pure Chance he even found that place."

She then turns and looks at him for a long minute, "Robert, Why were you scanning the Void ?"

He quietly collects back all the items before answering, "Was looking for someone. One of my books said he was lost in the Void."

She grips the bridge of her nose, "Its a god isn't it ?"

"Sort of."

"ROBERT!"

"The first Immortal, Kittens Sire." he mutters. The Gods all look shocked, the Lady sighs. Ra shakes his head, "You were thinking of letting that in to Kemet were you ?"

"Not nessisarily Kemet, but I was thinking that if anyone could be a threat to Kinslayer it would be Him as he was known for policing his own." the scared man explains.

Ptah slowly nods, "That really is not a bad plan as such things go. He was a pretty honorable person really. Neutral Power back in the day. Not sure how effective he would be now though."

The Lady looks surprised at how these people are reacting to the news of what the boy was planning. "Still the Void is a truely big place with Lots of lost beings in it. The chance you would find The one you were looking for is quite small." Ptah continues.

"I think I was close, but got distracted by the mountains of lost magic items. I was using Kittens signature as a way to track him. Like seeking Like type thing." the mage explains.

Both the Lady and Ptah nod, Ptah comments, "On the right track there, really need Kittens no account brother, little sister, and Lilith to really do it properly though. But she disappeared after Caine made that infamous deal and you know where she is don't you ?"

"The Dark has her. Trapped in a border realm. But which realm I don't know. She has been found and lost several times over the centuries." he shrugs. Pulls up the bracelet and finds the book and shows them the stories. Ptah does something and a physical copy of the book drops in to his hands, "Thank you. This will prove very useful." Sekhmet shakes her head and sighs about her husband DOING that.

Robert shrugs, "I figured out how to do the same trick using Vag actually." he tells Sekhmet, "He can pull forth scrolls and such, so combining his creation abilities, crossed with the information in the bracelet, instant book copies."

The White Lady looks surprised, "I never thought of that, but your right. Huh. That is a good and useful idea." She looks around then fades away as she is no longer needed, taking the magical box with her.

Ra sighs, "I am not upset with you Robert. You were not being bad, just overly curious and well pretty standard mage really. I just ask you remember your luck before picking up strange items in the future."

"Strange items seem to come looking for me. It's how I got the cane." He nods to the Gnomish staff. Ra grins and nods, "Garl is a good one and we have gnomes living in Kemet to, mostly in the north east region. So their gods are here as well. Good hard working people. Little crazy when it comes to invention and magic though."

"Is the most feared word in the gnomish language still 'OOPS' ?" Robert ask.

The gods look at one another and shake their heads.

"Ok, then they have not gone That way. The gnomes of Krynn went That way. A few settlements no longer exist after one of their inventions went more sideways than usual. Like the ones trying to make a really powerful light. They worked out how to build a Hydrogen Bomb. Was Very Bright for a few seconds. Not that anyone lived to see it."

That causes them all to pause and Ra looks thoughtful, "We hope that sort of insanity stays on Krynn." With that, they send him 'home'.

Robert looks around, then puts an Iron door in the opening to his room, and glass-steel windows along the open walls, then crawls in to his bed and hides from the world for a bit.