DM: One by one, our heroes descend the stone staircase into the darkness below. The stairs seem to travel forever, and their eyes begin to fail them in the shadows. Each step they take becomes slower and less confident, hoping there is another step their feet reach for in a quest for firm footing. And the further they go, the stronger the smell of mildew fills the air. It isn't until they hear the grinding sound of stone behind them that they realize the statues have moved themselves back into place and sealed them off. There was only one way to go now, and the way was down.
END OF CHAPTER 5Summary / Last Time on Monastery
Here is the summary of where things stand for today (these events run from page 17 to 20):
1. Oliver assaults the mirror. He hurts his hand, and is now "handy-capped" get it?
2. Bixby reaches into the mirror and grabs a hold of the pink rock.
3. Oliver pushes Bixby into the mirror and gets sucked into it as well. A cyclone picks up and swirls the pair into the air like rag dolls.
4. Albert follows after Oliver and grabs the shard. Lightning swirls and strikes at the heroes, causing a surge of electrical energy to pulse through their veins.
5. Bixby begins to chant the song of his people. The shard begins to glow a bright pink.
6. Oliver flips off Bixby, sending a bolt of lightning striking Bixby in the head. Bixby shakes it off and the three begin to bird flex each other, striking one anothe with lightning, one flip of the finger at a time.
7. All three reach for the shard and cause an electric wave to strike the stone. The shard bursts, exploding and releasing a soul that evaporates into the air.
8. Oliver attempts to use his lightning ability once more by flipping everyone off in the room. Nothing happens and he looks like an asshole.
9. Bixby heals Oliver's limped leg and in return, Oliver punches Bixby for invading his personal space. Bixby then unheals Oliver and returns to him his limp.
10. The heroes search for a way out of the chambers.
11. Bixby and Oliver push the statues around.
12. Oliver bits the statue and is bewildered to learn it tastes like an old statue.
13. Milkmire leaves.
14. Oliver and Bixby try to make the statues sexually assault each other and inadvertently push them together the right way, releasing a mechanism that opens a pathway by staircase.
15. The heroes descend into the unknown.