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furniture was pulled up next to the wall, with the fireplace lit and crackling. And in the middle of the room on cots were five wounded children; judging from their hairstyles, I would say three wizards and two staff. They all looked asleep, and a single young healer boy was tending them solicitously.
Suddenly, Rosa stuck her head out of a door and waved for us to follow. Through the link we shared, I could feel she was using a door branching off the reading room that was not there before. Opening this door, we were greeted with more unexpected surroundings. Inside was a large rectangular table that looked to have a map of the continent as its surface. Around it were several smaller tables as well as five large bookshelves filled to capacity. Rosa was leaning over the main table reading several scrolls at once.
“Where in the world did all this come from?” asked Maya as she wandered around the room poking through various books and scrolls. “More importantly, how are we here?”
Rosa looked up from her books and papers, smiling at us. “You didn’t think I would just leave my home to be ransacked, did you?”
I know I am getting rather good at all this enchanting magic, but I don’t even have a clue how she did this one. Still smiling smugly, she came over to me. “Impressive, is it not?” Then she glanced at Maya who was across the room now. “This space was actually one of the first rooms I added to the hall about 500 years ago. It’s always been here, I just take away the door when I don’t need it so no one can find it. I store a lot of my important papers here as well as the rare books and scrolls.”
Maya had her hand on her hips and glared sternly at Rosa. “Ok, spill it! What is this place, really?”
Rosa was looking more uncomfortable by the second. “Well…you see, its complicated.” Maya wasn’t going to give an inch. “Fine!” Rosa said, throwing her arms in the air. “The Enchanters Hall was never really a building! Ok, there, are you happy now?”
Not really a building? How does that work? Seeing the looks on our faces, Rosa sighed and continued, “The Hall has no real physical place in our world; it resides in a pocket universe, similar to the workings of a bag of dimensions. With that being said, I can now turn just about any door into the entrance to our Hall, but only one door can be active at any time.”
Maya was clearly surprised. “I’ve been sleeping in a different dimension? What about the windows?”
“Those were just images, that’s why none of the windows would open. And since it has no real mass, I can add things whenever I want, like how I taught you to do it, Alex. Now, Maya, I know what you’re thinking and sadly, that won’t work. There is a limit to the size we can make this place. I can change it all I want, but I can’t make it bigger anymore with all the extra rooms we added. So keeping everyone in here won’t work; besides, living corporeal beings require the Hall to expend energy maintaining stability and it’s finite. Should it fail, the chances of the whole thing collapsing or someone walking out with the wrong head increase.” Maya swore under her breath. “But don’t worry, my girl, there are plenty of tents for the others. It may be slightly cramped, but everyone will have food and shelter for the trip. I have the special medical cases in the reading room as you noticed.”
Noticeably impressed, my dark elf continued to walk around the bookshelves. “So if the building was a fake, then how did you add the stables?”
Rosa smiled, “I had Darroth put those up; he’s rather good with wood as well. I always wanted a stable, so I asked him to put them up the week before but he was just too busy. As it turned out, it worked great in helping pass the Hall off as just enchanted instead of a decoy. Even fooled you, Alex.”
Rosa was obviously very proud of herself and the work she had put into this place. I complemented her heavily through the
Suddenly, Rosa stuck her head out of a door and waved for us to follow. Through the link we shared, I could feel she was using a door branching off the reading room that was not there before. Opening this door, we were greeted with more unexpected surroundings. Inside was a large rectangular table that looked to have a map of the continent as its surface. Around it were several smaller tables as well as five large bookshelves filled to capacity. Rosa was leaning over the main table reading several scrolls at once.
“Where in the world did all this come from?” asked Maya as she wandered around the room poking through various books and scrolls. “More importantly, how are we here?”
Rosa looked up from her books and papers, smiling at us. “You didn’t think I would just leave my home to be ransacked, did you?”
I know I am getting rather good at all this enchanting magic, but I don’t even have a clue how she did this one. Still smiling smugly, she came over to me. “Impressive, is it not?” Then she glanced at Maya who was across the room now. “This space was actually one of the first rooms I added to the hall about 500 years ago. It’s always been here, I just take away the door when I don’t need it so no one can find it. I store a lot of my important papers here as well as the rare books and scrolls.”
Maya had her hand on her hips and glared sternly at Rosa. “Ok, spill it! What is this place, really?”
Rosa was looking more uncomfortable by the second. “Well…you see, its complicated.” Maya wasn’t going to give an inch. “Fine!” Rosa said, throwing her arms in the air. “The Enchanters Hall was never really a building! Ok, there, are you happy now?”
Not really a building? How does that work? Seeing the looks on our faces, Rosa sighed and continued, “The Hall has no real physical place in our world; it resides in a pocket universe, similar to the workings of a bag of dimensions. With that being said, I can now turn just about any door into the entrance to our Hall, but only one door can be active at any time.”
Maya was clearly surprised. “I’ve been sleeping in a different dimension? What about the windows?”
“Those were just images, that’s why none of the windows would open. And since it has no real mass, I can add things whenever I want, like how I taught you to do it, Alex. Now, Maya, I know what you’re thinking and sadly, that won’t work. There is a limit to the size we can make this place. I can change it all I want, but I can’t make it bigger anymore with all the extra rooms we added. So keeping everyone in here won’t work; besides, living corporeal beings require the Hall to expend energy maintaining stability and it’s finite. Should it fail, the chances of the whole thing collapsing or someone walking out with the wrong head increase.” Maya swore under her breath. “But don’t worry, my girl, there are plenty of tents for the others. It may be slightly cramped, but everyone will have food and shelter for the trip. I have the special medical cases in the reading room as you noticed.”
Noticeably impressed, my dark elf continued to walk around the bookshelves. “So if the building was a fake, then how did you add the stables?”
Rosa smiled, “I had Darroth put those up; he’s rather good with wood as well. I always wanted a stable, so I asked him to put them up the week before but he was just too busy. As it turned out, it worked great in helping pass the Hall off as just enchanted instead of a decoy. Even fooled you, Alex.”
Rosa was obviously very proud of herself and the work she had put into this place. I complemented her heavily through the
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