Crawling out of Books

Another book down and no closer to answers.  It was almost as if the knowledge of true planar travel had been purposefully wiped out.  There was one more place he could check for information but he was loathe to enter another Lich's lair. When dealing with undead that were thousands of years old whos entire purpose was to collect knowledge and magic it was best to err on the side of caution.

Eyes hurting from staring at texts for untold hours, Vorcet walked down to the garden behind his house.  He took a seat at the bar that he kept running in the small airship port occupying this part of the garden and ordered a glass of whiskey from the bartender.  He could no longer really taste the spirits nor could he get drunk, but there was something soothing about familiar habits from before he had willingly put his lifeforce into a gem to give himself the years necessary to continue a persuit of knowledge.

"I had an interesting visitor this evening" Ildren said casually from accross the bar.  "This airship port gets many interesting visitors Ildren, some I dont even recognize and I own the place."  Vorcet responded with a bit of humor in his voice. "I bet you dont get the sort with wings bearing sealed messages often."  Ildren said with a smirk on his face as he slid the rolled parchment accross the bar in front of Vorcet.

Vorcet recognized the seal as Sanria's and uttered the words to a small warming spell, channeling just enough magic to melt the wax.  He unfurled the message and began reading.  Ildren focussed his attention on polishing the glasses behind the counter.

"There is always something to take me away from my research."  Vorcet muttered more to himself than anything.  "Well.  Is this new something more important than what you were doing?"  Ildren asked acting the part of the barkeep.  "This would have a more immediate impact on the people here and now."  Vorcet responded not realizing he was talking to a bartender about his problems. "I believe you have your answer then."  Ildren stated matter of factly as he turned his attention back to the never ending task of keeping the bar clean. "Thanks Ildren."  Vorcet said as he got up and headed to the area of the garden he used for transportation spells.

"Perhaps Ive been away from the castle a bit too long."  Vorcet mumbled to himself as he uttered the words to take him back to the magnificent castle on the floating island.  As he sat behind his desk to wait for this "Ror" to show up at the castle again.