[quote=@Noodles]
...Takao raged, pulling out his sword and slamming it at the pearl, now on a rampage to tear down anything that makes him fall, I mean stood his way. Now running amongst the 3 arches, he slashed, poked at the area of the gemstone eyes, the dragons seemed as if they're laughing at him...
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[i]Both the pearls and the emeralds remain lodged in the eyesockets of the dragons.  Although a determined effort may be able to work them loose with enough time and effort.[/i]

[quote=@DreadPirate]
As Charlie reviewed his surroundings he ran his hands along the walls and the arches. 

"Perhaps a puzzle? Or a trap? Does the book help us at all? Otherwise we may just resort to attempting to breaking one of these barriers." Charlie said to the group as he continued to wander around the room looking for a clue. He then knocked on each of the obsidian walls, checking for solidarity.
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[i]The obsidian walls seem solid when Charlie knocks on each, as if there is nothing beyond them. The small, but fresh puddle of blood would indicate that someone else has been here very recently.  It lies directly in front of the dragon with the pearl eyes and almost centered with this section of the sigil upon the floor.[/i] 


Tamra hit the floor in a barely controlled fall.  She sucked in a sharp breath, but managed to avoid crying out in pain.  Her rump hurt from impacting the stone floor and her hands were sore from sliding down the rope, but her pride was injured just as much.  Slowly, she got back to her feet.  "All yours," she said up to Ronan, still trying to mask the pain in her voice. 

Putting her mind on something else, she looked around at the dragons and then began inspecting the sigil on the floor.  The magical energy it contained caught her attention immediately.  "Magical portals, perhaps?" she ventured a guess.  "The friends of the men up there," she pointed vaguely toward the ceiling, indicating the men they had encountered upon arriving, "must have opened it somehow."