(A Zero and Silver Production) The Unforeseen Stay

[Maero]

"Ashes to ashes." Mickal said, touching Alexander's forehead. And suddenly the man was nothing more than ashes. "He is gone from us. Let us not squander his sacrifice. I have discovered a spell that can return us to our world...but not them to theres." Mickal said, looking at Alex and Silvia. "The key, if it exists, is guarded by a creature that is unaffected by my magic and unknown to me. I suspect it is a beast that leaches off of the misery created in the tavern, and turns it to its will. How was it that things could go so wrong otherwise? If we remain, our mental states will unravel, and someone else will suffer. We must leave."