Cygna springs over to where the finely-garbed mouse is and tries to grab it: Dex 0, Brawl 1, and a roll of 1d10=9, for an Attack Total of 10.
(Hopefully) Scooping up the mouse, she chitters at it in Mouse. "You go through mirror? You tell us what you see?" She holds the mouse and looks around to the others, expecting someone to whip up a harness and lead or some such to attach to little Stuart.
(ooc: Yes! Finally, a decent roll!)
Stuart tires his best to bite Cygna but his first attempt fails.
"Perhaps this will help"
Serrano breaks off a tiny piece of goats cheese and hands it to Cygna
Cygna shakes Stuart gently. "No, bad mouse! No bite! You help, I feed, yes?" (still speaking with Animal Ken).
"Thank you," she says to Serrano as she takes the piece of cheese and offers it to the mouse. "See? I feed."
The mouse goes rigid with astonishment when it hears the huge meat-bag speak his language but relaxes somewhat when he gets the cheese.
A moment later, his mouse-sized brain has forgotten everything but the cheese.
Cygna looks around once more, in vain hope that someone has a harness rigged up. Seeing none available, she carries the mouse over to the mirror, presses the symbols to activate the portal, then thrusts her hand (holding the mouse) through to her shoulder.
She slowly counts to 100 (one Bonisagus, two Bonisagus, three Bonisagus, etc) then pulls her hand back from the mirror.
<<What you see?>> she asks Stuart.
(ooc - I think I'm going to use the << words >> to distinguish speaking with Animal Ken from speaking Human)
<>, the mouse replies. <<Can I have some more cheese?>>
Cygna reaches for a piece of cheese and feeds it to the mouse before setting it back on the floor.
"He says there's not but fog on the other side, that he could see." She sighs. "So, it seems that it is as safe as anything else."
She goes to the other room and proceeds to strip the sheets from the beds and drags them back into the mirror room. She takes two sheets and ties them together by the corner, making the knot as strong as her mighty -1 Strength can manage, then proceeds to tie the third sheet to the double-sheet by a corner - in effect, making a chain. She then kneels on the floor, ties one end of the chain to the table leg, and stands up, brushing off her knees.
"Very well...who wants to go through next? Or shall I?"
Yells from the kitchen
"Leave not this hovel unsupplied!"
"Bread , cheese , water , wine , dried lentils , flour , bacon."
"Enough for a day or two."
"We have now spent nearly a full day dawdling at the door to this mystery. I say we push all our supplies through, while leaving our note with Father Pierre, and then we all step through.
Viscaria seems rather dismayed at her own words, but determined to Do Right.
"[color=red]Isn't that what we're doing with that?" Cygna says, indicating the letter on the table.
She takes the parchment, pen, and ink, and writes some more.
She then goes to where the provisions are and proceeds to divide them into two piles, as evenly as she can. When she's finished, she puts one pile into a bag or pack and carries it into the Mirror Room.
She drops the sack at Serrano's feet (assuming he's moved into the mirror room...if not, on the floor next to the table) and says, "[color=red]Be a dear and bring these with you when you come through. And please keep the portal open behind you."
So saying, she grabs the makeshift rope, stands before the mirror, bows her head and says a quick prayer, crossing herself Eastern-style, activates the mirror, takes a deep breath, and steps through.
Checking to make sure the doors and windows are all shuttered , food sealed against rodents and such ,
no personal items left behind , Serrano goes outside to mow the grass before he leaves.
OoC: Results
Viscaria waits for Serrano, checks to see what happened with the rope, and then enters the portal alongside Serrano.
Viscaria waits for Serrano, checks to see what happened with the rope, and then enters the portal alongside Serrano, being sure we have all the supplies we intended to bring.
I t must have been Serrano's command of Latin. Anyway, the blades of grass rise and - sharp as a razor - cut off all of Serrano's body hair. In order to do so they reduce his clothing to shreds. He is physically unharmed, but badly shaken and totally naked and bald.
ooc: No confidence point spending for the rest of the chapter (which will be over soon anyway) - mechanical effect that simulates the embarrassment. It will be easy for him to replace his clothing. His hair will grow back over the course of the next season, but it will be an itchy affair.
OoC: Unless prevented by another failed spont , Serrano joins Viscaria.
Wearing his stunning new ensemble , including a quite jaunty hat
Raising his non-existent eyebrow at Viscaria "Don't Ask"
Making sure that he has all his supplies , he also takes one of the three wooden chairs (in the room) through the mirror.
OoC: assuming his massive str 0 can manage or the chair is small enough to be taken through.
It is an arcane connection after all.
You walk into the mirror together, burdened like pack animals. Cygna is holding the rope. After a moment she loses sight of Viscaria and Serrano. They must be in the fog somewhere - or not?
Cygna is going to look back the way she came (and around, as well). Can she tell how far she can see? One knot back, two knots, no knots?
She looks back. She can see about one pace in the fog. She dimly sees a rectangle behind her (the direction of the rope). Must be the mirror opening.
(and she knows that they were right behind her, and she had seen them coming in holding onto the ropesheets, right?)
"[color=red]Oh, for...why in the world did they let go of the sheets? That was the whole bloody point!" she mutters.
Then she hollers, "[color=red]Why did you let go of the sheets?"