with the dawn

Silas finds the lab notes both in the library and in his lab for construction of the baskets, which preserve vellum within the room they are in, casting twice daily at sunrise and sunset, along with the text to create a "woodworker's assistant"actually two effects- one is a level 30 tie the threads that bind to animate the wooden statue and the woodworker's assistant is a level 63 enchantment granting an automaton level 6 ability in woodworking- if you have that level or higher yourself, along with a level 35 (ReHe) enchantment for freedom of motion for the automatons. He also finds lab texts for a wand of demon's eternal oblivion (Level 15 w/ 16 penetration), a cross which casts the same level of demon's eternal oblivion with a room target every diameter, a wand with a curse of leprosy which can be cast to sight range (level 70 PeCo), the lab text for "the leper's veil" amulet. He finds no information about a past familiar, or about holdings elsewhere.

Lares does find the ancient pagan temple in the mountains which his son mentioned the covenant had berber covenfolk harvest vis from. The monocerous answers "she has emerged from the cave, she says she has been in a faerie regio."

The only artistic work Plasmatorius can find within the covenant is his own.His lab notes do not seem to favor enchantment aside from his talisman, but rather seem to focus on invoking the names of ancient deities or other figures to try and bestow blessings on artwork being produced. You find lab work invoking each of the muses, for example. He does not have a full list of the faeries occupying his space, but he has a list of common roles they take on, including Saint Luke, Pygmalion, Lady Ganderwin (along with a correspondence with a poet as to whom that is- apparently it refers to something called courtly love and is about a married woman who took many lovers and was constantly fooling her husband), and Hurple, which looks like something a very creative child might have come up with.

"Splendid." Lares will organize a few of the mundanes who accompanied them on the first trip to get Okeannetis.

Other than that, he will wait for the mundanes to select leaders, studyin Berber.

Argentius continues to settle into his routine of study by day, walks and chats in the cooler hours.

As the artificer talks to covenfolks, he often asks them about any magical or arcane devices they may be using or may be aware of in their part of the covenant or the nearby lands.

The artificer also gives one more solid attempt to speak (by the power of his ring) with any of the walking statues/automatons.

Plasmatoris, with his lack true comprehension of Faerie, will do his best to view each Faerie as an actor playing a role, but he will tend to mix them up at first - as much a factor of his scattered attention as anything.
So a majority of his time is spent working with the local Latin-speaking covenfolk to try and help get everything organized, with a mind towards getting the covenant self-sustaining. He will spend at least some time every day paying attention to his bonded familiar, trying to become more comfortable with its existence and presence as part of him.

When the cry does go out, Plasmatoris will finally stumble out into the courtyard of the covenant, his eyes blinking against the light, and his attention scattered, slowly solidifying. "Oh.. Lares," he says, getting a glimpse of the other magus. "Such noise. What is going on?"

"Our lost lamb has emerged," Lares explains while instructing the retrieval party.

At this point this thread should only be used for the rescue of Okeannetis. Comments on what is being done elsewhere by people not participating is simply distracting organizationally.

The monocerous begins to lead the expedition but rapidly becomes frustrated that it cannot smell the trail, "I'm not sure if it is too old or if it is this form that is the problem."

Aetherius will take part in the expedition and follows the Monoceros. "Yes, your other form can smell trails more easily, no doubt."

Lares will no longer accompany them but remain in the covenant, expecting that the mundanes will know the way from having been there before (they went to the site of the cave before, didn't they).

A couple of the turb do remember the site and after a couple hours walk you arrive, ready to escort Okeannetis home. Elephant killer runs up and hugs the maga.

Okeannetis will be happy to meet Elephant-killer, and her fellow Magi "Sorry for the trouble, I didn't realize that leaving the grounds will result in us getting turned around, and not finding our way back. But, do tell me, what's new, what have you been doing, and what new info came to light?"

Lares meets the expedition when it arrives.

“But you disappeared into thin air and were gone for days! Where were you?”