As normal the Mothers decided to go left. This meant passing through the rosy hued portal. This was a bit of a surprise as when they got to the other side Gaspode and Levi found themselves floating off into the inky blackness of this weightless parallel. Guthranka, Fonesca and Jito had not stepped through the portal so forcefully and so were just floating near where they had entered. Below them was a few boards of what had once been a rope bridge, which may have lead to any of the other portals, but only a few feet of it remained, the rest having been gnawed away. Gaspode thought quickly and threw one of his silken ropes at Levi managing to propel himself slightly back towards the others in the process. Levi started moving faster away when he caught it though. Meanwhile Jito and Fonesca had steadied themselves against the remains of the bridge while Guthranka thought it best not to risk moving. Fonesca then started to use her telekinesis spell to start bringing Levi back. Levi managed to throw one end of his rope back to Gaspode who managed to grasp it. Jito also threw a rope towards Guthranka. Soon the Mothers were withdrawing back through the portal. At least they would know what to expect next time. Then the Mothers went right, through the black portal. This brought them into another circle, this one quite pleasant. It stood on an island in a vast pink ocean. Other islands were also visible in the distance, some cultivated some just appearing green. The nearest, however, had a pall of smoke hanging over it, and it was clear that the fields on it had been torched. Perhaps the architects of this grand plan of husbandry were camped in the eight tents arrayed in front of the portal within the circle. At their apex was a large cooking pot with an equally large purple skinned warty ogre. The Mothers reacted swiftly and mercilessly killing the ogre before it had a chance to raise the alarm. This left the Mothers the chance to form a plan. Some would see this as an advantage, but, whatever. Levi cast two silence spells over the tents on the right hand side, hoping to encompass four of them. Then Guthranka and Levi started chopping guy ropes on the two left-hand most tents. The ogres did not seem too happy about this, judging from the noises they were making. They started trying to exit by the back of the tents. This alerted the two other tents who could still hear. Soon seventeen ogres or half-ogres were advancing on them. Guthranka used her wand to set up a wall of fire along the middle of the tents to try and cut off half of the ogres from the battle (and singe their nose-hairs). This left hand to hand combat and the ogres proved quite capable and hardy. After managing to kill about eight of them the Mothers decided to withdraw. They then rushed to another portal to try and ensure they were not followed, but they ended up somewhere that they had not been before. They had inadvertently stepped through the portal that had yellow motes of light. A single moon lit this parallel, it's yellow-green radiance casting a weird glow on the circle of stones and the wire that was tightly secured all around them in a large wall or cage. It seemed that the cage was not to keep people in, but rather to keep the hordes of ghoul-creatures out. Beyond the wire, stretching to the limits of their view the Mothers saw a massive graveyard, full of desecration, with all of the graves lifted and their inhabitants now wandering malevolently around. Within the circle opposite the gate that they had just used stood a rude shack backed up to the edge of the circle and the fence. Without waiting the Mothers turned and went back through the portal. They decided that they should rest in the inn and they settled on the master bedroom again. This time, both Levi and Fonesca needed to regain their spells, so single watches were called for. Unfortunately, they did not repeat their caution of the previous stay here. The sole remaining resident of the inn was able to attack a single watcher. Guthranka was the unfortunate one who encountered the vampire, but luckily she did not succumb to his charm. Rather she fought him with all her strength, calling to her colleagues as she did so. But it was taking them too long to rouse themselves and Guthranka was bitten twice by the creature, before the power of Tyr that Levi brought to bear drove the thing off, turning into smoke and dissappearing. Guthranka looked very pale and had obviously been seriously affected by the attack. Worse still, the spellcasters had not regained any spells and Levi did not believe that he had the power to restore Guthranka to full health. The Mothers thought that it might be best to withdraw to a temple in order to find some solution to Guthranka's condition and that they might use the cubic gate to get there. Unfortunately, none of them could remember which words brought them to which location, despite everyone searching their packs diligently.