[Damn, Noah is thorough. Hijikata generally leaves the thorough documentation at work and, being from a rapidly modernised world, simply looks things up online ad hoc if he needs any kind of information in his free time. In this pipe labyrinth, though, a good overview certainly comes in handy.
He has no objections to Noah's suggestion, and after tracking their way back to the unexplored area, the first new pipe they enter... actually simply leads to a different part of the city. A very different part. While they originally embarked on the quest in the city centre, they now find themselves in a cool, almost wintery (yet not snowy) place with a small-town feeling. It seems like they've found a legitimate warp pipe!
Hijikata slowly circles around himself, trying to identify the location, until his eyes fix on a tower in the distance.]
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Isn't that the Tower of Potions? We're in Stormreach?
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He has no objections to Noah's suggestion, and after tracking their way back to the unexplored area, the first new pipe they enter... actually simply leads to a different part of the city. A very different part. While they originally embarked on the quest in the city centre, they now find themselves in a cool, almost wintery (yet not snowy) place with a small-town feeling. It seems like they've found a legitimate warp pipe!
Hijikata slowly circles around himself, trying to identify the location, until his eyes fix on a tower in the distance.]
...
Isn't that the Tower of Potions? We're in Stormreach?