A faint green firelight rose in the captain's quarters, engulfing a skeletal bird wrapped in Spiritual Fire as it flew out from the flames. Behind it, the spinning flames formed a swirling door, through which Fenna, Alice, and Morris stepped into the cabin.
The disorientation from the shifting lights had barely faded when they turned toward the nearby navigation table and bowed to Duncan, who sat studying navigational charts, "Captain."
"First, find a place to sit and rest. It's easy to trip after teleportation," Duncan said without looking up. After pinpointing a few locations on the map, he exhaled softly and, straightening up, looked at Morris, "Did you bring the book?"
"Yes," Morris hastily nodded, then pulled out the unmarked, pitch-black "Book of Desecration" from his cloak and stood up to hand it to Duncan, "Here it is."