The vote was one against (Gnome), two undecided (John and Aclysia) and three for (Undine, Sylph and Salamander).
Therefore, they jumped into the portal and emerged in a new environment. They found themselves in a network of black towers, built in a medieval fort style and connected through bridges that were held up by stalactite-like pillars, extending from a glimmering sea below. The bridges connected to all sorts of segments of those towers, be it near the top, bottom, or anywhere in-between.
The party stood on top of one of the ceilings. John looked up and found nothing but a black void in place of the sky. 'Boring way to save on the animating budget,' he thought and instead searched for either enemies, a hint at the location of the Secret Room, or whatever that thing Gaia reportedly had prepared for him would be.
