His Holding Bag -- containing the Plane Shift tuning forks that were his primary hope of departing this place successfully, and a Sending scroll, and many other useful and expensive and did Esta mention helpful things for emergencies -- is nowhere to be seen, by plain vision or Detect Magic.

Maybe it's behind an inch of metal or a thin layer of lead.

Perhaps Asmodeus will see fit to grant Esta many Locate Object spells the next pseudoday; and he and Mariona will be able to find his Bag without it having been swept too far away by that Suddenly River.

Perhaps his Bag was punctured despite its combat chainmail shielding.  And if so, they are not getting out of here short of Aspexia Rugatonn using Discern Location and showing up with a Gate.

His Holding Bag -- containing the Plane Shift tuning forks that were his primary hope of departing this place successfully, and a Sending scroll, and many other useful and expensive and did Esta mention helpful things for emergencies -- is nowhere to be seen, by plain vision or Detect Magic.

Maybe it's behind an inch of metal or a thin layer of lead.

Perhaps Asmodeus will see fit to grant Esta many Locate Object spells the next pseudoday; and he and Mariona will be able to find his Bag without it having been swept too far away by that Suddenly River.

Perhaps his Bag was punctured despite its combat chainmail shielding.  Perhaps it has been swept away too far to ever find again.  And if so, they are not getting out of here short of Aspexia Rugatonn using Discern Location and showing up with a Gate.