Horatio and Amen-set have now reached the bottom of the stairs without incident. They both peer around in the semi-darkness, curious to see what mysteries and exciting adventures are down here...
Sorry for delay. Having pretty severe migraines the last two days. Will update in am.
Sorry for delay. Having pretty severe migraines the last two days. Will update in am.
Horatio's hand tightens on the butt of his pistol and he glances aft toward Amen-set.
"Be careful... the stairs weren't trapped, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any threats down here," he says with a tense voice, then turns to examine the challenges ahead...
Seijiro waits with Ana and Variel and Rain while Horation and Amen-Set explore alone... He does wonder though Why are we sticking together in this... it seems to me our combined skills would work better together, especially if another threat is found.
Flynn, as you make your way downstairs it seems that this basement was dug out to serve as a sort of jail. Dust and spiderwebs cross the bars of the three cells you see in the room. A rusty ring of keys sits upon a nail on the wall.
Flynn, as you make your way downstairs it seems that this basement was dug out to serve as a sort of jail. Dust and spiderwebs cross the bars of the three cells you see in the room. A rusty ring of keys sits upon a nail on the wall.
Horatio stares at the dusty, dirty, empty room.
He turns and notices the others behind him and then stuff his pistol into his holster.
Realizing that not all of the company has the ability to see in the dark, he raises his hand and mutters a few words and casts Light on the nearest set of iron bars.
He looks at Variel.
"Alright," he says with a flat and irritated voice.
"I'm going to go back to the ship and get the men. I'm going to bring them back here and I'm going to have them bring supplies and we're going to start to work on fixing this place up," he says.
"We've been talking, and shooting, and casting spells; in other words, we've made enough noise to draw out any danger and bring it to us. But, in all that time - other than the few dream things we bumped into upstairs, which ran away from us - there has been nothing here."
"No traps, no threats, no action - so I'm thinking whatever adventures might have been in this place are long gone and all we've been doing is wandering around doing nothing."
"So it looks like we've finished searching this place; we've taken care of whatever threats are here and there's nothing left to do but bring in the lads and start work on fixing this place up."
He looks at Variel.
"If there's something else you've got in mind instead, let me know. Otherwise I'm getting the lads."
Working on getting something up now.
While down in the room with the prison cells, you feel a very slight shift in the air direction while walking past the southern wall.
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Thqt does seem true Horatio that this place seems deserted now but we have only been here a short time. There could be creatures living here that are hunting in the jungle, asleep in a different area, or are able to fly and are out over the water. I understand your eagerness to set down roots and start fixing this place up for our own use. I just don't want to risk the crew needlessly if we can explore more in depth. Also I am concerned about those dreams coming back. We barely managed to drive them off. The crew would have jo chance.
Variel stops talking as he moves closer to Flynn. Do you feel that air current? Not natural if you ask me.
Thqt does seem true Horatio that this place seems deserted now but we have only been here a short time. There could be creatures living here that are hunting in the jungle, asleep in a different area, or are able to fly and are out over the water. I understand your eagerness to set down roots and start fixing this place up for our own use. I just don't want to risk the crew needlessly if we can explore more in depth. Also I am concerned about those dreams coming back. We barely managed to drive them off. The crew would have jo chance.
Horatio pauses and scratches his beard absently.
"I don't know... It's like - if there was anything going on here that could be a threat then maybe we'd have seen it by now, you know? Instead, it's like nothing but a lot of... I don't know... nothing?" he says, then shrugs again.
"Still, if you're up for doing more searching, I guess I won't protest. But between you and me I'm thinking we may find a few more traps in some of the rooms, but any threats in this place have probably skipped out. Once we make sure things are clear and bring in the lads then we can do what you said earlier about pushing north to where those ruins you saw earlier were."
He glances around the room skeptically.
Variel stops talking as he moves closer to Flynn. Do you feel that air current? Not natural if you ask me.
Horatio glances at Variel and then to where he was indicating.
"Hmmm..."
After considering things a bit, he then does what he can to search things more clearly.
Dhaavan also takes a look at the area with magical sight, in the off chance that he can catch an ilusion or something else
Variel, you catch the air shift slightly again and pinpoint the section of wall. Horatio, your engineering shows that this section of wall seems to be somewhat less solid but you see the telltale signs of support beams sunk into the stone, very faint but there. Dhaavan, when you use your magical sight, you see a pale blue outline of a doorway, radiating abjuration and evocation.
There's a couple spells on the door here, but no illusion to hide it. There's a wars and an evocation, which would mean a trap, Cap'n. Anybody able to dispel ward's? I could but it'd deplete my reserve more than usin a proper spell.
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Unless you can tell what it is?
"If the spells are considered traps, I might be able to disarm them... not sure of my chances, but I could try... just need someone handy to fix me if I get broken as a result. And I suggest you all stand back, just in case."
Seijiro moves to the points shown by Horatio and Dhaavan and begins to study the area. Looking for a moment he begins to trace a series of innocuous cracks in the wall, finally pressing four spots simultaneously. A small burst of blue light comes out and a stone doorway appears. Pressing one side it swivels on a central axis and opens into a dark and dusty passageway.
Grinning, "Well done, Seijiro! Well done! A fine bit of disarming if I do say so myself," he says with a congratulatory nod.
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Indeed Jiro! you put those skills to good use I must say. The question now is why go to the trouble in placing such a hidden area and then trapping it? I would have thought that 1 or the other would have been enough.
Not the most perceptive of the group Variel is willing to let someone else scout ahead but he will be ready at a moments notice to spring into the lead should a threat arise.
Perhaps Jiro you should continue in the lead in case there are other traps ahead of us? I will be right behind you though should you need any support.
"That's fine... I'll stay alert and try to warn you if I see anything that might be a threat... If I'm surprised... you can jump in and save me, deal?"
Seijiro leads the way, cautiously, keeping an eye out for traps or nasty things that might attack.
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As micro takes off to explore slightly ahead of the group Variel turns to Rajah. We don't know what else we are going to come across down here. How are you doing on being able to heal us if we get into another protracted fight? If you are low on resources then we might have to consider retreating instead of exchanging blows.
Rajah will also keep an eye out for any form of dangers.
As micro takes off to explore slightly ahead of the group Variel turns to Rajah. We don't know what else we are going to come across down here. How are you doing on being able to heal us if we get into another protracted fight? If you are low on resources then we might have to consider retreating instead of exchanging blows.
"Do not worry, my good man, I assure you I am still quite able to keep us well alive," he says confidently, nodding.
You make your way down the corridor, moving slowly as you go, looking all around for traps and the like. The air seems very stale and musty, covered in ancient cobwebs. Suddenly the corridor comes to a dead end at another blank stone wall about 40' away down a straight section of hallway. Looking above you, you see hundreds of chains hanging down with smooth metal handles attached to the end like you would see hanging outside a well to do inn for ringing the bell after hours.
Seijiro will check for secret doors before examining the chains and handles for traps
How high up are the chains? Can the handles be reached?
"Careful some of those chains are trapped... some will pull you to the ceiling... probably drop you after... some look to have some other kinds of traps... Do NOT pull any of them just yet."
Seijiro will try to determine which chains are trapped, and if all, he'll start disarming if he can.
Seijiro you are able to get through about a quarter of the chains and mark them. You can't seem to access the mechanism to disable them but you are definitely able to mark them so that your companions don't pull them by accident.
I need 3 more rolls to get through the rest of them.
Ok Seijiro spends some more time searching through the chains and thinks he got all of them that are trapped. The ones that are left he also notices that they are marked with strange markings.
There are seven chains left, each of them has one of these symbols on it.
I will give you the below hint:
If I was playing devil's advocate, which would be my favorite?
If I was playing devil's advocate, which would be my favorite?
Horatio peers the symbols and studies them for a moment.
This reminds me of an old puzzle box I heard of once... solving it was not a good thing...
He looks at Jiro for a moment.
"Are you sure solving it is a good idea?" he asks the kitsune, not entirely sure either way.
Despite his concerns, Horatio will still take a swing at it -
Amen-set bends down and studies the symbols for a moment.
"The writing is archaic, yet methinks it can be spoken... nuqneH..." she says, then looks up at the others with a pleased expression on her face, not sure if she said it correctly but hoping she has.
"I'm kind of at a loss here.. I have no idea what these symbols mean... They could be pictographs of some kind... or some language we don't know perhaps... "
"But I'm not very good at such things."
<--- trying to determine what they might resemble in terms of pictographs or languages.
That said, he'll try to figure them out using linguistics...
I guess the seven symbols could be seven sins... But maybe not... Dhaavan says, looking at the symbols. even so, what do we do with them?
Yeah, symbols of sin magic! Dark stuff, that. Wizardry, but each corosponds a sin and associated magic... Dhaavan says, getting excited, Let's see, Lust, Envy, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, Pride, and Wrath. But which to try...
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Seijiro moves forward carefully and pulls the chain with the Pride symbol etched into the handle. A low chime rings and a section of wall slides open revealing what looks to be some sort of vault or treasure room. A variety of small chests, crates, and sacks fill this small chamber. A large number of different items are present.
a suit of +1 glamered elven chain,
a bag of holding (type II),
gloves of swimming and climbing,
a helm of comprehend languages and read magic,
an oil of magic weapon,
a potion of lesser restoration,
a scroll of control water,
a scroll of displacement,
a ruby-studded scepter worth 400 gp,
a silver tea set worth 75 gp,
a gold ring worth 50 gp,
two diamonds worth 500 gp each,
three sapphires worth 250 gp each,
eight fire opals worth 100 gp each,
12 aquamarines worth 50 gp each,
1,754 gp, 2,319 sp, and 6,438 cp.
Seijiro's eyes light up when he sees the treasure and he starts by casting detect magic... though he leaves the identification to those with some actual useful spellcraft skill... then he fondles the gems and scepter with a smile on his face... though he puts them all back for others to look through as well... "Pretty!"