Dragox waits for the all clear from his group. "Who wants to board that ship with me? That looks a fine place to store treasure."
Sargon floats in invisibly and takes it all in.
Omar, I think you should specifically examine the stone face. Those have been the keys to many hidden rooms and treasures along the way. I'd bet a fair amount of coin that this one is no different. Careful though, those tears might not just be water. Rey says, and then pulls out her mapmaking tools and begins to add this room and it's details to her map.
Dragox eyes the ship, dreaming of the looting possibilities, as he makes his way over to the vessel.
Sargon reads the name on the ship: Uzivoy. He recognizes it as a ship of earth and sea - a mudship.
Rey busies herself sketching the room from afar, careful to let the others take the risk of actually searching the room for traps.
Omar is mindful of that last trap so he eases himself into the room as he begins to search for any other nasty tricks. He begisn to make his way towards the stone face which reveals tears floing down the face and the wall through an iron grate on the floor. His nose twitches as he is certain that the liquid is dangerous. Omar continues to examine the face when he spot a small metal wheel hidden behind the right ear.
Rey puts away her mapmaking kit and waits for Omar's assessment of the stone face. Certain that something secret lies within its visage.
Omar you think the wheel controls the flow of the tears. You chuckle when you see it, it's reverse: clockwise shuts down the flow, while counterclockwise opens the valve. You turn it correctly which shuts off the tears.
"Any other traps here? If not, there's no reason to just stand around.". Unless stopped, he tries to figure an easy way to board the vessel.
Dragox the area in the center of the U-shaped pool is actually a stone platform suspended over the pool and supported by 8 stone columns beneath the surface. The ship itself is held aloft by 8 oak beams angled up from the stone plate from to the hull of the ship. The deck of the ship is 12 feet off the platform. You don't see a method to get up onto the deck of the ship.
A mudship that's different, I wonder if one could use it to sail through the walls?...I could try and give you a lift Dragox to the ship
Dragox pulled his sword and nodded, ready to try the ship!
Sargon floats down and places his invisible arms around Dragox, whose a bit uncomfortable being touched by someone he can't see. There is grunt and heave as Sargon tries to lift heavily armored half-orc.
"I only found the one, and it's off now. "
Omar you continue your search and you eventually find something interesting to you on the far east wall. There you find four slight oval depressions lightly etched in green with the four mud sorcerer symbols that you've seen on the mud faces. You figure they are a lock of some type to a doorway, but you don't have the key.
Omar it doesn't look it can be picked, perhaps with a pick and sledge hammer along with lots of muscle behind it.
Has anyone checked the stone face, we found a key there before
Has anyone checked the stone face, we found a key there before
I suppose I will go up and tie it off.
Sargon ties the rope to one of the cletes on the ship then lets the other end drop to the floor. Dragox eagerly grabs the knotted rope.
Climb
Climb
Rey waits to see if anything happens to Dragox before making her decision to either climb aboard or use one of her potions of fly to fly up.
Dragox hulls himself up the rope and then firmly plants his feet on the ship's decking. On board Dragox, and I assume Sargon is hovering nearly, can see the ivory wheel which is carved with hundreds of letters in a weird, alien script. There are two doors but they are each locked one to the west and the other to the east.
Dragox describes the scene. "There's strange writing up here and two locked doors. Omar, you want to come up here and do a little door unlocking for me? If not, I'm going to kick down one of these doors..."
Rey pulls the stopper on one of her potions of fly, and slugs it down. Then she floats up to take a position next to Sargon. She then rummages through her pack for one of her scrolls of comprehend languages and holds it out to Sargon. Want to read that strange script?
Sargon's Rule #2
Doing ANYTHING in a dungeon can get you killed. This includes doing nothing. Therefore, act. Tis better to die daring awesomely. Sargon quips
Sargon reads the script
Omar gets to the deck and does a quick exam of the situation. He thinks the two locked doors lead to the cabin and the other to the ship's hold. After inspection Omar nods knowing that the locks can be easily opened.
Meanwhile, Sargon casts the spell from the scroll that Rey offered him. The ancient alien language on the wheel read: Uzrivoy - a gift from Uzith and Alyolvoy to Tzalo. Join on the journey but remember the pilot must wear the Talisman of the Uzrivoy.
"Have we found any talismans so far? This boat might be our way out of here, maybe?"
Omar gets both locks open and he cracks each door to ensure there are no other "tricks". Peering through the first cracked door he can see it leads down to the hold, then he locks through the second opening which leads into a cabin.
Hopefully this talisman of uzrivoy is somewhere near. I must confess some curiosity about a ship that sails through earth. It could be our ticket out of this place
Let's check out the cabin, Important things are in cabins not holds
Dragox nods. He waits for Omar to take point and then follows behind him; sword at the ready.