Ryn takes in the stunning murals, fascinated with the ancient history of the place as they move through the place. "I don't quite trust that water." she says picking up a rock and tossing it down.
"I know it's a bit of a shocker. I have to attend to it though or it starts to hurt," says Azura to Ryn.
"Thanks for continuing to be understanding."
"Yeah, pretty much any water we've found in here is nothing good," agrees Azura.
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"You can be drowned, you know," says Azura with a grin. "Besides, the real gag isn't titillating, it's full."
Zev silently nods in agreement as Ryn points out the nasty looking water. Looking around the room his eyes settle on the far wall. ”I think that’s another of those magic walls.” he says while reaching down to pick up a rock to throw through it.
Ulfr looks up from the water as Zev skips a stone through one of the walls. They are a real fan of those, aren't they? he mutters.
”Eh, if I had a big ominous tower and the magic to do so I’d probably do it too.”
Partially pleased with Embyr's reaction Saersha went about getting ready for the morning and eating her breakfast then rose to follow along as they continued to explore. As they moved along Saersha looked at the various murals in interest. Her mother would be jealous when she found out where her daughter was and she fully intended to rub that in at some point.
She looked at the wall closely after Zev said it was 'magical' and said, "I think he's right. It appears to be an illusion of some kind." She turned her gaze to the water then and turned her nose up as she said, "That is foul looking, I'm certainly not going to have any of it."
As Zev & Ryn toss rocks into the stagnant pool below, the ripples from the water spread out... but, curiously, they stop in three places. Three algae-green, debris-infested places that start to shift towards the balcony.
"Nice catch, they were really big on hiding things with illusions." Ryn comments at the discovery. Dropping into a crouch as she peers down at the water, the gladiatrix mutters a curse under her breath."See those three spots where the ripples stop and the water looks even dirtier? Look, they're actually moving now. They're giant ameobae, sort of like primitive oozes. They basically live to eat and their touch burns with acid."
How about we try to kill them before it comes to that... Ulfr draws his sling and loads.
The amoebae keep advancing.
Ulfr slings a stone at one, but it splashes into the water.
Ulfr's sling stone actually manages to strike one of the amoebae. It shudders, but keeps going.
Amoeba 2: 15/15, AC 6/6/6
Amoeba 3: 15/15 AC 6/6/6
Ulfr stares at where the rock impacted. Wow. These things are really easy to hit.
"Odds are anything you throw in there you aren't getting back. Anyone have a crossbow or bow?" Ryn asks,
"Not I."
Zev silently shakes his head.
With the amoeba's coming out of the water after them Saersha almost laughed at their speed. She probably would have if they weren't so nasty looking. and she was pretty sure she didn't want them touching her. She looked at Embyr and said, "Stay close and keep them off of me if needed." She smiled viciously, "I think I can deal with them." That said she began to chant and gesture sending a glob of acid out to meet the nearest of the oozing things.
The acid glob strikes the amoeba, making it sizzle a bit. It keeps coming.
Azura backs up a bit and says, "Ama, you have anything?"
Ada pulls out her sling. "This is all I have for ranged attacks. Well that and this. Anyone want the sling. There's ammunition in my pack for it." She begins to cast a spell, and a dagger appears to hang in mid air it flies forward and strikes one of the amoebas.
"Ooo, nice! Ryn, you want the sling? You're probably a better shot than I am."
The amoeba in the very front convulses for a moment, nearly breaking apart under the force of the spiritual dagger before continuing.
"Worth a shot." Ryn replies with a wry grin, taking the sling and loading a stone. Whipping it around rapidly, she sends the projectile hurtling dead center of the ameoba reeling from Ada's attack.
Saersha cast a spell once more sending a glob of acid out at one of the remaining oozes, the same one her companions were attacking for now. It seemed though, in her haste, that the globe wasn't going to fly true.
Knowing that they needed to clear these out now Saersha did what she had to, chanting and casting she sent an arc of electricity out at the third amoeba from her fingertips. Once she was finished she quickly moved away to buy time before they reached her.
Ulfr is a really poor shot with a sling, but he keeps at it.
The first amoeba finally dissolves under Ryn's thrown stone.
The second amoeba vibrates from getting hit with acid before being microwaved into oblivion from Saersha's electrical spell.
The third amoeba actually flinches when Ulfr's sling stone connects with it.
Instead of reloading, Ulfr brings his club to hand.
Seeing the other two breaking apart, Ryn focuses on the last approaching ameoba, striking it with another stone.
Ryn's stone hits its mark, and the amoeba vibrates before rearing back and lashing out with a pseudopod...
...which is intercepted by Ulfr's club, breaking into a thousand droplets of waste. The amoeba breaks apart, its remains falling in the pool.
Ada looks relived that the oozes didn't make it to them. The floating dagger disappears. No one was hurt, correct?"
"Now where? Through the illusionary wall?"
"Good shooting, team," says Azura.
"Southeast, then? Explore the rest of this floor?"
Ulfr shakes the ooze crap off his club as Foxy urinates in their general direction. He then takes the lead again.
"Yup, though if those things weren't just random and were actually protecting something, we're going to have to walk through the sludge." Ryn says handing Ada her sing back and adjusting her shield.
The narrow passageway to the southeast leads to a room littered with fish carcasses & a few larger bodies, where the ground is thick with a sheet of webbing. To the southwest of this new room is an opening leading to a forty-foot silo-like chamber from which the sound of sloshing water... and chittering spiders... can be heard.
Ada looks at their two choices, "Looks like either way we go there will be spiders. Want to check out the fish carcass room first?"
”... sure?”
"Might as well." Ryn says suppressing a shudder. "It might be a good idea to have some fire handy." she says moving toward the southeast room.
Ada carefully peeks into the room, and then steps in.
Azura waits quietly to see what happens.
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Ryn makes her way into the room with a silent prowl, almost completely unnoticeable.