"It is usually the best way to respond to the walking machines."
After some time the lights dim once more and you find you can somewhat pass trough the door. You push as hard as you can and you manage to get out of your cells.
Coming out of her cell, You see an woman (of Ulfen blood)of about 6 foot 6. She has a Muscular and curvy human build with comely features and pale skin. Her face looks human with subtle elven beauty, she has Silver eyes and short silver Hair.
Once finally out of the cell, she immediately starts to look for her gear, speaking to no one in particular, Now what did they do with my things?
Spotting a new face amongst them, Hello there. Are you part of the other expedition groups from Torch?
Realising she had not introduced herself, I am Galnikatix. Can call me Gal for short.
Kurgu also seeks his gear.
"I am Kurgu of the Kellid."
Sounding like a bag full of coins, another figure joins the growing group in the prison cell halls, as the lights flicker and the shields give way. He falls into the hall, turning it into a graceful roll and bounces back into a fighting stance. His scalemail jingles as he shifts his weight back. He appears to be an attractive, male human with shoulder length brown hair and chiseled features. The glowing blue eyes and veins of blue light visible just beneath his skin suggest otherwise. He looks wearily between the half-orc and the other male human in the hall. "I will warn you now that if you intend me harm I will be forced to defend myself with lethal force." He scans the room for an escape route and takes small, controlled steps towards it.
M07K takes another sliding step towards the door. Then he stops and gives the half-orc a peculiar look. "I do not see how you could confuse me for a bag of bolts. I..." His eyes widen with look of realization and he turns towards Ayla. "Friend Ayla. He is mad, therefore that was an insult correct?" His elation at discovering the truth of the words is short lived as he realizes he has ousted Ayla as an associate. He had hoped to draw their attention away from any connections to the others if these people were hostile. Aggressive people tended to attack any perceived objects or people connected to their target.
By now he didn't even question the strange information flowing into his mind. It had been proven reliable. Instead, he acted on it moving to put himself between the angry stranger and Ayla. "My name is M***-0***7*-***K." He frowns as most of his name comes out as garbled nonsense. He only manages to say M, 0, 7, K with clarity. "Most just call me Monk. I am looking for Khonnir."
Kurgu shrugs.
Either the newcomer will fit in - or he won't. Either suits him.
Stepping out of the shadows of his cell, Aramis nodded in agreement with Kul. ”Standing together is always the best course when facing the unknown. I would be honored to work with you Kul’Theraka. I am Aramis Keel. Friends call me Aramis, enemies...” The man shrugged. ”cannot say much of anything as they have parted this realm for the afterlife.”
Outside the cells is a long hallway with a single steel door at the end. There is no visible means of opening it and it opened by itself when you were brought in.
"Can anyone fool this machine into opening?"
Aramis the door and it’s surroundings. ”I might be able to. I don’t have the right tools at the moment though.”
He ran his hand along the edge of the door, feeling for any indentations or triggers...
Monk didn't relax until the half-orc, Kul'Theraka, relaxed first. He'd have to remember to not be nearby if they found Khonnir in case smashing ensued. The others didn't seem bothered by his presence but he remained on guard. He still had trouble seeing through lies so actions were all he had to go on. No one else attacked so a temporary truce. He moves towards the door, thought there was nothing to mark it as one, and examined it with Aramis. "Maybe I can be of assistance?"
Examining the door you realise that when the power fluctuates the door becomes loose. It might be possible to quickly raise the door and go trough if you pull on it hard enough at the right time. (str check)
Not being accustom to the strange technology and environment, she simply stands away from the door with her arms founded before her, but with her hands still in claw form, ready to strike. Hope our stuff is in the next room. You, metal ones, see a way through that door?, still not amused at being captured in an alien environment by alien machines. She watches the others examining the door.
Monk almost commented on the "metal ones" comment but decided talking less would be more optimal. Instead he focused on the door. With the power fluctuations, this door might be compromised like the cell doors. He got one one knee and found a seem at the bottom. When the lights dimmed he lifted and felt it budge slightly. "I believe if we lift the moment the lights dim we can open the door in increments until we are free. The door looks heavy. I might require assistance."
Come on boys. Let us get out of here.
She flexes her muscles as she moves to the door to lift it up. Still have claws form, she easily wedges her claws under the door. She folds her large wings backwards so they not in the way of the others helping to lift.
Aramis leaned in, pressing his palms firmly against the door in an attempt to help ‘push’ it upwards.
You manage to get the door open and a powerful stench comes into the hall. The next room seems to be overrun with some kind of brown fungus.
Several lockers line the west wall and seem to contain your gear but a large carnivorous plant is in the way.
It would be possible to grab some loose pipes to make improvised weapons. 1d6 base damage -4 penalty to attack rolls.
The plant creature has a long reach but you figure it can only attack one person at a time it should be possible for you to tush past it and grab your weapons.
Can this strange place get even more, uhm, stranger. They have a plant creature as jail guard.
She will hold back until the plant attacks someone going for their gear, then jump against the plant from behind to start slashing it with her claws.
Kurgu runs around to seize his weapon, so he can cover the others.
"I will hold it's attention." M07K says. He moves within striking range of the plant and assumes a defensive stance.
M07K moves and gets the plants attention,
The plant lashes out with whip-like vines covered in thorns.
Attacking M07K
Fort vs poison if you get hit.
Gal moves up and attack with her claws but fails to land a blow.
Kul would need 2 turns to attack 1 to retrieve gear and another to move up and attack. So for now he gets his weapon. (you can keep the above attack roll if you want)
Kurge goes and grabs his weapons as well.
here lets go in init order
If you beat the init (you likely do) post your action for the round as well. If your after the plant then wait until after it attack.
Round 1
She curses at misses the plant guardian.
Round 1
Whips were difficult weapons to deal with. Even if you blocked, they would wrap around the weapon and still sting. Best not to get hit at all. M07K keeps his arms up but sways out of reach or dodges to the side as the whip-like vines snap at him.
"Now that you have your weapons, attack together! HUOH!" M07K shouts and stomps his feet to get keep the creatures attention and boost morale. He then false charges to distract the plant beast.
Missing kurgu and Aramis.
Kurgu moves in, swinging his hammer with brutal force!
The plant had taken some damage and Kurgu splatters what was left of the plant against the wall.
Swinging his hammer again to get the worst of the plant pulp off it, Kurgu turns to the others and grins.
"At least that will not bother us again! Let us press on!"
Kurgu, nice swing. Yes lets us get going.
She heads to the locks and retrieves her gear, checking if everything is still there, then looks around to see for useful items.
M07k calmly rises from his defensive stance, green goo hanging off pieces of his armor. He looks at Kurgu and nods. "That was a mighty swing indeed. I am glad you and Kul'Theraka had decided to postpone smashing me." He looks down at the thoroughly pulverized green crater that used to be a plant. "I fear my shield would only survive one or two of those blows. Speaking of..." He walks over to the container holding their gear and grabs his, a large circular shield. Strangely, he puts it on his right arm. "Ready."
You exit the room and come to an inter section of sorts.
The area behind you is called "containment" there is a door going to "biology" another to "geology" and another to "medical"
"Would 'medical' offer healing for Khonnir?"
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"Medical is probably related to healing, base word being medicine. I'd think that is where we just came from. If we go in there again, we need to just start out swinging. Perhaps free the person in that tube and take the old man with us. I don't see the benefit in searching the other areas. Of course, I know the original team was searching for a way to get the flame back on. If we are going to go with that original objective, then we avoid the medical section and search the other areas. On our way out, we smash the bot in the medical area and take the old man."
"I would like to see the rest of this...place, for personal reasons. As such I will not let them get in the way of the mission at hand to rescue Khonnir. I believe he also our best chance at re-igniting the Torch. He knows this...stuff better than most. Rescuing him should satisfy both our missions." Twice M07k fumbles to find the appropriate word. As if the first word he would have used was not what was chosen. Yet his face remains as impassive as always.
She pipes up, Well I am here to find out why the torch went out. Rescue mission just happens to be a coincidence.
"I am here to save Khonnir first, Torch second. But we should do both."
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"If we grab the old man first, then we have to drag him through this place and he is likely to die. So, we push into the structure and see if we can find some machines to destroy and perhaps find an answer to the torch mystery." Kul'Theraka said and then moved to the door marked geology (assuming those who can read the words mentioned it). "Here we go!" he said as he took action to open the door, sword held in his left hand and resting on his shoulder.