Dungeon Crash... The Beginning

Game Master BloodWolven

Titus gives a groan as he slowly attempts to lift Delman up. Delman would notice Titus is rather weak himself due to the fatigue from the rage "Perhaps... Perhaps it is wise for us to give this a third try another time, Delman. I will be better prepared for it, I think."

Titus pulls out his swirling Pearl of Protection with a frown "What do you think? Perhaps it is time for us to leave once more?"

"Yes, I think that would be wise. You never know what craziness could be thrown at us next time." Delman concurs with Titus as he pulls his own pearl of protection out and crushes it between his fingers. He thinks back about the challenges and what might be different next time they come down...

After Delman and Titus float up the levels of the dungeon, after they get their rewards, and after walking past the fountain next to the dungeon they see a tower form out of nothing off to the side. A wooden tower that looks like it is made out of a massive tree that was just an empty plot.

Titus would point to the tower as he sighs, sitting at the fountain and basking in its water with a gruff "hrmph" and point to the tower "I don't believe that was there before...... Trees do not normally grow out of nowhere, do they...."

Hahaha! I forgot to edit my last post..

Circe brightened up, "Oh good! Let me change real quick like and we'll get to work." Circe waves her hand in front of her and types quickly in the air, her outfit glowing bright then popping. She now wore the carriage driver's clothing, her bronze hair tied back in a pony tail, and her head covered with a forward-facing cap.

She walked outside, motioning for Orik to follow her. Hopping onto the carriage, she took the reigns in her hands and snapped them as soon as her worker was on board. The rest of the day is her pointing out things that she wants in their new home, from the manor, and watching him move it all.

He sighs before responding, "No, I do not believe they do... then again who knows what is capable in this game." He sits on the edge of the fountain and counts out his new loot. Once done he ties them up and secures them under his cloak. He winks at Titus and asks, "You done taking a shower? Shall we see what is going on with that tree?!"

To Circe's surprise you are in Sanctuary, your carriage is there and you may easily find the furniture you want but will likely need to pay for it.

The tree is now, near the Dungeon and rooted in an empty lot. About where the pool of Sapphires was is the fountain outside of the Dungeon.

Circe receives a message about a sale on furniture, which was an outrageous price (when you're out to steal, everything that isn't free is thus terrible!). She looks in the back for Orik, "I'm afraid I may have driven through a portal, good sir! Are you well, or are you half in and half outside the side?"

Snapping the reigns, she rides at a slow pace within this Sanctuary, and upon a man heading into the main square, she lifts a hand and hails the orky-looking fellow, "Hellllo! I hope you speak the Commmmon tongue. We're lllllost and llllooking for a furniture shop. That's furrr-nnnn-turrre shhhop." Poor Mr. Manyteeth.

Alice was finishing up her room's decorations, a half-eaten corpse hammered and held up by his hands, along the wall across from her bed. The bones of his lower ribs were showing and his legs were all bare, the bones untouched. The torso hung a bit downward, but it had to do.

Her baby-dino licked his lips and followed her like a well-fed pooch. The rest of her entourage moved with her will and she walked down all the steps to reach the bottom floor. It was surprisingly clean. The house was surprisingly empty. She even checked the trap door to make sure a certain man didn't fall down into a crumpled heap below.

Letting the door fall and clack-shut, she observed the quiet room. To her dino, she held her hand's palm to his nose. He licked it and she pondered to herself, "Where..is everyone?" I am everyone.In time, after petting her baby dino in quiet contemplation, she strode towards the door and pushed the door open. Closing her eyes to the light, her skin cracks around her cheeks and upwards to the sides of her eyelids. Small amounts of blood dripped and dried there and she busied herself wondering around, stopping most males with a ghastly pale hand on their shoulder, "Flynn. No. Flynn. No. Flynn..."

Titus slowly stalks towards the "Tree Tower" "I suppose.... Though I hope something similar to the Doorman is not stalking about there... One of them is more than enough in this game...."

Orik looks at Circe and seems to be bewildered, possibly at your words but also at the odd sensation of being elsewhere than the forest. Eventually he seems to snap out of it and offers, "Not sure... where are we? Is this Sanctuary?"

Alice eventually you find a group of familiar faces. You see Baris with Tristan the Fae and the big man named Board following. They stop when within 30 feet of you. The halfling cocks his head to one side and then shakes it ever so slightly. Once you approach he says with flippant amusement, "It seems you have been busy. Making new friends and influencing people?!"

Board focuses on those around their group more than Alice or her entourage.

After Baris's comment he makes one of his own after a scoff, "and to think, I could have been one of those bodies... and that my body is likely still spoken for by her." A smug smile comes on his face after the comment.

It seems as if someone will need to take Titus away from the Tree to not be met by the others...

She puts on her robe and stalks down the stairs... no one to see the unsettled look on her face.

Exiting out of the tree she stops and wonders at what she sees. Then Delman and Titus approach. She shakes her head and smiles at one face that she remembers. "Hey... weren't you one of the players at the beginning that was with our group." She asks and Delman likely responds positively. Her face stressed with worry lines brightens once she realizes where they are during the conversation.

Delman does smile at Jellena and happily responds with, "Yes, I am Delman and I am sorry I forgot your name. I got pulled away by some other players and when I started to look for you, it seemed like you had left the city. This is my friend Titus. We just tried taking on the dungeon and need more help."

"Ah, yeah. We got pulled to take some supplies up North and the quests seemed to just keep us heading that way. I need to go turn in a quest do you two mind escorting me and we can talk about what we each have been up too." She asks politely.

Alice staggers throughout the streets, her eyes fervently searching the people around her underneath her long black hair. Lost and dragging herself along, Alice looks up hearing familiar voices. But she searches them and frowns so deeply that she has to sink to her knees. With her hands cradled in her lap, fingers upward, she answers,"I...am the end. But where is my beginning. Where is my beginning..."

Her eyes start flitting around, her hands pulling at her hair, she gets to her feet, shouting at all the figures that were walking by the reunion, "Flynn! Flynn!" Her teeth drew blood from her lip, the realization that he was gone hitting her and driving her to curl into a ball in the middle of the street, tears of blood dripping from her eyes. Her baby-dino nudged at her back but she didn't move nor truly responded to the others as they talked. Instead her body shook violently and one could pick up that she was talking to herself.

Circe leans back in her seat, catching Orik's question. With an uncaring shrug, "Sanctuary? Never heard of it. Let me check my map." Kicking up her feet onto the horse's butt, she waited for the ork's answer while idly scrolling along her expanded map. She zoomed in and out, looking very busy, but truly not doing anything. After a bit, she coughs and answers, "Anything exciting in Sanctuary? Like some tourist zones?"

Seeing that Baris is not going to act or be compassionate he assumed the position. Tristan walks up, kneeling down and quietly asks, "What happened to Flynn?" He even will go as far as to lay a reassuring hand on her shoulder in sympathy.

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"I have never been but I have heard the stories of the white washed buildings and of the dungeon. It was to be believed to be haunted by fell spirits but also humans. A weird combination but those were stories." He says a bit confused at her question.

"Titus you have something else you want to do? Otherwise I don't mind catching up with a priestess of Death, let alone one with such stunning looks." He asks simply and nudging Titus with his elbow and whispering, "Can't hurt, can it?"

Titus gives a gruff nod as he looks over to the newcomer "Priestess of death....? I suppose I could return to Nero under the Temple of Life for a few moments, but...."

He continued to look over at the tree "I do not mind escorting you, miss." He gives a heavy sigh and breath as he steadies his greatsword on his shoulder and walks with thudding steps next to the two of them.

Circe spins her map around and around, scrolling for no other reason. She stops the map with her palm, looking back at Orik, "Then I suppose we should find a place to call our own. Do you think any of these white houses are for sale?" There was only one way to find out...

Snapping the reigns, Circe starts to roll the carriage slowly throughout the streets, asking those she passed if they've seen any white houses for sale and if so, how much they'd cost.

Alice's body could be felt shaking and Tristan heard her whispery, cracking voice, "He's gone, he's gone, he's gone, he's gone, he's gone, he's gone." Her eye suddenly snaps to Tristan, "I want to be gone too." She slowly raises herself to stand and offers her pointy-spear to Tristan, "Hold this. I will search for Flynn in the gone. I will return."

She took your assent as the point to explain what had been going on with her walking with you towards the common trades part of town, "Excellent, let me see where to start. We got a quest from a witch of sorts. It was to make extra dimensional bags or of the like. We then went to the forests taking us several days. Not much happened until we got into the forest and got a Fae guide. Then we hunted a few spiders before encountering more friendly Fae that would make the transport of spider silk to the witch best for all parties. We got caught up in a hunt, joined the Fae, and have associations with others who are making big splashes, like Jeffery Flynn and Baris Zanthias, Lord of Lightning. Baris also claimed a title within the Fae which made even more ripples."

Delman nodded as he listened to the interesting story, he then retold some of his own events, "I was approached by another group and I joined up with them. Smithing was their common streak, they were formed around a lesser god of smithing, Lorna is the name she went by, Lorna Silverlark. They were venturing into the Dungeon and needed some range support plus there are a few lookers in their group and I was easily swayed. A few runs in the lower depths and they are working on their different projects for the next week. I on the other hand was biding my time when approached by Titus and another fellow. We ventured into the Dungeon going up this time. Much more organized and felt much more like an actual dungeon. We made it up 5 level, right Titus?"

Orik simply shrugs at Circe's question. Asking those along the path you find that all the buildings are for sale and you can buy them at the bank. Many of the buildings are vacant in most of the districts except for the Temples and the common crafting district. Also looking at the buildings you can see a sign that says the price for the building. The lowest price seems to be a couple thousand gold.

He takes the spear and looks at it curiously and then back to her not sure what she is saying. "Where did he go?" Is his off hand remark watching her.

Alice turns about, the npcs walking or talking between themselves. She tossed her clothes, disrobing in the middle of the street, and made a pile of them off to the side. She thrusts her arms to the side, her beasts obeying her will and giving her some room. There was a dark spiral that took up most of her back. The flesh there looked to be burnt and was very flaky in appearance.

Slowly moving to settle onto her knees, she closes her eyes. "I will look for him." The skin along her back began to bubble, then pop violently, as much as her body hunched forward and shook. Her shadow also went onto her knees and tilted her head downward. They were the same height. The dirt and pebbles along the road began to slowly rise, the air around Alice becoming heavy. Dark lines slipped from Alice's back and made some strange, spider-like design around Alice and 5 feet around her. The pebbles dropped, the pattern was complete, and Alice opened her eyes to them burning.

In the next instant, she exploded, sending dead blood and body everywhere. Her beasts became wild and viciously hungry, but her shadow remained perfectly still. It was there, but couldn't be interacted with.

Baris saw the threat once she was gone and shouted, "Board kill the dinosaur!" He also acted at that moment going after the nagakin and cutting it down before it could do any harm. A lightning bolt coming down from above the instant he connected his polearm with the undead beast.

Board quickly responded in kind and slammed into the dinosaur working on pinning the creature.

He quickly stowed the spear on his back and moved away from the scene. Then he drew his bow and put several arrows into the boar yelling, "My arrows won't do much good against the zombie! People scatter, RUN FOR YOUR HOMES!!!"

The three of them did their best at securing the dinosaur and destroying the undead. No one else was hurt but there was a massive wave of people running from the scene.

Circe and Orik are in the carriage and are near the scene when it all plays out as Jellena, Titus, and Delman are walking in the direction and get within view as Alice drops to the ground. They could even act to help pacify the creatures if they wanted.

Baris steps up to Board who has secured the squirming dinosaur, he shakes his head as he lifts his weapon, "It is feral, it was calm only because of her connection with it. Nothing we can do for it either." He says before striking the beast down.

Titus' head nearly spins from the discussion of fae and smiths. For the first time of only a very select few, the dragonfolk gives a wide curved smile of embarrassment "Yes... We got to five the... Third try. You are talking about Fae... Smiths... I have only worked in the Life Temple and the dungeon... Exactly how much more is out there, miss human?"

She smirks at the lost dragonkin before apologizes, "So sorry Titus? I am Jellena Darkling, Priestess of Death, and Chosen among her Familia. Obviously you have not left Sanctuary there is a whole new world out there and apparently waiting for Chosen to interact with it."

Delman sits back and listens as the two seem to have the run of the conversation.