Delben will step closer to examine the unusual alter, curious as to the fish-men's purpose here.
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You get another flash of the room you're in, but it's full of the ancient humans, and a steady procession of dead humans covered in white shrouds. Each body is placed on the altar, and then it rises, and walks out on its own.
Another vision shows another great battle between the humans and creatures, but this time the humans have waves of the "zombies" created by the altar. They fight like demons, with speed and dexterity of warriors in their prime, not the undead they are. They shrug off wounds, and no blood is apparent when they are cut open, and only fall for good when they are torn apart too much to move.
The last vision is of the fortress itself, and of the humans pulling a huge cage into the fortress, and wagons of gold, weapons, and armor. The vision wavers, and then all it shows it a pair of blue eyes in a darkened room, and the mounds of riches piled high.
A few words enter your mind after the visions.
The chest. The chest is the key. Veska must be stopped or all is lost.
For everyone else, nothing else in the room changes. The water remains still, and the walls continue to give off the luminescent glow.
Sunny peers into the darkness ahead...
"Least I dun't hear nuthin'..." She whispers.
As Delben steps towards the alter, he'll suddenly stop, rocking unsteadily as if he'd been punched. Standing there shocked as the visions flood into him, he'll suddenly snap back to consciousness with a shout.
"W-what was that..."
"Careful, I was effected by some sort of... vision. I saw this very alter used in some sort of battle between the ancient humans who built this fortress and some sort of enormous sea creatures leading golems and more. The humans used this alter to raise their dead to fight again, and later when the fortress was defended they buried within it an enormous cage as well as a mountain of gold and jewels."
Delden will look slightly surprised at the information coming from his mouth, but he'll continue nonetheless.
"Something... spoke to me. It said that the chest was the key, that this Veska must be stopped or all is lost... I know this all sounds strange, but I feel as if these visions, this voice was truthful."
Stepping a bit away from the alter, he'll look back at everyone with a somber look.
"I feel there is much to be gained here, but also more danger than I originally thought... But we are already here, lets continue forward."
Suny listens intently to Delben, her large expressive blue eyes growing seemingly even larger.
"So...this place bin built by these folks...but now is bein' used by tha' Sahaguin 'cause of whut tha' people's who built tha' place were doin'?" She asks, then shrugs,
"Not that stoppin' tha' Sahaguin doin' anything they be doin' in't a bad thing..." She adds philosophically.
"As soon as we find heads worthy of bonking. Perhaps down this hallway."
The gnome will say with no hint of mirth. Sloshing away from the alter, he'll head toward the right hallway, stepping down it's length.
Interesting. I assumed this Veska was the ancient power they bargained with. If this vision holds any truth, Veska is just and invader here. Either way if jewls and tresure is awaiting then Besmara blessings be with us.
Olhas will follow the group as well, maintaining his quiet and just keeping an eye or two out.
"It does sound like quite a nasty thing; whatever it is."
He also attempts to give himself some additional protection in case of danger.
Sunny wades along with the group,
Even as she scans ahead for anything untoward,
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As you all begin to leave the room, in your minds you all hear a chorus of voices trying to talk to you at once, getting louder and louder until you can barely take it. Suddenly, they end and you see a vision of a man, smiling at you. His head is bald save for a winding tattoo that goes across his face, over his ear, and down the back of his neck. His eyes are a vibrant purple and his ears are gently pointed, though they are not elf, but human sized. He speaks in a language you have never in your lives heard, but you understand it anyway.
Patience, gentle Veska. We will return for the weapon when we finish off our enemy today. The Geas spell was necessary, you understand. I think we have paid you plenty of riches to play guard dog, no? As agreed, when we return, we will lift the Geas and you are free to go with your payment...
The vision fades, and is replaced with one of a massive fireball streaming through the sky, a massive explosion, and then blackness in the sky. The blackness turns into a doorway of darkness, and two vibrant blue eyes appear.
After that, the altar is silent.
The hallways remain still once you sort out what just happened in your heads, the water remains gentle and the floor tunnels remain undisturbed.
The hallway curves gently, and then ends in a collapsed mound of rubble. To circumvent this, a small tunnel has been carved into the side of the wall. It leads into the murky blackness of the sea.
Sunny blinks back the visions swimming through her head...
"Uh...yeah...that were different...." She says, stretching her arms out as if to help regain her balance.
She other wise nods to Noro and the others and begins to carefully, quietly and cautiously wade down the corridor.
what in blazes was that? why where those things in my head? anyone else see a huge explosion?
That was weird for me, and I have visions offten. Its hard to sort out. Was this to show us Veska is trapped and we could free it? I'm not sure lets just all be on our guard.
"Uh-oh...." Sunny whispers, glancing to her friends, even as she gets ready for possible combat.
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Some More Sahaguin are coming. be careful
Alistar readies his sword.
How many of these stupid guards do you supose we have to go through? Be at your ready.
Olhas shivers slightly under the mental weight of the vision, gripping his crossbow tighter in his hands. "Very, very bad.." he just keeps quietly repeating.
Hearing the sounds of sahaguin, the young man smirks and he looks around, making sure he has a good spot for when sahaguin come marching in.
Sunny crouches and braces...
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The sounds of bodies wading through the waist deep water is heard for only a moment, and the silence that follows is guy wrenching. Suddenly, in front of Sunny, the water explodes upward, and a sahaguin rears up, brandishing its trident. It screams loudly at her in common!
Glort! I find soft skins! Kill here! Brothers come kill with me!
Sunny, cannily aware that the water was deep enough for swimmin', wastes no time as the lead sahaguin begins to monologue simply,
And does a small amount of damage, even as she seems to blur into motion before disappearing beneath the waves herself.
Slipping beneath the water and disappearing so as to get into position to flank and sneak attack.
Note: The idea is to fully submerge so as not to be seen at the water/air interface.
Note2: I (The player) understand that sahaugin (Damn, but I hate spelling that word :P) have some sort of 'electric' location system like sharks so not sure how much lower her +20 from invisibility is going to be compromised. The good thing is that the corridor is kind of crowded so, there is that.
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looking at the first Sahaguin that I can see, I am going to fire both shots at it and then take a 5ft step back
Olhas takes a step back and fires his crossbow at one of the creatures, saving his spells to see exactly how these nasty creatures react, not wanting to give all of his secrets up so early.
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Harvey's two shots ring out, both bullets penetrating the sahaguin in front of Sunny. It howls in pain, and it's scream grows even louder, and angrier, when Olhas's bolt bounces harmlessly off of it's thick scaly chest. Sunny connects with one of her swings, drawing a bright red line of blood across its arm before disappearing into the water, her naked, lithe legs visible for only a second as she darts away.
The sahaguin fixes its glare on Harvey, not even the least bit concerned about the island elf, and lets fly its trident.
As the water froths and churns with battle, a second sahaguin bursts out of the water behind Delben, and brings its trident down on him from above.
Okeys, am putting this under a spoiler so as ta' heighten tha' "Vanish" trick. (^_^)
Sunny has two rounds worth of 'vanish', but she'll try and use as little time as possible to get behind tha' scaly bugger who's just popped up behind Delben.
All right! Good numbers there!
(^_^)
seeing Noro handle the second one Alistar moves to finish off the injured one on Harvey.