Yes SIR, General! Zerisi replies, saluting.
Eyes twinkling, he makes his was carefully towards the elevator and steps lightly as he gets close. Careful to not trigger the trap, he begins to work on making the elevator safe, or at least, non-functional and non-lethal.
Zerisi is cheerily able to reinforce a sabotaged stretch of rope, fixing the trapped elevator. With gears oiled, the group descends into the mine, and heads through the tunnel.
Dragash watches their backs while the trap is disabled then begins heading through the tunnel when that is done, keeping an eye out for what is ahead while sticking to the shadows. Not needing a torch coming in very handy.
Zerisi stays to the back, where he can see best.
"I haven't seen an elf with eyes that good in a while. Some drow blood maybe? I'll have to ask," Zerisi thinks, staying uncharacteristically quiet as the sneak deeper into the cave.
As he descends Will sets his stone of light up to orbit his head. If something awaited them as the bottom, they likely heard the elevator coming down anyway. Then, while the bard and alchemist disappear into the darkness ahead, he holds his weapon in a relaxed position as he begins to breath deeply. He begins to circulate his Ki through his body, faster and faster, heightening his senses and reflexes.
Hector Moves ahead of the group.
Moves ahead slowly just in front of the two undark seeing humans.
Rosa points left, so that Hector knows which way to scout.
Dragash takes a left turn and advances.
The passageway widens into a larger cavern. Remnants of a mine cart track lean against the wall to the north, while a tunnel slopes down deeper into the ground at the west side of the room. The cave floor is cleared of debris, save for a few drifts of dust and dirt, while the ceiling above is obscured by a thick tangle of cobwebs.
Dragash spots no hazards
Hector similarly spots no hazards.
Hector will yes, invisible flying slow, touching nothing as ordered
Hmm, nothing here, no lights even. I hope our foes can't see in the dark or this might pose a bit of a problem for some of us.
Dragash continues forward slowly, even though he hasn't spotted anything he moves cautiously. Listening for the sound of a click or similar mechanical sound in case he triggers something and needs to duck out the way.
Dragash's keen eyes spot two more traps; a mighty bladed pendulum rigged to swing across the mine, and an array of barbed spikes ready to stick up out of the floor.
Rosa has not smoked or drunk anything at all the whole trip, today she seems more focused, more intent. She moves and waist while hector and
Dragash
Will hangs back until he is needed.
Zerisi follows closely behind Will, where he can see.
Dragash signals Rosa who can see him that they may approach but not further than where he is. He waves her over and points to the ground. He then goes about disarming the traps, hoping that he doesn't get caught in one.
Dragash's precise fingers disarm each of the traps in turn, removing the danger.
Hector advances. Quietly whispering through the tunnels, he hears a sing-song feminine vocie repeating strange phrases in a foreign language.
hector stops and heads back to Rosa.
"Boss I can hear a woman up ahead she is casting da magic by the sounds of it"
He says, Ill lead ya there.
Rosa nods "Go tell each of the others what you just told me, tell them to get ready we are moving up."
Once Hector comes and tells Dragash that there is someone casting spells. Dragash moves forward to where hector points out until he can hear the voices. Dragash then tries to determine what they are saying.
"The Eye watches . Above and behind the sky. It sees our dreams. It wants the planets back. It can see us now. It will be with us soon. The Eye watches."
Rosa nods as her imp whispers to her whats being said.
"Get yourselves ready, its sounds very much like a cult chant to me, time to kill"
She then seems to activate a few dark blessings.
"We doing this then?" Dragash whispers as he gets his bombs out, with a bottle of targeted admixture. He pauses looking at the others. Dragash will drink the extract if they are about to move forward.
"I wonder what that means, though. Is the eye the meteor that was above and behind the sky? Can it see the dreams of those going feral? That's the second time planets has come up. Since Leeara picked up that planet sphere. It had to come from somewhere, could be from here if this is anything to do with this cult here." Dragash muses, though he has no objections to stop whatever cultist sermon is going on.
"From the sound of it, IT or they are worshiping something from beyond, this eye thing. Madness, thing from the great void, always mad, bad and dangerous to know. Best thing to do, put em down with extreme prejudice."
She whispers to Dragash, hefting her sword.
"Starting with a little distraction."
Rosa casts Gaint Vermin
She orders them,
"Go find the chanting voice ahead and attack its owner"
Then to Hector,
"Follow unseen, report what happens"
She looks at the others as the Centipedes scuttle off.
"Well gents, this is what I get paid to do, you coming?"
Then she moves off to follow her Giant Centipedes.
Dragash nods and takes his drink then moves into the room after Rosa, bombs drawn.
The sound of Rosa's summoning ripples through the cave.
Giant Centipedes: [x3] move to attack lcoations,
Rosa: Moves to location shown on map and gains 100% cover.
Hector Follows Giant Centipedes, unseen and sees what happens.
"Sword Shield, Hector, tell me whats happening"
Rosa says using him as her eyes, and her sword bring up a force shield.
Dragash moves up closer, ready to barrage shortly after.
Round 1 Surprise
Will takes off from beside Zerisi like a hunting cat. His orbiting light actually begins to fall behind as swiftly approaches Dragash. Stealth appeared to be over. Now was the time for action and he did best at the front.
Hector spots a curious sight dangling from the ceiling; pale peach bat-wings the size of sheets, a wooden bow both crude and carefully chiselled to a terrifying efficiency. The wings spread, revealing a woman with long brown-red hair, eyes of pure black, and the wings and nose of a bat. She screams a cry that trails off into registers inaudible to most ears.
Rosa Smiles as the other come up into combat. Her back to the wall, she court quick look at the thing with bat wings.
Excited for what's coming, Zerisi starts singing a song of his own, inspiring his allies.
Zerisi takes a breath, then thinks better of it and starts dancing, his merry jig bolstering your strength and prowess.
Dragash takes a step forward so that their quarry is in view then lets fly some concentrated attacks. He thought there might be a host of men here listening to a sermon but it looks just to be a singular bat creature.
A flurry of bombs soars through the cave going straight for the bat creature. The intention as always is trying to stop it from moving with the concoctions which have been focused this time through Dragash's extract. One of the bombs was frost for good measure, he didn't know if it had some special abilities against fire.
Rosa hears the booms from down the passage way.
Unholy C&8P somethings getting hammered.
She grins at Dragash
"You love your bangs"
Round 1
Will rounds the corner and continues on in the direction Dragash is tossing bombs, ducking under them. Unfortunately, he can go no further as there several disgustingly large centipedes blocking his way. He can barely see the enemy beyond which only adds to the confusion. It appeared to be a bat woman. Much like Leeara. Dragash had mentioned Id Mutation but he wondered if that was some kind of lycanthrope.
Centipede x3
"Whats going on Hector?"
Round 1
Zerisi slides forwards through the passage, drawing a card as he rounds the corner, singing all the while. Peering down the narrow cave, he glimplses the thing and hurls a card toward her. As it leaves his hand, it weaves its way through the pile of centipedes, and swerves around Will as it finds its mark. Even as the card disappears, a subtle glow surrounds the creature.
"Centies Biting, bombs hitting, general standing."
"I did say these weapons are my speciality" Dragash winks at Rosa. "It's oddly liberating to throw something like that!"
Dragash's first two bombs prove enough to render the creature unconscious; it falls to the ground a bloodied mass of limbs.
Zerisi moves forward to the unconscious 'woman'.
"And I'll help out our new friend!"
He casts a Cure Light Wounds on the woman, eager to ask her how she's come to be exactly whatever it is that she is.