Maruf drops some acid!
Maruf tosses a flask, smashing it on the skeleton! It melts into to glue, while the adjacent one does the same!
"Huh, wasn't expecting a buncha four armed skeletons. Glad to know this place didn't get any less weird since we were last here."
Alpha shakes the bone dust off his shield. "We should keep moving."
"Hopefully we get some answers and less things tryin' ta kill us. Think we used most of our spare goods there."
"Answers would be beneficial to our cause."
"Yes, I am quite. . . SNORT!. . . depleted of resources at the moment."
Moving east across the dome-like structure, you see openings to the northeast and southeast.
"I ain't gonna say no to the guy who held back dem skellies."
Heading across the sere landscape, you find a short tunnel in the southeast section. Moving north into the tunnel, you see a crisp glow of light shines from the northern wall of this cavern, although no obvious source of the light is apparent.
Alpha will scan the northern wall.
After the fight Richard hands a vial of alchemist fire to the Cobbler. "This is the last one I have. I think it will be better off in your hands."
In the tunnel Richard examines the glowing wall with more mundane means. "Magical or something else?"
Alpha and Richard don't find anything. After much experimentation, the the party realizes the glowing wall in some sort of image and manages to see though the illusion, spying a set of doors behind.
After a thorough examination of the holographic wall, and a brief rest to make some notes, drink some water, and go over supplies, Richard is ready to tackle the next challenge.
Reaching through the hologram, he tests the doors for other dangers, and to see how it might open.
Richard finds the doors open easily, and reveal a metal room, brightly lit by glowing panels in the ceiling above. To the left and right, complex machines consisting of spiral tubes and nozzles twitch and hum.
As you watch, a bolt of electricity arcs across the tubes. Richard get the inmpression the something is malfunctioning, and easily disables the humming machine.
Beyond the doors a lng corridor stretches to the northeast. Thirty feet ahead, a set of doors apear on the east and west side of the corridor
Moving through the west set of doors, the air in this room seems to buzz and hum with energy. Strips of glowing rectangles light the room from above, while strange flickering windows line the east and west walls. A large glasstopped circular table sits in the middle of the room. To the north sits a large metal desk covered with blinking lights, while a humming pillar of purple-and-black metal stands nearby, its sides flashing with tendrils of violet energy. A single golden panel flashes with a soft but incessant light on the side of this pillar. A thick layer of dust coats everything, diffusing the lights shining from the various surfaces, and many of the machines seem to be damaged, cracked, or otherwise ruined.
Maruf starts poking and pushing at all of the flashing things on the walls.
Alpha will scan the area, hopefully before the Cobbler can set anything off.
"Um.. might not want to play with those like that." Richard suggests to the Cobbler as he moves up to examine everything in the room more closely.
"I'll figure out what they do! This way is much easier!" The Cobbler continues jamming his clawed fingers on random buttons and nobs.
Maruf begins fiddling with the control panels, and causes the room to suddenly whir and hum. A series of muff led clicking and buzzing sounds echo through the walls, and a moment later, the circular table in this room f lares to light, providing a holographic projection of the habitat module on its surface. Numerous panels on the wall fill with static, and the pillar of purple metal flashes and begins to pulsate.
Nothing else seems to happen....
What the blazes is this this stuff?", Kharax thoroughly bewildered at the new environment,
When the room starts lighting up, the half-orc reaches for his sword. "What'd in Hades ya do, Cobbler?"
"Ok, ok! Stop now!" Richard pleads with the rash tiefling while at the same time trying to determine just what trouble he might have started.
"See? I got it to work though! Whatever it is. . . ." Maruf listens for once and stops playing with buttons. "Now what?"
"Now, hopefully we don't die."
Clearly not listening to Richard, the Cobbler starts sticking his fingers-and eventually his whole hand-into this holographic projection, something he has never encountered before.
Alpha will try to examine the hologram despite Maruf's best efforts.
Kharax, trying to look things over as best he can, shakes his head. "Let's check out more of this place before Cobbler pushes a button that causes it to do something bad!"
Despite fingering more controls, nothing else happens.
The holographic image shows the dome and a series of smaller rooms to the east in which you are currently in.
"Wait a second.." Richard takes a moment to study the image and toying with the controls to see if they can show anything more.
If not, then he's ready to follow Alpha to the next room.
Toying with the controls, Richard is unable to coax any function from them. Leaving the room, the partys heads north up the corridor and into the double doors.
A large metal table is surrounded by odd-looking chairs in this room. To the west, what appears to be a tranparent wall looks over a strange desert valley. Four pillars support the fifteen-foot-high ceilings, while dozens of crude images of a pickaxe made of skull and bones have been painted onto the walls with some sort of ivory pigment along with several phrases in an unrecognizable language.
Standing in the middle of the room is another four-armed creature. Though it appears dead, it still has all of its flesh. It immediately moves to attack!
The creature darts forward, stabbing Alpha, with a short sword!
The Cobbler reaches over Alpha and stabs with his longspear!
Alpha fights on, his pain receptors unceremoniously being activated by the creature. He attempts to imbue his weapon with electricity before swinging.
Tapping into his lucky nature, Richard tumbles away from the undead thing and circles the pillar, coming back in at its rear flank with his rapier.
Maruf stabs with his spear, but misses!
Alpha quickly casts a spell, then slams the creature with his shield, giving it a shock!
Richard calls on his luck, tries to tumble past the creature, but it takes a swing at him!
The creature stabs Richard as he passes, causing him to miss his strike!
Kharax tries to make his way into the room safely...
After that, he uses his whip and tries to trip this monstrosity.
Kharax stumbles past the undead, then lashes out with a whip, but misses.
The four armed creature, lashes out with two swords and two fists, stabbing and punching Richard, while only managing to punch Alpha!
"Torracha, heal us!", calls out Kharax, a wave of positive energy healing the party!