'A pump valve? Thats engineering and my thing.'
Manta ray or no, this was what she was here for. Well sort of, She first thought of where the pump valve should be located, Then ran her mind over whether they had seen one already and she merely was focused on other things and finally... Moved forward to the unexplored regions to search for one.
"Oh boy there is hope I will be dry once again."
"Would be nice to be dry..." agreed Logan before making some suggestions about the items they found, "I already have an amulet like this one, perhaps Canacha or Mirabella could use it?"
Pointing to the headband he remarked, "This could be useful for me, I don't think its something any of you would want?"
Finally pointing to the rod, he noted, "This rod could be useful for several of us. I'm not sure who would get the most out of it, Bicks maybe? What do you think?"
"I also have a few spells which would be enhanced by this rod. , but in most cases it will make no practical difference. The amulet should go to Canacha, I think. I tend to avoid putting myself directly in harms way. "
Mirabella looks around the cave, searching for other exits.
"Let's go look for the valve. There was another branch of tunnel running parallel to this one, we can begin our search there."
Jack starts chugging back in the opposite direction, knowing the others will soon be passing him by.
Logan put the headband on and marvelled at how sharp his vision had suddenly become, it was as if he was viewing the world with new eyes.
Nodding to Mirabella he swims back to the big cave and peers down the western branch of the stream?
Concerned by the runes, Logan warns the others "Stay back until we can determine what these runes are!"
He then starts a chant to attune himself to any magics that might be present.
Shaking his head, Logan complains, "It's no good, I don't recognise the magic, some sort of minor transmutation enchantment..."
"When in doubt. Touch the magic things right? I can go up and mess with it and see if something happens. We could also try the pump valve ring."
Mirabella follows Logan and urges the rest of the group to do the same.
"This mechanism could well be part of the pump system. Perhaps we need someone with more engineering knowledge. In any event, we should make sure the rest of these corridors are secure while our water breathing spells last, before we begin tinkering."
Jack chugs along behind Logan and Mirabella. "I never was much good with mechanical things," he admits. "Do we want to try to get the pump operational first or explore what's left of the tunnels? Draining the water first might kill any water-breathing threats still down here...."
Logan nodded, "If we could drain this are it would make thing so much easier and I wouldn't have to look quite so ridiculous!"
Mirabella relays her theory to the group.
”Lets try and see if we can find an entrance to the other side. We can head north and see if we can circle round or go back to the entry hall through the flooded docks. I think there was a passage in the west wall of that room.”
Logan in boglin form nods, saying "Yes, lets do that before our spells run out." The thought of being stuck down here, having to swim the normal way like poor Jack didn't bear thinking about.
Hand on the hilt of his sword, Logan swam north and cautiously looked around.
Jack nods, more than happy to follow Mirabella's directions...albeit very slowly. He plods northward, giving Canachamanta a quick smile.
Backing off a bit, Logan swims back and warns the others in a low whisper, "There's some sort of oversized crustacean ahead. Anyone know how dangerous this thing is?"
Mirabella quietly glides up next to Logan to peer at the aquatic creature.
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Mirabella gets a closer look and determines it's actually not a aquatic creature, but rather a large Ooze known as a Globster, covered in the boby parts of dead sealife.
She tells the others that this is a dangerous creature to fight underwater as piercing weapons wont have any effect against it along with acid and bludgeoning attacks.
”On second thought…let’s hold off on going north and see if we can find another way in.”
The ooze sounded horrific so Logan readily agreed, "Yeah no thanks!" and swam to investigate the south west branch of the cave/waterway.
"Ooze's are aweful."
She can only nod in agreeance. She definitely couldnt say or do anything about the ooze. But she definitely didnt want to tangle with an ooze.
"Manta ray..... manta... manta manta manta ray. ray ray ray manta ray."
She said a weird giggling like noise escaping her mouth with little bubbles as she swirl/swam about Jack for a moment. On a whim she gave him a little manta kiss in his forehead before following the others.
Jack smiles, shakes his head lightly, and follows along slowly but surely.
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The floor of this large, flooded chamber drops away into a bowl-like pit, while the ceiling is thickly covered with strings of algae. Sediment and grit swirl lazily in the water, caught up in eddies and currents that grow slightly stronger near the two tunnels to the west. The chamber is to large to see it all through your light sources, but you get a feeling something large is swimming in the cavern.
You look into a 30 feet long hallway, which at it's end has a broken down door leading into what can only be descibed as a torture chamber. The low, seven-foot-high ceiling in this completely flooded torture chamber gives it a claustrophobic feel. Two whipping posts are positioned to north and south, while narrow, rusty cages sit against the walls. A partially collapsed rack slumps in the center of the room, while a low stone well sits in an alcove to the west.
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Mirabella waits for the entire group to catch up before moving forward. If Canacha and Logan don't appear in the next couple of minutes, she goes looking for them with Jack and Bicks.
Logan noticed suspicious ripples and glanced at what looked like a mantaray and told her in a low whisper, "Erm... I think there's something big lurking in there. Perhaps we should go find the others."
With that he carefully backed away and went looking for the others.
As the two groups form back up, Mirabella looks slightly embarrased. Oh dear…didn’t mean to get us seperated. Which area should we explore next?”
"I have the tendency to wander off I think it might be an Oracle thing. Getting back with the group is a good idea."
Answering Miri, Logan suggested, "Well we haven't explored the area to the east. I think there's an unexplored area just through that gap to the west of you too. Since we're here, perhaps try that first?"
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The cap is a little narrow, being flooded for so many years have put the natural entrance into a dismaintained path. With a little squeezing for the medium sized people you can fit through.
The west wall of this flooded chamber is almost entirely obscured by an elaborate contraption of stone and metal comprised of intertwined pipes, pumps, gears, and bellows. The metal on the device seems unharmed by its long submersion, other than being caked with algae and silt.
"Well would you look at that!" remarked Logan who marvelled at the sight, "I think this is what we've been looking for! Shall we try and see if it still works?"
Jack nods at Logan's words and waits for Canacha (or anyone brighter than him, to be honest) to tell him which levels to flip or valves to turn.
Flitting about the wall of pipes and devices and tubes and bellows with some excitement. She didn't even know where to begin in her excitement.
She made excitible manta ray noises as she examined things... if she discovered where the thing-a-ma-bobber dohickey goes she would flit about it pointing at it with her tail.
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Canacha looks over the machine and it quickly becomes clear to her that the machine is in disrepair. Not unsalvagable but it hasn't been good for the machine to be underwater for so long. To the best of Canacha's guess it would be a costly affair to get it working again and require the aid of someone with a knack for crafting magical items.
Upon hearing about the machine, Logan said "Remarkable! But expensive... So we probably need to talk to Hetamon, right? So. What next? There's some dangerous creatures in the waters, literally. We could take them out or leave them be... There's also some areas we've yet to explore."