The narrow corridor ahead has a strange serpentine pattern of green glass embedded in the floor. The pattern runs to the end of the corridor before turning east to head out of sight. Kirito is here as well, looking confused.
Fellgrim manages to resist the pull of the snake as well.
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"I should have anticipated that, or perhaps cast some defensive spell before entering that room," he chides himself.
Having no idea which way he is facing, he suggests they follow the hall in the direction he is pointing.
"We must reunite with the others...they could be anywhere, and we are in grave danger separated like this.
"Wait...something just occurred to me," he adds. "Let me see if I can tell what they are saying."
He casts claraudience on the previous room to see if anyone is still there and if so, what they are saying.
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"That was... unexpected."
Thistle chides himself for falling prey to the lure of the emerald statue. He nods at Caranthir, guessing mostly what he is saying by reading his lips, then follows as they south down the hallway.
He looks Kirito in the eyes, hoping to make a connection with the beast. Unsure what to do next, he pats his leg, and tries his best to mimic what Asuna does to get the dinosaur to follow them.
Bruce steps forward to the statue, and he feels something pulling on him. ()
Kirito is quite familiar with the sight of the three adventurers here, and seems pretty calm, and eager to follow them.
Bruce suddenly appears next to Caranthir.
Bruce gets sucked in by the teleportation effect, and joins Thistle and co.
With the same flash that devoured the other party members, Bruce disappears
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Thistle scrawls on his board with his chalk, At least we didn't end up in some pit of fire. Are the others coming?
Realizing that he can make some of his spells last quite a bit longer than he used to be able to, Thistle takes a moment to cast some in preperation. First, he pulls his ring of protection +1 off and hands it to one of his companions. "You borrow." He then summons the divine, using one of his reserves for channeling positive energy, and channeling it into his shield.
With that complete, he then casts bless.
Hoping that the other two are right behind them, Thistle boldly turns the corner at the southern end of the hall to see what lies beyond.
After Fellgrim disappears, Asuna is all alone now...
The party carefully moves down the hallway, following the serpent carving. The corridor just seems to move around corners, coiling in a sense.
As soon as all the adventurers are in the corridor, everyone but Thistle hears a hissing sound. It seems to be coming both from ahead and behind...
Thistle explores the rest of the coiling corridor, while - alarmingly - from both ends of the coil huge spectral snakes advance toward the centre.
Bruce moves in the direction of the door, followed by the rest of the party, but a gigantic spectral snake fills the corridor and blocks passage. It advances slowly, but steadily, and looks like it cannot be bypassed. Bruce is right in the way of the snakes.
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Thistle attempts to speak, in case there is intelligence in the spectral snakes, using the draconic language.
"Are you servants of Ydersius? We just slew the servants of the awakener above. "
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The spectral snakes fill the entire corridor, and radiate an aura of evocation. Bruce tries to get past them, but is pushed back by a solid barrier of force. Fortunately, he lands on his feet. Unfortunately, the snakes keep pushing on, and push Bruce backward, burning the vigilante with pure force damage in the process.
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Thistle moves around Bruce and plants his shield on the spectral snake, using it as a protective barrier. He digs his heels in, pushing back with all his might.
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Thistle tries to block the snakes with his shield, but the push of the serpents is relentless. For the Nagaji, the process is equally painful.
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Bruce will look around for a hidden escape door. "Why did it have to be snakes."
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To Caranthir, it definitely looks like some kind of magical effect, and proceeds to dispel it - successfully. The hissing dies down, an date way to the single exit is free.
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Thistle jumps when Caranthir makes the snake go away, and claps him on the shoulder. He stands back as Bruce works to open the locked door.
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Bruce unlocks the door - just as the hissing re-emerges and the snakes start to reform. Speeding their way through the doorway, they find themselves in a narrow room. A pool runs down the middle of this narrow chamber. Two emerald bridges cross the pool.
On top of the bridges, two serpent folk are awaiting the arrival of the party. They are both surrounded by many illusory doubles and look blurry.
Drop your weaponsss. the first says to Bruce, then the other chimes in a says to Jelani Yesss. Drop your weaponsss.
The serpentfolk hold their knives, preparing to attack anyone within range.
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Fellgrim
Jelani
Caranthir
Asuna
Thistle
Bruce
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Serpentfolk (4 images)
Serpentfolk (2 images)
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Bruce drops his bow, then pulls his morning star out and proceeds to bash the closest serpentfolk. "I've had enough with the snakes."
Heightened senses +2 to knowledge and perception, Darkvision, Investigative mind (double roll on Appraise, Knowledge, Linguistics or Spellcraft), Heroism +2 on attack rolls, saves and skills.
Bruce, swinging his heavy mace, moves for a devastating strike, but finds out at the last moment that he is just attacking the blurry edge of the serpentfolk.
Jelani moves in as the hissing in the corridor becomes louder.
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Fellgrim
Jelani
Caranthir
Asuna
Thistle
Bruce
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Serpentfolk (4 images)
Serpentfolk (2 images)
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Thistle moves into the room, hoping there is enough room for his companions. Seeing the hostility ramping up already, he tries to turn the tide.
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Asuna hurries in the room and sees a group of snakes which clearly have some magical powers.
"Why don't you dispel all your spells cutie, it makes it so hard for us to interact with each other." Asuna asks the first snake she comes across.
Kirito moves up to the second snake and tries to bite into it.