Aetherys finds a box, with numbered buttons. She's seen a similar configuration, near the door to the north. The underside of the box has a sequence of numbers painted onto it '92746', and a message.
“The commander will kill the next guard he catches using a note to remember the lift code. Just use this when needed.”
Cacumattus investigates the projection. Strange, though, it is isn't quite magical. It would be an illusion-like effect - a spell could do this - but there is no trace of illusion here.
Adrianna finds a hand-held disk with indentations that hum softly when pressed, as well as two sets of tools that looks a bit like lock picks, except that they seem to be wired to interact with technology in some way.
The circular pillar at the back of the main room has a single door in it. If opened, it leads to a small room, that has a keypad, numbered 0 through 9, next to a panel with an imprint of a five- fingered hand with fingers splayed.
Boram fiddles with the control, and the character displayed change into:
WARNING!
Deployment carrousel halted between positions.
Caroussel must be realigned to access exits from security sub level.
Manual realignment systems: offline
Holographic controls: functional
Holographic interface apparatus: not detected in vicinity
Holographic interface apparatus last logged in monitor room to access atmospheric controls for atmospheric nullification.
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Marra reply to Adrianna, "Aetherys found the box."
Looking at the display the halfling comments, "So, we need to find the Holo interface Thingee . also, I don't like the sound of atmospheric Nullification, I'm sure I like my air. Unnullfed ."
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[ooc]I've added the eastern room, since it's visible in the projection anyway. It's not connected to the outer ring of rooms.[/ooc
Upon closer inspection of the holographic projection, the outer ring seems to have twisted somewhat, ever since the warning message appeared.
Aetherys enters the code, but nothing happens, which might have something to do with the five-fingered hand imprint below the keypad. Perhaps some kind of imprint is needed?
Boram easily manages to rig the device to activate, though he also notices that the spread palm-shape corresponds to the shape of those iron gauntlets the skeletons were wearing.
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"Got it!" Adrianna calls out as she runs back to where the skeletons lay. She will grab a set of the gauntlets and test them for fit. Perhaps her punches would have more power with these?
When she returns to the main room she will look at Boram, and then place the gauntlet in the impression. If it needs to be twisted or pressed, she will attempt a variety of motions to make the device work.
Adrianna touches the palm-shaped depression with the gauntlet. ().
With a lurch, this circular chamber begins to rise, but it jolts to a halt after a dozen seconds or so. A flashing red light appears next to the door-opening panel, accompanied by a faint buzzing sound.
An audible voice sounds, which says something in Goblin, and then in common: Negligible atmosphere detected. Do you wish to proceed? Push open button twice for yes.
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Marra is in the main control room, shakes her head "This is like trying to fix a clock from the inside. Sounds like something is wrong with the atmosphere. That thing said something about atmospheric controls in the monitor room. This seems to be some sort of control room."
Marra looks around for anything that looks like atmospheric controls on any of the panels around the main room, or clues to where the monitor room may be.
Taking 20 on perception for 27
From the model, it was clear that the shaft (that the moving chamber is in) leads up toward another room (which must be the control room). The moving chamber inside the shaft only went halfway up before the warning sounded, and the room on the upper level is not yet visible (and would be blocked behind a door anyway).
Meleren eyes the warning message suspiciously. I'm not sure the pay is good enough to move into an airless room.
Two shiny metal tables or beds stand across from one another in the center of this oval room, with metal restraints positioned at the head, foot, and middle of each table. Metal racks along the north and south walls hold assorted sharp-looking implements. A rounded hutch protrudes from the eastern wall. The implements on the racks are a mixture of surgical and mechanical tools.
The hutch on the eastern wall is locked, with another five-fingered “handprint” panel on it.
Marra touches the imprint with the ion gauntlet, and opens a compartment, which contains three vials of glowing blue liquid, and a wand-like device that contains a reservoir at one end and a small pad at the other.
That's an interesting find Meleren comments. That device - it looks like it might be used to administer healing potion, and the like, from a distance. Then, looking at the adventurers hopefully I'm sure it would fetch a good price on the market.
Marra identifies the potions as magical healing brews ().
Meleren still eyes the potion and the lance are you going to keep all of that to yourself? he finally asks bluntly. Surely, this man -and his companion - are mere bandits, but not completely beyond redemption
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"Of course not, I expect we're working together, so it is just if the benefits are shared as well. That would be even better if you renounced the ways of banditry and learned an honest job, like joining the Pathfinder Society for example. We tend to find many riches like that one that the Society lets us keep."
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Ignoring the debate over the wand-like device, Cacumattus thinks aloud, counting out points on his fingers. "So, a) in order to interact with the controls, we need the interface. But b) by the looks of that message, the interface is in the room above, which c) has no air. And, d), since the interface seems to have been needed to remove the air, we can probably assume it's needed to restore it as well. Which is a problem, because, b) and c), the interface is in the room with no air. Does that about sum up our situation?"
He looks up at anyone that is paying attention, and with a pained expression suggests, "How long can you hold your breath?"
The cairn lands are harsh surroundings to make a living. It is true that we were looking to find an easy score here - we thought that other pathfinder team left a treasure here, but we found nothing but hardship. And that amulet.. Meleren points to the amulet Shecheren is wearing. Shecheren, who seems to much less open to comment than Meleren, simply snorts.
You can hold your breath for a number of rounds equal to twice your Constitution score, but only if you do nothing other than take move actions or free actions. If you take a standard action or a full-round action (such as making an attack), the remainder of the duration for which you can hold your breath is reduced by 1 round. (Effectively, a character in combat can hold his breath only half as long as normal.) After that period of time, you must make a DC 10 Constitution check every round to continue holding your breath. Each round, the DC for that check increases by 1. If you fail the Constitution check, you begin to drown. [ooc] Or choke, faint, etc...