Rabbai decides to help Vitarri with Misarru's recovery. He proves to be quite good at this.
When he's done doing whatever he can to help Misarru, Rabbai shakes his head and takes a step back. "Guys, I'm leaving for now. I hope to see you later."
Having said so, Rabbai leaves the party and heads back for the sewer's exit.
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Seeing that their efforts failed Vitarri did the last thing he could do. He pulled forth the symbol of the lord of iron and called forth the divine armor of his faith to encase Misarru. As the shimmering magical field started to form Vitarri kept his casting up until it was almost complete. On the verge of completion he turned and balled his free hand into a fist, which he then used to drive through the center of the magical armor. Shattering it and scattering the positive energy across Misarru's body.
In an instant the tieflings injuries stitch shut, most of the severe injuries he suffered were gone and Vitarri was left feeling much weaker then before. "The Lord of Iron's will wain's I cannot heal anymore today..." He says this in a truthful faction, knowing full well that only two abilities of his remain and none of them had the ability to heal...
He packs up his kit and tucks it away, standing somewhat staggered like but his resolve to finish the mission keeps him from falling completely.
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The only way out we know is past the shocking fungus I am not sure we can survive another crossing there. I suggest we see if this natural cavern leads anywhere.
Xander then takes his scorpion from his shoulder and puts him down. Go see if there are dangers around the corner.
The scorpion's coloring allows to disappear against the natural stone as it explores the cavern beyond.
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"Days like these... Heh." Vitarri chuckles at Misarru's comment, finding humor in it. "The last time I had been knocked down I awoke to find our ship burning to the waterline just off the coast of Absalom." He runs his gauntleted hand across his face, wiping off the much of the sewer. He explains the possible plans forward after MIsarru recovers his equipment and adds on at the end of the explanation. " Just to warn you, my strength is gone so try not to get hurt too badly this time around." Vitarri grins at the Tiefling as he waited for Xander's scorpion to return...
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Muchio leans in slightly, unless somebody was right next to them, they wouldn't hear the low sound question.
"Would that involve your...promise...to the eccentric paracountess? You agreed to pay her a social visit if you could take the silver with you if i recall."
A slight teasing smirk formed on her face.
Xander's scorpion stealthily moves into the cavern beyond, not encountering a single creature. It follows a tunnel that ends at a stone wall, and returns to Xander.
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Vitarri scrambles across to the otherside of the channel again, he fails to clear the jump but manages to stay above water and pull himself up on the otherside. Standing once more he unsheathes Oathkeeper once more and turns to the others. "If I fall and things have taken a turn for the worse..." He turns from them continuing to speak before striding off into the darkness. "... leave me and save yourselves." He smiles as he moves off into the natural cavern ahead content that the Lord of Iron stood with him.
When Xander and Snips enter the tunnel Xander notices the stone wall at the end is in fact a stone door. When he tries to open it Xander notices the mechanism is broken en rusted. It's impossible to open the door.
Aeilín and Muchiko notice their vision returns to normal, and they can finally see everything the dim-lit tunnel reveals to them.
Dagnobar discovers the door frame's cracked, creating an aperture just large enough for a tiny creature to squeeze through.
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Vitarri was impatient but wasn't going to argue. "I will take the next watch then, camping here in this cleared area will be easier then retracing our steps. Besides that fungus will keep things from coming from that direction." with that he settles down in a corner, pulling off his armor and sleeping in his drenched padding with Oathkeeper across his knees. If he could get enough rest he could focus his strength once more.
MAP - Vitarri sleeping in a corner
The party rests, and eventually goes to sleep. Every party member takes watch at some point. Sounds, footsteps and eerie giggles, can be heard as creatures move through the sewers, but time passes uneventfully.
The next morning everyone wakes up again, and is ready for a new day of sewer crawling.
Snip's not intelligent enough to let Xander know what exactly is on the other side, but the haste with which Snip returns probably indicates there's something alive that spooked the scorpion.
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Vitarri straps on his armor, ignoring the wet squelch as the sewers had soaked him all night. He was thankful he slept at all in the horrid conditions but as his fractured memory reminded him. He had slept through worse, much worse...
Once his armor was on he prayed for sometime to regain the favor of the Iron Lord this day. If the rest of the trek proved as interesting as the beginning then he looked forward to the beating they received today. He raised his symbol and healed all those present, grunting as he realized the Iron Lord was still displeased with him...
"That's all for now, I can lead the way." He draws Oathkeeper and makes his way back out onto the main sewer walkway, heading left and for the unexplored area.
When Vitarri channels the positive energy reaches every party member, and heals them of some of their scratches.
Aeilín moves east while Snip scouts ahead. The others follow and the party ends up in front of a pair of stairs. Algae and moss slick the first four stairs in a short flight of steps that rises to a stone and steel door worked with designs of riders on horseback. Etched into the center of the door is a horse head emblem with a fleck of ruby-red glass for an eye. The edges of the door bear depictions of Shoanti on horseback fighting horned, winged monsters.
The stairs the party arrived at are probably the same stairs where Sascha installed a javelin trap, which she told the party about before they headed for the sewers. It's unclear if the trap's still in place.
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Vitarri chuckles at Aeilin's good intentions but finds being called a mere Priest humorous. "Lets stand side by side then but don't treat me like a mere alter boy Aeilin. I think you know I can take a hit and I know that you can as well. Heh." He mean's it all good naturedly, in fact his mood had been better now then in many days as he had been bored out of his mind in the Grand Lodge's barracks.
Misarru is able to spot the javelin trap at the right side of the stone and steel door. He's also able to determine which positions would trigger the trap, which looks incredibly lethal.
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Misarru approaches the door carefully and takes a good look at the door and how to disable the trap.
"Watch your step, the area in front of this door looks to be dangerous. Now let me check this door." He says as he begins to use his tools of the trade to disable the trap and eventually open the door.
The javelin trap is succefully disarmed, and the ornate door easily opens. Past the stone door, the coarse brick of the sewers gives way to cut stone block construction with corbeled arch ceilings that peak at a height of ten feet. Sturdy wooden doors line the walls, though years of mildewed neglect have eaten away at the facades.