"There may be ought to learn in the rest of this place.", Arean says, opening her sense for magic, and walking slowly about. She wards her hounds outside the shrine, with an open hand gesture that Sir stops at, the other hounds stopping behind him.
"As you wish we may look. Braden and Marcos have not spoken their wish yet? Should we take the teleport? What do you think brother?"
Arean calls to Ikvvy, "Sister, come, confirm my eye?" Arean shows Ikvvy what she's found, and what she thinks it means. "It seems to me we might block the Southern circle. So perhaps the Northern has been blocked on the far side? If not, and if we go, we should all go together. We cannot peek through, and we cannot know if the circle of return to here is near where we will be when we go through. We must commit, if we try this."
She approaches and detects magic on the opposite side, agreeing with Arean. "As a said, a leap of faith. Anyway, the Rahib took all of the Siswa so in his mind no one else would know about this. That is, if he even knows about it." Ikvvy lifts her finger to show her ring to Arean. "I have a plan, I'm coming in first." She speaks to everyone else now. "In my point of view we have to entrances. The direct one and this. I consider this safer, because the last known people to have entered the school, Adrais and Hasan, were not members and so just walked in the front door. Thus I consider it more dangerous than this route. It's a group decision, since we should not split up."
I'm up for it.
"Yeah, me too. Let's do this."
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"And what of the girl, Rahasia? Escorted back to her village, or left to go alone, or brought with us? Is it her choice, or ours?"
"The hounds and I will go near to last. It's possible, they cannot make the will of it, if will be needed. Perhaps I might tell them to guard Rahasia? And her, to feed them?", Arean says smiling.
"Let's keep the pretty lady safe. Anyway, you can't pretend to be Rahasia if she's with us."
"I can't pretend to be Rahasia, who wouldn't know about the teleport, if I use it. Of course, perhaps I could..." Arean stands straight up, then bends a bit at her knees, coming to Rahasia's height. Grabbing a bit of her cloak-hood, she demurely dips her head in echo of Rahasia's demure respectful manners, draws in her shoulders for elven slimness, and speaks in an approximation of the elf's voice and accent, "If, we were... to meet gullible guards, once inside?"
"Well", Arean says in her own voice, regaining her own stature. "Perhaps after some of you, are in their uniforms? A man on each arm, and I'll rip a bit of skirt away, and none will be looking at more than the leg."
Ikvvy knows a thing or two about disguises, so she gives opinions about what to do, should they need Arean's disguise. She believes the disguise to be very good indeed, although some features do not favor the match.
"One we are inside we can adapt the plan. Maybe this will take us straight to Rahib. Ok, here I go."
She approaches the teleportation circle, looks back to see if they are all ready, then activates both Darkvision and her invisibility, and steps into the magic.
Ikvvy vanishes as the magic takes her away.
The eastern wall does not have an iron gate, but you can't tell if it is another alcove or a hallway from where you are at.
"Go swiftly, now, do not leave her alone.", Arean says to the warriors.
Arean whistles for her hounds, planning to let Russ stumble into the circle, then order Sir through, and Bear with her. If the hounds are not transported, she will ask Rahasia to take them. They will be told to guard Rahasia, in that case. Then Arean will go through, herself.
Eldrian is only 1 step behind Ikvvy, dashing into the spot she previously vanished from immediately.
Furnok moves in nexr.
Marcos steps into the magical trap with th ed rest of the group.
"So much for a quiet entrance..."
From somewhere within the cell Ikvvy voice echoes, denouncing her position although she is invisible. "If someone can pick that lock, this is the time to do it. Break it if you must. The rest of you should hide as best as you can."
The sorcerer watches the corridor for anyone coming through it, while the tries to identify what does the word means. And she detects magic on the padlock.
"Huh, this had better work." Brad brings up the rear, stepping through the portal.
You are all in the alcove with the padlocked gate barring the way out.
Furnok tries sundering the lock
Furnok I'm going to grant you your weapon's +2 bonus on sunder checks vs medium or heavy armor as a damage bonus vs the lock. With that in mind you see the lock bend out of shape a little.
"Marcos, can you break that lock?"
"Lady, guide his hand."
"Archers all, the gate your window,
and ready, no friends will arrive.
And Sister, keep your cloak, and well
it may be how all else survive."
The lock drops off, the gate can be lifted up with a DC 15 Str check.
Ikvvy will not help to lift the gate. She is focused on the corridor to see if is there anyone approaching.
strength
"It would appear our companion beat me to the punch. Do we not have anyone able to open locks quietly?"
Nope.
"Loud and fast it is. Be on your guard, and lets move. I have this gate for the time being. Someone spike this gate open with a piton, there's a hammer and four of them in the outside pouch."
Arean Star-Eyed
Braden Swanson
Eldrian
Furnok of Ferd
Ikvvy
Marcos DeAngelis
Siswa
Initiative
Marcos 22
Siswa 20
Eldrian 17
Braden 17
Furnok 15
Arean 13
Ikvvy 12
Furnok hurries over and hides against the wall just SE of the '41'
Got some people behind the east doors, elves maybe. They'll be here soon.
Marcos waits until everyone moves past the gate and then moves himself, keeping a javelin and his shield ready.
Eldrian moves in to protect Ikvvy, drawing his blade.
Brad presses himself up against the wall, ready to strike (nonethally) any approaching folks.
Ikvvy will move to the other side of the hallway and waits there until the incoming folks are close enough to catch a bunch of them in Color Spray (DC 15)
Arean directs her hounds to the South, hidden from the doorway hall. Slipping from her robe, she throws it back into the Northern alcove, and walks to the center of the room. The not very much of her dancer's costume remains, and as she crouches in a dancers pose, even less of it is presented visible to the door.
"This might give them pause.", she thinks, "If the rest remain out of sight."
Hoping to cause just such a pause from the arriving enemy, Arean waits for a silence, or words directed at her. Rising, she requests, "Take me to Rahib."
Four Elves quickly burst into the room all except the one who opened the door are holding a glass vial in each hand, the sight of the of Arean in her dancer's outfit stops them for a moment...
And a confused look comes over three of the elves faces at Arean's words and looks. So confused that they drop the vials in their hands shattering some of them. An almost clear gas escapes the vials and as the four elves drop to the floor and start to snore you can hear the tinkling of more vials breaking.
Braden and Furnock the cloud of gas rushes foward so fast that the very edge of the cloud rolls over you before you can move.
ZZZZzzzzz
"Nice spell Arean!"
Ikvvy backs up while the cloud of gas moves toward them, and she waits until it has dispersed before moving along the corridor and past the fallen Siswa, to watch the other side for any more incoming folks in her invisible form (which might be running off by now). She realizes Furnok is down, but since he seems to be snoring the others can take care of it while she keep watches.
.
Brad slumps down to the ground.
Marcos stays out of the cloud, watching the door intently.
"Nice spell Arean!"
"That most ancient, aye..." Arean says softly, smirking.
"Marcos, Eldrian, get him back from the gas!", Arean says, as Braden slumps into the faint shadow of the gas. But there was no helping Furnok, who'd already started a robust snore.
"Lady, Guide them", Arean requests.
Map is updated to show what Ikvvy can see from her new position.
Out of combat.
Arean will work to awaken Furnok.
Then she'll put her robe back on, and sweep away the glass shards, perhaps with one of that archer's arrows...
Ikvvy activates Message focusing on Eldrian and Arean, whispering to them. "Clear! I see two other doors and stairs. Can you wake them up Arean?"
"I surely can't carry them!", Arean whispers. "I'm trying. And once done, it's magic I'll be looking for, and glass shards, swept from the way of my hounds..."
Unsure what might awaken the big man, but sure what wouldn't hurt, Arean whispers and beckons, "Russ, come.", and when the dog attends, touches Furnok's face, and says playfully, "Kisses!"
Marcos grabs the unconscious man and drags him away from the gas.
Zzzz..Accpbtthhhh.
Going through the pockets of the Elves you find a key ring with six keys on it, 4 vials of smelling salt (Arean easily recognizes them), 10 gp, 8 ep, 25 sp, 16 cp, 4 silver daggers, 2 short swords, 2 long swords, 2 longbows, 24 normal arrows, 12 silver arrows, 12 blunt arrows, and a small packet of seeds.
Russ delivers some friendly dog kisses to Furnock who keeps on sleeping.
Marcos drags Braden over next to Furnock.