Cantion holds up his hand. "No more words. I must concentrate in where we wish to go."
The fawn closes his eyes and concentrates on the center of the maze.
The Minotaur sighs, making sure her spear isn't damaged before putting it away and drawing a huge bronze sword. If these are your companions, then I will not disturb you... The father of my kind awaits, so we best be going
Symbols appear in the obsidian and a purplish light. It looks a little different you you do not hear drumming anymore. In fact you're in the center of what appears to be 12 tunnels (like a clock.)
"This definitely seems like a time to ask the twine. I don't like one in twelve odds. Of course that begs the question of where do we want to go. Seems we're away from the last issue. "
Cantion continues to push the twine toward the center of the labyrinth, although, perhaps, he thinks we are already here.
"Maybe we are here?" Nessius asks.
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"If we're here... then where is the one we're looking for?" Titaia asked in addition to Nessius's question.
Chalkou turns his back to the group and slowly scans left to right, trying to see if there's anything he can detect.
Maybe we're still under the surface of Labyrinth?
"I'm getting the impression hat the labyrinth isn't just in two dimensions. "
Chalkou nods, once. "That seems a wise assumption."
Nali sighs. I believe it is a demention all it's own... she says, looking at the twelve tunnels. It's a sundial... she says. She wanders to one of the tunnels and takes a deep breath
This area is pristine clean, no tracks of any kind or dirt for that matter. This would be a little disconcerting likely. The immediate area has no scent but there's a current or air lightly blowing in from each tunnel you could use scent at each entrance if desired.
"Good eye this is a sundial of some sort... Wonders what times lead to where? Maybe it's a riddle?"
"Well", Cantion concedes, "at least, we're away from the goblin horde."
The fawn looks around for clues to where they should go next.
Sense motive:
If the design is like that of a sundial presumably there's a way the sun would effect this. There's also that it's black glass.
So are you guys going anywhere or trying anything?
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Chailkou you happen to look up at the right time and see some faint light through the cracks there appears to be a door about 10 feet up, now how to get up there and move it you're not sure.
Looking up, the bronze warrior notices something. "Look there" he says, pointing with his warhammer. "light, coming through the crack of a door. Now how do we get up there?"
Patroclus will simply try to climb up the wall.
"Here, allow me." Nessius offers, picking up members of the party and holding them up to examine the door. "Don't know how I'm going to follow you." he comments.
"If you'll allow we could pull you up with ropes." Titaia said as she looked to Nessius. "I am sure with all of us up there working together we could do it."
"I could try to jump up, but lets get you all up first." he assures.
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When you boost someone up and push on the trap door it actually has a bronze foldout ladder like an attic door but a bit studier.
You can perhaps keep him from crushing the ladder by using ropes muscle to reduce the weight but for him this is still a DC 15 acrobatics check.
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Titaia took the help offered by Nessius as she planned to repay it by helping him up to the next level.
"Who is next?" She asked.
Cantion takes the offered arm of the amazon, with help from the centaur, and gets up the ledge, offering help to those needing up.
Patroclus scrambles up easily without a word.
Chalkou climbs easily up the ladder, then turns to help the others as necessary.
You all manage to lift the Cantaur up a level then have a moment to take in your surroundings.
The first thing that hits you is the smell, there's a mix of decaying bodies and that stench is mixing with that of a barnyard type smell. A quick look about confirms you're in the Minotaur's refuse yard. There are dead bodies and cow patties about.
DC fort 14 to not be nauseated by the smell.
"That's an interesting reek. " holding back his gorge.
"Ehhww", grimaced Cantion, "I think I can taste it in the air".
"Forward", the fawn says weakily as he begins to step deeper into the chamber.
The area mirrors the one below in that there's a large circle with 12 tunnels going in sundial radials. There's also a stone obelisk casting the shadow though it is presently night time but with a canopy of stars and a full moon.
There's a trench dug between 3-4 o'clock and an outhouse type area between 7-8 o'clock these are the sources of the smell.
Chalkou sniffs a couple of times, but seems unaffected. "Animal waste. Rotten flesh. I believe we have located the minotaur's cesspit."
By the gods!!" Titaia said as she placed her hand over her mouth and nose. "I believe Chalkou may have the right of is...." She muttered into her hand.
"I really hate the wealth of choices, I guess we just pick one. "