"With the girl-humans and their were-rat leadership dead or fled-fled, we have some time now to study-look at that magic door. The puzzle box was using code-code and ancient Thassolonian runes, i see no reason-reason this door would be wildly different-different. What do you all say?"
"Yes-yes, we can look and see-study the door. I would wager-bet there is a rune phrase or word to open it up, and the girl-girls could not figure it out-out."
Mikittar approaches the trapped door and observes it from a safe distance.
Sandu follows along. "I am not very smart, but perhaps Desna can help guide your thoughts"
"Yes-yes, the words and runes are like the puzzle box, but I don't know what they mean-mean. If I can take a good likeness, we can use the library back at-at the Pathfinder house to make some-some guesses."
Mikkitar takes out his book and draws the runes and images as closely as he can for further study.
"I must-must learn this language soon-soon. If we are going to keep finding more-more stuff like this, it only makes-makes sense."
"In the morning I can reach out to Lady Luck for the ability to read these, if they are a language."
You make your way back up the stairs to the fourth level.
You're more burdened down with loot than you were when you came this way.
You can tell the the Tower Girls took anything useful that wasn't nailed down when they came this way after you defeated them.
When you reach the secret entrance over the shaft Apex, you find that the Tower Girls have vandalized the ropes and platforms that you used to reach the entrance from the ledge.
Nocki's climbing equipment comes to the rescue though and he is able to rig ropes from the top of the shaft to the ledge. While climbing down from the top you can see that the Tower Girl's boats, which had been pulled up and the entrance far below, are gone.
You can see Conroy Crabfisher's boat, The Green Wave, sitting at anchor a short distance from the small dock.
You wave, but you're too high up for the crew to notice you.
Taking up your burdens after the climb, you hurry down the stairs.
You're cautious, looking out for other sabotage or traps on the way down.
Reaching the bottom, you are able to signal out to the boat and you see them weigh anchor and begin to row in.
As a approach, you can see Conroy in the bow: "Ahoy there lubbers! Everyone ok there? We saw a couple of small boats heading off towards the city as week approached."
"It looks as if you folk found something in there after all!"
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Nocki replies to the man "Aye, we found something. But there was people before. You know anything about were-rat sailing often here?"
He enters the boat last, a little uncomfortable being in it. He makes sure Bear doesn't fall in the water and gets comfortable, resting his bones from all the fighting. As they are underway back to the mainland, he lights up his pipe, letting the spicy smoke trail behind the boat.
"Yes-yes, stupid human-girls made a gang and were being very dumb-foolish. We all lived and they mostly did not-not, so good trade for us, Yes-yes."
"Not a rat person like him ..... but a real were-rat?" Conroy asks.
He shrugs and opens his arms:
"Can't say that I've ever heard of any rats on boats except the regular kind."
"Maybe they were out here because the city watch was after them."
"We've been out on the boat all day catching some fish." he grins.
"I don't know what might have happened while we have been out."
"Let's get you loaded up and head back to shore."
"Yes-yes, back to town olease-please. I am in need of-of reagents, and a library "
Mikkitar buries his nose in his notes, trying to puzzle out the doors answer by sheer stubbornness.
"Thank you for coming back, I was at least a little worried."
You give your leave to Conroy and his crew start unloading the day's catch.
It's an uneventful trip across town to the pathfinder lodge.
As usual, the city watch gives you some ugly looks at being on the street in a nice part of town.
You get back to the lodge and you are ushered into the study. Sheila arrives in a flurry and asks: "We're you successful? Did you find the next shard?"
"We-we found a door with many-many runic markings, in the same language as the puzzle box we solved before-before. Since none-none of us can read the runes, we made notes and will-will need to study the words and see-solve the password."
"But no sign of the next shard?" she says, clearly disappointed.
"Did you find any other items of interest?"
"No-no, not yet-yet. But that door certainly could-could be blocking access to who knows what-what. I'm just about done learning the old tongue-language, and brushing up-up on the history of this place-place. Give us a few day-days and I'm sure we will-will get that door open."
[Ooc]Mikkitar took Linguistics and Kn(history) for learning about Thassilon and the area, as well as the Identify formula. So our ability to piece together these clues should be a bit higher now.]/ooc]
"We where a little under prepared, but I am sure Millitar can get us in."
"Yes-yes, now that I've studied the language enough,I think-think I can solve the puzzle easily enough. Here-here, what do you think?"
Mikkitar spreads his notes out on the table and begins to piece together possible answers to the puzzle door.
Sandu sits nearby, idly flipping cards one after another. Most of his attention on sending Desna's blessing to the Alchemist.