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With more Dimension Door magic, Spirit gets Lorelei and Mr. Pitch past the shrieker again and joing Mheenah...
With some help from Lorelei, Mheenah unbars the door...
...and you don't hear any stirring from the troglodytes to the east...
Upon opening the door, you find a small holding cell. You also find it empty other than some straw laid out on the floor as a pallet and a used chamber pot...lying in the straw, you notice something glitters, piece of jewelry...
Spirit is disappointed to find the room empty. "Oh no... they're already gone!" he exclaims--quietly, because he remembers the troglodytes are nearby. "But maybe someone upstairs knows where! We should go ask them!"
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Mheenah looks utterly crestfallen as she roams about the empty cell, then picks up a bit of silver.
"She was here. This is her nose-ring. We were too late. If only we'd come here sooner..."
She wipes a couple black tears from her hideous little face, then unclasps the ring and puts it about her neck and clicks it shut again.
"It's not fair." she complains to the universe. She then shambles back out into the hall and goes to check the other door, already guessing what they'll find.
"There, there." Mr. Pitch said, trying to console the quasit. "We shall find them."
They've been here... i know it . within the day
"We should go this way!" Spirit declares, pointing at the door to the north in the bedroom.
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You open the door to the north and see...
...a hall with a gleaming white tile floor and a series of alcoves along the east wall. Each alcove is lined with black velvet to highlight the beautiful golden items there, statues in the shape of plants...
"Hmm." Mr. Pitch nodded at the statues. "Those statues look significant."
"Ooo, look at the pretty shiny things!" Spirit declares, scampering out into the hall.
Spirit quickly gets bored of looking at things in this hallway and trots down to the end to look around the corner.
Well, at least i dont have to say, leave the items... they might be trapped
"Oh, look, there's stairs this way! They go up!" Spirit points down the hall with one of his little paws and looks expectantly at the rest of the group.
"Mheehah! Stop! To your left. I think there's a door there."
"Secret door!" Spirit exclaims, running back and looking around the little room.
No.. it's a prayer mat. where they kneel to pray to their gods.
Its not punishment if you enjoy it or actively seek it. It may be difficult for you to understand purely due to your inherent nature...but people pray to show faith..because they want to believe in something greater than can help them
"Look! More hidden doors!" Spirit declares, dramatically throwing the prayer mat aside with his telekinesis to reveal the trap door, then opening it to look down.
Spirit answers Mheenah's question by sprinting down to the end of the hall and opening the door there.
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Spirit opens the door telekinetically to reveal a large chamber...it appears to be a dining room...
This is the room where the clerics, monks, and servants all take their meals together. The pretense of goodness is maintained in a handsome display case, which contains examples of some of the finer harvests to come from the Orlane area: a huge carrot, a plump ear of corn, a cluster of tall wheatstalks, and a bottle of the local wine.
As late as it is, you find the room is currently empty of people...
Spirit follows along and looks in each room, then goes and takes a look around the dining room.
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Mheenah opens up the first hallway door closest to the dining room, and finds and empty prayer cell except for the prayer mat, as before...Spirit checks it out but finds no trapdoor this time...
Upon opening the next door, Mheenah finds herself face-to-face with a ticked off monk, who takes a punch at her...
...but even surprised as she was, Mheenah is able to barely duck the punch...
COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!
Mheenah
Mr. Pitch
Lorelei
Spirit
Monk
The intelligent raven flies up near the ceiling, spreading his wings and begins to glow with an arcane radiance. Arcane Beacon (Sp)
Spirit telekinetically picks up the prayer mat and tries to whack the bad monk with it.
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As Mr. Pitch casts a spell, Mheenah and Spirit go on the attack…
Mheenah’s bite and both claws tear into the monk’s flesh…
…although the monk grimaces in pain, it withstands the poison…
The resourceful Spirit sends the prayer mat flying at the monk…but alas, his aim is off…
COMBAT! Round 1 - The bold may post!
Mheenah
Mr. Pitch
Lorelei
Spirit
Monk (-5/-1 nonlethal)
She moves up and give a bite, then follows up by pulling the leg
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Lorelei sinks her teeth deeply into the monk’s leg, puncturing his femoral artery, and he drops unconscious and bleeds out quickly…
…but you have no time to relax as the other two closed doors open and a monk appears in each, the first attacking Mr. Pitch…
…and the other Lorelei…
…catching both by surprise, both punches land, a glancing blow to the raven and a bit more solid blow to Lorelei’s midriff…
COMBAT! Round 2 - The bold may post!
Mheenah
Mr. Pitch (-2)
Lorelei (-5)
Spirit
Monks (red dead, blue, yellow)
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Mheenah whistles off like an angry wasp, buzzing off circuitously down the hallway then dive-bombing down at yellow's neck for a bite attempt.
"Oh I'm sorry, did we spoil your prayers to the slimy smelly snake goddess?!" she snarls as she gnaws at the monk's skin and bats feebly at the back of his head with her tail.