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"Liandra? Ewald? Are you still there?"
Whispering from the edge of the platform, "What did you find? Are the doors open yet?"
Amanda looks between those working on the door and Eria and decides she can be of more aid if she watches the approaches, too. She moves over to where Eria watches and she keeps her eyes on the tunnel from the other direction.
Amanda turns to Liandra, "Do you know anything about traps? Do you think pushing these crates into the way will help?"
"It's worth a try." All:
Amanda shrugs her shoulders and shows her empty hands. "Unless we can slide a crate in front of the door to block the spikes...."
"If those are locked, we might be stuck out here. I'm not sure we can - or want to - break them."
Seeing minimal reaction from the military man, Amanda relaxes and concentrates on studying the platform. She will move her Dancing Lights around to better study the material up here before moving over to study the door. Perception aid another for Ewald (platform debris) Perception aid another for Ewald (doors)
She hesitates for a moment, but she smiles and accepts the assistance. Ewald: You notice that the hand you grasp does not match the hand you see. For one thing, it feels like it's covered with fine hair. Stranger yet, it doesn't flex correctly, almost like it's broken. After her feet are firmly on the platform, you notice Amanda studying you closely, almost holding her breath.
Dubious, she tries again.
And she will share that information with the others. Climb
Picking herself up off the ground and rubbing her hip, Amanda says, "Maybe I will just wait here for you to report back."
Amanda whispers to the others, "Ewald wants to investigate the door on the platform before we go farther. I'm not much of a climber - I would only slow the rest of you down - so I will follow." Amanda will wait and watch the tunnel for movement while those that wish to ascend do so. Then she will climb up to join them.
To avoid having to shout in the tunnel, as Ewald climbs the rope, Amanda casts Message with him and the others as targets. "Do you see any sign of him up there?"
<facepalm/>
The tunnel continues past the platform. You have yet to see any kind of track to indicate that Poltur has come this way. The ground is covered in silt, so you believe you would see tracks unless he had a way to magically disguise them.
Amanda is a little concerned at the negative reports from the trackers. She looks at the ropes.
You begin moving along the tunnel, noticing as you do bits of dried seaweed and shells on the ground. Clearly, this tunnel has spent long full of water. You begin to suspect that it served as a channel for ships. This becomes even clearer when you find yourselves beneath a platform, fifty feet long and twenty feet wide. Although the platform is 15ft. above your head, ropes hang down from it, so you could easily climb up to it.
"I'm no good determining tracks and such. Can any of you tell if he came this way?"
"I doubt he went through those quietly fast enough to get them closed again before we got here... perhaps we should follow that path first instead." She points to the tunnel as she conjures up a set of Dancing Lights and waits for verification that she should send them ahead.
The tunnel, which slopes down so smoothly and is so perfectly constructed that it is obviously of magic origin, continues deep into the island. Your best estimates would put you at least 100 ft. below sea levelyet it is perfectly dry. You descend until you reach another large cavern. To your left are two large doors (about 40 ft. high and 20 ft. wide each). A series of chains and pullies support them. By their direction, they would open up to a space beneath the port you just came from. To your right, is yet another large cavern. This one has very little water in it. To your far right, the tunnel continues.
Rubbing the back of her head and looking embarassed, Amanda will come up to the rest of the group. Whispering, "Do you want me to push some light down the tunnel?"
Once Amanda gets within 15' of the last member of the party, she will slow down to their pace and use her darkvision to watch their backtrail. Tarren: Are there wet footprints on the slope? Perception
With a sigh of unrequited curiosity, Amanda double-moves to catch the others, slowing to move stealthily (if they appear to be) when they come into sight.
Amanda, seeing some of the others hesitate, motions them to follow Ewald.
Amanda, hearing Eria, motions the others after the fleeing man, but she stays where she's at, saying something too quiet to hear from shore. Spoiler:
"Who are you? What keeps you here? Why have you not gone over? Can we help you?
When Amanda realizes the others may follow, she holds up a hand and shakes her head. She mouths, "Not yet," and proceeds slowly along the deck toward where the figure was spotted.
"#%^*%&!"
Perception
Amanda circles back around to the gangplank to get back onto the ship.
Amanda will turn to look at the ship. What is it? Did we miss something? Perception
Perception
Amanda will follow Galadar and cast Dancing Lights and move them close along the surface of the water.
The first mimic falls with Amanda's first ray. Behind it, a second one is climbing up the ladder to take it's place. Tarren:
"We are trying to kill the wall-thing? I was saving these, but..." She stretches out a hand and focuses her attention on the mimic that the others have been shooting at. Attack
Tarren: Attack
"Tell me what you can still do..the same for the rest of you who can cast spells." She looks shocked, "A girl has to have some secrets, sir!" Then she grins and starts counting off on her fingers, but she does so in a low voice so Ewald actually has to lean closer to hear her, "I can throw acid or frost or lights or a quick flash in the eyes, see magic, move small objects at a distance, or whisper at a distance. I can pretty much do those anytime. "Or I can make a small group fall asleep, cast a ray that burns or weakens, deliver a touch that muddies the mind, get someone to see me as a friend, you've seen where I can make something slick, and... I guess that's it. "I would guess that I haven't used half my power for the day - I feel pretty good yet."
"Right" Ewalds voice firms as he pulls himself together "Suggestions please.but no arguments as we do not have long to act methinks" "I suspect he's already gone, using magic. All I could hope to do is let him believe I'm one of his hobgoblins, but it's pretty obvious that they are all out of the picture. We need someone with stealth to see if he and his walking boxes are still on board." She looks at Galadar and the elf. "I think one of you would have the best chance of success, don't you?" She shrugs, "I have no other ideas. Tell me what to do - I still have some of my magic, but I don't know how useful any of it will be."
"OK, but it bothers me that he thinks we've served some purpose for him."
"Who is this Zasril he mentioned?"
Amanda debates a parting shot at the enemy but decides to conserve her power until she knows what the others want to do. She climbs the rest of the way up the ladder and gets into position where she can watch Poltur.
Amanda will climb the ladder partway before hooking her arm through to cast a spell, sending a pair of beams toward the walking crates.
Scorching Ray #1
Scorching Ray #2
Amanda dismisses the Dancing Lights once she realizes that they've made the hard-to-see creature completely invisible. Turning to focus on Ewald and his combat, she will try to grease the floor beneath Poltur's feet, being careful to keep it just short of Ewald's position.
Amanda will move away from the ladder to let the next person down and will 'push' her Dancing Lights over to Galadar's position to illuminate whatever it was that struck him.
Sense Motive Perception Initiative
Whispers to Galadar:
"Perhaps you or one of the others should go around. I will join the soldier." Amanda climbs down the ladder, stopping with one foot on a rung when she reaches the floor to look between the two men. "This seems friendly enough. What have you found, sir?"
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