Ellantera smirks at the discussion, but says nothing, waiting for the next stop to be decided.
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Ellantera follows her sensei's lead. She slaps the rogue on the back after he returns, almost knocking him down. Grinning, "We'll just have to find a different death-defying feat for you today!"
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"OK. Now that we are up here, it should be possible to rig a safer way to descend an return, don't you think?"
Adoven is favored with a smirk and a raised eyebrow when she realizes the cause of his discomfort. She offers no resistance, but you never know with those rangers... Hearing the wisdom in Dohrlok’s words, she calls out to the rogue, ”Verrick! Hold!”
Ellantera takes the rope and ties one of the hooks to it so she can go chain-fishing. Once she's been able to draw it to her, she ties herself to it and braces as best she can manage, staying low (but not prone) and watching the man edge forward.
The girl shrugs, "That's why I just swing the hammer. So," she indicates her mentor, "Maybe we can tie ourselves to the chain and try to catch you when you come flying past."
Looking at the floor, Ellantera asks, "Anyone have a crowbar?" At Adoven's suggestion, she frowns. "With nothing to brace against..." she looks up and down the visible portion of the hall, "It could be tricky. And how long would we need to hold out? I wonder if we could use the chain in some fashion - maybe tie ourselves off to it so we cannot fall far if we do fall."
Ellantera muses, "The theme around here has been wind, right? I don't want that thing blowing me down the tunnel to fall 100 feet. Maybe we should anchor ourselves just in case while scouts scout."
Ellantera is grateful for the darkness to hide her embarassment, but there's nothing hiding her breathing as she tries to get it back under control following the near miss. She calls down the shaft, "Yes. Can you tie it about yourself?"
Verrik might smirk just a bit at the request Stanley makes, but he's careful to hide it. "Like the girl said, let's get that rope tied around you, here you go." He aids the man with the task before heading up the rope himself. "Stay near the chain until I'm to the top or you're going to make my climb a bit harder."
Ellantera climbs up and attempts to follow suit once Dohrlok and Tyvall are ready for her to make the jump.
Ellantera motions to the hesitant Tyvall, ”Come on, let’s get up there, eh?”
Ellantera looks up the chain, but cannot see the monk. "Master Dohrlok, is there a place to tie off a rope? We could knot it to help with the climb."
Ellantera will wait until Dohrlok has reported back to move it, but she will prepare to turn the sarcophagus once more.
Her feet slide out from under her and she falls. Blushing furiously, she gets up, dusts herself off, and braces for another go.
This time, the loose sand doesn't catch her by surprise, but she makes no progress on moving the ancient stone, either. She stands, hands on her hips, and looks around at the others. She'll try again, but she's trying to breathe deeply and find her calm center first.
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Ellantera will go help move the sarcophagus again.
Ellantera responds to the move of the sarcophagus with, "The ground stopped moving when the noise stopped." She shifts her position (and the grip on her hammer) when Adoven peers into the next alcove.
Ellantera grabs up her hammer and strides toward the sound, thinking to be within a step of a rising cylinder.
"Maybe they just needed a light. Which one might not have mattered to them." She turns toward the stone for another push, but pauses and looks around. "If someone came here and opened a door by turning the stone, how did they close the door once they were inside? Did you see something in the metal room to do that, Adoven?" She walks over to the cylinder and cautiously peers in. Realizing this is not her strong point, she shrugs, "Sorry, I will let you do the thinking." She walked back to the sarcophagus and braces herself for another spin.
With a terrible imitation of a curtsy - the hammer got in the way - she steps up and tries to judge the best vantage point to make it move.
"Now we can see if it turns?" She moves forward, following the elf's lead. She nods at Tyvall, "He's not looking so good."
Ellantera shrugs at the smart fellow's response. She looks around for something she can do, but ultimately decides to simply stand watch. She turns to face the entrance to provide warning should something follow them into the room.
Stanley is a scientist with a regimented way of approaching a problem. Ellantera is limited in her available solutions - if she can't smash it or move it, she's out of ideas. Ergo, she looks at its similarities to a compass and wonders if it turns. I'm not trying to jump ahead - does it actually turn?
Pointing at the sarcophagus, Ellantera asks, "Does that move? Maybe it can turn?"
Ellantera rolls her eyes when the scholar turns away. Resting the head of the hammer on the ground and placing her hands atop the pommel, she settles in for what might be a long wait.
She squints at the lantern from where she stands. "Is it a candle, then? I thought it might be like the magic they have for festival, just a little light set inside the lantern." She looks without approaching, twin feelings of fascination and nervousness at war on her face as she contemplates. "Puzzles and magic. Give me something to smash."
"Are these five lanterns in their places? What should the other two be? I can go upstairs to check the painting." She, however, makes no move toward the stairs just yet.
The master's approval obviously means a lot to the girl, but she tries to hide it with a stoic nod in reply.
"It's like the painting we found upstairs."
The girl keeps a wary eye on the webbing as she goes past, hammer at the ready.
She shrugs and keeps her hammer ready.
With a gesture at the webbing, "Will the torch light the webs? Would take care of the bugs, too."
The girl tries to get a good look at the bite as though surprised to find it. "Nah. It's fine." Dohrlok says nothing, but shakes his head and motions for Stanley to perform his healing magic on the girl. When she starts to protest, he holds up a stubby dwarven finger. "Do not act tough, seek discipline." She bows her head for a moment and nods. "May I be healed, sir?"
Rubbing the wound on her leg where the spider bit her, Ellantera suggests, "Fire seems appropriate here. Would it burn any of your unfound treasures?" She looks over at the party leaders as she asks.
Ellantera fails to avoid the bite this time, but only hisses at the sharp pain of the bite. The pain is sufficient to distract her from her stroke, however.
Similarly, Dohrlok attempts to reciprocate against the arachnid facing him.
Ellantera, heartened by her initial success, dodges the bite if the spider that lunges at her and takes a swing at it in return.
Ellantera moves up to finish Verrik's target and remove the immediate threat to her recent watch partner.
Verrick moves toward the spiders to get a better angle , draws back his shortbow and fires at the rightmost spider.
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She nods, "It feels like someone is watching us."
Ellantera sees the elf's watchful stance and moves to him, thinking to do the same. "Back to back? Then we can focus in different directions."
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