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Shivers swallows as his eyes dart back and forth.

"Um... well... her boat is one of those new ones... t-the ones powered by coal with the big wheels? A-and n-not to mention she probably has it in the c-cove under the house... w-with the rest of her things... t-the only way in w-would be the house itself!"

Shivers wrings his hands.

"B-boat over? I-I'm afraid the only boats are.. Mr. Naylar's boat and Madam Amp's..."

Shiver's wipes his forehead and points off in the distance,

"Well, w-we would j-just have to g-go straight ahead... I suppose..."

With that to go off of, you continue your journey!

1 hour of free-time, if you want it.

Shivers is... well, shivering, but he nods and take out some jerky. "W-we should be a l-little safer here... T-the last animals t-that Master Henry stocked h-here were some lions... but t-their docile..."

"N-not exactly! Master Splorer was worried about these things, so he made it t-that t-they can't l-leave the jungle biome!" He yells ahead!

And as soon as he finishes you see the border up ahead! But... theirs a river in your way! You could probably jump across with ease, but the others might not be able too!

Sorry for not posting!

"J-just a l-little farther!" Shivers yells as he clatters across the clearing!

"RUN!"

"W-well the next cabin's trap was m-more of a quiz than a t-trap... but I rigged it so y-you could skip the first part... t-the third one has a trap t-the dogs could trigger, b-but it's awfully far from here." he says as he grinds his teeth.

Shivers bites his lower lip in though before stating,

"T-the dogs will only be able t-to trigger the d-dart trap... but I can't imagine that it would hurt many of them."

"W-well I think it w-would be quite easy if you had access to a b-b-boat..." he says after thinking for a moment.

I edited in a Sense Mo check, but he seems honest, so I’ll just run with it…

“Oh, like those f@%*ing poison darts, ye mean. Well, that’s excellent—I got a walking answer key. Only… there ain’t a point to passing the challenges now, is there?

“But about the dampener? Ye gotta shut it down from within the house, but is there a power source we can get to from outside? Like, y’know… if it ran on water, ye’d dam the river. There something like that we can do?”

As for the supplies, she says, “Zulu, can ye look into the equipment and see if there’s anything we can do to throw the dogs from our trail?—or at least stall ’em? Like food… or poison food. I don’t care if we kill the damn dogs.”

"I suppose not... but the other don't know that... b-but I tampered with the puzzles to make them easier... like the projector video and s-such."

"Oh, w-well the island is powered b-by a water wheel in the cave b-below the house! B-but the cave is only accessible from t-the sea or the house..." he says, clearly surprised that your familiar with electricity!

I meant the stuff from his backpack

"M-Ms. Amp got away with a lot b-but Master Henry w-wouldn't allow her to bring her own h-help... I w-was the one who h-had to set up the rooms, cabins, challenges and s-such... So I'm q-quite sure that t-the dampenner can only be t-turned off at t-the house..."

A-and, yes, study... The island Ms. Amp hales f-from doesn't h-have any other races b-but human... So your f-fairy is quite t-the specimen..."

Martha and Madam Zulu look surprised as they watch you lead Shivers back, but they don't say anything.

Shivers continues to reach for something that isn't there as he nervously replies,

"I'm a-afraid I c-can't do any of that... Ms. Amp t-took your fairy for study and t-the dampener and your equipment are back at t-the house... B-but w-w-we have n-no time for that! N-now that Master Henry's gone she will surly release B-Buckley and the d-dogs! And now that she knows you have equipment she'll n-never let us leave!"

He said that last part as he took of his pack and let it spill open, showing an armory of guns, ammo, swords, rations, and other equipment!

Looking like he's about to faint, Shivers hesitantly takes the Vixen's hand.

"Please d-don't hurt me! I'm on your side! P-please, I had nothing t-to do with it! W-well that's a lie... b-but I was forced!"

His face is deathly pale and he's clenching the ground to hard his knuckles turn white!

Eep!

Shivers falls backward his eyes wide!

Shivers stays where he is, his knees practically knocking together and and his face even more pale.

"I couldn't say Sir... a-ah! I mean Miss? Doctor? Ma'am. Y-yes, I couldn't say Ma'am.

Init: 1d20 + 0 ⇒ (13) + 0 = 13

Your words of comfort seem to work, as the butler's face goes from pale to bright red, then back to pale. He fumbles to slip the gun into his jacket and drops it on the floor. It lands with a click. It wasn't even loaded! Shivers bends over and picks it up before stammering out,

"M-my deepest apologies M-master Whitetree... I, er, we, er, Master Splorer had assumed you weren't coming... It was just... Er, well, precautions... I'll um, go make sure your room is prepared... Unless o-of course, you require something? "

He talks to you as if he wasn't twice your age. His hands roll over each other as he fidgits around and he seems to be advoiding eye contact. At least you got him to speak.

Will: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (5) + 2 = 7

It seems that Shivers is, in fact, a real person. But as you enter his mind you are bombarded with fearful and aggressive thoughts. They swirl around and lap over each other in a panicked, disjointed, way. It will take a bit of time to start to discern them.

... The door creaks open and you find a gun to your chest.

Standing on the other side of the door is a small man wearing a baby blue suit and white knuckling a single shot pistol. He has a receding hair line and a set of large, scared, eyes. Over his shoulder you spot the Vixen walking down a flight of stairs with Dr. Amp.

Shivers pops back from under the counter with a bowl of chocolate squares, and places it in front of the Vixen.

"Here you are, ma'am, from the finest chocoteir."

Suddenly a bell on the wall begins to ring. Its one of those service bells use to call the butler, of course. Shivers give a startled jump before grabbing his candelabra and checking what looks like a clock face tied around his wrist. He gives a slight simper before muddering out an apology and quick darting out the room.

Alright, a couple more posts and I'll move on to the dinner scene (which is very important) unless y'all want to stick go on for a bit longer.

"Yuh kno who serving di drinks?" - Rorx moves toward, and addresses Shivers.

The butler seems to hold himself back from grabbing the candelabra as he looks up at you wide eyed. His mouth opens a bit before he closes it and gulps. He closes his eyes and breathes in.

DeVill hits the cue ball which crashes into the others with a loud CRACK .

Shivers breaths out and opens his eyes. He then stands straight and looks you in the eyes.

"I'm serving drinks, sir. What would you like?" he says in a clear unwavering voice.

The next individual was also wearing a baby blue tuxedo. He too was hunched but in more of a-cringing-up way. He looked to be middle age, as evidence of his receding hairline, and also had a pencil thin mustache under his wide blue eyes. He seemed to bite his lip a lot and also seemed fond of wringing his hands.