everyone the skulks toss thier weapons where Daxur ordered them, then did the same thing to the ones #3 diabled then the translucent skulk says" please kill us all now,so this all can end haahahahaha,I can help you save the people you seek if you deal with me yes"
Zevon your action please
"So you want to die?"
"Given that he is suffering from what I believe to be either a terminal disease that resembles a curse, or an unbreakable curse that resembles a disease, I suspect that yes, he does wish to die." Turning back to the barely conscious Skulk, Beauregard continues. "What 'deal' do you propose?"
"well I can take to the last room of the complex,if you swear to slay me once we arrive yes.
"Do you really think we can trust him? although it will save us a lot of time, even a blind man can see he will lead us into a trap."
Zevon than goes to the small creatures behind the automaton with his flail ready:
"drop your weapons and stand with your skulk friends in the corner!"
"I would say more that even a blind man can see he will be leading us into danger...
Not a trap."
"thats my dying wish I dont have anything to lose, but you all do yes"
"If he's honest with us, we kill him afterwards, if he's lying to us, we kill him afterwards, and eather way we're waltzing into a fight. What's to lose?"
with a smile "yes warrior woman yes I like the way you think yes"
"Bypasd the traps, hazards, and assorted threats between us and the root cause of the kidnappings?" Engineer looks from each ally to the others in turn.
[B]"How is this not a good deal? "
"tinman agree with me yes he has good head listen to him"
"Sounds like we have a plan!" Daxur says.
One thing you must know before we enter the rest of the complex. Some of the people have been sold off already some slave for master
"I agree with Three and Lumen."
"so done yes I will show you the way I know come" and he begins to move toward the staircase
"wait! what do we do with the other captives? Kill them? Tie them up? We can't risk them coming after us!"
"No, we shouldn't." Beauregard replies, turning to the Skulk's leader his brows raised questioningly.
with a wave of his hand the translucent skulk says"let them be they will leave on there own" as he still walks to the staircase
The translucent skulk stops on the fisrt step of the staircase and turns to eye yiu all.
"Just what you telling us?"
"I will take you where I agreed,but why do the childern concern you? Why are you really here? You wont stop whats coming and you cant stop whats right. Follow me." as he smiles at you all
"Why do the children concern you"? Korihor asks sharply. "They aren't yours. They aren't from your home."
"But the glory of power that was promised is worth the price of any to be sacrificed even to power the future"
"Well, if we can't stop it, there is no danger in telling us of it, is there?" Beauregard counters.
Zevon sighs and mutters "he's nuts..." and walks to the other captives.
"Listen up! Which one of you also knows the way to where the children are held? and don't make me ask it twice..."
Buauregard "then go to the sconce up the stair walk in the hidden hallway and go down the elevator to hopefully your deaths hahahaha" as he points up the staircase
Zevon all the skulks you question all point to the stair case and all say"yes yes yes the stairs"
"What? Elevator? How did we miss that ?" Daxur asks
"Because they wanted us to." Korihor sighs. "Let's go."
She walks up to the landing.
the translucent skulk says "this place hids secrets well,but coming in from below helps finding thing easy,yes, hahahahah"
" didn't miss the elevator..." Beauregard responds to Daxur's query. " missed the elevator & was so certain of my own talents the possibility I could have been mistaken never occurred to me."
"No one else went down that alcove to double-check..."
At Korihor's words he nods. "Yes, let's." As he follows her.
"be sure to knock three times on the door" the translucent skulk says to you
"No thanks." Korihor says to him as she reaches the top of the stairs. "Zevon, be so kind as to bring our friend up here to open this door himself."
reply to Korihor's remark"death sweet death yes" the skulk says
Lumen drinks her last potion taking a deep breath as she tosses the empty vial aside, her flesh mending as she pulls the bolts from her body.
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The translucent skulk marches up the stairs, moving past who ever he has to entering the hallway once it opens. He stops short 5ft of the wall . He looks back and says "have fun hahahah". He jumps and kicks the door lands on the stone, then falls through the floor. The door sits ajar........
Daxur was just about to start examining the translucent skulk, when it walked up to the door and disappeared. Frowning, Daxur cocks an eyebrow and looks up at Korihor "Neat trick."
That magical link between Korihor, Daxur and Lumen... is that still in effect ?
As the floor trap lay open the screams of painful joy echo from below,clopping steps can be heard from behind the ajarred door.
"Are you ready to proceed? Any traps lay ahead?"
Engineer takes a moment to reacquire his psionic focus
concentration.
While his companions are dealing with the translucent skulk, Zevon remains a little longer in the chamber of masks.
He binds & gags one of the captive skulks: "My friend, this is your lucky day! You can help your leader give us a tour of this place in case he forgets to show us the hidden traps!".
He then joins the others on the stair and the secret passage, while keeping an eye on the other skulks.