[ When last we saw Our Heroes, they had gone into a hole! Fortunately, this was not a rabbit hole, or else they would've wound up in big trouble. Well, bigger trouble. ] [ Right now they're walking along a long, long cavern path. They're not too awful far from the Duergar-held outpost right now, as these things go. ] [ For some reason, Will has been unusually quiet. ] [ Session Start! ] * Tia looks around with her eyes very wide. * Ariake looks around cautiously. * Vall has an arrow nocked, and is glancing around cautiously, just in case. [ For the most part, the tunnel has been roundish, and about ten feet in diameter. ] * Seylin walks along next to Patrick, her wings folded tightly against her back. She's actually relatively quiet, and is keeping her senses alert. ( I think Vall used a sunstick; Patrick has a Coledwarf electric lantern. ) (Hee.) (*snickers*) * Patrick keeps his electric lamp out, having it buckled to his belt so both his hands were free. (Well, are.) ( *whap* :) It's dark in here. ( I've got the sunrod sticking out of the haversack. ;) * Istvan walks along towards the front of the group, the blunt end of his war pick resting on his shoulder. His black cloak is swishing along in the darkness, creating a rather nifty-looking effect. * Tia is speaking softer than usual, but it's still far from a whisper. * Tia is just behind Istvan. * Ariake is walking along next to Tia. * Vall is vying with Patrick for tail-end charlie * Istvan whispers in response. "Underground. Tends to be dark." Quiet, Tia... voices echo down here. * Tia lowers her voice. "Oh. Right. Sorry." * Vall keeps his ears open as well as watching the shadows. * Patrick speaks very softly. "Really? Never woulda guessed." He smirks. * Patrick lets the panzy elf take the back. * Tia leans in toward Istvan. "Hey, um. Do you see anything?" * Istvan whispers back. "Not yet. I'll motion for people to stop if I do." * HKenji smiles a little and keeps his place near the rear. * Tia nods. * Ariake nods. * Patrick walks, looking and listening, but all while grinning. [ Unpause! ] [ Istvan, Patric, Seylin and Tia all hear a yelp from behind them! It soulds like Will and Vall! Could it be a conspiracy against people whose names end with two 'L's? ] (Duh.) * Seylin whirls around. * Tia spins around to face the back. What was that? Huh? Will? Vall? * Patrick rolls his eyes as he looks around with the 'Will you two keep quiet?' look. Oh, and he's smiling. [ Tia spins! Seylin and Patrick both need reflex saves to avoid being swept off their feet by her tail. ] (Haha!) * Istvan peeks back, annoyed. * Ariake looks back to see what the others are interested in. [ Will and Vall are distintly missing. ] *whispers* What's going on back there? * Patrick jumps over the tail. "Watch it Tia." I'm not seeing hide nor tail of Will or Vall. * Tia turns to Istvan. "I don't see Will or Vall." * Tia apologizes to Patrick. * Seylin hops over Tia's tail. "Eep!" Now, where did they go? * Tia apologizes to Seylin, too. * Ariake moves to the back of the group and peers back, looking. ... wonderful. Just be glad I'm not trigger happy. ^_^ *break* [ Our Heroes have been plodding along in the supposed direction of an underground outpost currently held by Duergar, who are like Dwarves but grey, evil, and less pleasant. But suddenly, they hear Vall, (who was busy keeping up the rear to make sure Will didn't fall over due to the weight of his two-inch- thick(except not really) armor), give a yelp! ] [ Once they turn around to see what he's yelping about, they find that he is suddenly waist-deep in the ground! Which seems to be eating him and enjoying it, although one or both of those could be rampant personification gone horribly wrong. But anyway, they *really* ought to do something about this. Sessions Start! ] (can I still feel my legs?) * HKenji whirls around and reaches out for Vall's near hand. * Seylin whirls around. "Vall! Hang on!" * Tia grabs Vall's other hand. Oh, I'm hanging. * Patrick turns around and shines the light on them. "Tia, think you could pull them out?" * Ariake turns, as well, and starts inspecting the ground frantically. I'll try! * Tia tugs. * HKenji tugs with Tia. * Vall looks down... (what's grabbing me?) ... well that's unusual. * Patrick holds the lantern high so that light is shed over the, um... quicksand? (Hopefully his arm doesn't get dislocated :P) * Istvan is probably blocked by Tia, due to the narrowness of the passage, so he settles for keeping one eye on Vall and one eye on the upcoming portions of the passage. [ Vall gets pulled out! ] Are you alright Vall? [The ground bubbles in an angry manner.] [ Unfortunately, the 'ground' he was in was apparently acidic, as his pants are rapidly dissolving. ] I think so... * Seylin stifles a snicker. * HKenji ignores Vall's state of unclothedness. * Patrick smirks. * Vall drops trousers, and tosses them into the acid Ya might want ta get another pair of pants. * Vall then changes trousers from his backpack. * Tia blinks. ... well this is an interesting way to start a journey. Very... [The "ground" surges forward at Tia.] * Tia jumps. "Ah!" Yeah. You think that was a trap or- Tia, look out! * Vall hits the ground with a sonic orb. [ By the way, folks. Roll init. ] * Ariake raises a hand, but Vall hits it first. [ Ariake twitches into action! Go, Ariake! ] * Ariake growls. "Bad slime. Eat icey death!" * Ariake casts Ray of Frost at the thing. [The pudding froths angrily, yet sluggishly.] [ Ariake twitches, casting Ray of Frost on the oozy thing successfully! She freezes a very, very, very very tiny portion of it. ] [ Go, Vall! ] * Vall releases both sonic orbs at the oozy thing. (I think that spell requires a strike roll) [The sonic impact ripples through the poor pudding, making very pretty circular patterns and making it froth most mightily.] (chocolate pudding? ) (Dark chocolate, baby. Fresh from whatever layer of the Abyss Juiblex lives on.) [ Kenji, go! ] * HKenji takes a quick step forward, dropping into a forward-leaning stance and whipping his katana from its saya faster than the eye can see. What the eye CAN see is the sparks laid along the ground as the blade drags to hit the low-lying slime. [ Kenji missteps, his foot landing on some of the slime. He does a really impressive sommersault and, miraculously, lands on his feet. But he didn't even touch the ooze. Maybe he can play it off. ] Watch your step, it's slippery! [ Seylin, go! ] * Seylin leaps forward and slashes at the slime with her halberd. "Kyaaah!" [The pudding is sliced, but reforms around the blade. It burbles. Perhaps amusedly. Perhaps it merely has gas from Vall's trousers.] ( LOL ) [ Seylin neatly chops the black pudding in half! And then remembers that her teachers told her NOT to do that, EVER. She remembers why once the pudding splits in two, each half seeming to become a whole new entity. Bent on gooing you. ] ( *drags Cham to /msg* ) (*dragged*) Uh-oh. Oh dear. I... didn't mean to do that. Really. That's... Not good. Didn't know it could do that. [Correction- the two halves burble.] Well, that's something you don't see every day ... on the bright side, each one only seems about half as big as the original. Which it should, since it was sliced in half. * Tia stares at the goo, wide-eyed. "There's...two?" A most disturbing creature. [ Go, Patrick! ] Yeah... * Patrick snaps his fingers, his Bow of Badass showing up as he quickly knocks three alchemist's arrows and launches them all at one of the blobs. [The pudding on the right is struck! And splits around the arrow, becoming two more puddings for a total of three. Then one of those is hit, making two more puddings for a total of four. FOUR puddings in all. Blurp.] [ There is now one large blob, one medjum blob which is impaled with a burning arrow, and two small blobs, one of which is impaled with a burning arrow. ] They just keep splitting don't they? Apparently. Anyone have an area affect spell handy? Like fireball? I certainly do. [ You hit, they split. There was even a song about it in the school. Did *any* of you stay awake in class? ] Good. Split it until it can split no more, then dispatch it with spells. * Tia glances at her axe, then at the goo, and decides maybe she shouldn't hit it after all. What do ya think we're tryin? We want it to split? * Tia looks puzzled. Yes, Tia. Chop chop! Yes, Tia * Tia nods and grins. "Okay! I can do that!" * Will chants, "May Bahumat guide us" and casts Bless. [ Good job, Will. Now, Go, Tia! ] [ Use you Axe Bash Attack! ] * Tia charges the goo with her axe raised above her head, jumps, and chops down on the goo pieces. "RAAARR!" [The big one goes "BLUB" in fear/surprise/shock/disgust/amusement/chorus, and then splits into two smaller ones as Tia's axe smacks into the middle of it.] [ Istvan, go! ] * Istvan mutters something softly, and his war pick is sheathed in flames. Stepping foward, he swings down vertically at the first half of the pudding Tia just bisected, then swings horizontally at the second 'half'. Wow, fire! [Both halves of the big one split in a fiery scissorcut. It's like Asteroids only puddingy-er.] [ There are now six small puddings and one medium pudding. One of the smalls and the medium have flaming arrows in them. And then THEY ALL MOB YOU. ] (BRING IT ON!) [Two of the small glomp Tia! Two of the small glomp Kenji! One small glomps Will! One of the smalls glomps Seylin! And the medium glomps Istvan! Or at the very least, they try to.] [The four trying to glomp Tia and Kenji miss, hardcore. They bloop sadly. Will, Seylin, and Istvan are not so lucky as their respective puddings latch onto them and make with the acid.] * Istvan reels back at the largest of the remaining blobs gloms onto his chest. "Ah! Stupid piece of goop!" Ewww! Get off! * Will yelps in pain. [ Ariake, go! And try a different spell! ] (Something that hits multiple targets...) * Ariake growls, and checks to make sure that everyone's standing reasonably far back. Then she casts Fireball! * Ariake releases a large torrent of flame at the slimes. It's impressive! You could roast marshmallows. [ BOOM. All the small slimes are blasted to some semblance of death! The medium slime looks slightly crispy, but still quivers on. Seylin gets out of the way with miraculous speed, but Istvan and Will are blasted by the wave of superheated air that Ariake's fireball creates. ] * Tia 's mouth is gaping in amazement. Ow... [The slimes hiss horribly as they evaporate.] * Ariake grins ferally, then looks over at Istvan and Will. "You guys okay?" * HKenji STARES as the flames stop less than an inch in front of his face. * Istvan coughs out a puff of smoke. He's looking impressively charred. [ Vall, go! ] * Seylin lets out a breath she hadn't even realized she'd been holding. "Okay, that was *waaaay* close." She looks over at Istvan and Will. "Um. You guys all right?" * Patrick jumps back slightly, the flames covering his previous position. "Geeze, tell me next time!" * Will bites his lips to prevent screaming in pain and casts Cure Medium Wounds on self. * Ariake nods. "Ugh, sorry about that." * Vall tosses a pair of magic missiles at the charred but still-twitching medium-sized black(ened) pudding. * Istvan stares down at the slime still clinging to his chest. "... persistant, aren't you?" * Tia still seems to be amazed by the earlier fireball. [ Vall's spell makes the poor slime dead. It lets go of Istvan, now. ] * Tia 's eyes follow the dropping slime. [The poor slime, charred and twitching, falls over, and hisses as it shrivels up and turns into a twisted piece of rock.] * HKenji examines the blade of his katana, nods a little, and sheathes it. * Tia leans her axe on her shoulder. An excellent spell, elf. * Will says, "Here Istvan, let me take a look at that" and casts Cure Light Wounds on Istvan. * Tia pads over to Ariake. "Wow! That was really cool!" And well aimed. Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh! Will, look after- never mind. You've got it covered already. * Istvan watches it fall, then turns over towards Ariake. "I don't mean to be harsh, and forgive me if this comes out sounding worse than I meant it... but if you ever throw a fireball into a melee where I'm hacking without warning or a REALLY good reason..." * Tia is ecstatic. She wraps Ariake in a beefy hug. * Ariake smiles. "Well, thank you. I prefer not to hit allies, though..." You almost toasted me too, but impressive magic there. * HKenji walks up behind Istvan. "You being devoured by a voracious creature of living slime isn't a good enough reason?" * Patrick smiles. * Ariake nods. "I'm sorry, Istvan, Will." You should thank the shugen-wizard for your life. Close, but not quite. Well, it was an effective way to get rid of them. Easier than hitting them with magic missiles. Pain. Nice Spell Ariake. But owie. * Ariake nods sheepishly. I was thinking more along the lines of "twenty mind-flayers dogpiled on top of me". * Istvan looks somewhat less charred now. "Thanks, Will." * Vall realizes he's still wandering around in boxers, and changes into his artisan's trousers and boots. * Patrick utters "Return" as his bow of badass shrinks into the palm of his glove again. "Anyways, nice work. Now if you guys are finished chatting, can we keep going?" ^_^ Well, that went... okay. Ow. I'm done! * Tia trots on ahead. [ To your surprise, you notice something big and metal in the huge depression the pudding was lying in. It looks like a pair of large, shiny, slightly greenish metal doors, built into the floor. ] * Will casts CureM on self again. * Istvan mutters something, and his war pick's flames go out. He pulls a small flask out of his Haversack and downs its contents. * Vall pokes at the doors with his bow... * Ariake blinks, and peers at them. Guys, wait up. * Tia stops in mid step and turns. Hold on, guys. THere's something here. [ Vall's poking elicits a 'clank'. ] * HKenji stops and turns. "Hmm?" What is it? * Tia runs over. Some doors. Doors? Can we open 'em? [ Maybe. ] (Do they appear locked from this side?) * Will looks much better after healing up a bit. [ The doors are large, and look very well-made. They have Dwarven ensciptions on them, as well as large ring-handles. ] Doors! Are they locked? Lemme at 'em if they are! ... s'dwarven writing. * Seylin grins. Anyone here read dwarven script? I do. Seylin, are you fine without healing? * Istvan examines the writing on the doors, flicking a large chunk of charred dead skin off the side of his neck. * Patrick shrugs and smiles. * Vall whispers to Will, "How many more spells do you have still? I'd imagine healing from that fireball burned a few of them as healing spells." * Will whispers back, I can convert all my spells to healing if needs be. ... 'Property of Bruenor Beardaxe. All ye other's stay the hells out!' Hmm. Sounds like we should stay out. I'm a little hurt, but I think I can manage for a bit. Not quite what I asked, Will. How many more do you have in reserve? * Tia raps on the door with a foreknuckle. 2 CureL, 2 CureCrit, 2 Healing potion [ Tia gets a 'clank clank clank'. ] Anybody in there? [ There is no response. ] Two minor, two really major, and two potions? Think you're up for another fight, if need be? Would our resident handler of all things locked care to examine the doors? You try opening them to see if they're locked? * Seylin hums happily and inspects the doors. Locked or no? Depends on what we are facing. Most of the damage we took back there were from ourselves. That is true... [ No. They used to be locked, but the locking mechanism, unlike the doors themselves, was melted by the pudding. ] Bah. The stupid pudding melted the locking mechanism. It's no fun that way. [ The handles, tho, are intact. ] * Tia takes one handle and pulls. Maybe we should have Tia use her unlocking skills. ^_^ Yeah, yeah. They made the doors and handles immune to acid, but not the lock? * Vall keeps an arrow nocked as the doors are opened. Door's thick metal. Lock's delicate. * Seylin gets her halberd ready just in case. * Ariake nods. [ Tia opens the doors easily, since their weight doesn't bother her and they were acid-bathed to a meticulous shine. A rush of stale air comes out as she does to, however. ] Looks rather... coppery. Green, like its been out in the open for a while. * Tia coughs a little. "Ugh. It stinks down there." * Seylin wrinkles her nose. "Guess nobody's been down there in a while." * Ariake nods. We shouldn't be going in in the first place. * Tia pokes her head in and looks around. "Anybody home? * Istvan takes a breath, and grins slightly. "'Fresh' cavern air. An underrated pleasure." * Patrick waves his hand in front of his nose. "Daaamn. What died down there." Don't ask; we may find out. Should we go in? * Seylin looks back at Kenji. "Why not?" * Tia looks like her curiosity's been piqued. Someone probably put the pudding there to keep intruders out. There's something down there worth something to someone. The doors said to stay out, and it is not our mission to invade this place. Anybody ever heard of the Bruenor Beardaxe? ... one thing to note. Beardaxe is a dwarf name, not a Duregar name. * Ariake nods. "If it's not a Duregar..." Then it could be our outpost. Maybe we'll find a backway into the stronghold through here. Gain the advantage of surprise. If the Duregar control the outpost, then Bruenor's likely either long gone or long dead. * Tia has already gone halfway into the passage. Tia! Don't forget a light! [ The air wafting out of the hole is old and stale with decomposed things. You see two rat skeletons at the base of the stairway leading down into the ground. ] * Tia stops. "Oh. Right!" She waits for the others. * Vall steps forward long enough to hand the lit sunrod to Tia * Tia nudges the skeletons aside with a hindpaw. Thanks, Vall! * Tia cheerfully takes the rod and starts heading in. [ Tia heads in! Anyone else going? ] << elven 'you're welcome >> * Ariake shrugs, and follows Tia. "At worst, we'll be impolitely asked to leave." * Tia hums to herself. * Istvan heads in after Tia, pickaxe still resting on his shoulder. "If nothing else, we should find out what happened to the dwarves that lived here. Tell their families." * HKenji scowls visibly. * Vall waits for the others to go in, then takes the rear with Patrick. * Seylin follows Istvan. * Patrick shrugs. "No time like the present." He goes in. "Heck, if anything, we could just leave." * Will follows. Looks like something fishy went one here. Should investigate a bit. I wonder what's down here! Helllooooo? * Tia giggles to herself. * HKenji follows the rest of these loot^H^H^H^Hadventurers into the tomb. If the outpost was overrun... sneaky voice, Tia... it wouldn't have been without a fight. Oh, are we sneaking? Sorry. We're not sneaking. But we're not making our approach overly obvious, either. What he said. [ Tia sees an utter lack of living things down there. It looks like dwarves used to live here; there's rusted iron doors leading to who knows where, a rusted iron bar and kitchen, and some piles of crud where old non-metal furniture has decomposed. There are four doors in total, each with a small amount of Dwarven on them. ] Good plan. * Istvan examines the doors. Oh. It's empty. Eh... Yeah. Whoever lived here's not commin' back. * Tia pokes around in the rusty kitchen. * Seylin examines the doors as well. Plus they've been gone for a very long time from the look of things. * Ariake looks around. "What do the doors say?" [ The doors read: "Bruenor's Room. Keep out, ye sods!" "Barracks", "Ore Storage" and "Armory". ] [ All in Dwarven, mind. ] * Vall looks around for anything useful, checking the armory first (if its pointed out to him) * Seylin sighs. "Maybe I should have taken those classes in Dwarven after all." Yeah. What're they talkin' bout? * Tia wanders around, overturning junk on all sides. Mmm... *points to the respective doors* Armory, Barracks, Ore storage, and Bruenor's personal room. [ Tia finds more junk under the junk. And occasionally a mouse or rat skeleton. ] * Vall opens the armory doors. "Someone want to check the barracks? Might be something useful there." * Ariake nods. "We should check the armory and Bruenor's room, too." I'll go! * HKenji shakes his head sadly. * Vall does a thorough search of the armory. * Patrick glances back at Kenji. "Hey, guys? Let's just find out how to get to these Drugar. And don't split up!" * Tia nods. "Okay. I'll stay here with you guys, then." I'll check the barracks. Might have some clue about what happened here... * Seylin sighs. "All right." She stays put. * Tia sneezes. [ In the Armory, Vall finds many old, rusted axes, and some old, rusted armor. He also finds a pair of breastplates that are made of the same greenish metal as the entrance doors, and two suits of platemail made of slightly blueish metal. They're all sized for dwarves, tho. ] * Istvan checks the barracks, then! Any of you guys know what this green and blue metal is? I've not seen it before. [ The barracks are mostly full of decomposing furnature. There's a rusted steel box marked 'Scrolls ae Darkvision, ye nimrods'. ] ( *SNRK* ) [ Vall also finds an odd cloak in the armory. ] Odd green and blue metal? * Vall eyes the cloak, and takes it off its hook. * Istvan pokes his head back out of the room. "Not much in here. Box labeled with scrolls of darkvision looks interesting." [ Anyone checking anything else? ] * Patrick shurgs and heads to the armory. "Might as well see what Vall's babbling about. Want to come with, Seylin?" * Tia ends up wandering off and poking around in the Ore storage. * Seylin taps her chin. "Sure, why not?" * Seylin follows Patrick to the armory. * Ariake helps Tia look around the ore storage room. * Vall points out the armor. "Yeah, some of this armor is made from the same green metal as the door, and this other armor is made of some blueish metal. I've never encountered this metal before." ... did you say greenish and bluish? * HKenji scowls a little and moves to the door of "Bruenor's Room" Yes. * HKenji tests the door carefully to see if it's open. * Istvan pops into the armory room, and eyes the armors in question. "... green is adamanine. Blue is mithral." * Tia is rooting around in the Ore Storage room. [ In the ore room is... a whoooole lot of ore, mostly of a metal that you could swear is platinum. And a large, rusted steel box marked 'These be Gems, ye mangy-bearded idiots!' in Dwarven. ] * Seylin eyes the armor. "Huh." * Ariake hmms, and peers out the door. "Hey, Seylin? We found another box - I'm not sure what it says." I thought that mithril was silvery, not blue. Mithril and Adamantine? Interesting... Shall we relieve them of it? * Will stays and tries to keep everybody in sight. Box? Lemme see! We'd have to melt it down and remold it. * Istvan pops into the Ore room. "... gem box." Seylin, come here, please? * Seylin walks over to the ore room and looks at the box. "Can't read it. Get Istvan- err, never mind." Gems! I like gems! Nice! Wow, I'm popular today! * Seylin heads over to Kenji. ... and those pieces of armor are really well made. Dwarven master kind of good. Yes, but that could be worthwile... * Vall looks over the cloak to try and ID it. ...Do you think the dwarves will be mad if we take them? * HKenji gestures to the door of Bruenor's room. "Can you open it? They'd be mad if they were alive. I can certainly try! * Seylin examines the door. Locked, yes? Anything else unusual about it? I think we should probably wait until after we deal with the Duregar to burden ourselves with all of this. * Tia is suddenly fixated on all the shiny rocks all around her. True. But might as well check out the last room while we're here. Maybe we can find out a bit of what happened. Ooh! Look at all the shiny stuff! [ The chunks of shiny metal in the ore room are roughly square, and *big*. They look heavy. ] Can we take some with us? * Tia tries to lift a piece of the ore. ... and once that's done, and we gather up what we gather up... we should probably find out if this Beardaxe guy has any descendants. * Ariake nods. "That's only fair." * Patrick nods. Yeah, we should. s'one thing to take scrolls or armor or something... I don't wanna be looting the family forture of some kid whose grandpa never came home. * Ariake nods. * Tia stops and comes over to where Ariake and Istvan are. I guess it's not nice to take their stuff. ... well, anyway, that's a hell of a lot of platinum. And a box of gems. Cripes. Yeah... * Ariake nods. But now that this place is discovered, what's to keep someone else from coming in and taking it? * Will walks over to Hkenji and Seylin, "So how does the door look?" Locked. Well... are we just going in to deal with the duregar? If so, we can do that, then deal with this. * Vall tries on the cloak. * Tia nods. I'm going back up, okay? [ Vall finds that the cloak doesn't look good on him. ] * Tia turns and starts back up the stairs. Scream if something tries to eat you. * Seylin hums and pulls out her lockpicks. Okay, I will! [ Seylin unlocks the door! ] * Seylin puts her lockpicks away. "The door is ajar! Well, actually, it's still a door. But it's open now." * Ariake grins. "That's an old one." * Seylin opens the door! [ If she opens it, too, she finds a wand and a rod amidst piles of stuff that didn't weather the centuries as well. ] * HKenji steps into the room and looks around for a book. We have... stuff. Leave it. Anybody better at identifying this sort of thing? [ Keji does indeed find one. It's labeled in Dwarven, of course. ] * HKenji picks the book up. "Istvan, you can read dwarven?" Nice find Kenji. I hope it's a diary of some kind. * Istvan pokes his head in. "Yup." *takes the book from Kenji; starts reading* Yeah, might tell us something of what's goin' on. * Vall removes the cloak, then places it in his haversack for later. When you have leisure, I would learn this language. * Vall then moves to the main bedroom, where the others are. "A wand and a rod. Interesting." * Tia is now sitting up at the opening of the passage, keeping watch. * Istvan looks up from his reading. "Erm... okay. Ain't much of a teacher, but I'll try." *goes back to reading* * Seylin peers at the wand and the rod. "Vall, you know what these might be?" I can try to figure 'em out. (Actually, you'd need to cast Identify on them, wouldn't you?) Leave them. Or not, if you wish to be so... * HKenji breaks off, turns, and leaves. ... shit. * Vall casts Detect Magic in the area of the wand and rod. * HKenji hops easily out the door into the cavern and waits in the passageway above. * Seylin looks over at Istvan. "That doesn't sound good." What's wrong? * Patrick raises an eyebrow. "What's Kenji doing?" Last entry's about 850 years ago. Bruenor goes on at length cursing the Duregar. They sealed him and his men in here to die. Damn. Yikes! * Seylin winces. "Ow." * Ariake nods. "That figures, for the Duregar." Where are their remains then? Least we can do is give them a proper buriel. 850 years... no direct decendants, but the clan might still be around. So we'll look for them when we get back. ... that's an excellent question. Where the hell are the remains? ... * Seylin blinks. "There weren't any... there weren't any. Hm." I'm thinkin' something ate them. * Ariake nods. "That or there's another door around here." Like, maybe... a particular black pudding. Maybe. Or maybe another door. I'll look for one! * Seylin starts looking for hidden doors! s'possible... good idea, Seylin. *shakes head* I hate Duregar. * Vall concentrates on the spell, trying to read the magic auras of the wand and rod Will, the wand is your domain. It's a hefty-sized curative spell wand, but I don't know how many charges are left on it. Well... hmm. I guess as long as we try'n find out if there's a clan all this stuff belongs to, taking it outta here isn't quite grave robbing... * Tia pokes her head down the passageway. "Hey, guys, are we going yet?" * Will takes a look at the wand. * Patrick glances over the armor. What class is it? Guys...? * Vall takes the rod for himself. "Feels like it was made for me. What's up, Tia?" * Seylin is still searching for hidden doors. Whatcha doin' down there? Not quite yet. Seylin is checkin' for any doors we might've missed. We're lookin' around. You want someone to talk to up there? [ Two adamantine breastplates, two mithral full plates. All sized for Dwarves. And I don't see anyone dwarf-shaped amongst you. ] Okay. You don't need any help with anything, do you? * Will puts the wand in his sack. "Hopefully we won't need to use it and return it to the clan decendants." Not right now. We'll call if we do. Okay! * Tia sits back down by the door. Any luck with hidden doors, Seylin? Still lookin'! Need help? [ Seylin finds a hidden door! ] Found one! Hmmm? * Seylin checks. Is it locked? Good Job Seylin! [ Yes. ] Good! Tia, close the upper doors and get down here! Okay! * Seylin grins and gets out her lockpicks again. Do you want to suffocate down here Vall? * Tia enters the passageway, closes the doors behind her, and scrambles down the stairs. I think there should be enough air to last us a while Patrick. * Tia skids to a halt in front of Vall and Patrick. It all depends on where this door goes. We've got enough air for a few days. What're we doing now? Stay sharp, Tia. Seylin found us a door. Hope you're right Vall. * Tia nods and hefts her axe. * Tia wags her tail excitedly. Hey, any of you got extra room in your haversacks? * HKenji is suddenly alone out in the corridor. Hey, um, where's Kenji? ... ...and where's Mr. Horse? Open the door Tia. * Tia hurries back up the stairs and throws the doors open. Keeenjiiiii? [ Seylin unlocks the door! ] What, Tia? * Ariake watches carefully. Oh, there you are! * Tia grins. Ta-da! * Seylin puts her lockpicks away. Good work. Who wants to go first? Well done! * Vall nocks an arrow... I think they're unlocking a door down there. You wanna come? * Tia wags her tail. * HKenji sighs. "Very well." * HKenji walks back down into the tomb. * Will follows Kenji. (Tia, you're too cute.) * Istvan looks back at the people coming in. "We think we found how the dwarves got out." * Ariake nods. ... or how their corpses got out, at least. * Tia looks overjoyed that Kenji is participating after all, lets Kenji pass, then rushes down the staircase after him, slamming the door behind her. (Tia's cute?) ( Sure. In a giant, frightening kind of way. ) (*snigger*) I got Kenji! I got Kenji! * Tia bounces. Well, what do you do with him now that you've got him? * Seylin grins. * Tia blinks at Seylin. "Oh, what do you want me to do?" * Seylin giggles. "Nothing in particular. I was just being silly." * Vall looks at the passageway. (How wide/tall is it?) Oh, okay! * Istvan turns back to Kenji. "We've pretty much agreed that the bulk of the valuable things here... we'll take with us when we leave, and try'n find out if there's a clan they belong to. Whatya think?" What'd you unlock, Seylin? * Patrick nods. "Sounds like a good plan, Istvan." * Seylin points. "That door!" You may do what you wish. I will mind my own honor. Oh! Where does it go? Why don't we find out? * Tia grins at Kenji. * Patrick makes his way next to Seylin. "Wasn't too hard, was it?" Don't forget a light. That's what we're gonna find out! * Ariake nods. [ The door sits there, waiting to be unlocked. ] * Tia holds up the stick that Vall gave her earlier. * Seylin grins at Patrick. "Nah, it was pretty easy." (You mean opened, not unlocked, right?" [ Yes. Yes I do. ] * Istvan shrugs. "Don't see any dishonor in trying to return the stuff to its rightful owners, and keeping it from falling into less moral hands than ours. But that's why it's your personal honor, ne?" * HKenji walks over to the door. "How do I open it?" The handle? * Seylin lightly baps Patrick. "If it had an obvious handle, then it'd be a really lousy hidden door!" And you just push on it, and it'll pop open. * HKenji pushes on the door. * Patrick laughs. "Geeze, can't ya take a joke?" ^_^ [ Kenji pushes on the door, which then pops back out enough to be pulled open. ] * HKenji pulls the door open without hesitation. Sure I can! [ Inside is a tunnel. It's blocked by solid metal about thirty feet in, but there's also a note and a small metal object there. ] ( Rocks fall, everyone dies! ) Looks like we need you to translate stuff again Istvan. * HKenji walks forward, quickly pulling a small lit torch from his sleeve. * Istvan heads in afer Kenji. * Ariake follows. * HKenji picks up the note. * Will walks in behind Ariake. * Tia trots along behind. * Seylin walks in. "So what's there?" [ The writing on the note swims before Kenji's eyes, and suddenly he can read it. ] * Vall moves slightly inward. * HKenji reads. * Patrick takes the rear of the partay. What's that? * Istvan blinks as Kenji fails to give him the note. Shhh. What's up? Shhh! * HKenji slowly folds the note up and tucks it into the sleeve of his kimono. * Vall sneezes, and fades into another plane of existence. * Patrick raises an eyebrow at Kenji. So what'd it say? The gems are ours. Lord Beardaxe requests that we give the surviving weapons, armor, and precious metal to Clan Beardaxe. He made no mention of magical items. I would assume he intends for them to be used against the Duergar. Oh, we can do that! No problem! Works for me. Great! * Will nods. Does it say what happened to them? * Tia nods. They died honorably in the fight to retake their stronghold. ... well, at least they didn't starve to death. * HKenji stoops and collects the metal key that was near the note. Guess that means we'll just have to kick some Drugar ass. And that key... Yep! Avenging and all that! And avenge the dwarves in the process. * Ariake nods. "Sounds like a plan." Opens the inner keep, likely. The doors will open only to the pure of heart. * Tia blinks. * HKenji offers a brief prayer to the departed dwarves he is about to avenge. What does that mean? Pure of heart? Interesting. * Patrick grins. Are the bad dwarves in there? I'm not sure I get it. Seylin, is there another door in this wall of metal? Lemme see! * Seylin walks up to the door and begins searching. * Istvan mutters a few sentances in Dwarven. [ Seylin checks veeeery carefully. After she does so, she is very very certain that there isn't a door in the wall. ] Sorry, guys. I see no door. Maybe it's up there? And further in the tunnel. Key to the outpost itself, maybe. Hmm... * HKenji nods. * HKenji makes his way back down the hallway, making sure not to come into contact with any of his companions, if possible. * Tia backs out of the hallway. * Tia glances at Kenji and wonders if something is wrong. * Will offers a quick prayer, and walks out of the hallway. Um, hey, Kenji? What? * Patrick makes his way to the hallway, glancing around and whispering with Seylin about something. Are you mad at me? No. * Tia looks confused. Are you mad at us. ? * Ariake wanders back. No. * Seylin whispers back. ... * HKenji makes his way to the entrance of the bunker and hops out. * Tia glances over at Seylin and Patrick. * Tia grabs onto Seylin's sleeve. "He's mad at me!" * Ariake sighs, and leans against the wall. [ Hoookay. We's gonna ends the game here, folkses. ] [ Session End! ]