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Post by lilmsdarknes on Jul 28, 2022 8:36:40 GMT -5
she pauses to collect some of each plant and tucks them away in her bag for now, figuring she will have to find a place to store the bag when they reach the under ground caves so they dont get ruined by the acid water.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Jul 31, 2022 8:13:09 GMT -5
You collect your herbs, and reagents. Each time you, Xanadu takes a seat on the barrel his eyes carefully scanning the surrounding area. You notice that he scans the skyline more than the surrounding bushes and pools.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Jul 31, 2022 12:30:40 GMT -5
"expecting a storm?" she asks curiously as she walks over with the last bunch of plants going into her bag as she to looks towards the sky.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Jul 31, 2022 13:29:42 GMT -5
He scans the sky again, “No, not really. Little bit of gray over there.” He says pointing off into the distance where you can also see a few gray clouds. “You mean because I scan the sky a lot? I’m always keeping an eye out for Wyvern. They’re too dangerous to let them get the drop on you.” Once you’ve gathered the plants he slips from the barrel and scoops up the straps for the sled and begins hauling it again.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Jul 31, 2022 14:11:41 GMT -5
she walks along beside him trying to help with hauling the sled but she definetly isnt as strong as him so it doesnt help much. "i hope we dont get attacked by any wyvern out here." she says as she finds herself glancing towards the sky aswell looking for wyvern.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Aug 1, 2022 14:29:21 GMT -5
The surly Dwarf shakes his head, “Between my efforts, and the effort of a new predator in the area the Wyvern have fled. I’m sure they will return, but we should be safe at the moment.” Ahead the sinkhole opens up before you. You have no idea what could have made such a hole, almost a hundred feet across and just about perfectly circular. You’ve seen into the hole, it goes on a long long time.
The few outbuildings stand as before, guards standing between them on little platforms to keep them out of the mud. Sandbag walls keep the water away from the buildings, forcing the water to specific points where it endlessly flows into the sinkhole.
The guards see you approach, and one gives a friendly wave, “Back again Blue woman, and you Sir Dwarf.” His accent is unfamiliar, likely not from the empire, and definitely not from Clifton.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Aug 1, 2022 17:03:13 GMT -5
"yes back again." she replys with a friendly wave of her own. before walking closer to the sink hole. while the flow of water was comforting she knew what waited her down inside and she was not looking foward to dealing with the acid water or the gorgon again.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Aug 2, 2022 12:17:43 GMT -5
The guards at the ramp that descends into the sinkhole block your progress. “Papers please Mistress.” You look to where you expect Xanadu to be, but see him hauling the sled to one of the nearby buildings. When you tell the guard you don’t have papers he tells you to go see Biggs. He then points to the building where Xanadu is waiting for you. As you approach, Xanadu sits on the barrel, “Sorry, thought you were right behind me. If it’s all the same to you, I will wait out here and rest while you get our admission papers.”
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Aug 2, 2022 17:01:02 GMT -5
"oh ok thats fine." she gives a small slightly nervous smile as she heads inside the building to go see biggs again. Hoping she would be able to come up with some reason for her visit this time that would be believable as she doubted biggs would let her thru a second time using the same story. though maybe she would get lucky and he would let her thru with out to many questions.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Aug 3, 2022 7:38:38 GMT -5
You knock on the door, and before your knuckles can even hit the door a second time you hear, “What do you want?” It’s the same gruff Dwarven voice that you know to belong to Master Biggs. “Out with it, I don’t have all day.”
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Aug 4, 2022 19:20:41 GMT -5
she sticks her head in giving a smile before stepping into the room. " hello again master biggs. i need to do some more investigating in the sink hole." she says as she looks at him. hopeing since he is busy he will just give her what she is asking for without an issue.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Aug 5, 2022 17:44:53 GMT -5
Without glancing up to see who it is, he says, “That so? What’s in it for the merchant’s guild? You must have found an exit last time, and you didn’t even report back to me with your findings.” He seems distracted by the stack of papers in front of him, but still managed to know who you were by smiths sound of your voice alone.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Aug 5, 2022 18:38:04 GMT -5
"i found where there are pools of acid that are leaking into the ocean, which have been and will continue to make the sea life sick and could potentially contaminate the waters in clifton if not neutralized. i need passage so that i can go down their and neutralize the acid before it becomes a bigger issue for clifton." she says as she looks at him.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Aug 6, 2022 7:13:01 GMT -5
Biggs pulls out a map of the tunnel you explored and asks a lot of questions about the chambers you found. He makes notes on another paper and then draws out the rooms and makes notes of the things you found. When you get to the collection of underground passages, there is no way to express the multitude of tunnels easily, so he puts his quill down. “I can hire out a cartographer to map the under water tunnels once the Gorgon is dealt with. I will give you access again if you take out the Gorgon. So get what you need and return when you’re ready to remove the threat. Now get out.”
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Aug 6, 2022 11:57:35 GMT -5
" i have what i need to take out the gorgon. he is waiting outside with the barrel to neutralize the acid." she says as she stands up, now a bit annoyed as he always seemed to be in a rush.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Aug 9, 2022 13:12:59 GMT -5
The grumpy Dwarf looks up from his paperwork, "Came prepared? Good. Here." He tosses a pass onto the desk closest to you. Seriously now, get out of my office." When you're at the door, he calls out once more, "Once the beast is dead, send word and I will have it's corpse collected for study. For some reason the Mages love that sort of thing." You open you mouth to respond, and he's making a shoeing motion with his hand. His attention is already back on the page before him.
Outside you find Xanadu still leaning on the barrel. "I'm sure that went as I expected. You get the pass?"
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Aug 11, 2022 18:39:23 GMT -5
"yes, any idea why he is always in such a sour mood?" she asks as she holds up the pass to him before leading the way towards the pit.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Aug 15, 2022 16:37:18 GMT -5
Xanadu shrugs, shaking his head, “I think he’s just really busy with all that paperwork. I suspect he doesn’t like doing the paperwork at all. Maybe that’s why he’s unhappy?” Xanadu shrugs again, and scoops up the barrel. “Lead on.”
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Aug 16, 2022 8:33:12 GMT -5
"probably" she says and shrugs as she leads the way. stopping to present the paperwork to the guard before leading the way.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Aug 16, 2022 12:57:29 GMT -5
You present your papers to the guards at the top of the ramp, and they grant you access. Then it's only a matter of circling the ramp that leads past the many tunnels that extend away from the Sinkhole like spokes on a wheel. When you reach the tunnel labeled with a "15", you head inside. Like before the path continues for sixty feet, the tunnel getting darker and darker by the step. By the time you reach where it drops twenty feet into the rhombus shaped room it's pitch black.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Aug 19, 2022 16:34:18 GMT -5
she pulls out a torch and lights it once it starts getting darker in the tunnel so that neither of them stumble over anything or miss the drop into the room below. as falling 20 ft would not be good for either of them.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Aug 20, 2022 10:25:01 GMT -5
Xanadu sets down the barrel and pulls out his rope. He begins tying off the barrel, rigging up a little harness. “Want me to lower you down first? Then you can steady the barrel as it reaches the ground.” Assuming you go along with his plan, he uses the other end to tie a quick harness around your waist and thighs. He doesn’t seem to notice how intimately close his hands are getting, especially when he checks to make sure the cords are tight enough.
Once you’re all tied up, he gets you to walk backward off the edge, and down the wall. Torch in hand you find yourself waiting at the bottom as the other end of the rope lowers the barrel down to you. Once you untie yourself, and the barrel Xanadu retracts the rope and attaches it to the top with his grappling hook. A moment later the Dwarf is standing beside you, with the barrel over his shoulder.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Aug 20, 2022 12:29:15 GMT -5
she looks at him and gives a bit of a nod before continueing across the room. following the same path from last time. as she leads the way. sending up a silent prayer that they manage to make it thru this without dieing.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Aug 27, 2022 8:55:23 GMT -5
You walk across the rhombus shaped room, only veering a little to the right until you see the opposite wall. Once you spot that you squint your eyes to look up the wall into the dim flickering light cast by your torch. There! You locate what you were looking for, a tunnel leading out of the chamber that's located about forty feet above you. Xanadu unties all the previous knots in the rope, and sets his grappling hook spinning. A moment later he's checking to see if the grappling hook can take his weight. Seeming satisfied, he trudges up the wall, one foot to either side of the rope. "Tie off the barrel and I'll haul it up." He calls down. Once the barrel is lifted, he does the same for you. You lead the Dwarf into the next chamber, filled with shattered stone and debris. Crossing this room you come to the square room with the rope that hangs down into the Gorgon's lair. "You look hesitant, is the Gorgon down there?" Xanadu leans over to look into the darkness below. "I do see pillars and statues below. How do you want to handle this?"
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Aug 27, 2022 11:01:04 GMT -5
"yes its down there and i barely avoided it last time. im honestly not sure, maybe lower me down first and i can try to slow the gorgon down while you lower the barrel down then climb down yourself. " she says as she looks at xanadu.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Aug 30, 2022 20:48:05 GMT -5
“I think I’ll keep the barrel up here until the threat is taken care of below.” He sets the barrel down against the wall, as far from the opening that leads down as possible. “I can go down first, you slow it down and I’ll go to work on it.” He taps the various weapon hilts that stick out along his belt line and out from his backpack.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Aug 31, 2022 12:34:26 GMT -5
"ok" she nods as she peers over the edge again looking down, knowing whats down their for them to face doesnt make her all that excited to climb down there.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Sept 1, 2022 19:26:04 GMT -5
Xanadu sets to work placing his grappling hook so that it won't slip, then begins to repel down into the Gorgon's lair. You watch him climb to the bottom of the rope, and begin to scan the room for the Gorgon. Weapon and shield in hand, he slowly pivots around ears straining, and eyes hyper focused. That's about when you become aware of movement in the hall behind you. "He said you would come back..." You spin around to see a trio of cloaked men, blades in hand pointed in your direction.
Roll Init.
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Post by lilmsdarknes on Sept 2, 2022 11:30:44 GMT -5
(14) "oh crap" she mutters and looks at the trio before glancing behind her. she has no way to alert xanadu with out alerting the gorgon down there aswell. she turns back towards the cloaked men, her magic swirling around her. small bubbles of water gathering in the air around her.
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Post by DM-Delfon on Sept 3, 2022 19:15:47 GMT -5
The one who spoke before waves the other two forward, a sadistic glint in his eye as he watches his plan unfold. The other two men begin advancing toward you, separating as they do so they can come at you from both sides. With the pit behind you and the speaker only ten feet back, things are not looking great right now.
Init: Assailant Leader 19 (Delay) Myst 14 Xanadu 8 Assailants 8 (not yet in melee) Gorgon 5
Xanadu moves off in a slow circle, letting his Dwarven vision seek out the metallic beast he was sent to destroy. Weapons at the ready, he takes comfort in knowing that his companion has his back.
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