Alex things

<aberrantArtificer> "Man, I don't make th' rules. Sometimes ya' just gotta' roll with it."
<aberrantArtificer> "Doin' what ya' gotta' do is kinda' how time travel works."
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "I've been rolling with this shit forages"
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "I think Lyra is right maybe what I gotta do sucks"
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "Maybe I don't wanna do it"
<aberrantArtificer> "If ya' screw it up and don't do it then everybody dies so don't do that."
<aberrantArtificer> "'S kinda why I don't like sayin' too much 'bout time travel t' myself."
<aberrantArtificer> "Gives ya' more wiggle room t' do stuff since ya' don't know all th' things that are s'posed to happen."
<aberrantArtificer> "I've kinda' gotten used t' havin' what I'd do naturally kinda' woven int' the timeline anyways."
<aberrantArtificer> "But ya' told me ya' did this stuff so now you gotta' do it."
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "All I'm getting from this is that I can't do anything so just move on right?"
<aberrantArtificer> "I told ya' t' not give me specifics so ya' got that 'least."
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "So yeah let's do what I gotta do"
<aberrantArtificer> "What'd I tell ya' t' do 'gain? Gotta' make sure ya' got it right."
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "Talk to faerzen or something? Even though I'm  at the bottom of a FUCKINGN HOLE"
<Alex|ProcyonDM> I shout the last part
<aberrantArtificer> "Ya' said ya' got out o' the hole first but yeah thats what ya' told me."
<Alex|ProcyonDM> I jump again fueled by irritation
<Alex|ProcyonDM> 23 so probably didn't make it so I land back next to Juan
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "Arg!!!"
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "How do I get out"
<aberrantArtificer> "'Course ya' gotta get out but fuck if I know how ya' got outta' here."
<aberrantArtificer> "Ya' just said ya' 'did a thing'. "
<aberrantArtificer> "Just don't go over there or else we got problems."
<aberrantArtificer> He points over to where you came from earlier where you can hear rocks falling still, intermittently punctuated by loud metal clangs.
<aberrantArtificer> "We don't want any paradoxes or anythin'. Then people die."
<Alex|ProcyonDM> I come up with an idea from an old movie
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "What if... I jumped on the rocks?"
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "And climbed them up?"
<aberrantArtificer> He shrugs.
<Alex|ProcyonDM> I decide to try it
<Alex|ProcyonDM> I jump on each rock and try to climb my way up
<aberrantArtificer> "Just don't go ova' there t' th' rocks because ya' still got your old self ova' there."
<aberrantArtificer> Over in this area where Juan took you, you are safe from the rocks and there aren't any falling. Now at least.
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "How else am I gonna get up?"
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "And that sure is a thing"
<aberrantArtificer> He shrugs.
<aberrantArtificer> "I dunno. All I know 's that you're gonna' figure it out since ya' told me ya' did."
<aberrantArtificer> "D'ya need anythin' else?"
<aberrantArtificer> "Anythin' I can do for ya'?"
<aberrantArtificer> "I got things t' do."
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "Nah go do it I can do this"
<aberrantArtificer> "Ya' sure?"
<aberrantArtificer> "I'm here t' help."
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "With all due respect what can you do?"
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "Got a jet pack, wings?"
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "Are you even juan??"
<aberrantArtificer> "The fuck 's that s'posed to mean?
<aberrantArtificer> "'Course I'm Juan."
<aberrantArtificer> "Ya' gotta tell me how I can help. I dunno what ya' got on your plate t' do."
<aberrantArtificer> "If ya' want help gettin' up t' the top, I can't fly or anythin."
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "How did you get down here then and how do you plan to get out??"
<Alex|ProcyonDM> "Plus Lyra says she's coming with you how do you explain that??"
<aberrantArtificer> "I got here because Faerzen flew me down 'n he's gonna' fly me back up."
<aberrantArtificer> "Lyra's got me? Oh I guess that's where we are now. Time travel 's kinda' screwy sometimes."
<aberrantArtificer> "You'll get used t' it."
<Alexander_Pyrite> I sigh
<Alexander_Pyrite> "Fuckin time travel."
<aberrantArtificer> He shrugs.
<Alexander_Pyrite> "Should I like start climbing or some shit becuSe that's how I'm "supposed" to escape?"
<aberrantArtificer> "Do ya' want me t' say anythin'? Th' more I tell ya' the more ya' gotta do what I said."
<aberrantArtificer> "Ya' didn't tell me everythin' tho'."
<Alexander_Pyrite> "Yes! Tell me because I have no idea what I'm doin- what"
<aberrantArtificer> "Ya' just said ya' did a thing."
<Alexander_Pyrite> "Fack! Why am I so useless?"
<aberrantArtificer> "Ya' thought real hard 'n believe ya' could do it or somethin'."
<aberrantArtificer> "Ya' didn't say what ya' did tho'. 'N now ya' can't tell me in your future either."
<aberrantArtificer> "'Cuz I told ya' ya' didn't."
<Alexander_Pyrite> "Ok since you aren't gonna help, Alex brain storm time."
<Alexander_Pyrite> I turn around and put my fingers to my temples.
<Alexander_Pyrite> And think
<Alexander_Pyrite> And think and think and think
<aberrantArtificer> Make an Intelligence check and a Wisdom check.
<Alexander_Pyrite> Wait can he do a suitably dumb idea first?
<Alexander_Pyrite> 5 and 12
<Alexander_Pyrite> -1 for both
<aberrantArtificer> yeah he can
<Alexander_Pyrite> Alright
<aberrantArtificer> go ahead
<Alexander_Pyrite> Luckily the one thing Alex keeps on his sylladex is rope
<Alexander_Pyrite> "Boom! Idea"
<Alexander_Pyrite> I run out and grab a large rock, as heavy as possible while still easily carry able
<Alexander_Pyrite> Then I tie the rope to it
<Alexander_Pyrite> Tie the other end to my waist
<Alexander_Pyrite> And Chuck that shit
<aberrantArtificer> Upwards?
<Alexander_Pyrite> Yeah as far up as possible
<aberrantArtificer> Make a strength check!
<Alexander_Pyrite> 16
<Alexander_Pyrite> And I think I have +5 str?
<Alexander_Pyrite> I think the +15 was athletics
<aberrantArtificer> You bring your arm back.
<aberrantArtificer> As you reach the back of your throw..... you realize maybe this wasn't the best idea.
<aberrantArtificer> Like
<aberrantArtificer> How is this rock going to get all the way up there?
<Alexander_Pyrite> "Hmm..."
<aberrantArtificer> You feel your arm get a bit strange
<aberrantArtificer> Then you realize that you've thought all this stuff
<aberrantArtificer> And that you haven't thrown the rock yet
<aberrantArtificer> You try and move your arm, but it doesn't seem to go anywhere.
<aberrantArtificer> You look to see what's up, and your arm is still getting ready to throw.
<Alexander_Pyrite> "Uh Juan"
<aberrantArtificer> But there's a bunch of dark green light swirling around your arm, leaving an electric tingly feeling in it's wake.
<aberrantArtificer> Your arm feels full of energy and vitality, almost like it's going to explode or something!
<aberrantArtificer> It just keeps going, getting fuller and fuller until it doesn't feel like you can take it anymore.
<aberrantArtificer> Suddenly, you heave your arm forwards, hurling the rock into the sky with tremendous power!
<Alexander_Pyrite> "JUAN"
<aberrantArtificer> It immediately disappears in the darkness above, the rope tied to it zooming up with it. The coil of rope at your feet is rapidly running out of slack.
<Alexander_Pyrite> I brace myself
<aberrantArtificer> Juan stands there staring, watching as if it were an interesting TV show or something.
<aberrantArtificer> Make a Constitution check.
<Alexander_Pyrite> 11+5
<aberrantArtificer> Juan bows to you in a gesture of farewell before pulling out what looks like a pocketwatch and disappearing in a flash of red light.
<aberrantArtificer> Not a moment afterwards, an enormous blast of searing pain shoots up your torso from your waist.
<aberrantArtificer> You feel all your blood rush down towards your feet as the ground suddenly disappears from beneath you.
<aberrantArtificer> You struggle to maintain consciousness amidst the pain, sudden blast of wind, and light-headed feeling, but you don't quite black out.
<aberrantArtificer> You can't really say you're terribly aware of what's going on around you though.
<aberrantArtificer> The wind continues to blow past your face, everything dark, though it's hard to tell if it's actually dark or if it's just you.
<aberrantArtificer> After about 30 seconds, you feel the rope on your waist slacken and begin pulling you back down.
<aberrantArtificer> A sudden blast of bright light burns your eyes amidst all of this.
<aberrantArtificer> Then there's a loud CRASH, and a flat wooden surface rushes up to meet you.
<aberrantArtificer> THUD
<aberrantArtificer> You take 20 bludgeoning damage.
<aberrantArtificer> All is still now.