planescapin log 9 9

[2015-09-09 13:41:34] * ARF You stand in a corridor lit by witchlight, its eerie glow casting deep and strange shadows. Walls of natural stone conflict with the tiled floor, as a securely locked door sits in the wall.
[2015-09-09 13:42:14] * ARF The corridor goes backwards and forwards. Backwards lies the dead end from which you emerged, and the sound of a distant patrol. Forward... who knows?
[2015-09-09 13:46:39] <Parva> She may have better eyes than the rest of the party put together, but they are unfortunately still located inside her head, making sending them out impossible. "Alright. Quietly, now--we keep moving until we find what we're looking for."
[2015-09-09 13:49:31] * Nobody grunts and grits his teeth. Underneath his pilfered robes, he lifts the brim of his hat and snaps his fingers to beckon out his familiar. "Well, I don' trust th' dwarf ta do nuthin' o' the kind. Ya'll follow bee-hind, n' if my pardner here squeaks in yer ear, it means ta stop. Got it?" - He points a finger at finger at Parva, and Tuco starts crawling down from his arm and up her
[2015-09-09 13:49:31] * Nobody leg. "If ya see sumthin', jus' let the li'l fella know. He'll gimme th' gist of it."
[2015-09-09 13:49:39] =-= Lith is now known as Rin
[2015-09-09 13:50:45] * Nobody skulks ahead of the rest of the group.
[2015-09-09 13:51:30] * Parva controls her shudder of mild disgust, then gestures. "C'mon." She starts to follow after giving the goblin a double-handful of seconds of lead time.
[2015-09-09 13:55:27] * Rin is silently following the invisible goblin, staying right at Parva's side. "This frustration will all be worth it when we get back to the castle." she whispers, to Parva or herself, who knows.
[2015-09-09 13:57:20] <Nobody> The goblin sneaks down the corridor with soft steps, keeping his eyes peeled for any sign of patrols - or runes that suggest divination. He takes right turns where possible, empathically instructing Tuco to make a corresponding gesture. The nearly arm-length centipede scuttles around on Parva's shoulders to point and squeak.
[2015-09-09 13:58:07] <Parva> It's admittedly an act of will to not shiver and shudder every time the giant centipede does.
[2015-09-09 13:58:19] * ARF The corridor winds around a bend, another door appearing on the right. The door is made of bones, femurs and ribcages sewn together into an ugly mass.
[2015-09-09 13:59:51] * Nobody decides to pass it by, assuming the door suggests necromancy.
[2015-09-09 13:59:52] * ARF The Silence Sigil is embeddede into it again, the lips a goblin's jawbone, a skeletal hand holding up a slender finger
[2015-09-09 14:03:25] * ARF Sterring on past the corridor has two branches leading left in quick succession. There are no indicators to distinguish them. Only another witchlight overhead.
[2015-09-09 14:04:49] * Nobody stops at the junction to listen for a moment whether any footfalls or other patrolly sounds issues from any of the passages.
[2015-09-09 14:06:19] <Nobody> Further back in the tunnel, Tuco squeaks and wraps around the front of Parva's neck, as though to hold her back.
[2015-09-09 14:06:34] <Parva> She stops cold. Her ears twitch under the hood of her disguise, and she glances to the right.
[2015-09-09 14:08:24] * Rin stops a step or two after Parva does, looking ready for a fight. She pauses, however, waiting for the signal from her wolf-eared Baron.
[2015-09-09 14:09:54] <Parva> Her eyes narrow, and she steps back once. "Rin--this wall is fake. Give me a hand with it, please?"
[2015-09-09 14:13:57] <Parva> After a couple minutes of searching, she finds the seam outline, which leads to a handle shaped to resemble a hunk of rock protruding from the wall. "Stand back, love, just in case." She grips the handle and tries to open the door.
[2015-09-09 14:14:46] =-= Urch is now known as Amadeus_Grimgrog
[2015-09-09 14:15:02] * ARF A doorshaped chunk of stone heaves open, revealing a shallow depression and another door, this one banded iron and marked with a sigil.
[2015-09-09 14:15:10] <Nobody> Tuco squirms, his head bobbing in the direction of the passage ahead.
[2015-09-09 14:20:00] * Rin waits with sword ready as Parva opens the secret door.
[2015-09-09 14:20:13] <Parva> "...The Divination door," she says after a moment. "This is what we sought, is it not?"
[2015-09-09 14:20:49] <Nobody> After a while, a lump steps out of the dimly luminous witchfire. "Whatcha got?" the lump asks with the goblin's familiar drawl.
[2015-09-09 14:21:03] <Rin> "It is. At least, I think so." putting her weapon away, Rin leads the way inside.
[2015-09-09 14:21:24] <Rin> diggy diggy hoes
[2015-09-09 14:21:24] <Parva> "The divination door," she repeats. "Hidden by a *very* well-crafted secret wall. Be careful--doubtless the eyes on this sigil are not just for show."
[2015-09-09 14:22:11] <Nobody> "Hn." - The goblin holds out his arm, letting Tuco scrabble from Parva's back and onto him.
[2015-09-09 14:22:58] * ARF The ticking is louder with the stone door heaved aside. As Rin opens the second door, it grows louder still. There's a flash of magic.
[2015-09-09 14:27:37] * ARF There's a brief pause and then it's gone, with no apparent effect.
[2015-09-09 14:28:37] * Rin falls back, flat on her ass. Her face goes ghostly white as all colour drains from it. Her shoulders tremble and her arms shake as she stares wide-eyed.
[2015-09-09 14:29:11] * Nobody flinches and freezes, eyes roaming around the close confines of the doorway.
[2015-09-09 14:29:28] * Parva is down at her side in a flash, hands on her shoulders in an attempt to calm her down, whispering into her ears...
[2015-09-09 14:31:44] * ARF The iron door is left hanging open, the room beyond consists of large blue tiles, set at various heights. Eyestalks hang from the ceiling, all staring unblinkingly at a great clock, the source of the ticking. Atop it is a small pedestal, on which rests a puzzle ring.
[2015-09-09 14:31:57] * Rin breathes her next words raggedly "I'm fine - I'm...That spell just scared me is all." she attempts to comfort Parva by squeezing her hand, then stands, if still a little unsteady.
[2015-09-09 14:32:34] * Nobody draws back his lips and hisses a curse. "Well, *someone* knows we're here now..." - He looks up at Rin. "An' fox-butt's worst fears, I reckon." - His expression turns curious.
[2015-09-09 14:33:25] * ARF *tick tick* The clock suddenly strikes some Abyssal time and bongs once.
[2015-09-09 14:34:31] <Parva> "Time to go, then. Let's not waste any more time. Are you *sure* you're going to be okay?" she asks Rin.
[2015-09-09 14:34:43] <Rin> "Our cover isn't blown, and we're looking at our objective. All there is now is to take it." she nods.
[2015-09-09 14:34:53] <Parva> "Then let's be about it."
[2015-09-09 14:34:58] <Rin> "Easier said than done, though, probably."
[2015-09-09 14:35:05] <Parva> With the door open and Rin's hand still squeezed in hers, she walks through the door.
[2015-09-09 14:35:36] * Nobody slinks into the room, looking up at the staring eyestalks. He stops a few steps beyond the door, squatting down and squinting for any other traps or nasty surprises.
[2015-09-09 14:37:20] * ARF There's waves of energy flowing about the room. The clock itself emits an aura but there's also some sort of invisible field near the doorway. The eyestalks are all staring at the pedestal and likely won't see you unless you get close to it.
[2015-09-09 14:39:09] <Rin> "If we had magic, this would be quite a bit easier..." she scratches her chin in thought.
[2015-09-09 14:39:13] <Rin> "Goblin."
[2015-09-09 14:39:15] * Nobody narrows his eyes even further, running a finger along the inside of the iron circlet so cunningly concealed by his black leather hat. "Stand back, ya'll. Best I get this 'un."
[2015-09-09 14:41:32] * Nobody nods up at Rin, taking a deep breath and making a semi-circle over his heart with his finger. He mutters some short prayers of good fortune to whichever deities spring to mind.
[2015-09-09 14:42:38] <Nobody> Then he steps toward the nearest raised tile, plotting out the shortest route to get at the pedestal with the ring.
[2015-09-09 14:45:14] * ARF Nobody appears jerky as he approaches the clock, his movements only occurring everytime the clock ticks.
[2015-09-09 14:47:02] * Nobody looks back at the group for what seems to be an inordinately long time. He eventually continues onwards and upwards at his stuttering pace.
[2015-09-09 14:50:31] * ARF Despite the slowdown, Nobody makes it to the edge of the clock. All exposed gears it might be possible to climb inside and sneak up that way.
[2015-09-09 14:51:05] * ARF Suddenly the clock strikes, bonging loudly. Something uncoils from the ceiling and drops onto one of the tiles.
[2015-09-09 14:53:00] * ARF It shimmers like the surface of a lake, a liquidic thing that twists and turns like a snake. With unerring grace it flows from one tile to the next, heading unerringly towards Nobody.
[2015-09-09 14:57:57] * Nobody pales, panick racing through his mind as he first imagines escaping the liquid snake through the clock, then imagines being caught by the thing while still inside it. He extends his arm toward the clock and barks "Get up there n' get it!" to Tuco, and the centipede hurriedly scuttles into the clock's workings at his command.
[2015-09-09 14:58:59] * ARF Tuco moves in the same staccato manner as Nobody. The party watches them, like a slide show, while the snake moves unhindered.
[2015-09-09 14:59:07] * Nobody himself holds onto his hat and prepares to be chased by a snake across the platforms!
[2015-09-09 15:02:25] * Rin enters the clock's aura to help defend the Goblin from the liquid-snake being!
[2015-09-09 15:05:36] * ARF The clock's aura does not affect the righteous. Rin charges in!
[2015-09-09 15:09:32] * Rin charges up the pyramid at the snake-creature, then cleaves it in two!
[2015-09-09 15:10:03] * ARF The water snake comes apart, whatever binding force holding it together breaking at the force of impact. Rin is sprayed with water.
[2015-09-09 15:11:20] * Nobody shields himself from the splatter. He purses his lips with reluctant impression and gives her a single thumb up.
[2015-09-09 15:12:39] * ARF The clock continues ticking undisturbed. The eyestalks maintain their vigil. Two more water snakes drip from the ceiling, weaving figures of eight as they make for Rin.
[2015-09-09 15:13:51] <Rin> "Be careful, the snakes are made with water from the river Styx."
[2015-09-09 15:14:28] <Parva> "Splendid," she gripes from by the doorway.
[2015-09-09 15:16:37] * Nobody turns toward one of the snakes and flicks his wrist, causing a small bag to fall into his hand from within the sleeve of his robe. He tosses it at the snake.
[2015-09-09 15:19:01] * ARF The glue and tar mixes with the snake, tainting and slowing it.
[2015-09-09 15:20:47] * ARF The eyestalks remain fixed upon the pedestal, yet for all their watchfulness they never even notice when a many legged body reaches over the side and drags the ring out of view.
[2015-09-09 15:27:41] * Parva presses herself up against the mystical bubble, then slips through it, ignoring the slowing effect just as her wife has and scrambling across the tiled surfaces to her side.
[2015-09-09 15:29:21] * ARF The snakes bounce from tile to tile, one hobbled by the corruption. The other zeroing in on Rin.
[2015-09-09 15:29:30] * ARF It glides right into her face.
[2015-09-09 15:31:22] * ARF ...and misses splashing into a tile and collapsing, its energies wasted.
[2015-09-09 15:33:16] * ARF The ramining water snake drags itself toward Rin, still a good ten feet away
[2015-09-09 15:35:31] * Rin decides to get the remaining snake before it attempts to get her, leaping at it with her sword - striking another solid blow!
[2015-09-09 15:36:30] * ARF The binding seems stronger on this one, as it holds together despite being sliced through.
[2015-09-09 15:37:32] * ARF The clock strikes once again. BONG! Several brightly coloured spheres drop from the ceiling.
[2015-09-09 15:38:59] * ARF The damaged snake coils before Rin. Three spheres sit ten feet away in each direction
[2015-09-09 15:40:46] * Parva hares off after Rin, curling around the "back" of the snake and slicing it to ribbons with her scimitar.
[2015-09-09 15:43:33] * ARF The spheres begin to pulsate threateningly. They look distinctly organic.
[2015-09-09 15:46:50] * ARF Lazily the spheres hop from tile to tile, bouncing towards Rin and PArva
[2015-09-09 15:48:43] * Nobody calls out to his allies in warning. His voice is distorted, drawn out and several octaves lower than it usually is: "Dooooooonnnnnn't hhhhiiiiiiit thhheeeessssse vvvvaaaaarmmmmiiiinnnts! Thhhheeeeyyyy'lllll blllloooowwww uuup iinnnnn yyyyeeerrrrr ffffaaaaaace!"
[2015-09-09 15:50:11] * Rin barely understands the Goblin, but she does manage it after a moment. Rin turns and exits the clock's aura.
[2015-09-09 15:51:24] * Nobody flicks his eyes back and forth, trying to keep up with the frenetic pace of the fight around him. He extends his arm toward the clock, calling to Tuco: "C'mon, pardner! We're outta here!" - The centipede scuttles down and wraps itself around his limb, puzzle ring gripped tightly twixt its mandibles. Nobody prays that the bound magic in his equipment still works - otherwise his
[2015-09-09 15:51:24] * Nobody reliance on his iron circlet was indeed foolish - and clicks his heels, bounding across the tiles to reach the door at the bottom.
[2015-09-09 15:52:55] * ARF Parva is still there to witness the stop motion extravaganza of the goblin whizzing across the floor and out of the room.
[2015-09-09 15:55:16] <Parva> Without waiting for the spores to get much closer, she follows the goblin, the last one out of the room--and shuts the inner door behind her. "Out, and we'll shut the hidden door too."
[2015-09-09 15:58:08] * ARF The iron door clangs shut, and all but the ticking is blocked out.
[2015-09-09 15:59:09] * ARF You're back in the corridor, the hidden door scrapes shut and the Divination chamber is but a memory.
[2015-09-09 15:59:21] * Nobody feels an ache in his heart as he leaves the mysterious chests at the rear of the chamber behind, but at least he came out unscathed and with the main prize in hand. He takes it from Tuco's mandibular grasp and turns it over, gauging its worth and purpose on reflex before even considering handing it to Laethirna.
[2015-09-09 16:00:13] <Parva> She ushers the lot back toward the portal they'd come in from. "The quicker we get this over with the quicker we can get back home. Shall we?"
[2015-09-09 16:00:50] * ARF The puzzle ring is about the size of a circlet, a wooden ring with interlocking pieces covered in strange writing. You can move the pieces, fitting them together in various ways. The puzzle is apparently to make them all fit together in an unbroken chain.
[2015-09-09 16:02:09] * Nobody pouts, glancing up and down the corridor they find themselves in. "Well, uh..."
[2015-09-09 16:05:23] * Nobody grunts, stamping his feet in infantile frustration, the fingers on his free hand flexing in remembered spell gestures.
[2015-09-09 16:05:29] <Rin> "Hey Goblin, mind letting me see that puzzle ring?"
[2015-09-09 16:06:00] * Nobody looks at the ring, then at the Rin, narrowing his eyes. "Why? What for?"
[2015-09-09 16:06:15] <Rin> "I'd just like to look at it."
[2015-09-09 16:06:58] * ARF Laethirna appears lost in her own world. Apparently overcome by the prospect of being descended from nightmare spawning wizard queens
[2015-09-09 16:08:48] <Rin> "Well?"
[2015-09-09 16:08:59] * Nobody glances down at one of the ring's pieces, idly moving one of them back and forth. "Y'don' look with yer fingers, do ya?" - He looks back up, as though catching himself just before becoming distracted. "Don' think solvin' it's gonna get us outta here."
[2015-09-09 16:09:03] * ARF The corridor is as you left it. There's the route back the way you came. The route ahead and two leftward turning paths.
[2015-09-09 16:10:06] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "Or it'd piss off the hag."
[2015-09-09 16:10:09] <Parva> "Well. The patrols have to get down here somehow, and I would be surprised if the hags deigned to teleport them down here regularly. Maybe we should follow a patrol around and see if that leads us anywhere."
[2015-09-09 16:10:37] <Rin> "Yes, but it's also hard to look with my eyes when you have your grubby hands wrapped around it, and tactile investigation is better."
[2015-09-09 16:11:35] * Nobody shoots a glance at Laethirna, reluctantly handing over the ring to Rin.
[2015-09-09 16:12:08] <Rin> "Thank you." she nods, turning the wooden ring over in her hands while fiddling with it.
[2015-09-09 16:14:05] <Parva> "Well. I'm going to find us a way out. You two stay here and hidden from the guards."
[2015-09-09 16:14:07] * Nobody nods up at Parva. "Hn. T'ain't a bad idea." - He looks over his shoulder. "S'pose I'll try ta find one all sir-reptilicious-like." - He hooks a finger into the collar of his robe.
[2015-09-09 16:14:07] <Nobody> "Same percedure as before, yeah?" - Tuco crawls out and down to the floor, lifting his head and wagging it up at Parva for permission to board.
[2015-09-09 16:16:56] <Parva> She shakes her head...and can't avoid a half-step away from Tuco. "It shouldn't be too difficult to pick up a trail for the guards, and even if we can't find them in the flesh, their trails ought to give a hint or two."
[2015-09-09 16:17:21] * ARF Rin looks utterly absorbed by the puzzle ring.
[2015-09-09 16:18:04] * Nobody sniffs. He glances at the puzzle ring in Rin's hands again before nodding. "A'ight." - He lifts the hem of his robe, letting Tuco crawl back in.
[2015-09-09 16:19:26] <Parva> "He was very valuable earlier. But let him rest--I believe we won't be in as dire need of his...talents...this time around. If, of course, I find otherwise, I shall let the both of you know."
[2015-09-09 16:20:16] * Rin 's many tails twitch about curiously. There's a slight rattling noise coming off of Rin. Anybody who cares to spare more than a glance can see that her sword Totsuka is vibrating in its sheate, almost anticipatorally.
[2015-09-09 16:20:30] * Nobody grunts his approval, already turning to stand facing Rin and the puzzle ring. "No, no, that piece goes there, see? Then this one comes around here..."
[2015-09-09 16:20:57] * Amadeus_Grimgrog looks over. He looks at Parva.
[2015-09-09 16:21:15] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "Shouldn't let her try to solve tha' damned thing. Lead us to nothing good."
[2015-09-09 16:25:21] <Parva> With a glance back, she takes off, slinking along the tunnel--fairly well, too, if not quite as adept at pure stealth as the goblin or her wife. She moves ahead of their position, then takes the second tunnel on the left.
[2015-09-09 16:26:13] * Amadeus_Grimgrog keeps his shields in hands, looking both directions every so often. "Shouldn't be solvin' it, Rin. Don't know what the hell ye get fer solvin' it."
[2015-09-09 16:29:17] <Rin> Rin mutters something at the Dwarf in retort, but she doesn
[2015-09-09 16:29:53] <Rin> doesn't seem to realise that she responds in a language she doesn't actually know, that nobody in the group has ever heard her use before.
[2015-09-09 16:30:17] <Nobody> "Wussat?"
[2015-09-09 16:31:28] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "What?"
[2015-09-09 16:31:35] * Amadeus_Grimgrog looks at her, frowning in confusion
[2015-09-09 16:32:09] * ARF Rin's attention is consumed by the artifact. She works feverishly on it, shaking in an almost goblinlike fashion.
[2015-09-09 16:32:39] * ARF The pieces click into place loudly, one by one. Each louder and more final than the last.
[2015-09-09 16:33:31] |<-- Rin has left irc.thisisnotatrueending.com (Ping timeout)
[2015-09-09 16:33:49] * Amadeus_Grimgrog ...begins reaching for it. This has to stop.
[2015-09-09 16:37:56] * ARF Rin pushes him away, eyes glued to the ring. A piece clicks into place. She's almost there...
[2015-09-09 16:38:35] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "Lad, stop her. Now."
[2015-09-09 16:39:58] <Nobody> "Hm? What?" - The puzzle ring seems to be in the goblin's hands, while Rin and Amadeus are tugging on a loop of string.
[2015-09-09 16:40:21] * ARF Rin is so fixated she doesn't notice she's playing with a hoola hoop. Nobody takes the ring away one piece from completion.
[2015-09-09 16:41:07] * Nobody frowns down at it as he realises the puzzle is practically solved.
[2015-09-09 16:41:12] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "No."
[2015-09-09 16:41:25] <Nobody> "But..." - He makes to pinch the piece.
[2015-09-09 16:41:26] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "Don't solve it."
[2015-09-09 16:41:32] <Nobody> "But it's just..."
[2015-09-09 16:41:36] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "Ye do it ah'll strangle ye 'fore ye could make a sound."
[2015-09-09 16:41:47] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "Ah've done it 'fore te ten elves in th'war and ah'm -still good at it-."
[2015-09-09 16:42:28] * Nobody pouts, maintaining eye contact with Amadeus as he slowly slides it into a pocket in his scarf.
[2015-09-09 16:44:00] * ARF Rin continues fiddling with the string for a while
[2015-09-09 16:45:11] -->| AndroUser ([email protected]) has joined #planescapin
[2015-09-09 16:45:20] =-= AndroUser is now known as Rin
[2015-09-09 16:48:13] * ARF Nobody slips away the incomplete puzzle ring, leaving Rin with a piece of string
[2015-09-09 16:53:32] * Rin is a proud warrior, dedicated in service. However, Rin is still the same clever, slippery fox who snuck her way into the Castle. Using her superior arm-length, she maneuvers around the goblin as she puts the final piece into place, completing the puzzle ring.
[2015-09-09 16:55:06] * Nobody looks mildly vexed, pouting up at her. "Y'just had t-"
[2015-09-09 16:56:10] * ARF Shrieking, Tuco emerges, taking a flying leap to safety.
[2015-09-09 16:57:02] * Rin being the closest to the goblin, now has a giant centipede on her.
[2015-09-09 16:58:12] <Nobody> Cutting off his own sentence, the goblin reaches one hand up to remove his hat and the iron circlet on it, using the other hand to replace it with the completed puzzle ring.
[2015-09-09 17:00:19] <Rin> Totsuka now rattles much more violently, almost leaping out of her sheathe.
[2015-09-09 17:00:20] * Amadeus_Grimgrog watches, looking ready to do what must be done.
[2015-09-09 17:01:08] * Nobody stares into the middle distance, brow furrowed.
[2015-09-09 17:01:27] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "Lad."
[2015-09-09 17:02:47] * Amadeus_Grimgrog focuses. He gives Rin a withering scowl, and then looks at the goblin. He tightens his grip on the shields.
[2015-09-09 17:02:51] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "Lad."
[2015-09-09 17:03:35] * Nobody blinks. He reticently reaches up again, hesitating for just a moment before removing the puzzle ring from his head. He looks at it with a pensive frown.
[2015-09-09 17:03:46] <Nobody> "Well... that was somethin'..."
[2015-09-09 17:04:07] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "Th'fuck just happened."
[2015-09-09 17:06:53] * Nobody carefully inserts the circle into the scarf pocket again. He rubs his temple. "Nhf. Not sure. Best I can figger, somebody's dun got their mind or soul or summin' stuck in that thing. Somebody downrite artsy. Lucky fer me, that somebody were one o' the taller fellers - didn' take ta my 3 foot tall self."
[2015-09-09 17:08:02] * Amadeus_Grimgrog looks at Rin, scowling. "Th'hell is wrong with ye? Ye don't know what coulda happened!"
[2015-09-09 17:08:15] * Amadeus_Grimgrog TRIES to keep his voice low.
[2015-09-09 17:11:03] * ARF Parva's been gone a while. The corridors are still but for the distant ticking.
[2015-09-09 17:11:09] <Rin> "I couldn't help myself. I /needed/ to complete it."
[2015-09-09 17:11:10] * Nobody looks around himself, as though needing a reminder of just where he is.
[2015-09-09 17:11:47] * Amadeus_Grimgrog frowns, looking at it. "Bloody..hate this damn place. Yer Beautiful better be damn worth it, Rin."
[2015-09-09 17:12:14] <Rin> "I couldn't help myself. I /needed/ to complete it."
[2015-09-09 17:13:16] * Parva comes back shortly after that. She looks serious.
[2015-09-09 17:14:42] * Nobody squints at Parva as she appears. "Baroness?" he asks, half as though in doubt. "Wassamatter?"
[2015-09-09 17:15:52] <Parva> "I have a way out. But it may not be totally out of the woods yet. And it requires stealth."
[2015-09-09 17:15:56] * Amadeus_Grimgrog looks to her, face etched in tension. This is too deep in enemy territory.
[2015-09-09 17:17:36] * Nobody quirks an eyebrow and looks at Amadeus. "Leave th' dwarf, issat what ye're sayin'?"
[2015-09-09 17:18:18] <Parva> "Unless you have the means to shrink him again to hide in you guyllet."
[2015-09-09 17:19:31] <Parva> "Regardless, when I turned back, the path I found terminated in two doors--one that leads to patrols, and one that smells--strongly--of hag."
[2015-09-09 17:19:51] <Parva> "It might have been the same one that banished us here, it might not. Hard to say, and I wasn't about to visit. So let's go."
[2015-09-09 17:20:30] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "This fuckin' place is only gonna get worse 'n worse, ah swear.."
[2015-09-09 17:21:06] * Nobody grunts with frustration. "Not likin' them odds. Here's hopin' there's at least a good payout at the end uvvit."
[2015-09-09 17:21:38] * Nobody dusts off his robes and straightens his back, falling into step.
[2015-09-09 17:23:59] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "Ye shrinkin' me or what, lad."
[2015-09-09 17:24:05] * Amadeus_Grimgrog follows, grip relaxing.
[2015-09-09 17:25:00] * Parva leads the group up the second corridor on the left, ahead. Eventually they can see it terminates in a large door, but she's busy lifting a well-concealed trapdoor in the floor. "Down in here."
[2015-09-09 17:25:19] * Nobody frowns. "I cain't. Not unless we commandeer that thare crystal what puts a clamp on th' magic here." - He huffs. "If'n I had my Arts, I'da been in n' outta here already..."
[2015-09-09 17:26:07] * Nobody takes a deep breath. "Jus' try n' do what I do."
[2015-09-09 17:26:46] <Amadeus_Grimgrog> "Bloody..this is why ah never joined th'Lumberjacks."
[2015-09-09 17:26:50] <Parva> She slips in first, gesturing for the others to follow.
[2015-09-09 17:27:29] * Nobody follows right behind.
[2015-09-09 17:28:02] <Parva> Twenty or so feet later, she pushes another trapdoor up slowly and quietly, extricating herself from the space while trying to be as quiet as possible.
[2015-09-09 17:28:33] * ARF Parva leads the way through the crawlspace emerging in a mid-sized chamber decorated sparsely.
[2015-09-09 17:29:16] <ARF> Apart from the floor mosaic of a hideous hag's face and a statue of the grim reaper in one corner there's only a small wooden table where a lone acolyte is hunched over a book muttering to herself.
[2015-09-09 17:29:57] <Parva> She holds a finger to her lips so that the rest can see.
[2015-09-09 17:30:08] <Parva> Then leads them to the other door, to the south, leading from the chamber.
[2015-09-09 17:30:28] * Nobody tip-toes along like it comes naturally to him.
[2015-09-09 17:33:18] * Nobody can't help but notice the acolyte's intense focus on her reading material. He makes a slight detour - surely an academic has something worth purloining.
[2015-09-09 17:34:16] * ARF To everyone else it looks like the goblin is inappropriately groping the young changeling. But he's just engaging in some honest larceny. He comes away with a wand.
[2015-09-09 17:34:39] * Amadeus_Grimgrog ...TRIES to sneak along. Ugh, he's going to regret this.
[2015-09-09 17:36:37] * ARF Amadeus is just quietly climbing out of the crawlspace when one of his shields drops off. It clangs to the floor, rolls away and comes to a rest WHUNGWHUNGWHUNGWHUNG
[2015-09-09 17:36:55] * Nobody cringes as though in physical pain.
[2015-09-09 17:37:04] * ARF The acolyte looks up, and reaches for a wand that isn't there.
[2015-09-09 17:37:06] * Rin just stabs the acolyte
[2015-09-09 17:37:08] * Amadeus_Grimgrog just looks like he knew this would happen.
[2015-09-09 17:37:14] * Amadeus_Grimgrog knows that fate hates him
[2015-09-09 17:37:27] * Parva sighs deeply.
[2015-09-09 17:38:24] * ARF She falls back over the table as Rin appears from nowhere, crying out "Mercy! Mercy!" She goes down, flailing.#
[2015-09-09 17:39:16] * Amadeus_Grimgrog looked ready to kill..but stops. He can't bring himself to swing.
[2015-09-09 17:41:31] <Rin> The plea falls on deaf, foxy ears.
[2015-09-09 17:42:26] * ARF She cringes back from the dwarf, there's a distant resemblance to Laethirna, but where Laethirna is silent and thoughtful this changeling is almost hyper, twitching and shuddering constantly, unable to keep from touching the stab wound "One of the arch-magisters sent you, yes? Leigh? Caris? I have no quarrel with them!"
[2015-09-09 17:45:26] <Nobody> Since the cry already went out, the goblin fidgets to draw his revolver under his robe. He considers the odds odds that they've emerged in the correct spire with the correct hag... and what that hag's reaction will be once an underling reports being attacked. All in all, best to be sure.
[2015-09-09 17:45:36] <Parva> "No quarrel, is it? Then you never saw us. Do you understand?"
[2015-09-09 17:46:29] * ARF Her eyes dart about in their sockets and something brims to the surface "You've no brand, no magic? I can help you. You'll never get out without magic."
[2015-09-09 17:50:37] <Nobody> A hair's breadth from pulling the trigger, the goblin stops. "Oh, yeah?" - He glances to Parva for confirmation. "How?"
[2015-09-09 17:52:25] * ARF She points to the brand on her shoulder. It glows painfully "My mark, my power is enabled. I know the passages. I can lead you to the portal, use the spell that activates it. Without me you'll have to kill your way out."
[2015-09-09 17:56:09] * Nobody lowers his pistol a smidge. He again looks to Parva to make the decision.