Brother Keefe replies to Token at the same time as Enzo spots the name carved into the sides of the sarcophagus. "Her name was Xandria Welltran. She's been in our care for roughly two hundred years. I don't believe she was a figure of any particular renown other than being very wealthy."
Evara looks to Brother Keefe and asks “do we know anything about how this women died, or do you know someone who would?” Evara inspects the pictures and begins carefully looking at the walls and the ground to find anything of note.
Token, Valde, and Hanna’s passive perception is good enough to notice that some of the bones appear to be oddly shaped or overly large, but without a successful investigation or nature check you can’t tell what it means. They also spot five tiny gemstones resting among the bones: a red ruby, a green emerald, a black opal, a white diamond, and a blue sapphire.
Token gazes at the supposed remains of Xandria Welltran. It was clear that this woman had a very peculiar bone structure, and one could imagine what she may have looked like when she was alive, which may have contrasted with the beautiful forms depicted on the walls of the mausoleum. Perhaps the images were designed to hide her abmormal shape from the rest of the world and portray herself as she wished others would view her. But thinking about the shape of a woman was extremely rude, so the blushing Harengon perished these thoughts. It was clear that this information was not enough to accuse Miss Xandria of being a dragon. And though Token noticed the gems within the sarcophagus, he decided to simply indicate their presence to the rest of the party rather than touching them out of respect (and fear) for the dead.
With the trail running cold and without any other options he could think of, Token decided to approach Brother Keefe. "Say, Brother Keefe. If the truth was discovered that Miss Xandria here was in fact a drag'n, what exactly didja have in mind for her, may I ask?"
Evara sees the gemstones and is enthralled. She is mesmerized by sparkle. Even with the dim light the beautiful refraction of light moving through the stones is more than she can resist. Evara reaches down slowly, as if trying to stop herself, to touch the gems.
While the group is looking at the sarcophagus and surrounding room, Brother Keefe also bends over the sarcophagus, looking at the bones without touching them. He appears to mumble something, which Token's delicate ears can tell is a whispered apology to the remains for disturbing their rest. After a minute he straightens and states in his monotoning drone, "Some of these bones do appear to be of a draconic nature. Curiously, less than half the bones necessary to make a complete skeleton appear to be here."
He turns towards Evara. "Our records state that the cause of death could not be identified, but note that she was suspected of involvement in several high-level political intrigues." And to Token, "If we have heard this rumor, others may eventually as well. We don't need eager treasure-hunters traipsing through our flowerbeds and disturbing the residents searching for a potential dragon's hoard."
In looking closely around the room, Robin and Token both notice that the five pictures engraved in the walls that I've described each have a small indentation in them, one at the top of the snow-covered mountain, one at the point of a lightning strike in the thunderstorm, one within the roaring fire, one at the tip of the snake's fang, and one on the vial with the bubbling contents.
Robin, Token, and Enzo all notice that there are significant scrape marks in the stone floor on one side of the sarcophagus, perpendicular to the sarcophagus.
And as Evara reaches towards the gemstones, the sound of scraping stone reverberates around the room as the door to the mausoleum quickly slides shut, immediately followed by a hissing sound coming from very small holes in the floor around the perimeter of the room. Everyone notices an unpleasant smell that seems to be getting stronger.
Enzo says a swear word in Draconic. "This isn't good folks, unless I miss my guess, this place will fill with gas before too long, which will probably be bad for us. The sarcophagus appears to move. Let's figure out how that happens quickly! There may be a way to escape below!"
He move to the side of the sarcophagus opposite the scrape marks and (uselessly, I'm sure) tries to push it.
Token steps back from the sarcophagus as the gas pours into the chamber. Watching his companions struggle to escape and panic makes his heart beat faster as he begins to hyperventilate. Just before he could start joining Evara in prayer, he remembers the words of Seigan, his mentor.
"Never underestimate a cornered animal. Even at their most desperate moment, some will continue to fight even with their final breath. Only those with the will to survive will stand victorious. What will you do when you're cornered, Token? Will you submit on your knees or will you fight on your feet?"
Token tries to slow down his breath and listens to Robin's orders. He runs over to the sarcophagus. "Pardon, Miss Xandria but this is urgent!" Token shouts as he hesitates to grab a gem from the bones. Though he has no clue what each gem represents, he will try to grab the one that most closely resembles a bubble (the pearl) and jam it into the indentation in the mural with the bubbling vial (idk why I thought there was a pearl)
Perhaps it is the noxious fumes that are causing Token to hallucinate and see nonexistent gems. He tries to clear his head, grabs the red ruby and places it into the indentation with the mural that seemed like it had the closest similarity; the color of the fire.
Hana wasnt particularly familiar with dragons. But the bones on the sarcophagus were too big for humans, so if they were looking for a dragon, she may be it. So, what now? She definitely couldnt just take the bones and hope for the best. The murals, the gems...
As soon as Brother Keefe explains his theory, she starts to think about it. If she was a dragon and she did indeed have a hoard, yeah, it may be there, but that wouldnt help stopping the bone dragon. A pile of gold and gems wouldnt be of much use. Well, maybe to the city.
Meanwhile she was focused on her thoughts, Hana didnt notice much else. Until the door slams, closing them in. She comes back to reality and listens a gas coming in. Having no idea of what is going on, she listens to Robin asking for the gems. Not knowing what is going on, but aware they were in danger, Hana starts to pick up the gems and passing them to whoever asks for them.
"W-What is going on?" She got distracted by her own mission and missed the situation completely.
"Ahh shit" she mutters under her breath as Mavis springs into action whilst wondering how something like this was able to pass Phlan building code. She agrees with Robin's advice, and takes the two most obvious gems, the white diamond and the emerald, and slots the white diamond into the snowy mountain, then the emerald into the mural with the venomous snake.
The red ruby fits perfectly into the indentation of in the fire, and the diamond and emerald similarly match with the mountaintop and snake fang, respectively.
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Brother Keefe replies to Token at the same time as Enzo spots the name carved into the sides of the sarcophagus. "Her name was Xandria Welltran. She's been in our care for roughly two hundred years. I don't believe she was a figure of any particular renown other than being very wealthy."
Evara looks to Brother Keefe and asks “do we know anything about how this women died, or do you know someone who would?” Evara inspects the pictures and begins carefully looking at the walls and the ground to find anything of note.
Mavis, Token, Enzo, and Evara all failed their checks to inspect the contents of the sarcophagus.
Token, Valde, and Hanna’s passive perception is good enough to notice that some of the bones appear to be oddly shaped or overly large, but without a successful investigation or nature check you can’t tell what it means. They also spot five tiny gemstones resting among the bones: a red ruby, a green emerald, a black opal, a white diamond, and a blue sapphire.
Token gazes at the supposed remains of Xandria Welltran. It was clear that this woman had a very peculiar bone structure, and one could imagine what she may have looked like when she was alive, which may have contrasted with the beautiful forms depicted on the walls of the mausoleum. Perhaps the images were designed to hide her abmormal shape from the rest of the world and portray herself as she wished others would view her. But thinking about the shape of a woman was extremely rude, so the blushing Harengon perished these thoughts. It was clear that this information was not enough to accuse Miss Xandria of being a dragon. And though Token noticed the gems within the sarcophagus, he decided to simply indicate their presence to the rest of the party rather than touching them out of respect (and fear) for the dead.
With the trail running cold and without any other options he could think of, Token decided to approach Brother Keefe. "Say, Brother Keefe. If the truth was discovered that Miss Xandria here was in fact a drag'n, what exactly didja have in mind for her, may I ask?"
Evara sees the gemstones and is enthralled. She is mesmerized by sparkle. Even with the dim light the beautiful refraction of light moving through the stones is more than she can resist. Evara reaches down slowly, as if trying to stop herself, to touch the gems.
While the group is looking at the sarcophagus and surrounding room, Brother Keefe also bends over the sarcophagus, looking at the bones without touching them. He appears to mumble something, which Token's delicate ears can tell is a whispered apology to the remains for disturbing their rest. After a minute he straightens and states in his monotoning drone, "Some of these bones do appear to be of a draconic nature. Curiously, less than half the bones necessary to make a complete skeleton appear to be here."
He turns towards Evara. "Our records state that the cause of death could not be identified, but note that she was suspected of involvement in several high-level political intrigues." And to Token, "If we have heard this rumor, others may eventually as well. We don't need eager treasure-hunters traipsing through our flowerbeds and disturbing the residents searching for a potential dragon's hoard."
In looking closely around the room, Robin and Token both notice that the five pictures engraved in the walls that I've described each have a small indentation in them, one at the top of the snow-covered mountain, one at the point of a lightning strike in the thunderstorm, one within the roaring fire, one at the tip of the snake's fang, and one on the vial with the bubbling contents.
Robin, Token, and Enzo all notice that there are significant scrape marks in the stone floor on one side of the sarcophagus, perpendicular to the sarcophagus.
And as Evara reaches towards the gemstones, the sound of scraping stone reverberates around the room as the door to the mausoleum quickly slides shut, immediately followed by a hissing sound coming from very small holes in the floor around the perimeter of the room. Everyone notices an unpleasant smell that seems to be getting stronger.
Enzo says a swear word in Draconic. "This isn't good folks, unless I miss my guess, this place will fill with gas before too long, which will probably be bad for us. The sarcophagus appears to move. Let's figure out how that happens quickly! There may be a way to escape below!"
He move to the side of the sarcophagus opposite the scrape marks and (uselessly, I'm sure) tries to push it.
Enzo Ballantine - Shadow Sorcerer
Evara starts praying/screaming “oh Garl lord Garl I didn’t even touch anything!”
Enzo is correct, pushing the sarcophagus has no effect.
Token steps back from the sarcophagus as the gas pours into the chamber. Watching his companions struggle to escape and panic makes his heart beat faster as he begins to hyperventilate. Just before he could start joining Evara in prayer, he remembers the words of Seigan, his mentor.
"Never underestimate a cornered animal. Even at their most desperate moment, some will continue to fight even with their final breath. Only those with the will to survive will stand victorious. What will you do when you're cornered, Token? Will you submit on your knees or will you fight on your feet?"
Token tries to slow down his breath and listens to Robin's orders. He runs over to the sarcophagus. "Pardon, Miss Xandria but this is urgent!" Token shouts as he hesitates to grab a gem from the bones. Though he has no clue what each gem represents, he will try to grab the one that most closely resembles a bubble (the pearl) and jam it into the indentation in the mural with the bubbling vial (idk why I thought there was a pearl)
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There is no pearl. The options are a red ruby, a green emerald, a black opal, a white diamond, and a blue sapphire.
Perhaps it is the noxious fumes that are causing Token to hallucinate and see nonexistent gems. He tries to clear his head, grabs the red ruby and places it into the indentation with the mural that seemed like it had the closest similarity; the color of the fire.
Hana wasnt particularly familiar with dragons. But the bones on the sarcophagus were too big for humans, so if they were looking for a dragon, she may be it. So, what now? She definitely couldnt just take the bones and hope for the best. The murals, the gems...
As soon as Brother Keefe explains his theory, she starts to think about it. If she was a dragon and she did indeed have a hoard, yeah, it may be there, but that wouldnt help stopping the bone dragon. A pile of gold and gems wouldnt be of much use. Well, maybe to the city.
Meanwhile she was focused on her thoughts, Hana didnt notice much else. Until the door slams, closing them in. She comes back to reality and listens a gas coming in. Having no idea of what is going on, she listens to Robin asking for the gems. Not knowing what is going on, but aware they were in danger, Hana starts to pick up the gems and passing them to whoever asks for them.
"W-What is going on?" She got distracted by her own mission and missed the situation completely.
"Ahh shit" she mutters under her breath as Mavis springs into action whilst wondering how something like this was able to pass Phlan building code. She agrees with Robin's advice, and takes the two most obvious gems, the white diamond and the emerald, and slots the white diamond into the snowy mountain, then the emerald into the mural with the venomous snake.
The red ruby fits perfectly into the indentation of in the fire, and the diamond and emerald similarly match with the mountaintop and snake fang, respectively.