Anatolius makes a kind of nervous horse sound. “I dislike the narrowness of this cave system.. do you see anything through the door?”

Cyntheia has her daggers unsheathed, and is looking all around, nervous. Depending on what he sees, this could go terribly, and she has never actually been in danger before, more than from a horse or wagon trampling her, that is.

Through the door, you can't see much except a crackling hearth, somebody's shadow and drying skins on the wall. When you knock, a young woman's voice calls, "Come on in!"

If you enter, you see the full scene: a few stools, tanners tools, a crude workbench. On the opposite wall, the cave passage continues upwards. The woman is dressed robustly and strides forwards to shake your hand. "Well! Fancy seeing you here, it's been an awful long time. Please take a seat!" She bustles around, tidying away odds and ends. "So, what brings you here?"

*Hey guys, am back. I hope I didn’t miss much.*

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Through the door, you can't see much except a crackling hearth, somebody's shadow and drying skins on the wall. When you knock, a young woman's voice calls, "Come on in!"

If you enter, you see the full scene: a few stools, tanners tools, a crude workbench. On the opposite wall, the cave passage continues upwards. The woman is dressed robustly and strides forwards to shake your hand. "Well! Fancy seeing you here, it's been an awful long time. Please take a seat!" She bustles around, tidying away odds and ends. "So, what brings you here?"

 Anatoliis smiles and happily shakes her hand. “Dreams mostly. What are you doing in a cave like this?” He looks around for centaur-friendly chairs.

Cyntheia cautiously follows the others in, sheathing her knives as she does. "Well met, madame. We were told this was the cave of fates, and we have comes on matters of fate filled dreams. If we have disturbed you, please grant us pardon."

Eximus opens the door at the woman's bidding. He steps in quickly looking about the room for threats as the others greet the woman. 

"I am Eximus Animus. Yes we would have you tell us what you can of the whereabouts of those they call "The fates"

Galis follow the others in but stands with his weapon ready. He doesn’t wholly trust the fates just yet.

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 Anatoliis smiles and happily shakes her hand. “Dreams mostly. What are you doing in a cave like this?” He looks around for centaur-friendly chairs.

"Cave? Dear, are you feeling alright? Massive you'd better sit down...." There are no centaur friendly chairs. This adventure clearly was not designed to be horse accessible.

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Cyntheia cautiously follows the others in, sheathing her knives as she does. "Well met, madame. We were told this was the cave of fates, and we have comes on matters of fate filled dreams. If we have disturbed you, please grant us pardon."

"The cave of fates?! Seriously, what has gotten into your head Cyntheia? This is our nice little home, not a cave."

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Eximus opens the door at the woman's bidding. He steps in quickly looking about the room for threats as the others greet the woman. 

"I am Eximus Animus. Yes we would have you tell us what you can of the whereabouts of those they call "The fates"

"Gosh, all business! The fates.... They're our destinies, right? No escaping those, they'll find you."

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Galis follow the others in but stands with his weapon ready. He doesn’t wholly trust the fates just yet.

She gives him a friendly nod.

Again, she gestures for all of you to sit down and even produces a centaur friendly chair. Pulling out a loaf of steaming bread, she breaks it and offers you all a piece, munching on one of her own. 

*Sorry I missed yesterday, I was moving into a new place. Left me too knackered to log on and respond.*

Cyntheia takes the piece of bread and sit down. "Thank you for this food, it is delicious. I apologize for the miscommunication, someone in Athens believed this to be that cave. I will inform them of the truth when I return there. Would you like to hear about our journeys?"

*No worries about the miss. Cyntheia is acting based on my limited knowledge of real ancient greek customs for travelers. As this is not the real world, feel free to let me know if it is not appropriate. 

"Oh dear, it's no trouble at all! Please do, tell me everything." The bread is cold and long-stale.

Cyntheia tells her about what's happening in various places she's visited. 

*Sorry, not going to make a bunch of stuff up. Imagine this taking a while, I would probably reach the character limit if I actually wrote it out.

Anatolius seems a bit sad at the lack of horse chairs, but smiles anyway. “Well, we entered a cave and traveled down a passageway to get here. I’m not exactly sure where we are now.. but if you know, that would be great!”

Eximus just stands there glowering as he listens to the others ask there questions.

*Fair enough Callia 👀*

The woman sighs. "Well you all seem a little lost in the cuckoo nest, if you catch my drift! Except maybe you there," she nods at Eximus, "You just seem annoyed. I won't-"

Her jaw slackens, and her eyes roll back into their sockets. They don't reveal any whites, just a sickly green. "Get out. You're not permitted here. This hall is exclusively zoned for 1200s visitors." The door you came in from swings open while on the far cave mouth, stalactites and stalagmites creep in, starting to block the passage. Our possessed lady snarls, ready to throw hands. 

*The next couple posts will probably require some checks - just say what you fancy trying and I'll give a point cost to it!*

Cyntheia stands up, and backs towards the wall, trying to circle around the lady away from the stalagmites, drawing her daggers while she does so.

Galis, sensing some otherworldly stuff at play decides he would much rather subdue the woman than kill her. He gets ready to punch her if the need arises, just enough to knock her out.

Anatolius rears back to strike with his hooves, looking alarmed. 

Cyntheia manages to sneak around with little problem as the woman rounds on Anatolius and Galis. The two of them manage to subdue her, pinning her down with a sleeper hold. Barely noticing any kind of painful blow, she proves difficult to restrain - it will cost 15 points between you to do successfully. If either of you are willing to have a limb broken we can call this 10 instead.

By the time that's done, the stalagmites are still closing off the path forwards. In a minute or two, it'll be completely sealed.

While thenother two grapple with the hag, Eximus grabs a chair and rushes it to the closing passage. He attempts to slow the advance of the walls by wedging the chair between them.

"The passage!" he warns.