Suddenly having a hankering for some spare ribs, Daewen lunges towards the last remaining skeleton (Skeleton2) and does the hokey pokey-

• Rapier Attack #1: 20 Damage: 11
• Rapier Attack #2: 25 Damage: 12

Neph wipes the sweat off his brow, turns to Daewen and winks at her, says “Who loves ya, baby.  Nice jab!”

With the final skeleton defeated, the only thing left moving is a very wounded Juriendor. He groans - he's alive! There is a prominent stone slab in the center of the room near Juriendor.

Daewen high-fives Nephvir, and then pumps her hands in the air (like she just don't care), before turning to inspect the stone slab in the center of the room (Perception: 12).

Nephvir joins Daewen and examines the slab as well as the status of Juriendor.  "What the hell were they doing to him?"  Also, goes to the covered tunnel and starts to try to remove anything that is blocking...

Perception :  16

"They took the Moonshard! They took it! This was all just a distraction!" he moans, and then passes out from his wounds.

Close to where the drow have broken into the cathedral from the ground tunnel is a solid stone slab covered in dust that bears the name Alin Durque, apparently a famous adventurer. He was rumored to have been lost in these lands long ago, perhaps finding his way on to another world where he discovered everlasting life and travel. Now you know his fate, for his tomb clearly reads that he died here almost one hundred years ago.

Mock stands up straight after cleaving the skeleton in half. Her bones seem to pop, and she grimaces at the pull in her muscles. But she grins widely as she slings her axe back over her back and surveys the room with her hands on her hips. Always satisfied with a winning fight. "Alright. What now, then?"

Nephvir walks over to Mock and says "Thank you for hearing my messsage and coming so fast.  I didn't mean for that to go down in that way, but I was trying to save the Moonshard."  He bows his head to Mock, "I appreciate your axe and your strong arm and quick action.  Let's figure out what happened to the Moonshard, and Juliendor."  

Kasha moonwalks over to Mock and Neph. "I appreciate her strong arm and quick action, too! Hell yeah!" Her eyebrows bounce comically high as moonwalks over to Juriendor. "Hey! How's it going down there, bub?" She pats him on the head. "You'll be fine. Sure wish I could turn into a big creature like I used to! Can't do THAT just yet, yo." She remembered something. "Like, this one time? When I was a huge t-rex back with my original group.." she says the last part a little sourly, clearly there was some annoying dirt in her past. "..I almost ate half the party." She thought for a moment. "Kinda wish I did, actually! HA! Anyways, you just sit tight, and we'll find your little Moonshard for ya. Don't you worry, bub."

Daewen's eye got as large as dinner plates upon hearing Kasha's story.  Is it right to be fearful of that little one?  Is she truly going to turn into a monster and eat us?!  Oh, that'd be an adventure, no?  But oh so painful of an adventure.  Not too sure I'd wanna go through that one's stomach...I mean, can you imagine what it'd be like coming out the other end?!

Her mind continues to wander as she looks around at her crew.  She couldn't be prouder!

Daewen pantomimes taking a long rest here, before continuing on down the tunnel, into the Drow lair.

Arora looks around at each person real quick... good, all still here.  She closes her eye for a moment, that could have been bad, real bad.  She lets out a heavy breath and opens her eyes again "Nice job everyone!  Now this is the way a real team works."  A contented and proud smile comes across her face.

Daewen pantomimes taking a long rest here, before continuing on down the tunnel, into the Drow lair.

"I agree Daewen, we do need to have a good rest before continuing on."  She pans the room quickly eyeing the door in the back of 39 "But, we may want to check out the rest of this basement to make sure we actually rid the place of all the little nasties." Arora starts moving towards the obvious secret door in the back of 39 "Maybe Nephvir, Daewen and I can go check the rest out real quick - Neph can text you if needed."

"If we do this, we need to be stealth"

Stealth: 14 

"A T-Rex?  Really?  Wow, that would be amazing to see, Kash."  Kicking pieces of skeleton out of the way, Raza moves to the dead drow.  Kneeling down, she shoves him onto his back and starts rifling through his clothes.  "Well, of course I wouldn't want to see it close up, I would stand at a safe distance."  She mutters, sticking her hand in the drow's pocket.

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"They took the Moonshard! They took it! This was all just a distraction!" he moans, and then passes out from his wounds.

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Arora looks around at each person real quick... good, all still here.  She closes her eye for a moment, that could have been bad, real bad.  She lets out a heavy breath and opens her eyes again "Nice job everyone!  Now this is the way a real team works."  A contented and proud smile comes across her face.

Daewen pantomimes taking a long rest here, before continuing on down the tunnel, into the Drow lair.

"I agree Daewen, we do need to have a good rest before continuing on."  She pans the room quickly eyeing the door in the back of 39 "But, we may want to check out the rest of this basement to make sure we actually rid the place of all the little nasties." Arora starts moving towards the obvious secret door in the back of 39 "Maybe Nephvir, Daewen and I can go check the rest out real quick - Neph can text you if needed."

"If we do this, we need to be stealth"

Stealth: 14 

Seeing the priest collapse, Doc went towards him to make sure he hadn't completely succumbed to his wounds.  Satisfied that he wasn't in imminent danger of dying, he managed to let out a sigh of relief.  You can't die yet.  We still too many questions to ask you priest... he thought to himself before turning to the party.  "Yes I agree Arora.  Nice job staying flexible everyone even though the mission is not quite what we were expecting this time around.  If a couple of you are able, do scout ahead and let us know what you see.  Though don't travel too far ahead.  I will catch up once I bandage him [Juriendor] up real quick" Doc commented before beginning to administer first aid on the high priest, again.  What was so special about this moonshard anyway that you'd almost get yourself killed twice... he thought to himself as he worked.

Daewen follows Arora through the secret door at the back of room 39.

Stealth: 9

"A T-Rex?  Really?  Wow, that would be amazing to see, Kash." 
"Yeah, I miss those moments. If I ever do, you can steer me! I'm not myself when I turn into animals. I don't think I ate anybody! I think."

The drow don't have anything interesting on their person, unfortunately, nor are there anymore enemies on the floor. AREA 39 is a reliquary, housing the remains of warriors.

You are able to keep Juriendor alive.

"Thank you for hearing my messsage and coming so fast.  I didn't mean for that to go down in that way, but I was trying to save the Moonshard."  He bows his head to Mock, "I appreciate your axe and your strong arm and quick action.  Let's figure out what happened to the Moonshard, and Juliendor."  

Mock grins at Neph, shrugging off his words. "Strong arm and axe is what I'm here for, ain't it?" she says with a hefty pat to his shoulder. "Sides, it's helpin' me get used to your voice poppin' up in my head."

"Yeah, I miss those moments. If I ever do, you can steer me! I'm not myself when I turn into animals. I don't think I ate anybody! I think."

Her eyes widen even as her expression grows more excited. "Kash, sweetheart, when do ya think you're gonna be able to do that?" she asks. The sight of a large tiefling almost bouncing on her feet is a little weird, but Mock has never cared before, and she won't start now. "Because that sounds really, really awesome, and I need to see it. Won't let ya eat anyone - well, any of us, of course. Anyone else is kinda fair game. Ya get it."

Her eyes widen even as her expression grows more excited. "Kash, sweetheart, when do ya think you're gonna be able to do that?" she asks.

"In aboot five levels!" Kasha ballet danced around you. "I cast Piggymorf, and ka-POO! GrgrgRG!!" she crouched and pretended she was a dino.  

"Because that sounds really, really awesome, and I need to see it. Won't let ya eat anyone - well, any of us, of course. Anyone else is kinda fair game. Ya get it."

"Mhmm!" she nodded, smiling at you. "Last time I did this the cat who rode me piloted me to make sure I didn't eat anymore, when i'm an animal the animal takes over and suppresses my personality, so as long as you ride me and control me i'll be good! I don't know why that happens!"

"That's all very interesting Kasha..." Doc replied absentmindly as he finished working on the High Priest.  He assumed it was just another one of her tales and he would believe it when he saw it. 

Rising, he tried to gather any that were still in room and said, "Well, we can't follow the Drow or the Moonshard unfortunately so we should head back above ground and check on the situation there.  And then when he wakes up..." pausing to point at Juriendor, "...we can figure out just what in the Hells is going on around here."  Then carrying his unconscious body on one shoulder, Doc would slowly begin making his way back up to the main chapel floor.

"Fantastic idea Doctor." Kasha agreed. She then pointed to the ceiling. "TO THE SURFACE!"

Arora had been listening in on all the talk about Kasha and T-rex's and she starts laughing a bit "I'm sorry, I'm just picturing one of us trying to ride a T-Rex..."

"Alrighty Doc, let's do it... back to the surface it is."  Arora can follow orders... sometimes, and other times... kind of.