Harmony was surprised by the humans and then the other beings, seeing their eyes and gills and fins. Damn, if only she had known about those. "Hold on. I am with you. I have brought some more mortals here to be sacrified for the great Kayel." Harmony says back confidently, acting like she belongs and is on their side.
The human narrows his eyes, but barks out another command. "Lyz zmyp eiww!"
The demons back away from Harmony, and the other human turns away toward the wall, beginning to chant. The runes on his head glow with a sickly green hue, and similar runes glow in turn along the wall. Before your eyes, the wall fades from existence, revealing a passage through the water beyond.
Mist hovers over the murky water, still around six feet deep in the nearly 40-foot-square chamber that follows. A 10-foot-wide hallway exits the room the south, but its northern end has around 30 square feet of dry land, atop of which is some sort of shrine covered in the same symbols that you've seen elsewhere in the caverns. Burned into the wall you see a weblike pattern, and the shrine is covered with the gory remains of various creatures.
The water is disrupted in front of Harmony when she begins to lead the party to the south. It pools off of a large demonic jellyfish that rises to tower above you. A dozen tentacles, each almost half as long as the chamber itself, unfurl and hover dangerously around you. A pair of Dokkalfar, the demonic aquatic dark elves, emerge from the murky water at its side.
"Now where do you think you are going?" A man's voice calls out in Common from behind you, stilted by some demonic influence. The wall opposite from where you entered has dissipated, and a robed bald man, head etched with runes, emerges from the water near the shrine, climbing onto the dry land around it. "If you leave now, you're going to miss the show."
Harmony saw the jellyfish, shocked before noticing the Dokkalfar and then hearing the man. "Oh, right. My bad." she said back, turning around and going to the shrine at the north end instead.
When//if they enter what seems to be the chamber they're headed for, Aisha (sadly without Tsavi who was left outside, as it would break the ploy..) would look around with just her eyes, trying to spot anything that looked more important than 'just a wall' or 'just a pillar'
You notice as you look around that the shrine you are standing in front of has even more of this symbol etched on it than when you first entered. At a glance it doesn't look like much of a change, but looking closer you can actually see a couple places where faint outlines of the symbol are emerging.
OOC: The robed man is with the three of you (and Rajiira) on the dry land near the shrine. The jellyfish monster and the Dokkalfar are still in the water surrounding it.
Harmony had heard him, thinking. Final sacrifices? So they have to stop this now! But they are outnumbered, especially without Tsavi too and having to deal with the water. The only way to turn it to their advantage would be to take control of that jellyfish. But she can't be obvious, thinking. "Of course." she says before taking out a dagger. "Oh Great Kayel, we shall awaken you now with the last bloodshed of these mortals!" Harmony calls out before stepping forward and going to 'kill' Aisha, hoping and assuming that she'll know to dodge it. Meanwhile in the process, she's actually casting Charm Monster at the jellyfish and praying that this works or they're all in trouble.
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OOC: Eep, sorry! I fully meant to type the translation to Harmony in a spoiler post.
For Harmony:
"Hey! Coming in!"
"Explain what's going on here, now!"
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Harmony was surprised by the humans and then the other beings, seeing their eyes and gills and fins. Damn, if only she had known about those. "Hold on. I am with you. I have brought some more mortals here to be sacrified for the great Kayel." Harmony says back confidently, acting like she belongs and is on their side.
Harmony Deception: 12
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The human narrows his eyes, but barks out another command. "Lyz zmyp eiww!"
The demons back away from Harmony, and the other human turns away toward the wall, beginning to chant. The runes on his head glow with a sickly green hue, and similar runes glow in turn along the wall. Before your eyes, the wall fades from existence, revealing a passage through the water beyond.
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OOC: Ready to advance once the next action is taken.
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(harmony probably needs a translation)
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OOC: Oh my goodness, I forgot it again.
He just said "Let them pass!"
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Harmony hid her surprise at the new passage being revealed. She simply nodded and lead the way, going through the water into the passage.
Mist hovers over the murky water, still around six feet deep in the nearly 40-foot-square chamber that follows. A 10-foot-wide hallway exits the room the south, but its northern end has around 30 square feet of dry land, atop of which is some sort of shrine covered in the same symbols that you've seen elsewhere in the caverns. Burned into the wall you see a weblike pattern, and the shrine is covered with the gory remains of various creatures.
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OOC: Ready to advance once the next action is taken.
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(aisha is still playing along)
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Harmony keeps going forward, going to the hallway to the south.
The water is disrupted in front of Harmony when she begins to lead the party to the south. It pools off of a large demonic jellyfish that rises to tower above you. A dozen tentacles, each almost half as long as the chamber itself, unfurl and hover dangerously around you. A pair of Dokkalfar, the demonic aquatic dark elves, emerge from the murky water at its side.
"Now where do you think you are going?" A man's voice calls out in Common from behind you, stilted by some demonic influence. The wall opposite from where you entered has dissipated, and a robed bald man, head etched with runes, emerges from the water near the shrine, climbing onto the dry land around it. "If you leave now, you're going to miss the show."
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Harmony saw the jellyfish, shocked before noticing the Dokkalfar and then hearing the man. "Oh, right. My bad." she said back, turning around and going to the shrine at the north end instead.
"The Cyndari is in place. The final sacrifices are here," the man grins when Harmony leads the party onto dry land. "Kayel will not disappoint us."
The Dokkalfar and the bloated demonic jellyfish press forward within the water, and the man turns to Harmony as if to wait for her lead.
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When//if they enter what seems to be the chamber they're headed for, Aisha (sadly without Tsavi who was left outside, as it would break the ploy..) would look around with just her eyes, trying to spot anything that looked more important than 'just a wall' or 'just a pillar'
Perception: 18
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For Aisha:
You notice as you look around that the shrine you are standing in front of has even more of this symbol etched on it than when you first entered. At a glance it doesn't look like much of a change, but looking closer you can actually see a couple places where faint outlines of the symbol are emerging.
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(For clarification, is it just us three and the man in there right now or are the Dokkalfar and the jellyfish there with them now too?)
OOC: The robed man is with the three of you (and Rajiira) on the dry land near the shrine. The jellyfish monster and the Dokkalfar are still in the water surrounding it.
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Harmony had heard him, thinking. Final sacrifices? So they have to stop this now! But they are outnumbered, especially without Tsavi too and having to deal with the water. The only way to turn it to their advantage would be to take control of that jellyfish. But she can't be obvious, thinking. "Of course." she says before taking out a dagger. "Oh Great Kayel, we shall awaken you now with the last bloodshed of these mortals!" Harmony calls out before stepping forward and going to 'kill' Aisha, hoping and assuming that she'll know to dodge it. Meanwhile in the process, she's actually casting Charm Monster at the jellyfish and praying that this works or they're all in trouble.