Luke smiles "So Gorf, I think that was your name right? I am Luke. Do you know where the boy is? We want to bring him home. Maybe you can help us. There's more food in it for you if you do"
"Brr.. is this being used as a cooler? Oh wait, goblin skeletens?? Sasha, come bring that torch in!" Gerty moves out of the way so much can file into the room, but thinks this is not where the boy is being held, unless "Do you think the boy could fit in one of those large containers?!" and she runs over to try and open one.
Rikaria enters the room, noting the strangeness of such a pleasant odor in the goblin-infested ruins beneath a dry well. Then, she notes that they have a kidnapped boy to rescue and she decides she can leave that minor mystery unsolved if need be.
But Gerty brings up a good point. It's certainly POSSIBLE he's in one of the vats, so they might as well check. She offers Gerty the torch, then gets down on one knee to assist Gerty in hauling herself up to the lip of one of the vats for a look inside.
"Get on up there and have a look see, Lieutenant Gerty!!!" she shouts in her soldier's voice.
(Help action for Gerty's potential athletics check to climb up to the vat so she can look around.)
The light from the torch illuminates a beautifully decorated room. The walls are covered with murals of pastoral beauty, people in elegant clothing enjoying some sort of feast. Trees and bushes overflowing with fruits of various kinds. Forest animals looking on from in between the plants. The stone containers are smooth white marble. You can see the remnants of what must have been the lids next to them, crumbled into fragements. Gerty easily get up to the edge of one with Rikarias aid. Inside the container is a finely dressed skeleton laying on silk. One of the fingers is broken off and laying next to the hand. This corpse was from woman of many ages ago.
Rikaria hears a mans voice whisper soothingly in her ear, “ it’s about time you have come…you are late my dear. They thought you were not going to show…”
(Ohhhhhhhhh NO! Nothing good ever happens at the bottom of a well! I've known that since Ocarina of Time came out!!!)
Rikaria falls backwards onto her bottom and crabwalks towards the door as if a snake had just popped up in front of her. She looks around in a moment of panic.
"What in the name of Chauntea was that!? Billy!? You practicin' your ventriloquism again!? Now is NOT the time!!"
At that, the torches go out, and everything gets bathed in darkness.
Rikaria you now see the man. He reaches his hand out to help you stand up. The scent of lavender has grown much stronger and you don’t see any of your friends, just the man. A handsome, strong looking man wearing fine clothes. A purple tunic with gold embroidery around the edges with light blue sash type belt. His pants loose fitting black slacks that are tucked into tall green leather boots. He helps you to feet and stares into your eyes. You try and look away out of embarrassment, but you are not able to. You feel your cheeks flush and are filled with energy. He touches your forehead softly with his palm and says to you “ oh, I see. You have a blockage. No wonder your late.”
with that, a red light pours forth from his palm and into your forehead. With a flash an eye opens where the light struck and your body quakes as energy shoots throughout your body.
not energy from the man, but your own energy, like a tidal wave of fire. It fills every part of you. Suddenly you recognize the kind old lady you have been talking with about fanciful things, she has real magic….you have REAL magic…
Gerty whirls around after the lights turn back on and seeing Rikaria on the ground unconscious, she reaches over to her, grabbing both shoulders and shakes her. In dwarven she tries to rise her, "Riki!! Riki, what is it? It was just a skeleton, wake up!!" a panic rising in her throat.
Rikaria's eyes SNAP open. At first she's disoriented, and that makes her anxious. And then she remembers what just happened, and that makes her upset. And then she realizes she is lying in Gerty's lap with Gerty's face a foot away from her own and that makes her PANIC!
"MmmmmmmIDON'TWANNATALKABOUTIT!! There's nothing in this room we gotta keep moving!!! LET'S GO!!!"
She VAULTS to her feet, then realizes all the lights have gone out, it's pitch dark and she can barely see beyond her hands.
"Can someone PLEASE light a damn TORCH!!!?"
And her torch lights back up on the ground. Astonished, she stares at it, wide eyed. She slowly reaches down for it, picks it up, picks up her pan shield, and exits the room.
"Close the door behind you..." she mutters to Gerty as she walks out.
She takes a very deep breath, looks forward into the dark corridor ahead, turns to the others and shouts "Come on, MEN!! Nothing in there! Let's MOVE MOVE MOVE!!!"
"Oh no, that won't do...Perhaps you could tell me where Karmoos is and how many other goblins there are. I have plenty of food that can be all yours in exchange for your help" Luke says with a convincing and handsome smile
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As Gerty opens the door Sasha follows her and Rik inside the strange cool room, holding her torch for the others too see. "What kind of place is this?"She says as she looks around in fascination. She then flinches and her green eyes widens as Rik falls backwards and crabwalks towards the door. "Rik, what happened?" She calls out. As Rik quickly moves out from the room Sasha looks at Gerty. "Oookay, anything I should know?"
As Sasha gets back into the corridor she runs into Luke interrogating Gorf and decides to join in. "Yes, pleeease Gorf, you must help us to sort this out with your tribe, I would be so grateful..." She starts, tilting her head and smiling warmly, wondering if the little bugger possibly could fall for her charms.
Persuasion to get Gorf to cooperate, with help from Luke I presume: 21
As Rikaria bolts out of Gerty's lap and leaves her a bit stunned, she looks up at Sasha a bit dazed. "Wha? Oh, apparently there is nothing in this room? Let's keep going!"and Gerty scrambles to her feet and heads out the door behind Rikaria.
While Sasha joins Luke in the interrogation of the little guy, Gerty finds Rikaria and William in the corridor and leads them to the next juncture in the tunnel, looking both left and right to see what is down those directions. Before moving any further, she leans over to Rik, "You sure you're ok?"
Coming up to the intersection you can see a double set of doors directly ahead 30’. To the right it goes about 40’ and what looks like a stairway leading down. Off to the left corridor after 30’ there is a stairway leading up.
Luke smiles "So Gorf, I think that was your name right? I am Luke. Do you know where the boy is? We want to bring him home. Maybe you can help us. There's more food in it for you if you do"
"Brr.. is this being used as a cooler? Oh wait, goblin skeletens?? Sasha, come bring that torch in!" Gerty moves out of the way so much can file into the room, but thinks this is not where the boy is being held, unless "Do you think the boy could fit in one of those large containers?!" and she runs over to try and open one.
Rikaria enters the room, noting the strangeness of such a pleasant odor in the goblin-infested ruins beneath a dry well. Then, she notes that they have a kidnapped boy to rescue and she decides she can leave that minor mystery unsolved if need be.
But Gerty brings up a good point. It's certainly POSSIBLE he's in one of the vats, so they might as well check. She offers Gerty the torch, then gets down on one knee to assist Gerty in hauling herself up to the lip of one of the vats for a look inside.
"Get on up there and have a look see, Lieutenant Gerty!!!" she shouts in her soldier's voice.
(Help action for Gerty's potential athletics check to climb up to the vat so she can look around.)
The light from the torch illuminates a beautifully decorated room. The walls are covered with murals of pastoral beauty, people in elegant clothing enjoying some sort of feast. Trees and bushes overflowing with fruits of various kinds. Forest animals looking on from in between the plants. The stone containers are smooth white marble. You can see the remnants of what must have been the lids next to them, crumbled into fragements. Gerty easily get up to the edge of one with Rikarias aid. Inside the container is a finely dressed skeleton laying on silk. One of the fingers is broken off and laying next to the hand. This corpse was from woman of many ages ago.
Rikaria hears a mans voice whisper soothingly in her ear, “ it’s about time you have come…you are late my dear. They thought you were not going to show…”
Gorf says, “more food? Long leg boy is going to be Long leg pie….it is Karmoss most best recipe…”
(Ohhhhhhhhh NO! Nothing good ever happens at the bottom of a well! I've known that since Ocarina of Time came out!!!)
Rikaria falls backwards onto her bottom and crabwalks towards the door as if a snake had just popped up in front of her. She looks around in a moment of panic.
"What in the name of Chauntea was that!? Billy!? You practicin' your ventriloquism again!? Now is NOT the time!!"
At that, the torches go out, and everything gets bathed in darkness.
Rikaria you now see the man. He reaches his hand out to help you stand up. The scent of lavender has grown much stronger and you don’t see any of your friends, just the man. A handsome, strong looking man wearing fine clothes. A purple tunic with gold embroidery around the edges with light blue sash type belt. His pants loose fitting black slacks that are tucked into tall green leather boots. He helps you to feet and stares into your eyes. You try and look away out of embarrassment, but you are not able to. You feel your cheeks flush and are filled with energy. He touches your forehead softly with his palm and says to you “ oh, I see. You have a blockage. No wonder your late.”
with that, a red light pours forth from his palm and into your forehead. With a flash an eye opens where the light struck and your body quakes as energy shoots throughout your body.
not energy from the man, but your own energy, like a tidal wave of fire. It fills every part of you. Suddenly you recognize the kind old lady you have been talking with about fanciful things, she has real magic….you have REAL magic…
everything goes dark again
Rikaria is passed out on the floor. Gerty is surprised she reacted this way to seeing a long dead skeleton..very strange
Gerty whirls around after the lights turn back on and seeing Rikaria on the ground unconscious, she reaches over to her, grabbing both shoulders and shakes her. In dwarven she tries to rise her, "Riki!! Riki, what is it? It was just a skeleton, wake up!!" a panic rising in her throat.
Rikarias eyes open, her cheeks still flushed from the vision.
Rikaria's eyes SNAP open. At first she's disoriented, and that makes her anxious. And then she remembers what just happened, and that makes her upset. And then she realizes she is lying in Gerty's lap with Gerty's face a foot away from her own and that makes her PANIC!
"MmmmmmmIDON'TWANNATALKABOUTIT!! There's nothing in this room we gotta keep moving!!! LET'S GO!!!"
She VAULTS to her feet, then realizes all the lights have gone out, it's pitch dark and she can barely see beyond her hands.
"Can someone PLEASE light a damn TORCH!!!?"
And her torch lights back up on the ground. Astonished, she stares at it, wide eyed. She slowly reaches down for it, picks it up, picks up her pan shield, and exits the room.
"Close the door behind you..." she mutters to Gerty as she walks out.
She takes a very deep breath, looks forward into the dark corridor ahead, turns to the others and shouts "Come on, MEN!! Nothing in there! Let's MOVE MOVE MOVE!!!"
"Oh no, that won't do...Perhaps you could tell me where Karmoos is and how many other goblins there are. I have plenty of food that can be all yours in exchange for your help" Luke says with a convincing and handsome smile
(And bed for me)
As Gerty opens the door Sasha follows her and Rik inside the strange cool room, holding her torch for the others too see. "What kind of place is this?" She says as she looks around in fascination. She then flinches and her green eyes widens as Rik falls backwards and crabwalks towards the door. "Rik, what happened?" She calls out.
As Rik quickly moves out from the room Sasha looks at Gerty. "Oookay, anything I should know?"
As Sasha gets back into the corridor she runs into Luke interrogating Gorf and decides to join in.
"Yes, pleeease Gorf, you must help us to sort this out with your tribe, I would be so grateful..." She starts, tilting her head and smiling warmly, wondering if the little bugger possibly could fall for her charms.
Persuasion to get Gorf to cooperate, with help from Luke I presume: 21
As Rikaria bolts out of Gerty's lap and leaves her a bit stunned, she looks up at Sasha a bit dazed. "Wha? Oh, apparently there is nothing in this room? Let's keep going!" and Gerty scrambles to her feet and heads out the door behind Rikaria.
While Sasha joins Luke in the interrogation of the little guy, Gerty finds Rikaria and William in the corridor and leads them to the next juncture in the tunnel, looking both left and right to see what is down those directions. Before moving any further, she leans over to Rik, "You sure you're ok?"
Gorf blushes at the special attention as Sasha joins in. Not too certain of what to make of the niceness.
” Karmoss in kitchen. Make boss favorite meal for his born-day”
Coming up to the intersection you can see a double set of doors directly ahead 30’. To the right it goes about 40’ and what looks like a stairway leading down. Off to the left corridor after 30’ there is a stairway leading up.
( 1 square=10’)
"So the boy is also in the kitchen then I presume. And where is this kitchen did you say Gorf?" Sasha asks, smiling warmly at the goblin.
Luke offers the goblin more food as Sasha asks her question
Gorf happily gulps down the food, seemingly enjoying this turn of events
he answers Sashas question saying, “ that ways. Following the smells…that’s how Gorf finds his ways”