Seeing how they have gotten everything they can from the baker, Nekane says, "Yes Lozak, onward!" He points a finger back towards the door they'd burned through. "Shall we make our way into the funhouse then? Perhaps the children are being held somewhere in the attractions themselves... though I do think if we find anymore locked... uh... 'employee's only' areas, we should check them too. Even if the children aren't there, we could learn more about what we are up against."
If everyone is in agreement, he will lead the way back to the original room where they burned down the door, and then pass through the door that leads into the funhouse.
Violet stays still for a moment in contemplation... she may be crazy and perverted, but she isn't an idiot. Those screams didn't sound like cries of pleasure... Hesitantly, she slides one of her eyestalks under the door to see Lozak's handiwork.
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Nekane convinces the group to head back towards the start and actually try out the funhouse portion of the place, thinking the children might be stuck somewhere inside. You all head back to the waiting area, past the carnage of the werehippo's wooden crate and to the north double doors.
You open the doors under the painting of a clown hangs above, a paper banner dangles from its teeth that reads ‘Welcome to the Funhouse’, and see wooden walls painted with zany, wacky carnival nonsense – jumping unicorns, hippopotamuses, metal constructs, candy, and balloons. The carnival lights illuminate the area, half of them burnt out, are of several colors. They flash, giving off dim light. The few lights that work are caked with grime and dust.
There is a wall right in front of you, with the phrase ‘Happy Jack Loves You!’ and images of screaming and laughing demons and devils are painted on the wall. The only way to go is to the right.
Nekane frowns at the paintings on the wall, "Sure you do..."he says to the phrase. "Welp, onward then."He proceeds down the path to the right, assuming everyone else will follow.
Pan follows along and let's out a dramatic sigh gesturing in a highly disappointed manner to the state of the burnt down doorway, "we shoulda left it burnin' seen how much damage we could a left heh" the halfling pushes forward toward the front of the group, an easy feat for a bloke of his size even in the slim corridors, once he is directly behind Nekane he very slowly dips his hands into Nekane's bag and tries to sneakily retrieve his thrives tools, but not without accidentally letting them jangle enough to alert the tiefling.
Nekane gives a bit of a start, only to quickly realize that Pan was retrieving the lock picks he'd 'given' to him earlier. To anyone else, he would have said something along the lines of 'you don't have to steal them, you could have just asked...' but since it was Pan he just let it go. The tools were his after all. "You find something you need those for?" He asks after a moment, suddenly curious as to whether or not Pan had an actual reason to take the thieves tools.
"nah I was jus testin' me light fingers hehe, I've either gotten rusty or you've gotten sharper!" Pan grins and spins the tools around his fingered before pocketing them. "So what's the plan from 'ere then, keep walkin til we find the kids or somethin' to kill?"
Once the thieves tools are settled, Nekane continues into the hallway in front of him. But then he hears a click as he apparently steps on a trap, and a pink cloud of gas descends upon him from the ceiling... and Nekane starts screaming in terror.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" Nekane attempts to run back the way they came, eyes wide in terror at the horror he is witnessing within the confines of his mind. "No... NO!... I'm not a bug! Don't step on me!!! I swear, I'm not going to eat any of those candies! I'm just trying to do my job!" His protests are momentarily silenced when Pan shoves him out the door, "What? Who? Aaaahhh! It's going to smash me! The clown! It's huge! Guys... I... I..." He leaps to his feet, and runs straight into the nearest wall (which apparently he couldn't see), which stuns him for a second before he once more attempts to run back the way they came. No doubt crashing into one or more of his comrades as he does so.... screaming and shouting protests all the while. "I don't wan't to get squashed!!!!"
Ashtar reaches out to try to grab Nekane and hold him in place, buuut completely misses stumbling forward. "Nakane! Do not fear the clown!"Ash yells after the fleeing teifling. "It seems you have inhaled some magic smoke! Do not worry, you are no insect!"
"Alright, everyone wait up, I'm gonna try gettin through this without touchin' the floor, had anyone got anythin' that I can use to gum up the poison holes with?" Pan waits for a moment and takes anything he is handed before scaling the wall to the left side of the door and attempting to get as far left as possible, "...and slap some sense into the lad eh?"
Lozak watches the calamity unfolding ahead of him and shakes his head like he is somehow above such things...which he believes he is. When Nekane screams in terror, he leans over to whisper in Violet's ear.
"Hey. Go float through that pink gas and then I'll save you. It'll be really hot."
"Wouldn't have it anyotherway." Lozak says with a grin in answer to Violet. He watches as Nekane continues to panic, and then raises his hands and gives a dismissive wave in the air as he casts Calm Emotions on his friend. "Calm down there, Nekane. I haven't seen you this worked up in...well I dunno. A long time. Hmm."
He begins digging through a bag on his belt, and produces a candle, handing it to Pan.
"Is this enough, you think? Can we drip the wax into the holes?"
Nekane, who by now has likely run into another wall, stunning himself into huddling down where he fell and hugging his knees like a frightened child, takes in quick breaths until Lozak's spell manages to calm him down. His panic lasts a full minute, and even after the calming spell he looks around wide eyed and mutters under his breath about candy and clown feet.
Once the pink smoke that had addled his brain cleared from his system, he looks around as if seeing his surroundings for the first time. His first thought is of embarrassment, as he quickly realizes that he'd been hallucinating, but his heart still beats uncontrollably due to the fear he'd experienced over the last minute. He covers his face with his hands, breathing deeply as Ash catches up to him. "I'm okay now I think. My... head kinda hurts but... well that's probably just stress."Gingerly he gets up and tries to put on a smile, "Lets not breath in any of that smoke okay? That was not an experience I would like to relive." He's clearly trying to cover up his frightened urchin instincts with his proper noble persona, but doing a rather poor job at it.
Looking to Lozak he says, "I... well, I highly do NOT recommend stepping into that cloud. I haven't felt fear like that since... well I don't even know."Embarrassment takes hold again, and his red face gets even redder as he momentarily relives what happened inside his head. It wasn't even that scary looking back, but in the moment...
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"Why, I believe that beautiful little lass's scream was an indication of such."
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Seeing how they have gotten everything they can from the baker, Nekane says, "Yes Lozak, onward!" He points a finger back towards the door they'd burned through. "Shall we make our way into the funhouse then? Perhaps the children are being held somewhere in the attractions themselves... though I do think if we find anymore locked... uh... 'employee's only' areas, we should check them too. Even if the children aren't there, we could learn more about what we are up against."
If everyone is in agreement, he will lead the way back to the original room where they burned down the door, and then pass through the door that leads into the funhouse.
Violet stays still for a moment in contemplation... she may be crazy and perverted, but she isn't an idiot. Those screams didn't sound like cries of pleasure... Hesitantly, she slides one of her eyestalks under the door to see Lozak's handiwork.
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Nekane convinces the group to head back towards the start and actually try out the funhouse portion of the place, thinking the children might be stuck somewhere inside. You all head back to the waiting area, past the carnage of the werehippo's wooden crate and to the north double doors.
You open the doors under the painting of a clown hangs above, a paper banner dangles from its teeth that reads ‘Welcome to the Funhouse’, and see wooden walls painted with zany, wacky carnival nonsense – jumping unicorns, hippopotamuses, metal constructs, candy, and balloons. The carnival lights illuminate the area, half of them burnt out, are of several colors. They flash, giving off dim light. The few lights that work are caked with grime and dust.
There is a wall right in front of you, with the phrase ‘Happy Jack Loves You!’ and images of screaming and laughing demons and devils are painted on the wall. The only way to go is to the right.
Nekane frowns at the paintings on the wall, "Sure you do..." he says to the phrase. "Welp, onward then." He proceeds down the path to the right, assuming everyone else will follow.
"Right then! Onward!" Ash points to the only path, and marches forward.
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Pan follows along and let's out a dramatic sigh gesturing in a highly disappointed manner to the state of the burnt down doorway, "we shoulda left it burnin' seen how much damage we could a left heh" the halfling pushes forward toward the front of the group, an easy feat for a bloke of his size even in the slim corridors, once he is directly behind Nekane he very slowly dips his hands into Nekane's bag and tries to sneakily retrieve his thrives tools, but not without accidentally letting them jangle enough to alert the tiefling.
Nekane gives a bit of a start, only to quickly realize that Pan was retrieving the lock picks he'd 'given' to him earlier. To anyone else, he would have said something along the lines of 'you don't have to steal them, you could have just asked...' but since it was Pan he just let it go. The tools were his after all. "You find something you need those for?" He asks after a moment, suddenly curious as to whether or not Pan had an actual reason to take the thieves tools.
"nah I was jus testin' me light fingers hehe, I've either gotten rusty or you've gotten sharper!" Pan grins and spins the tools around his fingered before pocketing them. "So what's the plan from 'ere then, keep walkin til we find the kids or somethin' to kill?"
Once the thieves tools are settled, Nekane continues into the hallway in front of him. But then he hears a click as he apparently steps on a trap, and a pink cloud of gas descends upon him from the ceiling... and Nekane starts screaming in terror.
"what in the shite are ye screamin about?" Pan yells as he grabs Nekane and shoves him back out of the door away from the pink cloud.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" Nekane attempts to run back the way they came, eyes wide in terror at the horror he is witnessing within the confines of his mind. "No... NO!... I'm not a bug! Don't step on me!!! I swear, I'm not going to eat any of those candies! I'm just trying to do my job!" His protests are momentarily silenced when Pan shoves him out the door, "What? Who? Aaaahhh! It's going to smash me! The clown! It's huge! Guys... I... I..." He leaps to his feet, and runs straight into the nearest wall (which apparently he couldn't see), which stuns him for a second before he once more attempts to run back the way they came. No doubt crashing into one or more of his comrades as he does so.... screaming and shouting protests all the while. "I don't wan't to get squashed!!!!"
Ashtar reaches out to try to grab Nekane and hold him in place, buuut completely misses stumbling forward. "Nakane! Do not fear the clown!" Ash yells after the fleeing teifling. "It seems you have inhaled some magic smoke! Do not worry, you are no insect!"
"Alright, everyone wait up, I'm gonna try gettin through this without touchin' the floor, had anyone got anythin' that I can use to gum up the poison holes with?" Pan waits for a moment and takes anything he is handed before scaling the wall to the left side of the door and attempting to get as far left as possible, "...and slap some sense into the lad eh?"
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Lozak watches the calamity unfolding ahead of him and shakes his head like he is somehow above such things...which he believes he is. When Nekane screams in terror, he leans over to whisper in Violet's ear.
"Hey. Go float through that pink gas and then I'll save you. It'll be really hot."
DM of AURYN: The Measure of Devotion - Escape from New York
Violet hesitates for a moment, then she giggles.
"Well alright then... just make sure to get me out in one piece!" she says with a smile.
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"Wouldn't have it any other way." Lozak says with a grin in answer to Violet. He watches as Nekane continues to panic, and then raises his hands and gives a dismissive wave in the air as he casts Calm Emotions on his friend. "Calm down there, Nekane. I haven't seen you this worked up in...well I dunno. A long time. Hmm."
He begins digging through a bag on his belt, and produces a candle, handing it to Pan.
"Is this enough, you think? Can we drip the wax into the holes?"
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"aye I reckon I can do summary wi' yer wax there" pan happily takes the candle and goes off along the walls.
Nekane, who by now has likely run into another wall, stunning himself into huddling down where he fell and hugging his knees like a frightened child, takes in quick breaths until Lozak's spell manages to calm him down. His panic lasts a full minute, and even after the calming spell he looks around wide eyed and mutters under his breath about candy and clown feet.
Once the pink smoke that had addled his brain cleared from his system, he looks around as if seeing his surroundings for the first time. His first thought is of embarrassment, as he quickly realizes that he'd been hallucinating, but his heart still beats uncontrollably due to the fear he'd experienced over the last minute. He covers his face with his hands, breathing deeply as Ash catches up to him. "I'm okay now I think. My... head kinda hurts but... well that's probably just stress." Gingerly he gets up and tries to put on a smile, "Lets not breath in any of that smoke okay? That was not an experience I would like to relive." He's clearly trying to cover up his frightened urchin instincts with his proper noble persona, but doing a rather poor job at it.
Looking to Lozak he says, "I... well, I highly do NOT recommend stepping into that cloud. I haven't felt fear like that since... well I don't even know." Embarrassment takes hold again, and his red face gets even redder as he momentarily relives what happened inside his head. It wasn't even that scary looking back, but in the moment...