(No worries Grover, I'm pretty sure I'm the reason this has slowed down so much...lol)
Omen:
The more questions fill your racing mind, the more you realize how ridiculous this situation is. Shank would never have been able to pull something like this off, and even if he had, you'd never have fallen into it...right? On top of that, isn't this some sort of bank? They can't seriously be leaving you in there.... Shank's laughter starts to fade, and memories of the fast few days come flooding back to you. Your vision spins for a moment and you find yourself back in the room with the red haze. However, now you can see the others. Thar seems to be trying to snap Kit out of her vision, and isn't having a huge affect.
Kit:
"What are you doing?" The werewolf before you howls, "Please end me!" She screeches, her eyes suddenly becoming more wild as she lunges at you teeth bared. With your longsword on the ground, you have nothing but your hands for defense. The large creature who was once Elia crushes you under it's weight, tears stream down it's lupine face even as it begins to maul you... The sword is only a few inches away from you. If you manage to wrestle the beast off of you, or wriggle out of it's grasp....
(Make another wis save with advantage. :D DC12)
For those who have broken out of the illusion, you can see that this room seems to just be a wider section of the tunnel, up ahead, the path narrows again and continues on.
Kit successfully breaks out of the dream, avoiding any more mental damage!
The three of you remain standing in the room with the faint red haze floating around. Now that you can actually see in here, you note that this 'room' seems to be just an area in the tunnel that has widened for some reason. The vine infested path continues even farther down....
Omen snaps back to reality, shaking his head and staggering a bit as the bank vault fades and he finds himself back in the cave. The Kenku looks to both Kit and the bugbear. "Are you both alright? It was so real... Yet... So damn absurd!" Omen grumbled before mumbling under his breath.. "Shank outsmart me... no way.."
Omen places a calm hand on Kits shoulder. "We will gone home... but not yet. We have to see this through first." The kenku says calmly. "Whatever you saw isnt real... and the town is counting on us..."
He wants to mention the reward as well but doesn't think it is the best time to bring that up.
Kit seems deeply shaken by whatever she saw but looking into the Kenku's calm eyes seems to steel her resolve. Glancing at Thar she is overwhelmed with the memories of what he did for her and Eila all those years ago.
He gave them back their family. Even if it was to late to save them.
It might not be to late to save his.
"Right. We have a job to do. It probably wasn't real anyway," she says unconvincingly.
"It wasn't my friend" replies Thar to Kit trying to reassure her. "This place is testing our resolve to get through, let's show it that it cannot defeat us so easily..."he says smiling at his two companions. "We should keep going and leave this area..."
You continue moving down yet another vine infested tunnel before eventually reaching a small room. Unlike the room with the red haze, this appears to be an actual room rather than just a swollen section of the tunnel. There is no strange mist or anything inside this area.
The room is circular, and at the other end, you see a closed stone door. Walking over to it, there is a large code dial in it's center. However, it has letters rather than numbers on it. Above the dial is a code: 19 5 1 1215 620 8 52 12 15 15 418 15 19 5
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"Let's just take a look..." The kenku says as he head turns and tilts slowly. The birdlike man begins studying the numbers to look for any kind of pattern or answer as to how to proceed...
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Omen examines the numbers closely and then nods to Kit. "Yes... you are correct." The kenku says as he adjusts his top hat and leans a bit closer to the numbers. "If we assume each number represents that particular letter in the alphabet.... yes..."
Omen runs his gloved finger along the numbers and pauses for a moment as though having a conversation in his head. "Seal of the blood rose..." He whispers as he pulls his hand away from the wall. "Seal of the blood rose." He says a little louder before looking to Kit and Thar..." I think that is what it says...."
The door swings open easily. Behind it the tunnel continues.
As you continue down the hallway, you start to hear a mans voice. “Why did it come to this? I didn’t want this. I’m sorry.”
Rounding the corner, you find an open doorway. Directly inside, you find Cassian kneeling beside the crumpled body of Elenor. “I should never have brought you into this.” His voice catches, “But you must understand! I had no choice! I had too…”
Kit, who had met neither Cassian nor Elinor previously, can only assume that one of the armored figures is the knight that the mayor mentioned. Spotting the pointed ears, Kit steps forward with her hand on the hilt of her sheathed longsword.
Omen steps forward past the heavy sealed door. When the group encounters the pair, the kenku is suprised. Holding his dagger out towards the man, he adds. "Yes.. and how did you get here? Are you behind the kidnappings?"
(No worries Grover, I'm pretty sure I'm the reason this has slowed down so much...lol)
Omen:
The more questions fill your racing mind, the more you realize how ridiculous this situation is. Shank would never have been able to pull something like this off, and even if he had, you'd never have fallen into it...right? On top of that, isn't this some sort of bank? They can't seriously be leaving you in there.... Shank's laughter starts to fade, and memories of the fast few days come flooding back to you. Your vision spins for a moment and you find yourself back in the room with the red haze. However, now you can see the others. Thar seems to be trying to snap Kit out of her vision, and isn't having a huge affect.
Kit:
"What are you doing?" The werewolf before you howls, "Please end me!" She screeches, her eyes suddenly becoming more wild as she lunges at you teeth bared. With your longsword on the ground, you have nothing but your hands for defense. The large creature who was once Elia crushes you under it's weight, tears stream down it's lupine face even as it begins to maul you... The sword is only a few inches away from you. If you manage to wrestle the beast off of you, or wriggle out of it's grasp....
(Make another wis save with advantage. :D DC12)
For those who have broken out of the illusion, you can see that this room seems to just be a wider section of the tunnel, up ahead, the path narrows again and continues on.
Kit tries to fight, tries to reach for the sword. Tears stream down her face. She's so scared. She wants to live.
But then she sees the tears in the creatures eyes...
Elia's eyes.
Despite the pounding of her heart, the crushing pressure in her chest, a calm somehow takes hold of her mind.
Eila will live.
She stops fighting and closes her eyes, takes a single deep breath, and tilts her head back to expose her throat as she exhales.
(Wis save w/ Advantage 14)
Kit successfully breaks out of the dream, avoiding any more mental damage!
The three of you remain standing in the room with the faint red haze floating around. Now that you can actually see in here, you note that this 'room' seems to be just an area in the tunnel that has widened for some reason. The vine infested path continues even farther down....
"Kit!" says the bugbear "Thank the Gods you are back. How do you feel? You seem pretty shaken..."
PbP Character: A few ;)
Omen snaps back to reality, shaking his head and staggering a bit as the bank vault fades and he finds himself back in the cave. The Kenku looks to both Kit and the bugbear. "Are you both alright? It was so real... Yet... So damn absurd!" Omen grumbled before mumbling under his breath.. "Shank outsmart me... no way.."
Kit stands in place, pale face and shaking hands.
"We can't stay here. We need to go home."
Omen places a calm hand on Kits shoulder. "We will gone home... but not yet. We have to see this through first." The kenku says calmly. "Whatever you saw isnt real... and the town is counting on us..."
He wants to mention the reward as well but doesn't think it is the best time to bring that up.
"How do we know that? How can you be sure?"
Kit seems deeply shaken by whatever she saw but looking into the Kenku's calm eyes seems to steel her resolve. Glancing at Thar she is overwhelmed with the memories of what he did for her and Eila all those years ago.
He gave them back their family. Even if it was to late to save them.
It might not be to late to save his.
"Right. We have a job to do. It probably wasn't real anyway," she says unconvincingly.
"It wasn't my friend" replies Thar to Kit trying to reassure her. "This place is testing our resolve to get through, let's show it that it cannot defeat us so easily..." he says smiling at his two companions. "We should keep going and leave this area..."
PbP Character: A few ;)
You continue moving down yet another vine infested tunnel before eventually reaching a small room. Unlike the room with the red haze, this appears to be an actual room rather than just a swollen section of the tunnel. There is no strange mist or anything inside this area.
The room is circular, and at the other end, you see a closed stone door. Walking over to it, there is a large code dial in it's center. However, it has letters rather than numbers on it. Above the dial is a code: 19 5 1 12 15 6 20 8 5 2 12 15 15 4 18 15 19 5
"It's a number cypher, isn't it?" Kit asks Omen, from whom she'd learned of such things, "What does it mean?"
"Let's just take a look..." The kenku says as he head turns and tilts slowly. The birdlike man begins studying the numbers to look for any kind of pattern or answer as to how to proceed...
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When Omen examines the code, he is sure that each set of numbers represents an individual word.
"So if each set of numbers is a word, then each number must represent a letter, right?"
Omen examines the numbers closely and then nods to Kit. "Yes... you are correct." The kenku says as he adjusts his top hat and leans a bit closer to the numbers. "If we assume each number represents that particular letter in the alphabet.... yes..."
Omen runs his gloved finger along the numbers and pauses for a moment as though having a conversation in his head. "Seal of the blood rose..." He whispers as he pulls his hand away from the wall. "Seal of the blood rose." He says a little louder before looking to Kit and Thar..." I think that is what it says...."
"Then I guess this is why we're here," Kit says grimly.
Walking over to the dial, she turns it right, then left, stopping and changing direction at each letter.
"S-E-A-L-O-F-T-H-E-B-L-O-O-D-R-O-S-E"
She looks to Omen and Thar with a nod, "Here goes nothing," and attempts to open the door.
The door swings open easily. Behind it the tunnel continues.
As you continue down the hallway, you start to hear a mans voice. “Why did it come to this? I didn’t want this. I’m sorry.”
Rounding the corner, you find an open doorway. Directly inside, you find Cassian kneeling beside the crumpled body of Elenor. “I should never have brought you into this.” His voice catches, “But you must understand! I had no choice! I had too…”
Kit, who had met neither Cassian nor Elinor previously, can only assume that one of the armored figures is the knight that the mayor mentioned. Spotting the pointed ears, Kit steps forward with her hand on the hilt of her sheathed longsword.
"What happened here," she asks in Elvish.
Omen steps forward past the heavy sealed door. When the group encounters the pair, the kenku is suprised. Holding his dagger out towards the man, he adds. "Yes.. and how did you get here? Are you behind the kidnappings?"
Thar, who let his more smarter friends crack the cipher, readies himself behind Omen and Kit, towering over them, his glaive at the ready
PbP Character: A few ;)