The Long Road of the Mage King (Game Thread)

Tock wakes up with a start, "Oh, Lucien.. I didn't recognize you last night, I was really knocked out of it."

"WHAT ARE THESE?!!!"

"Guides or traps I suppose. "

( ooc long rest yet or no?)

(No. Only a short rest.)

Dog tries to figure out if he remembers anything about, or can ascertain the magical nature of, the statues (15 +4 arcana +2 history/religion).

Telepathically, Gash tells his newly made familiar to fly in the direction the statue is pointing. 

Perception: 14

Dog:

 Gash stands with his eyes closed as his owl (does it have a name?) launches into the air, giving him a literal bird's eye view of the ruins. 

Gash:

 The southern statue steps forward, looking directly at Nev through a moss-covered face and raises its sword, then proceeds to point in the same direction as the eastern statue.

"Uh, friends," she says nervously. "What is the plan here?"

"Go that way or fight." Feytok starts walking in the direction the sword points "let's see if it let's me"

"I agree -- I think these statues are just trying to guide, and maybe defend something, but not threaten. They don't seem to think we're threats. Even if they could be dangerous, why don't we all go check out what they're trying to show us? Come along Nev, maybe Genny will sleep through this and we'll have a funny story to tell her."

Dog tries to help Nev down the stairs and curiously looking at the thing the statues might be indicating. "Lucien, do you recognize anything about these statues or the grounds which might tell us what deity was worshipped here? They just look like stones to me."

Gash jumps back to his body and says telepathically, "Thank you, Friend." (I've just decided the familiar's name is friend. lol)

"The fountain is drained, and these appear to be the statues that were around it." Gash begins to walk the way the statues direct and he asks one of them directly, "Do you speak? Are we safe?"

The statues do not reply and nor do they react when Feytok and Dog begin moving. When Nev stands and starts to carry Gentoa down the stairs, two of the statues walk alongside her, the other two waiting behind.

Gash will telepathically communicate with Friend and tell him to watch the two statues that do not follow and periodically Gash will check into his vision to see if anything happens.

"Well they aren't attacking yet, that's a good start. "

As Keyrie, Gash, Lucien, and Tock follow the others down the steps, the two remaining statues fall in behind them, forming a long train of people leading down to the fountain. There, the broken-faced statue climbs over the lip of the fountain and down the ladder into the darkness below.

The next statue points at the ladder, otherwise unmoving.

As the rest of the group collects around the old fountain, the remaining two statues strategically place themselves to form a triangle with the third statue that surrounds the group. Their swords are still drown, but held low.

Feytok creates a flame in his hand to light the way for those without dark vision and begins to descend. 

Gash sends his owl into the fountain ahead of everyone else. 

She then casts message at the statue pointing. “Are we prisoners? Please respond” 

he waits for a response and if he gets none he gets none he will tap into Friend to see what’s down there 

Dog offers to carry Gentoa down the ladder if that would be easier for Nev. He watches FeyTok begin to descend illuminated by fire - can he see a bottom? And how wet are things? And are there any switches or levers or anything he can see that would indicate how this giant hole in the fountain appeared? He wants to figure out how it works, and why he didn't see anything like it when he did his initial scouting of the grounds.

Gash:

Dog and Feytok:

“Are any of you tempted to see what happens if we choose not to go? Or should we just go down there. This is weird.”

Feytok will throw his fire down the tunnel and see how far it goes, recasting it after just for visibility purposes. 

"I don't know what is going on, but if these statues were hostile they could have attacked while most of us slept."