(Which door? The one you need is blocked yet by the pond and locked. Or do you mean the door from the crayfish room? Nothing changed there - the corridor leading to the crayfish is dark and empty)
Ramious looked at the woman with some renewed distrust in his eyes. He glanced at Leon, and at the door on the far side of the room. He looked to Alyssa, "Well, why don't ya give her what she wants so she can open that door for us..."
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Sudden cold distrust seemed to amuse Dasa, she gave a little silvery laugh but then noticed the axe. "Ulichukua shoka la Tloques ... Jua kwamba atakupata sasa, kujaribu kuirudisha na kuadhibu kwa kuichukua." The girl glanced impatiently at Alyssa - probably expecting a translation - but impatiens quickly changed into a worrisome look. The water in the lagoon all of a sudden roiled and the wave raised Dasa up and brought close to the the elf with a cloud of droplets and smell of fresh sea air. The nymph looked deep into Alyssa's eyes.
"Naona unabeba muhuri wake pia.Unaweza kupita basi.Lakini alikulaani, o hadithi ya kwanza.Wewe na yule mwenye mabawa - Ramious - pia!" The wave shifted, moving the girl to the tiefling now. Her expression became sad for a moment changing into thoughtful as fast as the wave pattern changes under the wind. Soft and surprisingly warm fingers gently touched Ramious's face, traced the scar on his chin and she sang another phrase: "Una siku mbili tatu za kumwangamiza yule Giza au Mwalimu atakuua, na kukufanya upoteze vichuguu milele. Njoo ucheze nami wakati atakapofanya hivyo".
"You took the axe of Tloques ... Know that he will find you now, to try to get it back and punish for taking it."
"I see you do bear his seal too. You can pass then. But he cursed you, o Pale One. You and the Winged One - Ramious - too!"
"You have now two-and-three days to destroy the Dark One or The Master will kill you, and make you forever wander the tunnels. Come and play with me when he does".
She smiled again - this time playfully, for a briefest of moment her lips touched Ramious's - a gentle kiss of a wind, laughed and disappeared in the water, which returned to the pond.
The water mass shifted away from the wall, revealing a ledge - completely dry and wide enough to walk without a fear to drop down - leading to the double doors. At the top of the door frame you could see a carved familiar sun symbol in the circle - the size of the pendant.
(Sorry, did not realize the doors we needed were blocked.)
Well that worked..." Leon thought to himself as the water was pulled away to reveal a path to the door. He looked to his companions. "Seems like we have the path forward..." He gives a respectful nod to the woman in the water, then moved on towards the door. he waited for whomever had the pendant to use it in the slot, ready to follow the others through once it was opened.
Alyssa would step in after the others. Her eyes would fall over the flawless maiden again, taking in her words in her singsong language. Sensing Dasa' impatientness with her and watching the waves of emotion roll through her upon her abrupt approach, the elf's voice was lost, caught in her throat. She'd swallow, trying to adjust her posture to stand taller, with her chin up. The nymph's scent enveloped her and her eyes locked onto hers, feeling the vulnerability as she looked deep into them. Alyssa's breath escaped her with Dasa's parting words from her. She'd glance away.
Gathering herself, Alyssa follow Leon to the door. "We do." She'd say softly. With new breath, she'd inhale once again before taking out the seal. She'd turn it over in her hand a couple times before placing it in the slot to open the door. She'd then stand off to the side for Bugs and the others to lead the way when they were ready.
Ramious stands frozen, a mixture of fear and passion stirring in his chest. As the girl speaks to him, he feels his coldness soften, and when she kisses him, and does his best to stand strong, though his heart is beating out of his chest.
He doesn't even bother to ask for a translation as, breathless, he walks after Alyssa and the others towards the door. He glances back at the water as he reaches the doorway, and whispers under his breath, "We'll be back for you..."
With a wavering deep breath, he looks to the door, and clutches the axe all the harder.
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The doors opened with a grating sound the moment pendant was placed into the obvious socket and Bernard stepped inside, practically dissolving in the shadows. The only thing that still indicated his presence was the barely heard water splashing, because the corridor before you was flooded. And not with the shiny water from lagoon - that was the cold stale water of the tunnels - a striking contrast with the Nereid's cave. The moment last of you stepped inside, doors closed again, but the corridor seemed to be safe - at least the flooded part.
The water becomes shallower as you go. After the corridor turns north, a set of stairs rises up out of the dampness, and the path ends at a set of bronze doors. The doors have keyholes but are unlocked. Past the doors you found another hallway.
This hallway is twenty feet wide and has piles of rubble and debris scattered along its length. The walls are covered with frescoes - scenes of the battles, traveling, building, praying. In the center of the north wall is a painting of a pyramid with a temple atop it and the sun shining over the land. Even in the darkness just barely kept at bay by the magic of the spell, Bernard noticed that there is something off about the sun symbol - the portion of the work that depicts the sun is separate from the rest and can be depressed.
Down the hall to the west is an archway carved in the form of twining serpents. Beyond it, the corridor continues on into shadow though once you come closer you see that the hallway extends only 5 feet beyond the arch with the niches extended both sides. The wall is a cleverly painted mural, designed to give the illusion of depth and reality, and there is something else - and obscuring effect of ... a gas? You have been in the tunnels for hours now and begin to feel that the ever present smell of decay might in fact be something else.
(As the door closes behind us, Ramious attempts to yank out a javelin and jam it into the gap between the frame and the door to keep it open. If that works, he'll just leave the javelin there, happy to have the door left jammed open.)
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(The door dragged javelin a few more inches but eventually stopped, leaving the doors cracked open. The soft light of the lagoon shined in the darkness like a silvery beacon, not giving enough light for the corridor ahead, though)
Either the darkness, the stench or the last - pretty unremarkable it seemed - battle, but whatever it is (only guess at this point) it caught with you - as if few drops of life were sucked from your body. Alyssa: 3Bernard: 1Leon: 5Ramious: 6 of damage.
Hopefully, Bernard shared his observations and now you had a choice between strange T-shaped end of the room or the loose sun symbol.
As Alyssa drifted off in her own thoughts, she’d had been jotting down some notes. Eyes a bit distant, she’d blink to flicker them back into focus. The elf’s eyes would glance around at each of the others. She’d open her mouth to speak, only for it to feel as if her breath were sucked from her lungs. Only a barely audible gasp would leave her lips. Her hand would move to her chest as a flutter of confusion would pass across her face. But then prompted by Ramious’ growls, Alyssa would fumble a little bit before correcting herself. She would try the loose sun symbol as requested.
Pushing the sun symbol did not anyhow destroy or attack the hand, but instead revealed a secret door in the wall with glyphs on it making a short phrase “Turn back!” Despite the warning, the door invitingly opened up, scraping the floor, revealing a corridor behind.
This corridor is high-ceilinged and as far as you can see decorated with two sculpted heads of animals mounted on the walls (six feet above the floor and two to three feet in diameter.). Two corridors branch off from the main hall, a narrow one to the east and another to the west. Opposite the passage that leads east is the stylized head of a coyote, and across from the hallway going west is the head of a grinning bear.
The corridor itself does not end there and probably goes deeper north.
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Ramious, eager to get out of the hallway walks into the corridor and stops, looking down the east and west passages under the two animal heads, seeing if there's anything additional to guide his decision. "I'm partial to the bear...." he grins at the group as he looks around, and also examines the floors for signs of traps.
Leon didn't really care what the woman in the pond was saying. He headed to the door onwward and opened it, glancing through.
(Which door? The one you need is blocked yet by the pond and locked. Or do you mean the door from the crayfish room? Nothing changed there - the corridor leading to the crayfish is dark and empty)
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
"Yeah, I don't know what you're saying but we opened that tomb and took out the creature in it." Bugs says.
Ramious looked at the woman with some renewed distrust in his eyes. He glanced at Leon, and at the door on the far side of the room. He looked to Alyssa, "Well, why don't ya give her what she wants so she can open that door for us..."
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
Sudden cold distrust seemed to amuse Dasa, she gave a little silvery laugh but then noticed the axe. "Ulichukua shoka la Tloques ... Jua kwamba atakupata sasa, kujaribu kuirudisha na kuadhibu kwa kuichukua." The girl glanced impatiently at Alyssa - probably expecting a translation - but impatiens quickly changed into a worrisome look. The water in the lagoon all of a sudden roiled and the wave raised Dasa up and brought close to the the elf with a cloud of droplets and smell of fresh sea air. The nymph looked deep into Alyssa's eyes.
"Naona unabeba muhuri wake pia. Unaweza kupita basi. Lakini alikulaani, o hadithi ya kwanza. Wewe na yule mwenye mabawa - Ramious - pia!" The wave shifted, moving the girl to the tiefling now. Her expression became sad for a moment changing into thoughtful as fast as the wave pattern changes under the wind. Soft and surprisingly warm fingers gently touched Ramious's face, traced the scar on his chin and she sang another phrase: "Una siku mbili tatu za kumwangamiza yule Giza au Mwalimu atakuua, na kukufanya upoteze vichuguu milele. Njoo ucheze nami wakati atakapofanya hivyo".
"You took the axe of Tloques ... Know that he will find you now, to try to get it back and punish for taking it."
"I see you do bear his seal too. You can pass then. But he cursed you, o Pale One. You and the Winged One - Ramious - too!"
"You have now two-and-three days to destroy the Dark One or The Master will kill you, and make you forever wander the tunnels. Come and play with me when he does".
She smiled again - this time playfully, for a briefest of moment her lips touched Ramious's - a gentle kiss of a wind, laughed and disappeared in the water, which returned to the pond.
The water mass shifted away from the wall, revealing a ledge - completely dry and wide enough to walk without a fear to drop down - leading to the double doors. At the top of the door frame you could see a carved familiar sun symbol in the circle - the size of the pendant.
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
(Sorry, did not realize the doors we needed were blocked.)
Well that worked..." Leon thought to himself as the water was pulled away to reveal a path to the door. He looked to his companions. "Seems like we have the path forward..." He gives a respectful nod to the woman in the water, then moved on towards the door. he waited for whomever had the pendant to use it in the slot, ready to follow the others through once it was opened.
With the door open Bugs says, "I'll scout ahead." He then drops down into his sneaky stance and makes his way forward stealthy.
Stealth 25
Perception 22
Alyssa would step in after the others. Her eyes would fall over the flawless maiden again, taking in her words in her singsong language. Sensing Dasa' impatientness with her and watching the waves of emotion roll through her upon her abrupt approach, the elf's voice was lost, caught in her throat. She'd swallow, trying to adjust her posture to stand taller, with her chin up. The nymph's scent enveloped her and her eyes locked onto hers, feeling the vulnerability as she looked deep into them. Alyssa's breath escaped her with Dasa's parting words from her. She'd glance away.
Gathering herself, Alyssa follow Leon to the door. "We do." She'd say softly. With new breath, she'd inhale once again before taking out the seal. She'd turn it over in her hand a couple times before placing it in the slot to open the door. She'd then stand off to the side for Bugs and the others to lead the way when they were ready.
just an unstable unicorn.
Ramious stands frozen, a mixture of fear and passion stirring in his chest. As the girl speaks to him, he feels his coldness soften, and when she kisses him, and does his best to stand strong, though his heart is beating out of his chest.
He doesn't even bother to ask for a translation as, breathless, he walks after Alyssa and the others towards the door. He glances back at the water as he reaches the doorway, and whispers under his breath, "We'll be back for you..."
With a wavering deep breath, he looks to the door, and clutches the axe all the harder.
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
The doors opened with a grating sound the moment pendant was placed into the obvious socket and Bernard stepped inside, practically dissolving in the shadows. The only thing that still indicated his presence was the barely heard water splashing, because the corridor before you was flooded. And not with the shiny water from lagoon - that was the cold stale water of the tunnels - a striking contrast with the Nereid's cave. The moment last of you stepped inside, doors closed again, but the corridor seemed to be safe - at least the flooded part.
The water becomes shallower as you go. After the corridor turns north, a set of stairs rises up out of the dampness, and the path ends at a set of bronze doors. The doors have keyholes but are unlocked. Past the doors you found another hallway.
This hallway is twenty feet wide and has piles of rubble and debris scattered along its length. The walls are covered with frescoes - scenes of the battles, traveling, building, praying. In the center of the north wall is a painting of a pyramid with a temple atop it and the sun shining over the land. Even in the darkness just barely kept at bay by the magic of the spell, Bernard noticed that there is something off about the sun symbol - the portion of the work that depicts the sun is separate from the rest and can be depressed.
Down the hall to the west is an archway carved in the form of twining serpents. Beyond it, the corridor continues on into shadow though once you come closer you see that the hallway extends only 5 feet beyond the arch with the niches extended both sides. The wall is a cleverly painted mural, designed to give the illusion of depth and reality, and there is something else - and obscuring effect of ... a gas? You have been in the tunnels for hours now and begin to feel that the ever present smell of decay might in fact be something else.
Intelligence check DC15 someone (or everyone), please.
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
(As the door closes behind us, Ramious attempts to yank out a javelin and jam it into the gap between the frame and the door to keep it open. If that works, he'll just leave the javelin there, happy to have the door left jammed open.)
Ramious Intelligence check : 11
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
Alyssa would pad along silently, then stand off to the side with her pen and notebook in hand.
Alyssa int: 11 + Guidance: 1 If applicable
just an unstable unicorn.
Leon int check... 12
(The door dragged javelin a few more inches but eventually stopped, leaving the doors cracked open. The soft light of the lagoon shined in the darkness like a silvery beacon, not giving enough light for the corridor ahead, though)
Either the darkness, the stench or the last - pretty unremarkable it seemed - battle, but whatever it is (only guess at this point) it caught with you - as if few drops of life were sucked from your body. Alyssa: 3 Bernard: 1 Leon: 5 Ramious: 6 of damage.
Hopefully, Bernard shared his observations and now you had a choice between strange T-shaped end of the room or the loose sun symbol.
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Dice
Feeling bad, Ramious growls, "Not pleased with this. Let's get out of this hallway...try the loose sun symbol."
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.
As Alyssa drifted off in her own thoughts, she’d had been jotting down some notes. Eyes a bit distant, she’d blink to flicker them back into focus. The elf’s eyes would glance around at each of the others. She’d open her mouth to speak, only for it to feel as if her breath were sucked from her lungs. Only a barely audible gasp would leave her lips. Her hand would move to her chest as a flutter of confusion would pass across her face. But then prompted by Ramious’ growls, Alyssa would fumble a little bit before correcting herself. She would try the loose sun symbol as requested.
just an unstable unicorn.
Bernard, having shared the info, says, "I agree, the sun symbol. It seems to have been taking us the right way so far."
Leon casts mage hand and pushes on the sun symbol.
Pushing the sun symbol did not anyhow destroy or attack the hand, but instead revealed a secret door in the wall with glyphs on it making a short phrase “Turn back!” Despite the warning, the door invitingly opened up, scraping the floor, revealing a corridor behind.
This corridor is high-ceilinged and as far as you can see decorated with two sculpted heads of animals mounted on the walls (six feet above the floor and two to three feet in diameter.). Two corridors branch off from the main hall, a narrow one to the east and another to the west. Opposite the passage that leads east is the stylized head of a coyote, and across from the hallway going west is the head of a grinning bear.
The corridor itself does not end there and probably goes deeper north.
Meili Liang Lvl 5 Monk
Dice
Ramious, eager to get out of the hallway walks into the corridor and stops, looking down the east and west passages under the two animal heads, seeing if there's anything additional to guide his decision. "I'm partial to the bear...." he grins at the group as he looks around, and also examines the floors for signs of traps.
Perception: 20
Investigation : 12
What's the difference between a Wizard and a Sorcerer?
Class.