Re: February 18th:

by Gwydo Tue May 07, 2013 9:32 am

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by Sethos Tue May 07, 2013 1:06 pm

Sethos rubs his tired face, in the middle of the group preparing to travel towards and into some strange deserted ruins, he produces his pipe and smokes a little, hoping to gather himself for whatever lays ahead.

by Archengeia Tue May 07, 2013 6:31 pm

Gwydo:
To your skilled eyes nothing seemed to change during the night (other then Araiguna of course).

The quarry is expertly carved into the rockface, going down hundreds of feet. There are ramps carved into the stone, ladders still arrayed here and there, and safety ropes to keep things safely in position. Towards the very bottom is what looks like a shiny brass and stone gateway, completely in contrast to the rest of the quarry, which leads into an obviously artificial hallway. Someone has tossed Magicite torches into that hallway, keeping it lit.

Anyone With Spellcraft At All

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by Zeiss Tue May 07, 2013 6:48 pm

Zeiss unsheathes his rapier and readies himself. Being the only one trained in detecting and disarming traps, Zeiss decides to walk five feet in front of the others. He examines the gateway and what he sees of the hallway.

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by Sethos Tue May 07, 2013 6:54 pm

Sethos stares intensely at the hallway in hope of discovering some information.

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by Archengeia Tue May 07, 2013 7:00 pm

Zeiss:
The design and structure, even for a simple hallway, is incredibly advanced. You have only ever seen the most expert of Airships reach this level of design artistry. However, the specifics do not conform to anything you've encountered before. You do find traps, multiple, but all of the ones you find have already been physically destroyed.

Sethos:
The energies leaking out most closely resemble the concept of a massive battery of magical energy that has been broken and is now seeping its energy out. It occurs to you that if something further would happen to such a battery to break it further, it might explode with all its remaining energy in an explosion of variable strength depending on how much energy was left.

by Zeiss Tue May 07, 2013 7:07 pm

Zeiss walks into the hallway, with the others not far behind him.

by Sethos Tue May 07, 2013 7:26 pm

"Guys, there's an energy source leaking out somewhere, if we excite it too much I think it might explode, so be careful with your magic, at the first sign of this thing going violently volatile we need to cut out the magic and get the frell out of dodge".

by Araiguna Tue May 07, 2013 7:46 pm

sounding rather alarmed Araiguna turns to snarg and says:

"please don't hit me.... that would be rather painful, and potentially lethal if you hit in the wrong places too hard"

He continues to walk into the caves and caverns backtracking and pointing out every nook that he had stopped to look in along his travels along the way.
He also rambled about many random facts he had come across along his travels without his compatriots.

by Snarg of Wildpaw Tue May 07, 2013 8:52 pm

"Eh, not putting it off the table." Snarg shrugs and follows Araiguna through the ruins.

by Araiguna Tue May 07, 2013 9:04 pm

looking rather displeased Araiguna turns around while still walking through the tunnels says to snarg (although loudly enough for the whole group to hear:

"being knocked out by a 'yiping chiuaua' isn't the most flattering way to say lights out"

by Snarg of Wildpaw Tue May 07, 2013 9:11 pm

Snarg shrugs and grins slightly. "I guess I'll have to make it look like it was hard," he says, patting the hilt of the greatsword on his back.

by Araiguna Tue May 07, 2013 9:26 pm

Araguna returning the grin and starting to look like he was plotting something:
"I think we can make a game of this. are you up for a small sparring match snarg?"

by Zeiss Tue May 07, 2013 9:31 pm

"Could you guys cut it out? As Sethos said, we are in the middle of dangerous ruins that might explode at any moment. Leave the games for a more appropriate time."

Zeiss checks for traps that aren't broken.

by Snarg of Wildpaw Tue May 07, 2013 9:34 pm

Snarg scratches his ear and shrugs. "Ehhhh, I'm a bit tired from watching you all night, but if you want..."

by Zeiss Tue May 07, 2013 9:35 pm

Zeiss sighs at Snarg's response.

by Araiguna Tue May 07, 2013 9:45 pm

"Zeiss the peacekeeper. that role doesn't seem to fit you very well from what I recall." Araiguna acknowledged Zeiss with a quick nod and kept heading of deeper into the caves
"maybe another time, Snarg"

by Snarg of Wildpaw Tue May 07, 2013 10:25 pm

Shrugging again, Snarg follows Araiguna further into the ruins, lighting up a torch to illuminate the dark areas.

by Z Tue May 07, 2013 11:13 pm

*Z is following toward the tail of the group wearing her torch glove thing lighting the rear.*

by Araiguna Tue May 07, 2013 11:27 pm

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by Archengeia Tue May 07, 2013 11:33 pm

Zeiss:
As you go through it becomes more and more clear based on the style and design that you are in what appears to be the top of a structure, meaning it likely goes much further down into the earth from here. Similarly, as you are going you recognize something as being of a design that indicates it's a door, even though there's no handle or other obvious signs of it being a door.

As the group climbs into the hallway and passageways, Magicite torches sending flickering shadows everywhere, they notice that there are dozens of garish designs on the walls, lacking much of their original color but still clearly designed to be excessive in opulence. There are gemstones imbedded in the brass walls in elegant designs, and strange words in a language none of you (except Fierneceal) recognize written here or there in embossed platinum.

The entire structure seems to be at a bit of an angle, like it tilted to the right whenever it was buried here under the stone.

by Araiguna Tue May 07, 2013 11:37 pm

Araiguna gestures to the gems and fancy engravings on the walls:

"I was too busy running from some horrible thing to have time to try to pry any of those loose. shall we try to collect some of it now? it would fetch a good price in the market."

by Rory Tue May 07, 2013 11:37 pm

Araiguna wrote:Araiguna gestures to the gems and fancy engravings on the walls:

"I was too busy running from some horrible thing to have time to try to pry any of those loose. shall we try to collect some of it now? it would fetch a good price in the market."

"Absolutely, if we can find a safe way to do it. I wouldn't be surprised if we couldn't, though.

by Snarg of Wildpaw Tue May 07, 2013 11:38 pm

Snarg holds out a hand. "No, no, I wouldn't mess with anything in here. You already know what happens if you do that." Looking up at the gems, he examines his reflection in one of them. "These couldn't have caused it, could they?"

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by Zeiss Tue May 07, 2013 11:39 pm

"This hallway is... the top of this structure. Whatever this structure is."

Zeiss sees something that looks like some kind of door with no handles. He detects it only because of his familiarity with architecture and engineering. He approaches it.

"...That is a door."

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