"I'm not wonder now, that the people living in the Hamlet keep a safe distance from this forest. And i would not like to imagine what peril can wait for us in the damp. But with such fearless folk like you i'm not afraid to enter them either." Said Francesco
"Wait, what did the bearded rock do? I was so disoriented that I kept walking into the same tree. It wasn't until this powerful smell came over me that I snapped out of it. I rushed back, thinking we had stumbled into a nest of Gibbering Mouthers...or...Why are you looking at me like that?"
Korb's ribbing of Hek is good natured. He actually trusts Hek and Vidar more than the others.
I also have my Entrance Exams the next week (on Sunday, 6 May), so I guess I'll have to temporarily freeze the progress of the storyline for 4-5 days just before it. However, you all may continue the inter-companion banter at that time. I'll resume the progress immediately after my Exam gets over.
This time all the numbers persist. The stone slab gets depressed in the wall, and a pattern of the shape of a right-angled triangle forms. The wall cracks along the boundaries of the triangle, and then yawns open into a dark cavern, from where you can hear the sound of water dripping in the distance. You understand that it must lead somewhere deep underground. The smell of damp stalagmites and bleached limestone makes you feel strange. It's completely dark inside.
Do you dare to enter it now?
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
Vidar looks around at the group: “Everyone ready?”
His two magpies swoop down and sits down on his shoulders for a while and whisper to him, then they fly away again. They will wait for him on the outside.
“Alright, in we go.” Grem tries to step inside, but smashes face-first into an invisible wall. As he readjusts his broken nose, he hears the words “You must gather your party before venturing forth“ echo on the wind.
Sorry, guys, my work schedule is non-regular. I work 12hr nights in this order: Mon, Tue. Fri, Sat, Sun, Wed, Thur, repeat.
“Are you implying that I’d be afraid to go underground? Whoever heard of such a thing!”
Hek doesn’t reveal that he had been secretly a little too proud of his body odor and had made an attempt at washing. This was nothing more than splashing a few drops water on his beard and under his arms, but it still felt a little de-dwarfanizing and he is a little too embarrassed to mention it.
“Follow me! I am a dwarf after all! I know all about underground! May Clangeddin guide our steps!”
Hek calls on Clangeddin to give him wisdom and strength in exploring this new area.
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"Thanks Hek for your well timed ... ehm ruse?"
He looks at the rock and tries to figure it out.
He puts a 19 on the end of the second
a 10 on the end of the 3rd
a 22 on the ind of the 4th
and a 41 on the end of the 5th.
He tries putting a 26 on the second.
a 29 on the 4th
and a 75 on the 5th
"lets's try a different logic. "
7 for the 2nd
10 for the 4th
15 for the 5th
14 for the 2.
18 for the 4.
25 for the 5.
If that does not work the will try 19 for the second and 22 for the 4th.
5, 13, 10, 17, 25.
Do you dare to enter it now?
You must gather your party before venturing forth.His two magpies swoop down and sits down on his shoulders for a while and whisper to him, then they fly away again. They will wait for him on the outside.
*Korb dismisses Mikki. The tunnels are no place for her.*
“Not everyone is gifted with perfect dark vision.”
He attaches the basic flare to his staff top, creating a makeshift torch.
"Ah, i see now"
Francesco prays for the bleeding nose to heal.
“Are you implying that I’d be afraid to go underground? Whoever heard of such a thing!”
Hek doesn’t reveal that he had been secretly a little too proud of his body odor and had made an attempt at washing. This was nothing more than splashing a few drops water on his beard and under his arms, but it still felt a little de-dwarfanizing and he is a little too embarrassed to mention it.
“Follow me! I am a dwarf after all! I know all about underground! May Clangeddin guide our steps!”
Hek calls on Clangeddin to give him wisdom and strength in exploring this new area.