CHAPTER TWO: The Ritual Chamber

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#141 Post by Starbeard »

Sitrus is content to explore the northern passage before testing out the altar on Bugg.

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Toldren and Egburt nod mutely to the suggestion to explore north. Toldren is uneasy with the idea of sacrificing one of their own as he recalls tough times on the trail: Um, if we start there, where does it end? In the wilderness, we only have each other.

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Foul turns and removes the six keys, in order. In reverse, the removal of the keys restores the window to its previous scene overlooking a chaotic landscape. The mutations, fortunately, do not return to the members of the party who were previously afflicted.

The group moves to the northern door, an oval stone portal so familiar by now. After a quick examination, it would appear that the door swings open towards you and into the hallway.

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Irakas 5
Quangah 3
Foul 3
Bugg 2
Egburt 2
Toldren 1
Sitrus 1
Miss Cleo 1


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#144 Post by OGRE MAGE »

Foul searches the surface and the cracks of the door, hoping to find some way of opening it from this side.
"If this door is as heavy as the others, we may have to find another way into this room."


Miss Cleo stares at her hands, not happy that the chaos window didn't restore her odd condition.
"Lets tink bout dis a bit. Did we leaf any onchecked doors behind us? Maybe we go back an check dat udder door in da big room?"

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Toldren's eyes widen as he recalls, we never progressed around the corner from that narrow passage with the waterfall. Do we want to go finish that before going through here? *sigh* I'll go first whether it is through this door or the waterfall nook...the water might help wash off the odor some. His eyes dart toward Foul and then away again.

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Irakas agrees. "Let's head back towards the waterfall." He stretches his arms. "I need a break before I do any more heavy lifting."

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Here are the areas that you have explored.
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Foul smiles her gapped, black toothed grin at Toldren.
"Oh, now you want to get me all wet, sonny? I cant say that I blame you. Lead the way then."


Miss Cleo
"Mi trained mind juss rememba dat we left plenty of udder option behind us to check out. Lets back track to da wata fall or da lass door in da big window room. Dese rooms muss all connect eventually."

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Sitrus is more than happy to get back to the water. "I like the way you think, T-man! That place was gnarly, total Soak City. Let's go."

He makes his way back toward the tunnel with the waterfall, and before the party continues on he makes a point of soaking himself in the water once again, squeezing his palms together to make funny noises with the water.

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Toldren shudders at Foul's gummy, devil's breath insinuation and takes a step back. His eyes refuse to meet hers. Straightening up and glad for a distraction. To the waterfall then?

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The group makes its way back to the waterfall and, after Sitrus plays in the natural shower, moves on following the small stream. After 50ft, the passage narrows and stops at a strata of large, flat horizontal stones. The stream trickles through a gap under the lowest stone and disappears into the underground. The end of this tunnel appears natural and there are no signs of excavation or quarrying.

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Foul 3
Bugg 2
Egburt 2
Toldren 1
Sitrus 1
Miss Cleo 1


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Foul smells even worse in the tight confines of the narrow tunnel. She does a quick smelfie, confident that her odor isn't all that bad.

"Looks like a dead end to me."


Miss Cleo

"Is der anyting unda da stone where da wata coming in?"

"Maybe we go bok to da udder room an try da doors now?"

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Toldren carefully feels all along the stone, as far as he can reach in all directions, in the hopes of finding any latches/levers or somesuch to signal a portal. Surely this is not simply a dead end, he mutters in concentration.

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If no one finds any secrets in this corner, Sitrus suggests suggests either returning to the door they were just at, far to the north, or perhaps the west door in the creepy altar room with the acid bath.

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Toldren carefully inspects the stones around the gap where the stream disappears into the underground. He doesn’t find anything resembling a latch or lever, nor does he notice any indications that this is an artificial wall.

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Foul
"This way is a bust! Now my feet are wet and are gonna get stinky........er. Can we go back to the doors now?"


Miss Cleo
"I guess mi should haff seen dis coming."
She is willing to follow Sitrus back to either of the unchecked doors.

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Irakas agrees. ”Let’s go back to the doors. The sooner we get out of this place, the better.”

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#158 Post by coil23 »

Back we go but the suggestion to check this out was sound. We should leave nothing unknown at our backs in this evil place. Toldren and Egburt will go with the others.

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Which of the two, unopened doors are you heading for?

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#160 Post by coil23 »

There is still that hallway we blocked off with the long table way back east where we started. Leave that for now and go back to the door we were all crowded before that is just north of the altar room?

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