ONE HUNDRED SIXTY NINE
(I/C)
The Dwarf gave Brendon a clap on the back, motioning him to the front. “On the way let’s take a peak in the Butcher’s to see if it’s been disturbed.”
“Oui oui,” Wyn agreed. “Roundabout to de sulfur water... through de warren en around de west side ov de castle. I will stay up front with de dwarf.” He turned to Brendon and frowned, “Monsieur du Lac, how’s de hand doing?”
After making sure the north door was not an issue, the Scout opened it and started walking north down the long dark corridor. He glanced down at his swollen appendage, “It looks like a rubber glove balloon and feels like jello.”
“Ew,” Lyra said with a shudder.
“Stopping at the Butcher’s room is a great idea,” he added. “We can get the stick I left to lower the bandages into the sulfur.”
Lyra shrugged. “I need to clean them, not just submerge them. Will require some scrubbing. Get it anyway.”
As they walked Lannis kept looking forward at the Scout’s hand and making corresponding buzzing and clucking noises. "At least we left those orcs beehind. Geez Brendon look at that hand! I can't beelieve it. I can tell just from looking you’re not feeling like the bees knees.”
“Lannis,” Lyra growled seeing Brendon’s back stiffen.
Ignoring her he continued, “Its going to bee hard for you to work your picks, but for someone as skilled as you I'm sure you can drown out all distractions so they just sound like a faint buzzing."
“Do we need to bring Lannis back after we get the Crown?” Brendon asked rhetorically.
“No,” Abraxas answered from the rear of the group. “No we do not.”
“Hmmph, that’s not very nice,” the Magic User sulked in reply.
“Again with the chatter with you,” Abraxas whispered as the group walked on. “Let us get to the Sulfur. I could put to use one of those bandages for the sleeping tonight. I feel like we can take on a small squad of Orcs. We took out the Beeskipper, a Bear, el Lobo, all at once. Some Orcs are certainly take downable. Let us get to it amigos."
The Cleric shook her head, sling out and shield up. “To be technical - we didn’t take out the beekeeper. A wolf did... and a bunch of rabid rats.” She glanced around as they approached the corner and turned west towards the former Guardian Chamber. “I’m not exactly confident in taking out a bunch of orcs. Especially when one’s a magic user and one’s a Gorgon.”
Brendon scoffed, “Excuse me. I killed the Beekeeper.” He mimed a stabbing motion with his sword.
"Honey, Please. Let’s not beelabor the point,” echoed Lannis again with a chuckle. “Whoever killed him will surely bee beequeathed with their proper prize."
Kovid leaned back, whispering, “You know, Big Brain, it’s hard to make puns with your hat shoved down your throat.”
After 10 minutes of walking, the group had arrived back at the Guardian Chamber.
No issue.
They continued on around the corner, alert and listening, checking out the Butcher’s door. It appeared to be undisturbed and opening it up showed again…No issue. Brendon quickly grabbed his 4’ wooden handle [5] and we returned to the hall after shutting the door behind us and kept walking south. Lannis felt a twitch as his Shield spell silently ended.
We made our way through the turns and twists until we passed the dressmaker chamber and the Scriptorium ending at the main hall where a quick listen and look (WMC: Red/Black 4) showed...no issue. “Nice,” Wyn whispered, pointing to the west.
We made our way down the hall past the small puddles of wax to the Statue door where we entered to see the statues were once again where the goblins had upset and broken them and the Ballista was still unloaded, the bolt not here. A look in the Warren chamber showed it was still stashed in the corner by the fountain where we had put it and we kept going, down the stairs, to the cold hall, and the long walk east to the stairs going up.
No issue.
From here it was only a few more minutes to the stairs going down to the Sulfur Springs. “Ok,” Lyra said with some finality. “I have to go because I’m the Cleric and I have to wash them. So there is that.”
“We can all go, Priestesse,” Wyn suggested.
She shook her head, “No. The vapors get heady and can make you sick or kill you. And no offense Wyn, but as an elf, you are probably not as hearty against poison and stuff as Kovid.”
“She’s right,” the dwarf said. “I was there before.”
Lyra looked over Abraxas (Highest Wisdom, no roll), “And I’m taking him as well. With Aine’s strength running through him and the sense of might and toughness he’s shown recently, I think he’d be just as resistant to the vapors as Kovid or I.”
“So what about the rest of us?” Brendon asked.
“Come part of the way down the steps and listen in case anything is coming. So you are out of the hall but not directly in the sulfur flumes.”
The group discussed it swiftly and agreed with Lyra’s observation. So she drew out the 2 dirty bandages and pulling her cloak across her face, went down the steps to the cavern below, Kovid and Abraxas following – mimicking her with their own cloaks and their weapons drawn.
She went right to the bubbling grey water, slipped on her rawhide gloves, dropped to her knees, and plunged the first bandage into the flume, rubbing the cloth against itself. “Ugh,” she grimaced, head turned to the side, “It STINKS so bad!”
“Andale!” Abraxas goaded her. “You are doing great.”
She worked the bandage under the water repeatedly, lifting it up again and again until after 3 minutes there was a flash of light and the bandage was pristine white again! “Great!” she said, moving to the second one and repeating the action.
Meanwhile at the stairs, the group was listening both up the steps and down (WMC: Red/Black 2) but heard nothing except their friends below.
Finally Lyra finished the second bandage with a flash and drew it out smiling. (Save vs poison: >Lyra White 16, >Abraxas +2 bonus Blue 16, >Kovid +2 bonus Yellow 19) “Done!” she said, “Let’s get out of here.”
The three of them went back to the steps and the entire party made their way out of the Sulfur Room at the top of the steps. “Good job, Lyra,” Lannis congratulated her. “I knew it would take a woman to know how to wash dirty clothes. Where to now?”
Time now is Day 5: 9:19 AM
(OOC)
All good, and I owe you xp:
Explore room: 30 xp each
Beekeeper: 350 xp divided
Bear: 300 xp divided
Wyn add 149 xp
Abraxas and Kovid add 148 xp
Brendon add 144 xp
Lyra and Lannis add 138 xp
What now?
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