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Post by haybalebarn on Aug 20, 2016 5:56:28 GMT
As they reach the place of the massive death laser once more, Nithia winces slightly, expecting the worst. Seeing Falon not being disintigrated into a million little pieces, she sighs a little, and then with a few quick hand motions casts a small ward of protection against magical attacks over the party. Nithia Casts Light Screen on the party! 2 uses, 1 use may be spent to resist a special attack one step further.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Aug 20, 2016 11:58:53 GMT
Falon, once he sees that there are no giant glowy laser guys ready to blast him down, grins and dashes inside the cave, uncaring for any potential traps or ambushes.
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Post by FelixSparks on Aug 20, 2016 23:24:21 GMT
Henry walks in last, his bow drawn. "Seems fine so far... Falon, make sure not to step into any traps!"
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Post by shouri on Aug 22, 2016 10:23:50 GMT
The cave entrance seems surprisingly clear given the dangerous beast you met here before. As the group walks in, there is a stark contrast to what one would normally expect from a cave in the woods. The walls are rather flat all around you instead of curved. Instead of dirt walls, there are various decorative etchings placed into the walls which are covered in some form of tile. Of course, these are all quite old and run down. Light comes in somewhat dimly through random panels on the walls but there's no indication as to what is lighting them. The rather straightforward entrance leads to a large open area just a bit too wide to take in with a quick scan. At the very least, you spot a small pond of water right away in the distance. Solemn cavern will be drawn here
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Aug 23, 2016 19:33:39 GMT
Falon walks in, holding his sword up and on fire in lieu of a torch, and takes a good look around. The first thing of interest is the pond of water, and as such he walks towards it.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Aug 23, 2016 21:54:00 GMT
Bee busily starts sketching the outline of the cave on the map, even if it's only the big initial room. She looks around at the tiled and decorated walls with wide eyes. "Okay, so. Less of a cave and more of a ruin. Explains the fake wall and the locked door we're supposed to open."She paces in after Falon, watching the light from his sword and from the glowing wall panels glitter on the water up ahead. In fact, she wanders over and pokes at one of the panels curiously. "Huh, I wonder how these work? I mean, who'd have built ruins in a dungeon to start with?"1 AP - make a Record of Solemn Cavern.
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Post by FelixSparks on Aug 25, 2016 0:18:55 GMT
Henry takes a closer look at the tiles, keeping his eye on Falon. "It seems like someone built this... If I had to make a hypothesis, I'd wager that this belonged to an ancient group or civilization, and may in fact predate the forest. That pokemon from yesterday could have belonged to someone who used to live here... Or, perhaps was just really powerful and likes the comfort of this area." He took a closer look at the etchings, wondering what they depicted, or what they could mean. "We'll take a quick look around here for potential pokemon and move further in. Is that agreeable to everyone?"
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Post by haybalebarn on Aug 26, 2016 20:50:20 GMT
Nithia's eyes widen as she sees the interior of the cave, and she lets out a little squeal of delight before rushing every which way, trying to see as much of the ruins as possible and find as much details as she could. She loved ruins! She had never been in one quite like this before, it was so cool! Maybe the ancient flying Harzien tribes made it, although that would make much sense cause this was a cave and they could fly, but shh. She takes a moment to taken in some details before trying to place exactly what sort of ruins they might be, drawing upon her occult knowledge. Perception to look at Ruins: xZgdQmPe2d6 Occult Ed to interpret ruins: 5d62d6·5d6
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Post by shouri on Aug 26, 2016 22:16:30 GMT
Despite the light sources, Nithia currently struggles to adjust her sight and in unable to clearly take in her surroundings. However, from the obvious things that she was able to spot, it's clear to Nithia that this was not a normal shrine entrance. It was more akin to a secondary entrance or secret entrance to a location From your current positions all of the walls look the same. The room is rather bland, but thanks to Nithia's revelation, it's obvious why this place would not be overly decorated. A cursory glance by Henry ends in disappointment as there are no pokemon in the vicinity. It appears that the only thing to do here is to find that fake wall. However, the quest had mentioned something about an underground waterfall... but there doesn't appear to be such a thing in sight. A bit late on this... forgot about:
All explorers here gain the following:
+1 Trainer Exp: Talking to quest giver for "The hidden passage"
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Post by FelixSparks on Aug 26, 2016 22:21:18 GMT
Henry nods. The waterfall was probably already taken care of. Now to find the secret entrance in. He moves towards the walls, running his hands over them, looking for a latch or a switch. "Alright everyone, let's find our way inside. We seem to have already solved the problem of the Waterfall."
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Aug 26, 2016 22:29:05 GMT
Falon looks around for any obvious signs of fake walls... but surprisingly enough doesn't find one! As such, he begins the age-old and tested method of secret finding, that is to say, he darts past the walls, pushing against every one of them in hopes of activating something.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Aug 27, 2016 5:08:52 GMT
Bee starts searching as well, though she's a little more methodical than Falon. Only a little, though. She darts from one likely-looking bit of carving to the next, attempting to push or slide anything that looks like it would stand the motion without breaking. "Hmm, maybe... no, how about this one?"She glances over her shoulder at Henry. "Yeah, good thing, too. I really do hope that blocked the river over in the other half, too, though. It was really kinda embarrassing, only finding one node we could get anything from..."Perception check for finding secret doors, in case we want one: 17!
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Post by haybalebarn on Aug 27, 2016 7:46:41 GMT
Nithia begins to follow in Bee's wake, staring up at the ceiling in search of cave bugs! She heard they liked to cling to cave ceilings. And maybe if she looked hard enough, she might even find a fairy-bat-cave-bug-eater! Everyone knew that fairybatcavebugeaters only ate the fairy bats that ate cave bugs. Supposedly collecting the dust from their mouths could heal people! Or poison them and cause them to have visions, she forgot which.
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Post by shouri on Aug 28, 2016 23:42:18 GMT
As the other three begin to haphazardly look around the room, only Bee, who has chosen to carefully look around the room manages to spot a bizzare color change in the wall tiles in the south eastern portion of the room. It is subtle, but its there. Upon reaching it, Bee notices that the tiles are at roughly knee height, but the discoloration is roughly the size of a hand.
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Post by carnackiArdent on Aug 29, 2016 2:06:56 GMT
"Oh, hey, guys, I think I found something!" Bee crouches down to examine the spot with the discolored tiles. That's certainly pretty suspicious - Bee can't make heads or tails of the ancient writing, if the carvings even are writing, but this looks like the obvious place for a switch to be.
She reaches out and presses her hand against the discoloration, more or less expecting it to push in like a button.
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Post by shouri on Aug 29, 2016 2:58:40 GMT
As Bee expects, the discoloration was indeed similar to a button. But upon pressing it, you do not hear any changes. Instead the wall immediately next to it slowly disappears into vitas which lingers around providing almost a barrier like entrance. It provides no resistance though as you can easily move past it into the inner portion of the cavern.
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Post by Harbringer of Insanity on Aug 29, 2016 14:42:35 GMT
Falon quickly dashes through the barrier and further into the cavern, eager to explore more of the place. "Come on guys, time's a wasting!"
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Post by carnackiArdent on Aug 30, 2016 3:25:57 GMT
Bee can't help grinning as she stands up. She's eager to explore this hidden passage herself, too. Of course, Falon dashing in is gonna get old fast if he starts running into trouble more often. "Hey, wait up! If you get lasered I'm going to say 'I told you so' as loud as I can!"
She glances over her shoulder at Henry and Nithia. "Let's go or he's gonna explore everything before we get there!"
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Post by haybalebarn on Aug 31, 2016 5:56:50 GMT
Nithia nods for a moment and pulls up the ends of her robes, doddering back and forth dangerously far in each direction as she tries to catch up.
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Post by shouri on Aug 31, 2016 6:34:43 GMT
Surprisingly, the little light from the previous room does nothing to illuminate even the entrance to this room. As the group enters, the sounds of various zubats and other pokemon echo through the walls. There is no easy indication of how big this room is, nor how many exits there are to this room.
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