The Bird-Thing that is Domoris lands and in a blink, the hulking shifter is there. He looks over the ruins with distaste, obviously not fond of the giant ruins.
"Canals. Three in the path of the sun, two along the lines of the earth. Where we going?"
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Morph extends his arm, stopping the Gith from entering the ruins. "This place is too large and might hold much danger for us. I think it would be best for us to stick relatively close together for the time being. You could, of course, be scouting ahead of us as we proceed into the ruins."
After gathering what information he could form the shifter, Morph offers his suggestion. "I say we follow one of the canals, but not between a pair. They might offer fresh water to those that need it, and we don't want to get trapped between them. I suggest we move towards the towers for the moment."
Twin rectangular towers of blue glass rise thousands of feet into the air, the ruined shells of buildings sprawling around its base. A series of stone canals divides the area into square sections. Rotating green orbs shed an eerie light over the desolation.
A thick coating of debris coats most of these ancient streets. The buildings closest to you are of human size, and appear to circle the middle of the city. Most of these buildings were hydrids of wood and stone, living trees shaped to support stone walls. The forest has grown, died, and grown again, what would seem a hundred time over since the last living creatures inhabited this city.
Up ahead, you make out buildings sized for giantfolk. These buildings are of finer make, with exotic materials appearing to once form a resplendent city -- still standing walls of obsidian, opaque crystal, steel, and basalt bricks still can be seen next to crumbling or missing walls.
Ganyon turns to the group and says,"I ain't too sure-awhere dey were in dis place. I knows dat dey set up camp while lookin' fer relics and 'shards somewhere in here, so I'm supposin' dat dey would want shelter and protectshon from dah weather anda jungle. Idda suspect dey went towards da center near dem bigun's."
OOC: The map is somewhat crude -- I'm learning the new features of Excel 2007, so bear with me. Blue are the human sized buildings, the red are the giant sized ones. You are looking at the top 1/3 of the map of the city.
"Let's continue towards the two towers," Morph says rubbing the back of his calf as if it aches him. "Let us not get caught between the two canals though."
Great plan! Let's skirt 'em fellas onna side o'r 'ere 'n then 'ead toward 'em giant buildings if'n we dunna find anything.
Anything comes up we'll work out tha' details then.
Hudder hefts his axe and begins to walk off, then remembers he's supposed to be covering the rear and comes back to stand anxiously at the back of the party.
OOC
Hudder was marching in the direction of L7, on the "left" bank fo the canal. He thinks the group will meander through the human-sized buildings for a bit (I11) before breaking out into the open and heading toward the building in L12.
Morph shakes his head at the dwarf. He didn't know if he was a fool, or just an idiot. Still though, it was a though the stout one could read his mind. "Let's proceed that way," he points in the direction that the dwarf had once started in. "We can stay betweent the smaller houses for cover before moving in towards the center."
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As was said, moving in on the left side of the map.
The gith seems to glide across the rock strewn ground, darting in and around many of the ruined human sized buildings.
The canal is bypassed by retreating slightly into the jungle, but the sparkling clear water seems oddly out of place.
The buildings themselves are quite run down and are barely standing. The ravages of time, and looters, is quite evident. Nothing still remains in any of the buildings you've entered so far except for bits of rock and dust.
OOC: small black circle is Void, large black oval is rest of party
This reminds o' this time we had this fella scout ahead, wuz a shifter, from tha reach's name a Marci. A fella thou'. 'pairently tha's a fellas name fer his tribe.
Anyway, he heads off one day ta scount 'n doesn't ever come ba.... Hudder stops talking and clears his throat.
Well. This Void fella looks sharp. Sure tha he's fine." Hudder waits for a moment, rocking back and forth from the balls of his feet to his heels. Maybe we outta back 'im up tho?
Jus' ta be sure?
Morph glares at the dwarf once more. He remarks sideways to Dreadnaught, "Remind me to never take the form of a dwarf..."
He is right though, "Domoris and I are capable of taking other forms. Although I am becoming restless in this form once more, I am...not as durable...and my forms are very limited. Domoris, would you like to take to the air and accompany our Gith friend?" It is clear that the wizard doesn't like talking about his weaknesses to the others.
The rest of the party tries to keep the gith in sight as he walks silently behind and through the crumbling buildings.
Up in the sky, the man-sized bird tries to circle inconspicuously, but notices that there are no other birds.
Void reaches the first canal that runs east-west. The clear blue water almost sparkles with clarity, which stands at odds with the rest of the crumbling ruin.
OOC: small black circle is Void, small green circle is Domoris, large black oval is rest of party
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...disquieting...
There was no end to his patience and endurance. He played day and night, his obsession was somewhat disquieting. It was less as if he were playing to dispel gloom or beguile tedium than as if he were giving himself up to the fangs of gaming devils."
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The group got a far look at the one at P10 -- it looked like an enormous orb of green water which was glowing slightly.
Domoris
From your aerial vantage point, you hear gruff voices echoing from inside the building marked #4 -- which appears to be an open-top bowl shape building, ringed by rose colored marble columns.
Hudder hops up on a nearby piece of rubble to get a look at the glowing green pool in the distance. Well... that reminds me o'.... nah... canna say it reminds me o'anything specific-like.
Nah seen onna 'em before. He hops back down.
Awful quiet though.
The dwarf hefts his axe and moves away from the group a bit (~10m or so) inspecting one of the nearby human-sized buildings by peeking in a window.
OOC: Search +15
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I am in an interesting period of my life; I will post in games that I run three times a week (M,W,F); and try to maintain obligations in existing games.
...disquieting...
There was no end to his patience and endurance. He played day and night, his obsession was somewhat disquieting. It was less as if he were playing to dispel gloom or beguile tedium than as if he were giving himself up to the fangs of gaming devils."
Kawabata Yasunari - The Master of Go
Blue are the human sized buildings, the red are the giant sized ones. You are looking at the top 1/3 of the map of the city.
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