FourMonos
First Post
The grumpy half orc trainer leads you down through the "Staff Only" access. All the while, he yammers along about the cost of keeping animals, how the crowds shrink every year and that he isn't sure the Battle Pit could really stay open that much longer unless something changes. It doesn't really run so much like a dialogue as it does a monologue.
The group travels further down through three flights of stairs until it is clear you are deep under ground. You estimate that the hallways run below the floor of the arena itself, which you were able to see when you first entered the main entrance.
He leads you at last down a 10 foot hallway with large double doors to the left. The smell of animal feces and urine is strong. The trainer opens one of the pair of large double doors and leads you into a room lined with cages.
The cages are set back into the walls, two 15 foot cages on each side and a 20 foot cage set into the far wall. Three animals are kept in the five cages.
The initial impression of a lion laying in the closest cage on the right hand is quickly dismissed as the animal stands and turns to face the group. The lion body sports an angry human face, large bat like wings sprout from its back and a tail covered with spikes raises up above its back.
Within the second cage on the left, a large black cat like creature paces. Two tentacles whip from its back and you make out the six total legs the fey beast possesses. It's resemblance, except in size, to Amarande's companion is remarkable.
Finally, at the farthest and largest cage, the chimera lays with its head on its paws, staring at the group with its three different heads.
The trainer walks into the room and waves everyone in. "Come on in. These new cages are the best in magi-tech innovation. They are a combination of iron cages and forcefield technology. Nothing is getting out of those cages unless we let them out."
[sblock=Map and Location] Link here. Please place yourself on the map behind the animal trainer in the room. [/sblock]
The group travels further down through three flights of stairs until it is clear you are deep under ground. You estimate that the hallways run below the floor of the arena itself, which you were able to see when you first entered the main entrance.
He leads you at last down a 10 foot hallway with large double doors to the left. The smell of animal feces and urine is strong. The trainer opens one of the pair of large double doors and leads you into a room lined with cages.
The cages are set back into the walls, two 15 foot cages on each side and a 20 foot cage set into the far wall. Three animals are kept in the five cages.
The initial impression of a lion laying in the closest cage on the right hand is quickly dismissed as the animal stands and turns to face the group. The lion body sports an angry human face, large bat like wings sprout from its back and a tail covered with spikes raises up above its back.
Within the second cage on the left, a large black cat like creature paces. Two tentacles whip from its back and you make out the six total legs the fey beast possesses. It's resemblance, except in size, to Amarande's companion is remarkable.
Finally, at the farthest and largest cage, the chimera lays with its head on its paws, staring at the group with its three different heads.
The trainer walks into the room and waves everyone in. "Come on in. These new cages are the best in magi-tech innovation. They are a combination of iron cages and forcefield technology. Nothing is getting out of those cages unless we let them out."
[sblock=Map and Location] Link here. Please place yourself on the map behind the animal trainer in the room. [/sblock]
