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<blockquote data-quote="Orichalcum" data-source="post: 2039979" data-attributes="member: 3722"><p><strong>Alea Iacta VIII: Under Mud, Over Sea Chp. 6: Riddles in the Dark</strong></p><p></p><p>We follow the footprints back to the left side of the courtyard, where they lead a painted wall, with 9 doors, each of which, although muddy and a bit faded, appears to be real. Written in Greek on the wall, in an elaborate script, is the following statemtn:</p><p></p><p>"To come to dinner, gentle guest, beginning from honesty count back from the number of Hercules’ labors the number of the kings of Rome and then honor the gods of feasting by adding them to your total. The feast awaits you."</p><p></p><p>"What kind of maniac makes someone answer a riddle to get to dinner?" Llyr asks.</p><p></p><p>"This one, apparently. These Romans are crazy..." Heilyn answers, sighing.</p><p></p><p>Cornelia and Marcus, however, bend their minds immediately towards the riddle; Cornelia enjoyed playing these kinds of games with her father as a child, and for Marcus they were a part of his early philosophical training. They both know from their love of literature that Hercules had 13 labors, there were 7 gods of Roma, and 2 gods of feasting, Ceres and Bacchus. After some further consideration, they decide that "from honesty" means that they should count from the morally correct right side rather than the sinister left, and, with trepidation, send Llyr forward to press the seventh door from the right. The panel swings open, revealing a small passageway downstairs behind it, and we continue cautiously down, hearing the sounds of squeaking growing ever louder. </p><p></p><p>Along the staircase, Llyr and Wena detect tracks going down, about 5 people, with the one man wearing fine handmade sandals still present. An elaborate dining room with 3 couches and a large fresco of Hercules’ labors lies in the center below; the terrace is oddly deserted of mud, and fairly empty. A rock/mudslide at the edge shows what everything must have been oriented towards – the view over the sea, including the 3 outdoor couches.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orichalcum, post: 2039979, member: 3722"] [b]Alea Iacta VIII: Under Mud, Over Sea Chp. 6: Riddles in the Dark[/b] We follow the footprints back to the left side of the courtyard, where they lead a painted wall, with 9 doors, each of which, although muddy and a bit faded, appears to be real. Written in Greek on the wall, in an elaborate script, is the following statemtn: "To come to dinner, gentle guest, beginning from honesty count back from the number of Hercules’ labors the number of the kings of Rome and then honor the gods of feasting by adding them to your total. The feast awaits you." "What kind of maniac makes someone answer a riddle to get to dinner?" Llyr asks. "This one, apparently. These Romans are crazy..." Heilyn answers, sighing. Cornelia and Marcus, however, bend their minds immediately towards the riddle; Cornelia enjoyed playing these kinds of games with her father as a child, and for Marcus they were a part of his early philosophical training. They both know from their love of literature that Hercules had 13 labors, there were 7 gods of Roma, and 2 gods of feasting, Ceres and Bacchus. After some further consideration, they decide that "from honesty" means that they should count from the morally correct right side rather than the sinister left, and, with trepidation, send Llyr forward to press the seventh door from the right. The panel swings open, revealing a small passageway downstairs behind it, and we continue cautiously down, hearing the sounds of squeaking growing ever louder. Along the staircase, Llyr and Wena detect tracks going down, about 5 people, with the one man wearing fine handmade sandals still present. An elaborate dining room with 3 couches and a large fresco of Hercules’ labors lies in the center below; the terrace is oddly deserted of mud, and fairly empty. A rock/mudslide at the edge shows what everything must have been oriented towards – the view over the sea, including the 3 outdoor couches. [/QUOTE]
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