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<blockquote data-quote="Once a Fool" data-source="post: 2660919" data-attributes="member: 35783"><p><strong>Chapter Eight</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Merv dropped his torch through the trapdoor to see what was down there. Something caught on fire and spread throughout the entire chamber beneath him. The torch fell through, even deeper.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>That's gotta be fifty feet down, easily. Good thing I come prepared.</em></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Nice place. Dead tree, trapdoor under the rug, hollowed out roots lined with webbing - that's what burned - and now another chamber beneath it all.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>This place ain't right.</em></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>And he couldn't get that spider-freak's riddle out of his head.</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Spiderbox, Spiderbox;</em></p><p><em>Open the lid...</em></p><p></p><p><strong>Merv glanced at the elf beside him with unconcealed suspicion. Halfway here, she had told him this was her hometown. Coincidence? Sure.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Merv resolved to keep an eye on her.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>She could cut this rope, while I'm climbing down...</em></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>But she did not cut the rope, if that counted for anything.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Octagonal room. No doors. Thirty feet across. Stone floor with strange, almost natural etchings. Runed tiles on the walls.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>"Better get down here, Elf."</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Merv was strong - almost as strong as the half-orc - but he would need help moving the larger tiles.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Once the elf was down there, they moved quickly; there was a sense of urgency in the room.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Most of the runes were duplicates of each other on triangular tiles of varying sizes. One of the runes consisted of three lines coming to a point and intersected by another.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>The big ones fit against the wall...no, not here. Here.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: white">"We've got to hurry. Something bad is happening."</span></p><p></p><p><strong>"We <em>are</em> hurrying, Elf."</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Now, where did the smaller ones go? These were small enough that they each could take one. These were trickier to place. Here? No. Here? No. Here? No.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The elf inverted hers and placed it near the center. Merv looked at the other tiles on the wall. That might work...</strong></p><p></p><p><em>First form the body;</em></p><p><em>Then form the legs.</em></p><p><em>Place it all on a bed of webs.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>This could be a bed of webs. The large square piece with the double-ended swirl (one side much larger than the other) was probably the body. It would go in the center.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>That left the legs, each a swirl with a straight line extending from the top and bottom. The pieces fit; the puzzle was complete, but nothing happened.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>In an instant, the atmosphere of the room shifted from a cool and analytical ordered process to a frantic scramble for something the two might have missed.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Finally, they had it. A reorientation of the legs and...</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>The floor fell away from them; the door was opened.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Once a Fool, post: 2660919, member: 35783"] [b]Chapter Eight[/b] [b]Merv dropped his torch through the trapdoor to see what was down there. Something caught on fire and spread throughout the entire chamber beneath him. The torch fell through, even deeper. [i]That's gotta be fifty feet down, easily. Good thing I come prepared.[/i] Nice place. Dead tree, trapdoor under the rug, hollowed out roots lined with webbing - that's what burned - and now another chamber beneath it all. [i]This place ain't right.[/i] And he couldn't get that spider-freak's riddle out of his head.[/b] [i]Spiderbox, Spiderbox; Open the lid...[/i] [b]Merv glanced at the elf beside him with unconcealed suspicion. Halfway here, she had told him this was her hometown. Coincidence? Sure. Merv resolved to keep an eye on her. [i]She could cut this rope, while I'm climbing down...[/i] But she did not cut the rope, if that counted for anything. Octagonal room. No doors. Thirty feet across. Stone floor with strange, almost natural etchings. Runed tiles on the walls. "Better get down here, Elf." Merv was strong - almost as strong as the half-orc - but he would need help moving the larger tiles. Once the elf was down there, they moved quickly; there was a sense of urgency in the room. Most of the runes were duplicates of each other on triangular tiles of varying sizes. One of the runes consisted of three lines coming to a point and intersected by another. [i]The big ones fit against the wall...no, not here. Here.[/i][/b] [color=white]"We've got to hurry. Something bad is happening."[/color] [b]"We [i]are[/i] hurrying, Elf." Now, where did the smaller ones go? These were small enough that they each could take one. These were trickier to place. Here? No. Here? No. Here? No. The elf inverted hers and placed it near the center. Merv looked at the other tiles on the wall. That might work...[/b] [i]First form the body; Then form the legs. Place it all on a bed of webs.[/i] [b]This could be a bed of webs. The large square piece with the double-ended swirl (one side much larger than the other) was probably the body. It would go in the center. That left the legs, each a swirl with a straight line extending from the top and bottom. The pieces fit; the puzzle was complete, but nothing happened. In an instant, the atmosphere of the room shifted from a cool and analytical ordered process to a frantic scramble for something the two might have missed. Finally, they had it. A reorientation of the legs and... The floor fell away from them; the door was opened.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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