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<blockquote data-quote="Aristoi" data-source="post: 2507962" data-attributes="member: 32975"><p><strong>Crimson Menagerie: Act 2</strong></p><p></p><p>In the end Thuzzar's cloth-clout, carefully turned inside out because of what he found in it, girded Elim's loins. Until he could bathe properly, he wished to have a covering that was at least slightly cleaner than he was. Kilmor remained simply furred, though with a bit of wine he found in a flask he cleaned most of the gore from his fur and rid himself of embarrassing definition. </p><p></p><p>S'lann wore the studded leather Thuzzar had worn and had taken the buckler and hand-axe, flipping the weapon with a skill that made Elim slightly wary. He was sure he could put a shaft in his head before the axe found him but he prayed silently to the Balance that all things would remain equal for now. </p><p></p><p>Adama wore the chain mail, carried the shortsword and longsword and the chainmail Donnil had worn. Much of the gore had been removed but there was still a great deal, though Adama did not allow it to impede him a whit. He had managed, in the confusion of plundering the bodies and guarding the passage, to draw upon the Wyld and tap into the life-giving energy it held for him. some of his remaining wounds had scabbed, bruises had faded. He was not ready to share this secret with the others yet; it was too important. </p><p></p><p>Immediately from their passage the corridor crossed, leading them choices both right and left. The external passage had changed as well, being only two paces wide before the rumbling began, they found that it was now more than four and was very high as well. </p><p></p><p>Once again the Shiftspire had changed and yet, this seemed different. </p><p></p><p>"Which way is out?" Adama asked, whispering but loud enough o be heard over the screams. </p><p></p><p>"I will search a way," S'lann volunteered and in his dark armor, his skin darkened to blend into the shadows better. He crept off, his feet making nary a sounds, except perhaps to Elim's wide and sensitive ears. He crept to the end of the corridor on the left and returned, reporting a long corridor with three separate fighting groups of minions and monsters. Then he searched ot the right and found a group of minions fighting a fiendish wyvern, a great foe in any case. </p><p></p><p>"Clearly we must choose a lesser foe and yet there is no clear option," S'lann said shrugging his shoulders as he became the elf-boy again. </p><p></p><p>"The wyvern seems the best option to me," he replied with a shrug of his own, "I cannot think that the minions battling it will last very long. We must be very careful though," he added cautiously. </p><p></p><p>"Agreed," Kilmor responded and Elim nodded. </p><p></p><p>"Where are we going though?" Elim asked, looking from Adama to S'lann to Kilmor. "If we go 'up' we're going into 'that'," with a nod indicating another unable which produced more shivering and sifting. "I am unsure that that is wehre we want to go. Aside from that, is that also not logically where all the rest will be heading? Therefore," he flicked out a long claw-tipped finger, "will there not be far more difficulty for us to escape and far greater chance of recapture?"</p><p></p><p>"What a-a-are you suggesting?" Adama asked. </p><p></p><p>"We know that below us are the Pits and the Chambers of Blood," Elim replied drily, knowing they all remembered their own stints in such places. "We also know the oubliettes are there as well. I believe that there is a way out." </p><p></p><p>"Any place that does not require me to swim through bodily wastes will be all right," Adama said firmly. </p><p></p><p>"We may have no choice Adama," Elim replied, staring at the other levelly. "I have no wish to have to fight through hundred of creatures and men-at-arms and wizards to reach freedom either. Expediency may be required." </p><p></p><p>Adama sighed heavily and asked the one question Elim didn't have a logical answer to, "How do we find it? The Spire has changed again and the Maze has reset." He looked from Elim's shrug to the Yak-folk. "Its rumored that Minotaurs can always find their way through any maze. Can you?" </p><p></p><p>"I am not a Minotaur," Kilmor replied with dignity. </p><p></p><p>"So what are you?" Adama asked, curiosity catching him for the moment. "Do you have any skills that could help us?" </p><p></p><p>"Not unless we had a Minion Handler present," Elim interjected with a snort. </p><p></p><p>"Wha-a-at does he mean Kilmor?" Adama asked, his tone warning Elim he wanted the answer from the bovian. </p><p></p><p>"My people have an ability to take over the bodies of some creatures and ride in them, directing their actions and calling upon their memories and skills while retaining our own." He shrugged and gave Elim's smirk a quelling glare, "It is not quick and if the host body is killed, so I would be too. That is why a giant or some other very durable body would be my choice." </p><p></p><p>"Do not e-e-ever do something like tha-a-at in my presence," Adama told him, the note of command in his voice. It was a serious warning and one that Elim understood, if he personally thought it was a bit short-sighted. It would be perpetrating the same sort of subjugation on a victim that they had endured and anathema to the ex-Cormyrian. "E-e-ever. I mean it." </p><p></p><p>Kilmor simply nodded and made a gesture of acquiesence. </p><p></p><p>Elim shrugged and said, "So we still don't know which way to go or not to go." </p><p></p><p>"I- I think," S'lann offered oddly, his eyes distant as if he were seeing something they could not, "'down' is 'that' way." He pointed in the direction of the wyvern's battle, which had raged unabated during their hushed coversation. </p><p></p><p>"How can you know that?" Elim asked suspiciously. </p><p></p><p>"This rune-stone," he touched the one he had taken from around Thuuzar's neck. "'It seems to tell me which direction, which path, to take to reach a specific place or person."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aristoi, post: 2507962, member: 32975"] [b]Crimson Menagerie: Act 2[/b] In the end Thuzzar's cloth-clout, carefully turned inside out because of what he found in it, girded Elim's loins. Until he could bathe properly, he wished to have a covering that was at least slightly cleaner than he was. Kilmor remained simply furred, though with a bit of wine he found in a flask he cleaned most of the gore from his fur and rid himself of embarrassing definition. S'lann wore the studded leather Thuzzar had worn and had taken the buckler and hand-axe, flipping the weapon with a skill that made Elim slightly wary. He was sure he could put a shaft in his head before the axe found him but he prayed silently to the Balance that all things would remain equal for now. Adama wore the chain mail, carried the shortsword and longsword and the chainmail Donnil had worn. Much of the gore had been removed but there was still a great deal, though Adama did not allow it to impede him a whit. He had managed, in the confusion of plundering the bodies and guarding the passage, to draw upon the Wyld and tap into the life-giving energy it held for him. some of his remaining wounds had scabbed, bruises had faded. He was not ready to share this secret with the others yet; it was too important. Immediately from their passage the corridor crossed, leading them choices both right and left. The external passage had changed as well, being only two paces wide before the rumbling began, they found that it was now more than four and was very high as well. Once again the Shiftspire had changed and yet, this seemed different. "Which way is out?" Adama asked, whispering but loud enough o be heard over the screams. "I will search a way," S'lann volunteered and in his dark armor, his skin darkened to blend into the shadows better. He crept off, his feet making nary a sounds, except perhaps to Elim's wide and sensitive ears. He crept to the end of the corridor on the left and returned, reporting a long corridor with three separate fighting groups of minions and monsters. Then he searched ot the right and found a group of minions fighting a fiendish wyvern, a great foe in any case. "Clearly we must choose a lesser foe and yet there is no clear option," S'lann said shrugging his shoulders as he became the elf-boy again. "The wyvern seems the best option to me," he replied with a shrug of his own, "I cannot think that the minions battling it will last very long. We must be very careful though," he added cautiously. "Agreed," Kilmor responded and Elim nodded. "Where are we going though?" Elim asked, looking from Adama to S'lann to Kilmor. "If we go 'up' we're going into 'that'," with a nod indicating another unable which produced more shivering and sifting. "I am unsure that that is wehre we want to go. Aside from that, is that also not logically where all the rest will be heading? Therefore," he flicked out a long claw-tipped finger, "will there not be far more difficulty for us to escape and far greater chance of recapture?" "What a-a-are you suggesting?" Adama asked. "We know that below us are the Pits and the Chambers of Blood," Elim replied drily, knowing they all remembered their own stints in such places. "We also know the oubliettes are there as well. I believe that there is a way out." "Any place that does not require me to swim through bodily wastes will be all right," Adama said firmly. "We may have no choice Adama," Elim replied, staring at the other levelly. "I have no wish to have to fight through hundred of creatures and men-at-arms and wizards to reach freedom either. Expediency may be required." Adama sighed heavily and asked the one question Elim didn't have a logical answer to, "How do we find it? The Spire has changed again and the Maze has reset." He looked from Elim's shrug to the Yak-folk. "Its rumored that Minotaurs can always find their way through any maze. Can you?" "I am not a Minotaur," Kilmor replied with dignity. "So what are you?" Adama asked, curiosity catching him for the moment. "Do you have any skills that could help us?" "Not unless we had a Minion Handler present," Elim interjected with a snort. "Wha-a-at does he mean Kilmor?" Adama asked, his tone warning Elim he wanted the answer from the bovian. "My people have an ability to take over the bodies of some creatures and ride in them, directing their actions and calling upon their memories and skills while retaining our own." He shrugged and gave Elim's smirk a quelling glare, "It is not quick and if the host body is killed, so I would be too. That is why a giant or some other very durable body would be my choice." "Do not e-e-ever do something like tha-a-at in my presence," Adama told him, the note of command in his voice. It was a serious warning and one that Elim understood, if he personally thought it was a bit short-sighted. It would be perpetrating the same sort of subjugation on a victim that they had endured and anathema to the ex-Cormyrian. "E-e-ever. I mean it." Kilmor simply nodded and made a gesture of acquiesence. Elim shrugged and said, "So we still don't know which way to go or not to go." "I- I think," S'lann offered oddly, his eyes distant as if he were seeing something they could not, "'down' is 'that' way." He pointed in the direction of the wyvern's battle, which had raged unabated during their hushed coversation. "How can you know that?" Elim asked suspiciously. "This rune-stone," he touched the one he had taken from around Thuuzar's neck. "'It seems to tell me which direction, which path, to take to reach a specific place or person." [/QUOTE]
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