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<blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 6315298" data-attributes="member: 9255"><p>GAMER’S GROTTO: THE HIDDEN</p><p>03 RUINS OF THE INFLICTED</p><p>SEGMENT 017</p><p>ACT TWO: THE GLASS WALL</p><p>6/15/14</p><p></p><p>GLASS WALL OF THE HIDDEN</p><p>DEEP INTO NEW WATER</p><p>SYPHEROS 2, 999</p><p></p><p>They have moved along a tall wall of black Obsidian Glass for several hours now. Shards poke up through the water everywhere making it difficult to travel by boat. Small patches of gritty orange sand and bright green grass like vegetation sometimes accompany the shards. The wall stands between 50 and 120 feet high and appears to have no openings.</p><p></p><p>Some life can be seen here. Occasionally a strangely colored or oversized fish can be seen in the water. They seem to swim like in a lazy daze until they about five feet from the boat then they suddenly rush away. Except for an occasional water bird, only insects are in the air. Like the fish, these insects are often abnormal in color, design and size.</p><p></p><p>Aazime points ahead at something he has seen. It almost looks like a beach. It is roughly forty feet across but has many spikes of glass around it and piercing the water before it. The closest they can get the boat to the beach is about fifteen feet away. They will need to walk through the water to reach the beach.</p><p></p><p>The elf is careful getting out of the boat. Sure enough- he brushes his boot against a hidden shard below the surface of the beads. His boot is damaged and he is given a small cut. On shore he inspects his boot as the warforged rocks the boat getting out. He sees the halfling eyeing the water that will go over his waist. The warforged offers some help and before the halfling can refuse he is picked up and thrown onto shore. </p><p></p><p>He rolls and tumbles until he thuds into a flat section of the glass. Even now, at late morning light, the glass is becoming hot to touch.</p><p></p><p>“Be careful!” admonishes the pilot as he struggles to pull the boat as close as possible without further damaging it. “That glass is sharp enough to kill someone. The warforged shrugs his head and massive shoulders and moves forward through the water. Though he doesn’t cut his foot on the glass, he does trip on it and falls into the water. He lands on a shard which pierces his side. The glass tip has broken off from his massive weight. He rolls over and stares in disbelief at the injury he has just taken. He pulls the shard free of his body and flicks it to the side. The elf calls out at this point.</p><p></p><p>The beach is about fifty feet deep and is open from the glass wall. Ahead of him, is a jungle valley several hundred feet down. He can make out rivers and an occasional structure within the jungle. For several minutes, they merely look and take it all in. The beach is on a cliff’s edge that falls at least 100 feet down into the jungle below. None of them look to the sky. They are all looking down into the jungle. This HIDDEN valley is about 2 x 3 miles in size. It is much like a crater in the ground. It appears to be completely surrounded by the glass wall. A few water falls can be seen escaping the glass.</p><p></p><p>Then it is Aazime that calls out to the others. A furious bubbling appears near the moored boat. Foam and brightly colored beads churn and surface with the bubbling. Then a blue clothes figure surfaces. A familiar shape is seen that splashes in the water in fear and surprise- Gandalf! </p><p></p><p>“Where am I?!? What happened?!? Where is Gilad?!?” he calls out from his hands and knees. He sees the familiar and unfamiliar group members ahead of him and he wades to shore. Even as Aazime begins to warn him of the glass shards, the mage steps onto one. He receives a nasty cut that requires some bandaging. </p><p></p><p>They compare notes and reason that these bubbles act as some sort of teleportation means. Where is the cleric however? Uncertain of all the questions and answers, they return to the beach. The mage is surprised by the view before him. All of this- HIDDEN from others. Incredible.</p><p></p><p>Rock and sandy paths lead off to each side of the beach along the cliff’s edge. Deciding to explore this, the elf turns to her right to check it out. The warforged is close behind her. Suddenly an ear piercing screech is heard. It is painful to bare. They search the area but see nothing. Then a winged creature flies in from the jungle’s sky. The creature makes a threatening pass and circles around again. The elf fires an arrow into it and the mage attacks it. The warlock strikes it also as it is forced to land and crumbles into a heap dead.</p><p></p><p>“It’s a Hippogriff….. I think. Offers the halfling.</p><p></p><p>“Yes…. But like everything else here- strangely different.” Adds the mage.</p><p></p><p>The hippogriff has no eyes. The ears are larger than normal. The warforged surprises everyone with the notion it was using sound location. Amazing.</p><p></p><p>Aazime, shaking off the disorientation of the screech, comes over and seems to mentally take note of the creature then stares into the valley. Nailo returns to the path and finds it ends about twenty feet down. They turn around and check out the other side. As they do so, they see a large outcrop of orange rock and thick grass on the top. A short pyramid can be seen from where they stand.</p><p></p><p>“Well?..... let’s go.” Suggests the halfling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megamania, post: 6315298, member: 9255"] GAMER’S GROTTO: THE HIDDEN 03 RUINS OF THE INFLICTED SEGMENT 017 ACT TWO: THE GLASS WALL 6/15/14 GLASS WALL OF THE HIDDEN DEEP INTO NEW WATER SYPHEROS 2, 999 They have moved along a tall wall of black Obsidian Glass for several hours now. Shards poke up through the water everywhere making it difficult to travel by boat. Small patches of gritty orange sand and bright green grass like vegetation sometimes accompany the shards. The wall stands between 50 and 120 feet high and appears to have no openings. Some life can be seen here. Occasionally a strangely colored or oversized fish can be seen in the water. They seem to swim like in a lazy daze until they about five feet from the boat then they suddenly rush away. Except for an occasional water bird, only insects are in the air. Like the fish, these insects are often abnormal in color, design and size. Aazime points ahead at something he has seen. It almost looks like a beach. It is roughly forty feet across but has many spikes of glass around it and piercing the water before it. The closest they can get the boat to the beach is about fifteen feet away. They will need to walk through the water to reach the beach. The elf is careful getting out of the boat. Sure enough- he brushes his boot against a hidden shard below the surface of the beads. His boot is damaged and he is given a small cut. On shore he inspects his boot as the warforged rocks the boat getting out. He sees the halfling eyeing the water that will go over his waist. The warforged offers some help and before the halfling can refuse he is picked up and thrown onto shore. He rolls and tumbles until he thuds into a flat section of the glass. Even now, at late morning light, the glass is becoming hot to touch. “Be careful!” admonishes the pilot as he struggles to pull the boat as close as possible without further damaging it. “That glass is sharp enough to kill someone. The warforged shrugs his head and massive shoulders and moves forward through the water. Though he doesn’t cut his foot on the glass, he does trip on it and falls into the water. He lands on a shard which pierces his side. The glass tip has broken off from his massive weight. He rolls over and stares in disbelief at the injury he has just taken. He pulls the shard free of his body and flicks it to the side. The elf calls out at this point. The beach is about fifty feet deep and is open from the glass wall. Ahead of him, is a jungle valley several hundred feet down. He can make out rivers and an occasional structure within the jungle. For several minutes, they merely look and take it all in. The beach is on a cliff’s edge that falls at least 100 feet down into the jungle below. None of them look to the sky. They are all looking down into the jungle. This HIDDEN valley is about 2 x 3 miles in size. It is much like a crater in the ground. It appears to be completely surrounded by the glass wall. A few water falls can be seen escaping the glass. Then it is Aazime that calls out to the others. A furious bubbling appears near the moored boat. Foam and brightly colored beads churn and surface with the bubbling. Then a blue clothes figure surfaces. A familiar shape is seen that splashes in the water in fear and surprise- Gandalf! “Where am I?!? What happened?!? Where is Gilad?!?” he calls out from his hands and knees. He sees the familiar and unfamiliar group members ahead of him and he wades to shore. Even as Aazime begins to warn him of the glass shards, the mage steps onto one. He receives a nasty cut that requires some bandaging. They compare notes and reason that these bubbles act as some sort of teleportation means. Where is the cleric however? Uncertain of all the questions and answers, they return to the beach. The mage is surprised by the view before him. All of this- HIDDEN from others. Incredible. Rock and sandy paths lead off to each side of the beach along the cliff’s edge. Deciding to explore this, the elf turns to her right to check it out. The warforged is close behind her. Suddenly an ear piercing screech is heard. It is painful to bare. They search the area but see nothing. Then a winged creature flies in from the jungle’s sky. The creature makes a threatening pass and circles around again. The elf fires an arrow into it and the mage attacks it. The warlock strikes it also as it is forced to land and crumbles into a heap dead. “It’s a Hippogriff….. I think. Offers the halfling. “Yes…. But like everything else here- strangely different.” Adds the mage. The hippogriff has no eyes. The ears are larger than normal. The warforged surprises everyone with the notion it was using sound location. Amazing. Aazime, shaking off the disorientation of the screech, comes over and seems to mentally take note of the creature then stares into the valley. Nailo returns to the path and finds it ends about twenty feet down. They turn around and check out the other side. As they do so, they see a large outcrop of orange rock and thick grass on the top. A short pyramid can be seen from where they stand. “Well?..... let’s go.” Suggests the halfling. [/QUOTE]
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