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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 637229" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chinese Take-out</strong></p><p></p><p>Chapter 87, “We’re Rich!“ October 2, 1018, 4:00 P.M. </p><p></p><p>Serita flies back to the castle, with Hiroshi and Kim in the bag of holding. She tells the party that they were successful, that Hiroshi and Kim were able to find the records from the Ming dwarf whom had constructed the hidden chamber for the treasure trove. The group opts to wait until the following day, after Barthrock and his team have left, to begin searching for it. </p><p></p><p>Hiroshi says that Duegar will be hanging out with Clan Ming for the indefinite future. Toshiro has boarded a ship from Chunming heading to the city of Miyako in the Heian Empire, a two-week voyage. Toshiro has with him a note for his Grandmother from Hiroshi, expressing that Hiroshi is willing to return to their home but that he also “has others that he now has responsibilities for, who would need to accompany him.” The note asks Hiroshi’s mother to decide if she wishes for him to return now or not. He anticipates that she will decline. The note said that a messenger would arrive at the Mitsubishi Estate during the next two to three weeks for her answer. Toshiro also has with him the previously negotiated monies for the Heian Emperor (Hiroshi’s ‘bribe’ to the Emperor for which he got permission to leave). </p><p></p><p>Regardless of the answer, Hiroshi has asked his wife, as well as his other two children and their caretaker, to pack. In the unlikely event that his mother wishes for them to move to Miyako they will do so. The more probable event is that they will relocate to Silver Moon Island, as he is now Cassie’s apprentice. He will also be needed for his linguistic teaching abilities, as all of Li-Tak’s daughters need to be taught the Common tongue, and Cassie strongly desires to be taught both the Chinese and Japanese languages so that she can read the vast majority of the library books that have now been acquired. </p><p></p><p>The giants and bugbears finish loading the ship before midnight.</p><p></p><p>October 3, 1018</p><p></p><p>Barthrock and his army of troops depart about an hour after dawn, heading back upriver with the second load from the ship. The only ones remaining at the castle are the ten party members, Li-Tak’s daughters, and Chandra (the female member of Barthrock’s team) who remains with the girls. The party wait until after everyone is finished breakfast, and Chandra and the girls head back to their quarters on the forth floor, to start the search for the treasure. </p><p></p><p>The ten party members head to the location that Hiroshi, Kim and Serita discovered. Hiroshi identifies and marks two stones in the third floor stone wall, behind the wall to the great hall. He tells the party that the chamber is behind here, and that the mortar holding these stones in should be removed. “No problem, I’ll just smash the stones,” says Mojo, as he pulls out the hammer. Hiroshi stops him, saying “No, don’t do that. Behind each stone is the hinge mechanism to the doors that open into this chamber. If you smash the hinges then we will have to take apart the entire wall, instead of just uncovering the doors.” Despite this explanation, it still takes much convincing from the party to keep Mojo from smashing the wall. </p><p></p><p>The party get daggers and chisels to take the mortar off, with Cassie first placing a Silence spell over the entire area, so that Chandra and the girls on the floor above won't hear the sound of their 'renovations'. The stones are removed, revealing the hinges. From there, they see the crack for the irregular shaped double doors, and carefully remove the mortar over this, with Mojo again wanting to just smash it. When they are finished, revealed to them are two handle-less doors that create an oval area approximately three feet wide and two feet high. Daggers are slid between the doors, and they are pied outward, the doors opening up to reveal the chamber behind it.</p><p></p><p>The chamber itself is five feet high, six feet wide, and eighteen inches deep. The entire left side is filled with stacked gold bars and the right side is stacked with platinum bars. Each bar is three inches, four inches wide, and sixteen inches long. Atop the bars are twelve wooden chests of various sizes and an open wooden box filled with papers. The chests and box are removed, and carried outside of the area of the silence spell. </p><p></p><p>Lannon says that the chests appear to be locked but not trapped. Mojo wishes to smash open the chests, but it restrained by the party, who have Lannon try to open them first. He is able to open nine of them, finding each filled with gems. Hiroshi is given the chests to appraise the gems, while the other three chests are brought back into the Silence spell, for Mojo to smash the locks. They too contain gems. Cassie retrieves some scales from Mordenkainen’s laboratory to determine the weight of the gold and platinum bars, so that the value can be ascertained.</p><p></p><p>Cassie, Fiona and Serita examine the box full of papers, declaring them to we worthless, as they are five to six hundred year old IOU notes, the writers of which are probably long since dead. Lannon wonders if any might still be good, but it is pointed out that trying to claim them would draw attention to the fact that the party found the rest of the lost treasure, so it is best to not to push their luck. Lannon decides to still hang on to these (and thereby keeping an important clue to a future module).</p><p></p><p>Hiroshi says that the size of each gem chest is inversely proportional to the value of the gems within them, with the largest box having most ornamental gems and the smallest box with the most precious stones. He declares that the total contents of each chest has an approximate value of 10,000 gold pieces. The bars are determined to each weigh one hundred pounds, and there are a total of two hundred bars of each type of metal, for a grand total value of 1,000,000 worth of platinum, 200,000 worth of gold, and 120,000 worth of gems. Doing the quick math, including both Kim and Hiroshi in the count but excluding Narg Junior, Duegar and Toshiro, they decide that the treasure should be divided evenly by the twelve of them, with 100,000 in bars plus a box of gems for each. </p><p></p><p>The group begins emptying the chamber out. Mojo suggests “Gee, should we leave a note. How about ‘Ha Ha, we already got it! Hugs and kisses.” Narg adds “And sign it Louella” (an old enemy of the group, who is also Serita’s mother). The group opts to leave no note. Once the chamber is emptied the doors are closed, the rocks are placed over the hinges, and the cracks are all mortared up, leaving the wall as they had found it. The treasure is brought down to the great hall, where it is temporarily covered up. </p><p></p><p>October 4 to 7, 1018:</p><p></p><p>The castle is cleaned out, with the party taking anything that appears to be of value, using the great hall as a staging area. Each of the four hundred metal bars is concealed inside of furniture drawers, crates of materials, chests, and whatever else the party can find to conceal them from Barthrock’s team and army. The magical globes and strategy tables from the rear tower are packed, with the party deciding they will be of long-term use, with Lono joking that the sand table could be used as a liter box by Ebony. The tapestries in the great hall are rolled up, and the throne in the great hall is also packed. </p><p></p><p>Cassie and Fiona do a very thorough clean out of Morgarth and Ashemmi’s laboratories. In Ashemmi’s laboratory is the surprising discovery of a partially dissected Ragnor, which the party also decide to take with them. Cassie points out that this is the first opportunity they’ve had to examine one, as the defeated ones always explode, and with Vaughn now having one of these as his bodies the information might be of use to them in the future. </p><p></p><p>Finally, the truck is loaded up (mostly with treasure, which is then concealed under blankets and tarps). All of the nice furniture from the suites of the higher level enemies are taken. The group also packs up the notes and maps from the Zhentarim, thinking that they might be of use to Finder and his followers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 637229, member: 8530"] [b]Chinese Take-out[/b] Chapter 87, “We’re Rich!“ October 2, 1018, 4:00 P.M. Serita flies back to the castle, with Hiroshi and Kim in the bag of holding. She tells the party that they were successful, that Hiroshi and Kim were able to find the records from the Ming dwarf whom had constructed the hidden chamber for the treasure trove. The group opts to wait until the following day, after Barthrock and his team have left, to begin searching for it. Hiroshi says that Duegar will be hanging out with Clan Ming for the indefinite future. Toshiro has boarded a ship from Chunming heading to the city of Miyako in the Heian Empire, a two-week voyage. Toshiro has with him a note for his Grandmother from Hiroshi, expressing that Hiroshi is willing to return to their home but that he also “has others that he now has responsibilities for, who would need to accompany him.” The note asks Hiroshi’s mother to decide if she wishes for him to return now or not. He anticipates that she will decline. The note said that a messenger would arrive at the Mitsubishi Estate during the next two to three weeks for her answer. Toshiro also has with him the previously negotiated monies for the Heian Emperor (Hiroshi’s ‘bribe’ to the Emperor for which he got permission to leave). Regardless of the answer, Hiroshi has asked his wife, as well as his other two children and their caretaker, to pack. In the unlikely event that his mother wishes for them to move to Miyako they will do so. The more probable event is that they will relocate to Silver Moon Island, as he is now Cassie’s apprentice. He will also be needed for his linguistic teaching abilities, as all of Li-Tak’s daughters need to be taught the Common tongue, and Cassie strongly desires to be taught both the Chinese and Japanese languages so that she can read the vast majority of the library books that have now been acquired. The giants and bugbears finish loading the ship before midnight. October 3, 1018 Barthrock and his army of troops depart about an hour after dawn, heading back upriver with the second load from the ship. The only ones remaining at the castle are the ten party members, Li-Tak’s daughters, and Chandra (the female member of Barthrock’s team) who remains with the girls. The party wait until after everyone is finished breakfast, and Chandra and the girls head back to their quarters on the forth floor, to start the search for the treasure. The ten party members head to the location that Hiroshi, Kim and Serita discovered. Hiroshi identifies and marks two stones in the third floor stone wall, behind the wall to the great hall. He tells the party that the chamber is behind here, and that the mortar holding these stones in should be removed. “No problem, I’ll just smash the stones,” says Mojo, as he pulls out the hammer. Hiroshi stops him, saying “No, don’t do that. Behind each stone is the hinge mechanism to the doors that open into this chamber. If you smash the hinges then we will have to take apart the entire wall, instead of just uncovering the doors.” Despite this explanation, it still takes much convincing from the party to keep Mojo from smashing the wall. The party get daggers and chisels to take the mortar off, with Cassie first placing a Silence spell over the entire area, so that Chandra and the girls on the floor above won't hear the sound of their 'renovations'. The stones are removed, revealing the hinges. From there, they see the crack for the irregular shaped double doors, and carefully remove the mortar over this, with Mojo again wanting to just smash it. When they are finished, revealed to them are two handle-less doors that create an oval area approximately three feet wide and two feet high. Daggers are slid between the doors, and they are pied outward, the doors opening up to reveal the chamber behind it. The chamber itself is five feet high, six feet wide, and eighteen inches deep. The entire left side is filled with stacked gold bars and the right side is stacked with platinum bars. Each bar is three inches, four inches wide, and sixteen inches long. Atop the bars are twelve wooden chests of various sizes and an open wooden box filled with papers. The chests and box are removed, and carried outside of the area of the silence spell. Lannon says that the chests appear to be locked but not trapped. Mojo wishes to smash open the chests, but it restrained by the party, who have Lannon try to open them first. He is able to open nine of them, finding each filled with gems. Hiroshi is given the chests to appraise the gems, while the other three chests are brought back into the Silence spell, for Mojo to smash the locks. They too contain gems. Cassie retrieves some scales from Mordenkainen’s laboratory to determine the weight of the gold and platinum bars, so that the value can be ascertained. Cassie, Fiona and Serita examine the box full of papers, declaring them to we worthless, as they are five to six hundred year old IOU notes, the writers of which are probably long since dead. Lannon wonders if any might still be good, but it is pointed out that trying to claim them would draw attention to the fact that the party found the rest of the lost treasure, so it is best to not to push their luck. Lannon decides to still hang on to these (and thereby keeping an important clue to a future module). Hiroshi says that the size of each gem chest is inversely proportional to the value of the gems within them, with the largest box having most ornamental gems and the smallest box with the most precious stones. He declares that the total contents of each chest has an approximate value of 10,000 gold pieces. The bars are determined to each weigh one hundred pounds, and there are a total of two hundred bars of each type of metal, for a grand total value of 1,000,000 worth of platinum, 200,000 worth of gold, and 120,000 worth of gems. Doing the quick math, including both Kim and Hiroshi in the count but excluding Narg Junior, Duegar and Toshiro, they decide that the treasure should be divided evenly by the twelve of them, with 100,000 in bars plus a box of gems for each. The group begins emptying the chamber out. Mojo suggests “Gee, should we leave a note. How about ‘Ha Ha, we already got it! Hugs and kisses.” Narg adds “And sign it Louella” (an old enemy of the group, who is also Serita’s mother). The group opts to leave no note. Once the chamber is emptied the doors are closed, the rocks are placed over the hinges, and the cracks are all mortared up, leaving the wall as they had found it. The treasure is brought down to the great hall, where it is temporarily covered up. October 4 to 7, 1018: The castle is cleaned out, with the party taking anything that appears to be of value, using the great hall as a staging area. Each of the four hundred metal bars is concealed inside of furniture drawers, crates of materials, chests, and whatever else the party can find to conceal them from Barthrock’s team and army. The magical globes and strategy tables from the rear tower are packed, with the party deciding they will be of long-term use, with Lono joking that the sand table could be used as a liter box by Ebony. The tapestries in the great hall are rolled up, and the throne in the great hall is also packed. Cassie and Fiona do a very thorough clean out of Morgarth and Ashemmi’s laboratories. In Ashemmi’s laboratory is the surprising discovery of a partially dissected Ragnor, which the party also decide to take with them. Cassie points out that this is the first opportunity they’ve had to examine one, as the defeated ones always explode, and with Vaughn now having one of these as his bodies the information might be of use to them in the future. Finally, the truck is loaded up (mostly with treasure, which is then concealed under blankets and tarps). All of the nice furniture from the suites of the higher level enemies are taken. The group also packs up the notes and maps from the Zhentarim, thinking that they might be of use to Finder and his followers. [/QUOTE]
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