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The Riddle
Elric screams, “What are you doing, Felix?”
“We must destroy this!” Felix yells as he rips the globe from Elric’s hands and throws it to the floor. The globe disintegrates into a hundred pieces and the music stops.
Elric looks at Felix with a new perspective, “Your stronger than you look! And did you know that your wings flutter wildly when you are agitated?”
Felix blushes, “Well, we had to stop the noise. It frightened us all and alerted any creatures that are beyond.”
“Rightly so. Lets have a look around before the others wander in.”
They find nothing of value while the others wander back. Elric examines the only other visible exit, a stone door. He instructs Pudge to proceed with opening it.
“HOLD!” Elric screams as Pudge was about to step onto a pressure plate. Pudge freezes, his leg a few inches above the plate.
“Step back Pudge. Your about to step onto a pressure plate.”
“No problem. Can you disable it?” Pudge responds, slowly retrieving his leg.
Elric steps forward, “The possibilities are endless.” He examines the edges and is able to wedge some metal and wood scraps (that he keeps for just these instances) into the plate.
He pats the plate gently, “yep, you may now proceed.”
They open another stone door that leads into a narrow 40’x80’ room with one end rounded. At the rounded end, is a sculpture of a dragon carved in red-veined white marble. The floor is thick with dust.
Vern nears the sculpture to get a better look. As he gets to within 5’ the dragon animates and speaks in common.
“We come at night without being fetched; we disappear by day without being stolen.”
“What was that about?” Thalez ask.
“I believe it is a riddle,” Felix responds, now approaching the sculpture. He and Vern glance at each other with knowing looks.
Elric screams, “What are you doing, Felix?”
“We must destroy this!” Felix yells as he rips the globe from Elric’s hands and throws it to the floor. The globe disintegrates into a hundred pieces and the music stops.
Elric looks at Felix with a new perspective, “Your stronger than you look! And did you know that your wings flutter wildly when you are agitated?”
Felix blushes, “Well, we had to stop the noise. It frightened us all and alerted any creatures that are beyond.”
“Rightly so. Lets have a look around before the others wander in.”
They find nothing of value while the others wander back. Elric examines the only other visible exit, a stone door. He instructs Pudge to proceed with opening it.
“HOLD!” Elric screams as Pudge was about to step onto a pressure plate. Pudge freezes, his leg a few inches above the plate.
“Step back Pudge. Your about to step onto a pressure plate.”
“No problem. Can you disable it?” Pudge responds, slowly retrieving his leg.
Elric steps forward, “The possibilities are endless.” He examines the edges and is able to wedge some metal and wood scraps (that he keeps for just these instances) into the plate.
He pats the plate gently, “yep, you may now proceed.”
They open another stone door that leads into a narrow 40’x80’ room with one end rounded. At the rounded end, is a sculpture of a dragon carved in red-veined white marble. The floor is thick with dust.
Vern nears the sculpture to get a better look. As he gets to within 5’ the dragon animates and speaks in common.
“We come at night without being fetched; we disappear by day without being stolen.”
“What was that about?” Thalez ask.
“I believe it is a riddle,” Felix responds, now approaching the sculpture. He and Vern glance at each other with knowing looks.