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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7505354" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 68, Part Three – the Greatest of Gremlins</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Session Soundtrack</strong></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70RNkaajLus" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70RNkaajLus</a></p><p></p><p>The entrance to the Redcap mines was a lonely cluster of temporary dwellings spaced between shafts leading into the mountain. The buildings were once the homes of dozens of miners, as well as support shops, meeting areas, recreation, and lavatories. All of the buildings were abandoned; their interiors stripped clean, with goods transported back to Favela or dragged into the mines by the gremlins. No metal remained: Door hinges had been crudely removed, fences picked clean save for the wood mounts, and even the handles on the latrines were missing. Each of the entry shafts save one were broken beyond mundane means of repair. Within, lay crashed elevators and broken cabling, while the sole working elevator had a crude wooden sign-post erected at the entrance. Written haphazardly in splashed blood was the following: “This mountain is ours. Come and play. Play and be ours too.”</p><p></p><p>The miners had told them about a large section of the mines that had been abandoned for a few years. They had broken through some debris and found a much older section of tunnels, then went in and started setting up cranes, a rail car, and a steam engine to drive them, but then a representative of King Aodhan showed up and ordered that section of the mine closed. They needed to take this lift to reach that area, where Queen Zidli had imprisoned Granny Allswell.</p><p></p><p>There was some debate as to how to proceed. They eventually established that none of them was particularly concerned about falling, even if it did turn out to be a trap (which they presumed it would). Eventually, after plenty of dithering, Uru and Quratulain got onto the platform and headed down, with Korrigan, Uriel and Leon observing their descent. It was a long way down. At the one-hundred foot mark, a gremlin hidden in a small cubby leaned out and cut the cabling. Leon teleported it up top, and he and Korrigan attempted to interrogate it while Uriel lowered the whole platform safely with telekinesis. The gremlin gave them no meaningful responses. It was like trying to grill a ferret. They disposed of the thing without qualm and Leon created a dimension door down the shaft.</p><p></p><p>Down below, four gremlins awaited them – Granny’s favourites, tasked with leading them to her. These were Glower, Guffaw, Tremble and Pout. The only female of the group, Pout was garbed in a fanciful crimson dress and behaved like a meek teenager, turning her head away shyly and batting her eyelids. Close inspection revealed that the fabric of her dress had been white, but it was now soaked in fairly fresh blood. Glower was blue-skinned and stunted even for a gremlin and his expression was one of perpetual angst. He wore a finely tailored suit that was clearly sized for a child, along with an appropriately sized bowler hat in the Drakren fashion. Guffaw – a hugely obese, orange, freckled gremlin with the floppy ears of a basset hound – was the first to speak. “Huh huh huh, here they are, just like Granny said, eh?” But most of the talking was done by Tremble, a twitching, shaking gremlin with blue skin and a shock of thick white hair. Regarding them with one wide eye (the other forming a narrow feline slit) he welcomed them on behalf of his mistress and asked them to f-f-follow along.</p><p></p><p>The caverns of the Redcap mines were filled with twisting turns and narrow passages, necessitated by Risur’s druidic mining practices, which favoured appeasing nature spirits instead of strip mining. Each section of the mine was reinforced with wooden struts and every 100 feet or so there was a secured bunker complex where miners could seek shelter in the case of a collapse. There were no lights, but the king and his retinue had been sure to employ magical darkvision.</p><p></p><p>As they went, they interacted with gremlins as best they could. Uru spoke with Glower, who talked only about how unimpressed he was with the new king, and the new, sunless world outside. Aside from general rancour and bitterness, what drew Uru to him were his toys: The inside lining of his jacket was filled with hooks upon which dangled dozens of tiny children toys, which Glower occasionally pulled out and played with, with no evident pleasure or enjoyment. When Uru asked him where he got them, Glower displayed a sinister and humourless rictus.</p><p></p><p>Pout rarely spoke, but often had apparently random disagreements with her brothers, most of which turned into savage maulings. Her favourite victim was Guffaw, who was picked on relentlessly by all the others, and frequently burst in helpless, flatulent tears. </p><p></p><p>Tremble bombarded the unit with ceaseless and inane questions: Favourite colour? Favourite food? Favourite celebrity? He was overjoyed to find that he and Leon agreed on the latter: Rock Rackus. “The greatest human of all time!” (Leon wasn’t sure he would go that far.)</p><p></p><p>It didn’t take long before they ran into the first trap: a thirty-foot ladder, much like others they had encountered, had poisoned quills sticking out of several rungs. Uru failed to notice them at first, but was quick enough to flinch away and was unharmed. The others used a dimension door to avoid the trap and Uru scuttled down the wall. (The four gremlins conferred in approving tones. Maybe these were the right ones after all?)</p><p></p><p>Leon’s portals helped them to bypass the next trap too – a collapsible bridge (fairly easy to spot now they knew to be on the lookout). After that, they came into an extremely dangerous-looking storage bunker, filled with incredibly sharp objects and tools. There was a narrow corridor through these objects. Leon created another dimension door. On the other side, the passage continued up a slight slope, and they noticed tiny cubby-holes set into the walls at regular intervals. The purpose of these bolt-holes became clear when, at the far end of the passage (where it sloped up more sharply before curving round to the right), Uru stepped on a pressure plate. At once, an enormous boulder dropped down onto the slope in front of him and began to roll down the passage.</p><p></p><p>Uru shadow-stepped through it; Leon created a door through to the last one (which remained open), stepped through it, and then again through to the third door which lay on the far side of the deadly storage bunker, (which would surely become a death-trap if the boulder reached it). Quratulain followed suit. Then Korrigan simply closed the walls slightly caught the boulder, then Uriel reshaped it sufficiently for them to squeeze through. (The gremlins were very excited now. This must be the king!)</p><p></p><p>That was the last of the traps, and they proceeded without further ado.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7505354, member: 79141"] [b]Session 68, Part Three – the Greatest of Gremlins[/b] [B]Session Soundtrack[/B] [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70RNkaajLus"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70RNkaajLus[/URL] The entrance to the Redcap mines was a lonely cluster of temporary dwellings spaced between shafts leading into the mountain. The buildings were once the homes of dozens of miners, as well as support shops, meeting areas, recreation, and lavatories. All of the buildings were abandoned; their interiors stripped clean, with goods transported back to Favela or dragged into the mines by the gremlins. No metal remained: Door hinges had been crudely removed, fences picked clean save for the wood mounts, and even the handles on the latrines were missing. Each of the entry shafts save one were broken beyond mundane means of repair. Within, lay crashed elevators and broken cabling, while the sole working elevator had a crude wooden sign-post erected at the entrance. Written haphazardly in splashed blood was the following: “This mountain is ours. Come and play. Play and be ours too.” The miners had told them about a large section of the mines that had been abandoned for a few years. They had broken through some debris and found a much older section of tunnels, then went in and started setting up cranes, a rail car, and a steam engine to drive them, but then a representative of King Aodhan showed up and ordered that section of the mine closed. They needed to take this lift to reach that area, where Queen Zidli had imprisoned Granny Allswell. There was some debate as to how to proceed. They eventually established that none of them was particularly concerned about falling, even if it did turn out to be a trap (which they presumed it would). Eventually, after plenty of dithering, Uru and Quratulain got onto the platform and headed down, with Korrigan, Uriel and Leon observing their descent. It was a long way down. At the one-hundred foot mark, a gremlin hidden in a small cubby leaned out and cut the cabling. Leon teleported it up top, and he and Korrigan attempted to interrogate it while Uriel lowered the whole platform safely with telekinesis. The gremlin gave them no meaningful responses. It was like trying to grill a ferret. They disposed of the thing without qualm and Leon created a dimension door down the shaft. Down below, four gremlins awaited them – Granny’s favourites, tasked with leading them to her. These were Glower, Guffaw, Tremble and Pout. The only female of the group, Pout was garbed in a fanciful crimson dress and behaved like a meek teenager, turning her head away shyly and batting her eyelids. Close inspection revealed that the fabric of her dress had been white, but it was now soaked in fairly fresh blood. Glower was blue-skinned and stunted even for a gremlin and his expression was one of perpetual angst. He wore a finely tailored suit that was clearly sized for a child, along with an appropriately sized bowler hat in the Drakren fashion. Guffaw – a hugely obese, orange, freckled gremlin with the floppy ears of a basset hound – was the first to speak. “Huh huh huh, here they are, just like Granny said, eh?” But most of the talking was done by Tremble, a twitching, shaking gremlin with blue skin and a shock of thick white hair. Regarding them with one wide eye (the other forming a narrow feline slit) he welcomed them on behalf of his mistress and asked them to f-f-follow along. The caverns of the Redcap mines were filled with twisting turns and narrow passages, necessitated by Risur’s druidic mining practices, which favoured appeasing nature spirits instead of strip mining. Each section of the mine was reinforced with wooden struts and every 100 feet or so there was a secured bunker complex where miners could seek shelter in the case of a collapse. There were no lights, but the king and his retinue had been sure to employ magical darkvision. As they went, they interacted with gremlins as best they could. Uru spoke with Glower, who talked only about how unimpressed he was with the new king, and the new, sunless world outside. Aside from general rancour and bitterness, what drew Uru to him were his toys: The inside lining of his jacket was filled with hooks upon which dangled dozens of tiny children toys, which Glower occasionally pulled out and played with, with no evident pleasure or enjoyment. When Uru asked him where he got them, Glower displayed a sinister and humourless rictus. Pout rarely spoke, but often had apparently random disagreements with her brothers, most of which turned into savage maulings. Her favourite victim was Guffaw, who was picked on relentlessly by all the others, and frequently burst in helpless, flatulent tears. Tremble bombarded the unit with ceaseless and inane questions: Favourite colour? Favourite food? Favourite celebrity? He was overjoyed to find that he and Leon agreed on the latter: Rock Rackus. “The greatest human of all time!” (Leon wasn’t sure he would go that far.) It didn’t take long before they ran into the first trap: a thirty-foot ladder, much like others they had encountered, had poisoned quills sticking out of several rungs. Uru failed to notice them at first, but was quick enough to flinch away and was unharmed. The others used a dimension door to avoid the trap and Uru scuttled down the wall. (The four gremlins conferred in approving tones. Maybe these were the right ones after all?) Leon’s portals helped them to bypass the next trap too – a collapsible bridge (fairly easy to spot now they knew to be on the lookout). After that, they came into an extremely dangerous-looking storage bunker, filled with incredibly sharp objects and tools. There was a narrow corridor through these objects. Leon created another dimension door. On the other side, the passage continued up a slight slope, and they noticed tiny cubby-holes set into the walls at regular intervals. The purpose of these bolt-holes became clear when, at the far end of the passage (where it sloped up more sharply before curving round to the right), Uru stepped on a pressure plate. At once, an enormous boulder dropped down onto the slope in front of him and began to roll down the passage. Uru shadow-stepped through it; Leon created a door through to the last one (which remained open), stepped through it, and then again through to the third door which lay on the far side of the deadly storage bunker, (which would surely become a death-trap if the boulder reached it). Quratulain followed suit. Then Korrigan simply closed the walls slightly caught the boulder, then Uriel reshaped it sufficiently for them to squeeze through. (The gremlins were very excited now. This must be the king!) That was the last of the traps, and they proceeded without further ado. [/QUOTE]
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