A Teacher for Laynie: Mystery at the Academy (Part 2)

[Rystil Arden]

*Elektra and Truman nod and they head off to the catacombs to head to the old dungeons. Before long, they reach the spot indicated on the map. Behind the illusory first layer of defense that makes it appear as a wall and Misdirects all divinations that try to prove otherwise, they find that the door appears to have been recently unlocked.*

 

[Bront]

"Looks like someone beat us here. Let's move, quickly."

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Elektra nods.*

"Hopefully the unlocking also dealt with the traps--care to open it, Vanitri? You're the most nimble in case it didn't."

 

[Bront]

"Gee, thanks for the honor," he says, though he does a quick scan for traps before he does.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Vanitri's quick scan finds no traps. He opens the door and walks through, seeing a stone passageway leading downwards. When Truman tries to follow, there is a crackling and sparks arc out to strike at him but are absorbed by his eyepatch.*

"I can't come any closer without getting fried--see if there's a rune or something over there to deactivate it."

*Vanitri does indeed see a runic array on his side.*

 

[Bront]

"Yup, right here," Vanitri says. "Tell me how to activate it."

 

[Rystil Arden]

"I don't know--we can't see it from here. Can you handle it?--it's just a magical device."

 

[Bront]

"Sure, I think." Vanitri will try to activate it.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Vanitri spends a little under a minute fiddling with the runes. At one point, the runes backfire and zap him for a minor shock, but eventually, he manages to get the wards to turn off, so that Elektra and Truman can pass through without being fried.*

(OOC: Vanitri takes 2 points of damage)

"Let's go, and quickly! Kharisa is certainly several steps ahead of us here. Do you have the copy scroll to use with the notebook, Vanitri?"

 

[Bront]

"Right here," he says, pulling it out.