Academy of Drell, Part IV

[Zhure]

Save for the group's conversation, the entire crypt is quiet. The flickering flame in the mouth of the carved dwarven face make no noise either. It is -- appropriately enough -- as quiet as a tomb here and it's as if the entire area hasn't been disturbed in centuries, except for what happened out in the hallway.

 

[Jeremy]

"So? Which way?"

 

[Dalamar]

"There is a good chance... that this is the tomb... of Kazak. I'd suggest... not touching the sarcophagus..."
Sildarin looks at the sarcophagus silently for a moment.
"But if you want to move it... I can lift it..."

 

[Jeremy]

"No, let's save 'disturbing the sarcophagus of the long dead kingslaying emperor/conquerer' for the 'What If?' book, yes?" Rallyn breaks out a grin and goes to look at the exit off to the east that the sarcophagus is pointing towards.

If the only apparent exit is the east, which way did we come in from? Or is Rallyn looking at where had just been?

 

[Zhure]

If the only apparent exit is the east, which way did we come in from? Or is Rallyn looking at where had just been?

The head of the sarcophogus is facing east directly opposite the only apparent door. I think I wrote directly acrosss instead of opposite. Yup, I did. I'll fix it.

 

[Dalamar]

Sildarin approaches Charlotte.
"A... anything on the... walls?"

Zhure, you messed up the original post even more.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Ellie
"Hey Charlotte, you have some idea about the sarcophagus? Need some help looking around? Anything that gets us out of here quickly is good with me. Don't forget the footprints I found earlier. Maybe they could be the clue we need?"

Charlotte looks to Ellie.

"Footprints?" She asks. "I don't remember you finding any footprints... as for the sarcophagus, I'm thinking that it might be hiding an opening of some sort. These little doors on the walls might be hiding something, too, but I don't know..."

She then returns to examining the doors, trying to see if there is anything else on them other than the handles, some clue as to their contents.

Rallyn
"No, let's save 'disturbing the sarcophagus of the long dead kingslaying emperor/conquerer' for the 'What If?' book, yes?"

Charlotte can't help but laugh a little.

"Sorry... I just think that someone might have hid something under it, working upon that principle - no one would bother it, because it is the 'sarcophagus of the long dead kingslaying emperor/conquerer'... anything put beneath it would be almost completely secure."

She pauses for a moment.

"Besides, why would there be a guardian? If it is a tomb, and no one would bother it because of that, then why would someone need to be watching it?"

Sildarin
"A... anything on the... walls?"

Charlotte looks over her shoulder, then returns to looking at the doors.

"Just these door things. They have handles, and it looks like they open up outward. I'm trying to figure out what is in them, without opening them - just in case there are... unexpected surprises that come along with opening them."

 

[Dalamar]

Sildarin moves away from Charlotte who apparently isn't on a mood to talk.

Maybe she's still mad because she thought I was lying to her when I told that you'd like to talk with her crystal.
Nah. You remember how she and Keith tried to suck each other inside out? She propably sucked some of his essence.
Now you're being mean. Is that how you were going to talk to her psicrystal?
Of course not! That would be insulting. We psicrystals have honor, eventhough it doesn't always show.
It never shows from you.
Well... maybe. But that doesn't mean I don't have one.
I give up.

As he talks with Slith, Sildarin decides to look at the one direction no one has yet searched. Up.

 

[Zhure]

As the group stands around contemplating their options, Sildarin examines the ceiling. It's vaulted like the inside of a hemisphere and its apex is probably 30 feet up, although the distance is a little difficult to determine exactly.

Faintly, phosphoresent dots can be seen on the ceiling. They appear to be some sort of decoration or design. If nothing else they resemble the night sky filled with twinkling stars, although no familiar constellations are visible.

 

[Lichtenhart]

Curious about the shiny dots, Victor says: "Fiat Lux" and casts a Light to revive them.