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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 754683" data-attributes="member: 1210">Enter Axon and Axel!A dizzy, sickening moment passes.  And then the party reappears, somewhere else, though shaken by the transition; and two individuals are watching them warily, each apparently armed with two rapiers.  The creatures look like humans, but they're clearly metallic."Greetings," one calls warily.  "You must be strong to have come this far, but know that there is no escape.  We bid you serve the Bile Lords!"Our heroes are nonplussed.  "Take us to them," Sheva says into the silence, and to their surprise the creatures nod.  "Follow us," says the second metal creature, "and we will escort you to the first of them."  With that, the two constructs begin leading the way.  As the party moves down a hall after them, a door opens and a giant peers out at them and scowls.  Another door opens, and a heavily-armored human gazes warily at them from the threshold.  Or is he? wonders Horbin.  There have been so many evil monsters that looked like humans lately...  Clearly, other creatures have chosen to serve these Bile Lords.Soon enough, the two metal creatures- their names are Axon and Axel- lead the party to a door.  With a warning to stand back lest they be harmed by the Bile Lord's power, they knock and, at a call from beyond, throw the door wide.  Beyond is a modestly-furnished bed chamber- and Chemnu, the Bile Lord.  Chemnu is hideous.  The bile lord is ten feet tall, withered with age, skin yellow and dripping disgusting yellow bile like sweat.  He has only small patches of hair remaining and looks almost skeletally thin.  A cloud of noxious yellow gas seems to emanate from him, extending about 15' from him."Visitors, my lord," says Axon.The party, naturally, is on the balls of their feet, ready to spring into action at a moment's notice- but this guy looks old and mean.  Angelfire tries to move up close to him to take his measure eye to eye, but as he moves into the cloud he groans, sickened by it, and moves back.  "Have they agreed to serve?" Chemnu asks.  His voice is old and ragged, but not faint; it's as strong as steel."Not yet, my lord," Axel replies."You will," he says to the party.  "There is no other choice.  There is no way out of this level of Bile Mountain.  In the meantime," Chemnu tells Axon and Axel, "allow them the run of the place.  Except for the personal quarters of the Bile Lords, of course.  And show them our power."The two constructs nod and lead the party away.  They're all somewhat shaken by the reception they're getting; and the human and giant- indicative of others who have come and not been able to escape- are a little demoralizing too.  But our heroes aren't quitters, so they've all got plans forming.Then Axon and Axel show them the room of cages.  Along the floor are a dozen small cages, each holding withered and dead creatures that tried to resist the power of the bile lords.  Among these forms are ones recognizable as some sort of celestial, a dragon, a pit fiend, a marilith, an illithid, a mastodon loxo and many unrecognizable creatures that have rotted away."You may wander at will for now, but you must come to your senses in time.  There is no other source of food or drink, unless you can create it yourselves.  And there is no escape.  The Bile Lords have been here for a very long time."Next Time: Well, now what do our heroes do??</blockquote>

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