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Message: <blockquote data-quote="talien" data-source="post: 4411816" data-attributes="member: 3285">Vengeance in Freeport: Part 8 – ZtorageThe building known as Ztorage was a massive structure made of brick and formed by magic.  Two large iron double doors were its only entrance.Kham paced in front of the building.  “So much for your backup,” he said to Sebastian.  “Just like I thought, Scarbelly’s a no-show.  You can’t depend on those damn pigs.”“He’ll come,” said Sebastian.  “Perhaps he has run into some trouble.”“I’m not waiting any longer.” Kham nodded to Vlad. “Vlad?”  Vlad hurled a grappling hook up the side of the building.  The rope uncoiled several loops.  Kham tugged on it.  When he was confident that the rope would hold, he began scaling the sheer wall. “I’d better go with him,” said Dril.  He followed after Kham.Once they were on the roof, Kham ran to and fro, testing the tiles underfoot.  “Do you think this is a good idea?” asked Dril.“I keep having flashbacks to the last time Sebastian didn’t help us enter a warehouse,” said Kham.  “And I’m sure as hell not waiting for orcs to bail us out.”  He reached down and pulled back a small door that blended in with the tile.  “Perfect.”“What?”“It looks like a winch,” said Kham.  He began turning it.The winch slowly cranked open a large section of the roof to a cacophony of shrieking metal and jangling chains.“So much for the element of surprise,” muttered Dril. Kham peered down into the darkness.  Everburning torches cast a flickering green light along the walls, every twenty feet or so. The val began fiddling with another rope.  “That’s about a seventy foot drop, right?”“What are you doing?” asked Dril.Kham had one end tied to the winch.  The other was tied to his waist.  He handed Dril a length of rope.  “Hold onto this. I’m going in.”   “Are you insane?  You don’t know what’s down there!”Kham didn’t respond.  He had already plunged headlong into the darkness.</blockquote>

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