[AU] Butterfly Cage

[Rybaer]

Grathis curses loudly as he gets up and brushes himself off. He turns to Mochor, making sure the litorian is also okay.

"I'm really starting to dislike caves," he says.

He watches as Sanje pokes at the rocks, the heat of embarassment already creeping up when he realizes that he may have been duped by an illusion.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*The rocks indeed seem very solid, though perhaps they could be shifted out of the way with an hour or two's work.*

 

[Jaik]

Mochor eyes the rubble distastefully. Oh, for the open plains and a sunny sky... The Litorian turns to regard the Faen that has been captured. "Perhaps this one knows something that could aid us..."

 

[WizWrm]

Sanje shrugs. "Shall we take him outside, then? The half-giants would certainly be interested in finding their tormentor, and from the sound of the conversation, Javdak would be similarly interested in speaking to this faen."

 

[Keia]

Sanje shrugs. "Shall we take him outside, then? The half-giants would certainly be interested in finding their tormentor, and from the sound of the conversation, Javdak would be similarly interested in speaking to this faen."

"That doesn't sound like a bad idea, Sanje," Connor replied. "Especially if this way has been cut off for the moment. Perhaps we can get some equipment in town to stabilize the tunnel. I would hate to dig our way in only to have it collapse and not be able to get out again."

"I wonder if there is another way in?" Connor thought aloud. "No one would intentionally blockade themselves in a cave with a rockslide without another way out, would they?"

 

[Erekose13]

Scinathar is annoyed that they had been tricked again by that lowly mojh. There must be some thing interesting that it wished to hide, no creature would barricade itself further in a cavern unless there were something down there. Hearing Connor though, perhaps there is another way out. This spryte may have knowledge to that end. "I think that we should explore a little more around here to see if there is another way beyond this cave-in from down here. If a few minutes search yeild nothing then yes I agree that we can turn the little-non-mojh over to those he hurt provided we get the information that we need from him."

 

[Rybaer]

"I wonder if there is another way in?" Connor thought aloud. "No one would intentionally blockade themselves in a cave with a rockslide without another way out, would they?"

"If it could magick itself a cave-in, why couldn't he magick himself out of it?" Grathis asks. "It might just be hoping we'd lose interest rather than try to dig through after."

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*You all carefully search around the cave-in, looking for a way around it. You don't find one, but Connor notices a hole that could have come from a pounded-in piton at the very edge of the ceiling where it meets the brake, as well as one of those hooks you saw near the earlier cave-in sight. It seems as if this one was set in place, engineered like the first one.*

*If you head out to the first group, it seems that they've not been idle while you've explored. They've shifted a fair amount of rock, and built a small stable passage. Voes is coming out of it as you come down the other passage, and he has a look of disgust on his face. Aa-Ma'ray and Aa-Namay are shaking their heads as he speaks, they both look angry and annoyed. Telof isn't anywhere to be seen at the moment.*

*When you approach, Voes speaks up.*

"I managed to get back there, and there's not a blessed thing. It dead-ends after a long and winding passage, and I checked the walls pretty thoroughly. What did you find... and who's that?!" he says, his interest going up when he sees the faen.

 

[Erekose13]

Replying to Voes, Scinithar states, "We found him and a mojh discussing our recent troubles behind an illusory wall. Listening carefully we discovered that the two of them were working to hide something that they had found in the cavern. They were behind the cave in. The mojh escaped causing another cave in to cover it's tracks. We have subdued this little non-mojh for the moment and will be questioning him as soon as he wakes. We thought you might be interested to meet the one whom has caused you much hardship."

 

[Rybaer]

Grathis looks at Aa-Ma'ray and Aa-Namay. "How much of this area have you had a chance to explore? Did you find any other caves, by any chance...even if they appeared as dead ends?"

(if they have found other caves)
"I think we should check them out, and quick. Might have other illusions covering their escape routes."

(if they have not found other caves)
"I think at least some of us should check the surrounding area for other caves. I'd hate to let that slippery guy off so easily."