BLACK CRATER

[Roman Gemmalee]

"Going in first?! Alright, I guess I don't understand what the plan was. Are we creeping along and going from hiding place to hiding place as a team? Or are we sending in Dalabrac and waiting?"

ooc: Quick before another of us gets 'sucked up'!

 

[Van Dyksun]

"Here's the plan as I see it:

1. Dalabrac stands in the shadows of the portal and opens it while the rest of us stand out of sight of anything inside it.

2. I sniff the wind after the portal opens to determine if anything is right within it.

3. If I give the signal, Quidam doors with the kids. Dalabrac goes 5-to-10 feet inside and hides someplace.

4. On his signal, I move 5-to-10 feet past him and attempt to hide.

We repeat 3-and-4 as long as we don't run into anything.

If we observe something, whoever notes it and tries to return to the others or alert them about the degree of danger. If possible, we avoid engagement, but if necessary, we all rush the same creature/being (with magic users ALWAYS being the first to die). Retreat is also an option.

The GOAL is to return to the caravan, though, and not to engage. If possible, we sneak past.

How does this sound?"

 

[Roman Gemmalee]

"I understand now and you answered Dalabrac's question-we wait for your signal. The start of this plan is for you, Dalabrac, to open the portal so ready when you are."

 

[Tom Cashel]

Artemus, I've noted that you moved and hid the orc corpses.

Quidam casts bull's strength, then endurance, on Bear. Both will last for 7 hours.

Then Quidam casts two spells on himself, one of which has no visible effect. The other creates a swirling field of chaotic colors around him. He is still hovering an inch or two off the floor.

"Stay close to us, children; grab the hem of our cloak. As soon as Dalabrac opens the portal...we are leaving."

 

[Roman Gemmalee]

Please also note that I hid to the right of the portal and readied my shortspear.

 

[Mahiro Satsu]

Sword is readied, and is now hidden in the shadows around the door.

Ready to go.

 

[Tom Cashel]

Quidam hands Artemus a small packet of dust.

"If you are the last one out, and ONLY if you are the last one out...throw this pinch of dust into the air. Do not forget, druid."

"Open the portal, Dalabrac!"

 

[Mahiro Satsu]

I open the portal and when it is fully open dive in and tumble to the side. Hiding in a shadow.

 

[Tom Cashel]

The portal fills with glowing blue fog. As usual, this effect lasts for 6 seconds or so, and then the two areas are co-located.

Dalabrac, you dive through and feel the pull of gravity shift abruptly--you fall about a foot and a half into the supplies piled in the back of a wagon...your wagon.

You feel the wheels clattering over rocks...it is dim and stuffy in here. You roll over and look above you--the pentagonal portal has been removed from the ruins and laid across the back of your wagon, and a tarp tied down over it. You can't see what's happening outside, but you can tell the wagon is definitely rolling.

It is disorienting, since you are now looking straight up into the Nexus room.

Even as this is happening, Quidam speaks a quick few words as the areas co-locate. A square black dimension door opens beside him, and he and the children step through. The door vanishes. Quidam and the kids are gone.

 

[Roman Gemmalee]

I yell to Bear, "Bear go through the portal and I will follow you and then throw this dust in the air. Go now!"