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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Branding Opportunity" data-source="post: 3330832" data-attributes="member: 31812">None of you thought the wind streaming from the screaming face's mouth could get any stronger.  And then it did.  A storm blowing this intensely outside would uproot  trees and carry off small livestock.  Although those still in the passage studiously avoid it, the eyes of the frieze still flash blue and green, if you could see them at all through the blown up dust and debris.Majakilar watches as the young woman Alexi scrambles down the chain, and gasps as she almost slips. "Hold on Alexi! Grab hold of the chain again! You can do it!"Tossing his glaive aside, he rushes forward, reaching out with his hands. "Don't worry, if you slip I'll break your fall! Come on Alexi!"  (OOC: Readying an action to catch/cushion her fall.)Alexi tries to get hold of the chain once more, hoping to get down further to clear the way for the others. Managing to get a better grip this time, she climbs down until she is only 15 feet above the lower corridor.  She jumps the last few feet, trusting to Majakilar to soften her landing.  The miner catches her easily in his arms and is about to say something when he looks up again and sees Gregor grabbing hold of the chain above.  (OOC: Climb check 18 - 1 - 1 (ACP) = 16, success; Majakilar melee touch attack vs. AC 10: 17 + 2 = 19, success!  Alexi takes no damage from the fall)Gregor shouts "Hold on!" to Azten as he shifts the dwarf to cling to his back. He will then have one arm free as he leaps out to grab the chain. He will then exert all his strength just to hold on, wrapping his legs around the chain for more support. One companion clinging to his back, the other paralyzed and clutched tightly to his side.It takes only a fraction of a second for Azten's sense of self-preservation (and dislike of bouncing after falling large distances) to overcome his indignation at being picked up and hauled by Gregor.Shouting to be heard over the roar of the wind, Azten hangs on for all he's worth and lets Gregor know.  "I'm trying!"Both hang on for dear life as the hurricane blows them about as if they were a flag on a mast.  Thanks to their strength and a good deal of luck, both manage to hang on.  (OOC: Both make Str checks, Gregor to hold on to the chain, Azten to hold on to Gregor: Gregor 12 + 5 - 1 (ACP) = 16, success! Azten 19 - 4 (ACP) = 15, success!)The wind continues blowing.  All you can see is the dust and debris blown about in the light of the flashing blue and green eyes and the blue lantern in the corridor below.  All you can hear is the obliterating roaring of the wind.  It does not grow any stronger, but does not seem to diminish in ferocity.(OOC: At this point we can leave strict combat rounds, and just continue posting here.  The wind continues blowing, however, so Gregor, Azten and Owen will still have a problem getting down.  Note that Gregor requires two free hands to climb.)</blockquote>

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