Clutches of Evil - IC: Chapter Two
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"Not a recipient. The Recipient. As far etiquette, drawing your weapons in her presence will likely get you killed. Without our recipient we are at a great disadvantage. Every single one of us would gladly give our own life for her protection."
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Ellayna nods and leads them through the first door. Inside they found it to be a rather simple room, although both the left and the right walls were lined with plain brown robes resting on simple pegs carved from the natural stone of the underground. "I would ask that if you are quite confident your weapons would be of little use that you remove them and leave them here. In their place, feel free to don one of the robes. They vary in sizes, the robes to the left are smallest and the robes to the right are largest."
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With a sigh of resignation, Bahruul moves to the last hook, which contains the largest robe. He removes all of his weapons, casting a questioning glance to Keryth as he does so. He dons a robe and returns to Ellayna.
Once the party is ready, Ellayna walks up to the door at the end of the chamber and opens it, passing through. The next room is small, only 10 feet wide and 15 feet long. In this room there are only two objects in the entire room. The first of the objects is a basin of water set upon a carved marble pedestal. Ellayna walks up to the basin and holds her hands over the water palm down and fingers spread open. She lowers her hand so that the water barely touches the underside of her fingers and her palms. once the underside has been made damp, Ellayna lifts her hands out of the basin and wipes the dampness of her hands upon her face. Her hands ritually start on her forehead and then circle her eyes, slide over her nose, wipe across her cheack back to her ears, and then down her jawline to her chin. She invites the party to follow her actions, but also makes a gesture to demonstrate that conversation is not permitted.
Destiny looks to her friends to help lift her up to touch the basin.
The second station is what appears to be a single square stone obelisk that rises over six feet off the ground. The obelisk is about 2 feet square at its base and it tapers to about 4 inches square at the tip. About one foot below the tip of the stone obelisk there is a metallic triangle suspended from a small hook fastened to each face of the obelisk.
[Sblock=OOC]What follows is assuming the party touches the basin. If this is not a proper assumption, please let me know and I'll be happy to edit.[/Sblock]
Once all have touched the water and spread it across their faces, Ellayna runs her hand down one of the faces of the obelisk and seemingly out of nowhere a small metallic rod appears in her hand. She takes the rod (about 4 inches long and shaped as an octangular prism) and raises it to the first of the triangles. She strikes the triangle, a loud ding rings through the small room. She waits precisely five seconds before striking the next, and then the third, and even the fourth. She replaces the octangular rod and waits patiently at the wall opposite the door through which they came into the room. Her head remains bowed even as she invites the party to come forward. Again she motions that speaking is not preferred.
Once the ringing of the triangles completely silenced, a low stone grating could be heard from the other side of the wall. Just like the stone wall that the underground Markie moved to allow the party entrance to the colony, a depression begins to appear in the wall. After several minutes the depression takes the form of a solid rock sliding back and allowing access to the room. The stone take a solid fifteen minutes to move, but once the grating sound is gone Ellayna steps forward into the room. She invites the party to follow with a quick gesture.
This room is obviously a throne room, although it also appears to be a highly decorated room of religious significance. A large throne - nearly twelve feet high in its back - sits in the center of the room. Upon the chair sits a marginally humanoid shape. The figure is bipedal, although its legs and arms are almost a foot longer than what should be. The figures fingers are also nearly a full eight inches too long as well. The face of the figure is also stretched, the normal shaped mouth dwarfed under a nose that must be at elast eight inches long. Where eyes should be are solid black orbs. After watching for some time, the party can each notice that the figure has no eyelids. Of course, this means that the figure does not blink. Instead of ears, the figure has only small depressions where ears should be. The figure has no hair and in spite of being completely naked appears to have no sexual identity at all. The elongated torso of the figure appears to have at least a half-dozen extra ribs on each side.
Resting above the figure's eyes are three mind-torcs. Each of the mind-torcs run from above where the ears should be around the head. The first of the mind-torcs runs horizontally above the eyes in front of its face. The second of the mind-torcs runs horizontal behind the figure's head. The third of the mind-torcs runs vertically over top of the figure's bald head.
Ellayna bows low and holds the position. "Recipient," she begins before being cut off.
"I know who they are. I know their form and identity. They will now explain their purpose here."
The voice of the figure is raspy, almost as if the figure spoke with a constant membrane of mucus at the top of its throat. The tone of the figure is cold and completely lacking emotion. The figure appears to neither care nor be threatened by the party.
Once the party is ready, Ellayna walks up to the door at the end of the chamber and opens it, passing through. The next room is small, only 10 feet wide and 15 feet long. In this room there are only two objects in the entire room. The first of the objects is a basin of water set upon a carved marble pedestal. Ellayna walks up to the basin and holds her hands over the water palm down and fingers spread open. She lowers her hand so that the water barely touches the underside of her fingers and her palms. once the underside has been made damp, Ellayna lifts her hands out of the basin and wipes the dampness of her hands upon her face. Her hands ritually start on her forehead and then circle her eyes, slide over her nose, wipe across her cheack back to her ears, and then down her jawline to her chin. She invites the party to follow her actions, but also makes a gesture to demonstrate that conversation is not permitted.
Destiny looks to her friends to help lift her up to touch the basin.
The second station is what appears to be a single square stone obelisk that rises over six feet off the ground. The obelisk is about 2 feet square at its base and it tapers to about 4 inches square at the tip. About one foot below the tip of the stone obelisk there is a metallic triangle suspended from a small hook fastened to each face of the obelisk.
[Sblock=OOC]What follows is assuming the party touches the basin. If this is not a proper assumption, please let me know and I'll be happy to edit.[/Sblock]
Once all have touched the water and spread it across their faces, Ellayna runs her hand down one of the faces of the obelisk and seemingly out of nowhere a small metallic rod appears in her hand. She takes the rod (about 4 inches long and shaped as an octangular prism) and raises it to the first of the triangles. She strikes the triangle, a loud ding rings through the small room. She waits precisely five seconds before striking the next, and then the third, and even the fourth. She replaces the octangular rod and waits patiently at the wall opposite the door through which they came into the room. Her head remains bowed even as she invites the party to come forward. Again she motions that speaking is not preferred.
Once the ringing of the triangles completely silenced, a low stone grating could be heard from the other side of the wall. Just like the stone wall that the underground Markie moved to allow the party entrance to the colony, a depression begins to appear in the wall. After several minutes the depression takes the form of a solid rock sliding back and allowing access to the room. The stone take a solid fifteen minutes to move, but once the grating sound is gone Ellayna steps forward into the room. She invites the party to follow with a quick gesture.
This room is obviously a throne room, although it also appears to be a highly decorated room of religious significance. A large throne - nearly twelve feet high in its back - sits in the center of the room. Upon the chair sits a marginally humanoid shape. The figure is bipedal, although its legs and arms are almost a foot longer than what should be. The figures fingers are also nearly a full eight inches too long as well. The face of the figure is also stretched, the normal shaped mouth dwarfed under a nose that must be at elast eight inches long. Where eyes should be are solid black orbs. After watching for some time, the party can each notice that the figure has no eyelids. Of course, this means that the figure does not blink. Instead of ears, the figure has only small depressions where ears should be. The figure has no hair and in spite of being completely naked appears to have no sexual identity at all. The elongated torso of the figure appears to have at least a half-dozen extra ribs on each side.
Resting above the figure's eyes are three mind-torcs. Each of the mind-torcs run from above where the ears should be around the head. The first of the mind-torcs runs horizontally above the eyes in front of its face. The second of the mind-torcs runs horizontal behind the figure's head. The third of the mind-torcs runs vertically over top of the figure's bald head.
Ellayna bows low and holds the position. "Recipient," she begins before being cut off.
"I know who they are. I know their form and identity. They will now explain their purpose here."
The voice of the figure is raspy, almost as if the figure spoke with a constant membrane of mucus at the top of its throat. The tone of the figure is cold and completely lacking emotion. The figure appears to neither care nor be threatened by the party.
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Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric
After Keryth has copied Ellayna’s ritual with the basin, he lifts Destiny up so she can do the same.
Bowing to the Recipient, Keryth says, “We came here searching for the priests from the temple above, but we have been told they left your halls...though they have not returned to the surface. So instead of returning to the surface which would be fruitless, we decided instead to meet your people and explore your community, since we were already here...if we are given permission, and are allowed to stay of course.”
After Keryth has copied Ellayna’s ritual with the basin, he lifts Destiny up so she can do the same.
Bowing to the Recipient, Keryth says, “We came here searching for the priests from the temple above, but we have been told they left your halls...though they have not returned to the surface. So instead of returning to the surface which would be fruitless, we decided instead to meet your people and explore your community, since we were already here...if we are given permission, and are allowed to stay of course.”
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