Clutches of Evil - IC: Chapter Two

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“Let’s continue onward then, if no one objects...as the priests are definitely not where they should be,” Keryth remarks, looking to his companions for confirmation this time.

[SBLOCK=OOC]Well I tried to make him angry or refuse to let us out. [/SBLOCK]

 

[D20Dazza]

Standing in front of the torc Bahruul watches the conversation intently, as soon as the party is ready to move on Bahruul moves to the front and leads the way.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

[Sblock=OOC]Yes, yes you did. Fortunately this guard is one cool customer, no? [/Sblock]

Once Bahruul and Keryth stop barring the gatekeeper from the mind-torc and focus on moving onward, the gatekeeper very calmly walks to the mind-torc and removes it from the wall. As he takes it off the wall in one motion he slips it onto his head so that the stretched out flat pieces fit above and just behind his ears. The solid metal horseshoe part stretches around his head - just above his eyes.

As soon as the torc is in place, an audible sound such as a decent wind (OOC: or, to be anachronistic, that of a car passing by a stationary person at about 40 miles per hour) can be heard. No movement of air can be felt, however. The sound is gone as mysteriously as it came.

[Sblock=OOC]Is the party wanting to go through the door opposite the stone gate they entered in or through the door in the wall to the right? I've given you no clues as to what lies beyond ... so you don't have the ability to discern. It's purely a random choice.[/Sblock]

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

[SBLOCK=OOC]Yes he is...I just don’t know whether he cares what we do or not. [/SBLOCK]“Well, shall we go meet your people then...perhaps one of them has seen the priests since they last passed this way,” Keryth suggests, waiting for Markie to choose a door.

 

[D20Dazza]

"Yes! Onwards Markie, show us what's behind the door"

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Markie replies, as he sets the mind-torc back against the wall, "Which door? We have two. And alas, I am but a humble gatekeeper. I'll not be able to do much but wave at you as you leave this room." He gives a pleasant smile especially to Bahruul who seems to be filled with the adventurer's spirit.

[Sblock=OOC]Oh, he cares. {Now ... where is that emoticon that is doing nothing but innocently whistling.... }[/Sblock]

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

Byntrou frowns slightly, looking from one door to the other, then shrugs. "I've no sense that one is different than the other. Based purely on superstition, then, let's go right. No need going sinister if we can avoid it, yes?"

 

[unleashed]

Keryth, Male Drakontos Cleric

“You’re right, there doesn’t seem to be much difference...so since we are left to our own devices, the door to the right of where we entered is as good as any...unless you’d like to tell us where they lead, Markie,” Keryth responds, looking to the gatekeeper.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

"Well," Markie replies. "Since you asked. The door straight ahead leads to the common hall. Kinda what you surface dwellers call - a main street? The door to the right leads to the guard quarters. In other words, its my dwelling for when I'm serving my community as 'Guard for the Left Flank.' But there's nothing private in there. Well, except my wife, Ellayna. But I bet she'd like to meet you all. We don't meet many surface dwellers. Actually, we didn't meet any till the miners broke through and then the priests came and left."

[Sblock=OOC MWAHAHAHAHAHA]
Confused yet? [/Sblock]

 

[jkason]

Byntrou, roguishly sorcerous barbarian

Byntrou lifts and eyebrow, looking to his fellows. He mumbles something, counting on his fingers.

"So we currently have two Markie's and three Ellayna's?" He turns to Markie, not quite sure himself if his next statement is a joke or not: "I don't suppose your entire society is made up of men named Markie and women named Ellayna, is it?"

[sblock=OOC]Is this one of those brainteasers like "Larry is dead, alone on the floor in a room locked from the inside. There is broken glass and water on the floor. How did he die?"

If so, I should warn you, I'm really bad at those. [/sblock]