Crossed Paths, Part III

[Despaxas]

Tullius grins. "Let you go first? And have them cut your heart out? I don't think so, I'll go first!" Tullius grabs the rope and starts climbing up.

 

[doghead]

Marcus of the Roma.

Marcus snorts with suppressed laughter at Tullius' rebuke of Dhormium. Damn it if he isn't beginning to like the mad roman.

Marcus glances Dhormium's way and shrugs apologetically.

Marcus is about to protest when Tullius leaps for the rope and begins climbing. "You ..." Actually, he is the only one who does seem able to speak to them. "... make sure that you fall back down the hole if they kill you. You have some loot with you."

Nice save.

 

[Krilith]

Marcus snorts with suppressed laughter at Tullius' rebuke of Dhormium. Damn it if he isn't beginning to like the mad roman.

Marcus glances Dhormium's way and shrugs apologetically.

~Dhormium catches marcus’ eye and shrugs as well. He walks over to the rope and tries to keep it stable a bit. When Tullius is up he starts to work himself up in into the rope.~

“Pfft ropes, why didn’t they just build stairs, this is no way for a dwarf!”

 

[Manzanita]

October 24th 9 am

The speakers up the shaft seem to be speaking some form of accented Greek. Tullius understands them no better than the other party members who speak Greek.

The rope would not have been lowered for 15 minutes or so since the arrow was shot. During that time, Ehldanis has determined that the double doors that closed behind the party are arcane locked. The doors in front, the second 'benevolent man' doors, seem to open easily, though the party is disinclined to do this.

Tullius grabs the rope and begins to climb. As he does, the rope is pulled up. As it only just touched the ground, it will soon be too far overhead for anyone else to use it. There's no time for discussion, but if someone wanted to jump and grab it, they could.

Tullius finds it fairly easy to ascend. The shaft is narrow enough to press his shoulders and feet on opposite sides and brace himself if need be. It takes about 2 minutes to reach the top.

I'll post again on that - just seeing if anyone else grabs the rope or takes other actions first.

 

[Thomas Hobbes]

Octar hesitates, wondering if they would even be capable of pulling his heavy frame and armored body up. The hesitation is too long, and the rope goes up without him. He is left to worry about Tullius' fate. Best of luck, brother he thinks.

 

[Inez Hull]

Oh hells, I'm not going to let a blustering human insult his way to our collective deaths.

With an impulsive last minute surge Ehldannis grabs the rope and hangs on for dear life. What am I doing? My master would chide me for being an impatient fool and rightly so. He was right to caution me about becoming too familiar to these humans, their ways are rubbing off on me.

As the rope surges upward he can't help but reminisce over his thought process when he decided what spells to prepare... Some day I will make good use of my Leviate spell

 

[Krilith]

~Dhormium holding the rope stable was contemplating on jumping into the rope. A flash of a cloak, carried by the awkward grace of the elf kept Dhormium from into the rope himself.

He remained below, peering into the shaft to see whats going on~

 

[Despaxas]

Tullius glances down and smiles when he sees Ehldannis dangling below him. "I hope you have some nice spells today. When we get up there, try to stay behind me. I'll see what I can do to keep them from hitting you, if that is what they intend. But let's hope that's not necesary." Tullius' smile turns grim. "If all else fails, jump down the shaft and hope you live long enough for Dhormium to heal you."

 

[doghead]

Marcus of the Roma.

Marcus stands there with his mouth open as Ehldannis leaps onto the rope and rapidly disappears up the hole. Has everyone gone mad? Actually he's a bit mad at himself for having been caught flat footed and beaten to the punch by a wizard. ... an elvan wizard I suppose.

Marcus sighs. Tullius' final suggestion drifts down from above and Marcus barks with laughter.

You really have been way too long in this hole, Marcus.

 

[Krilith]

Marcus sighs. Tullius' final suggestion drifts down from above and Marcus barks with laughter.

~Dhormium joins in with Marcus’ laugh, as he looks up and sees them get pulled up higher and higher~