(CSToA) Touch of the Abyss [IC]

[Dekana]

Slisik flies into the room, then starts inspecting every nook and cranny hoping to find some device the group has missed. After his search is finished, he continues on to the shut door past the spike-room, then gives it a brief look as well.

ooc: For the trapped room, take 20 on Perception, which is +20 already. Take 10 on the shut door.

 

[Creamsteak]

Slisik's thorough inspection reveals that the pressure plates are built into every single square of the floor, and they are each sensitive when there are 20 pounds or more on them. There are matching plates in the ceiling. The key bit of information here is that certain plates respond only when the room is set to "reverse" gravity and other plates only respond when the room is at "normal" gravity.

Slisik is also able to determine that the door down below is unlocked and unbarred, but otherwise fairly ordinary (though somewhat reinforced). Age and decay have whittled away at its strength.

 

[Dekana]

Slisik returns to his normal form next to his friends, and then relays to them what he learned from his search. "... so not only can a particular area be normal or reversed gravity, it can also be sensitive to weight depending on the gravity at that moment. Perhaps Arcs should repeat his experiment of touching the same floor tiles, but 'resetting' the gravity to normal any time it changes."

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Tesla & Arcs

Tesla nods her head and motions for Arcs to do what Slisik suggests. He repeats the same actions he did last time only to reset the tiles be returning to home plate.

 

[Creamsteak]

Returning "Home" doesn't reset anything. Arcs repeats his previous attempt, but each time returns to the doorway. This doesn't make any difference in the results.

If you keep trying till gravity is "normal" then step to B4 or B6, you note that arcs doesn't trigger anything.

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Tesla & Arcs

"So there is either two paths or one correct path and one false path." Mumbles Tesla as Arcs continues with the search.

OOC: So B4 & B6 have normal gravity. Using the same method that garned success on those two tiles Arcs will next try the following squares to see if gravity is normal.

Path 1: B4 -> B3 & C3 & C4
Path 2: B6 -> C5 & C6 & C7

 

[Creamsteak]

B3 Reverse. Going back to B4 returns it to normal.
C3 does nothing. Going back to B4 does nothing.
C4 Reverse. Going back to B4 returns it to normal.

C5 Reverse.
C6 Normal.
C7 Reverse.

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Tesla & Arcs

Arcs continues to test the squares.

Path 1: B4 -> C3 -> C2 & D2 & D3 & D4
Path 2: B6 -> C6 -> C5 & D5 & D6 & D7

 

[Creamsteak]

D2 & D4 are normal, D5 & D7 are normal.

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Tesla & Arcs

"The splits yet again...." Mumbles Telsa as Arcs continues to navigate the room.

Path 1: B4 -> C3 -> D2 -> E1 & E2 & E3
Path 1a: B4 -> C3 -> D4 -> E3 & E4 & E5

Path 2: B6 -> C6 -> D5 -> E4 & E5 & E6
Path 2a: B6 -> C6 -> D7 -> E6 & E7 & E8