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<blockquote data-quote="biorph" data-source="post: 1436940" data-attributes="member: 10426"><p><strong>Soak up the Sun</strong></p><p></p><p>The party made their way out of the pyramid and back into the box canyon. They tied together all the ropes they had and Zyff tried to fly to the top of the pyramid. While he was gone, Omar shared a secret with the party. “I don’t think we should trust our friend Zyff, I think he’s a demon in disguise, back in the pyramid I read his mind.” Kem wasn’t sure what to think but he wanted confirmation of this. A thought stealer accusing a face dancer of deceit was certainly the pot calling the kettle black.</p><p></p><p>(OOC note: Thought Stealers and Face Dancers are two of the fellowships in the thieves guild we are all part of. Thought stealers are just that interrogators and secret finders. Face Dancer are like the spy masters and infiltrators. Zyff is a face dancer and Omar is a thought stealer. Both are masters of deception)</p><p></p><p>When Zyff returned Kem asked him flat out “So Zyff, what’s this Omar tells us about you being some sort of evil demon? Is that why you have wings?” </p><p></p><p>“Zyf looked shocked as he responded. “I’m not evil” he said “Although the blood of the infernal does run thick in my veins, I’m no different than others of ‘mixed’ parentage.” He said looking meaningfully at Solafien.</p><p></p><p>“Are you implying something Zyff?” Solafien asked his hands going to the two swords at his belt.</p><p></p><p>“Only that you didn’t seem to have a problem in that shaft when the lights went out after the door closed, or in any of the rooms where it was hard to see. Most elves do well with little light, but few do well with none at all. So maybe I’m not the only one of mixed parentage here is all I’m saying.”</p><p></p><p>“Whatever” said Kahlil impatiently, “did you find the top? What’s up there?”</p><p></p><p>“The fog breaks about fifty feet below the apex of the pyramid. The sun is up there, at the top of the pyramid, but it’s not hot, it just provides a lot of light, it doesn’t even hurt to look at.”</p><p></p><p>Using Ziff’s immoveable rod, and some pitons from Kahlil’s climbing kit they made their way up to the top of the pyramid. The light was unusual, it seemed an almost solid sphere. Like the wall of darkness below but in reverse. No one really wanted to go in, but Ruen thought he would try it. After about a minute, the entire world went black, like nightfall all in a second. Sargazzo whispered something to Omar and the bard looked at Ruen. “What’s that you put in your pack?” he asked, “It looks like a large rock.” Everyone turned to look at Ruen. He didn’t deny it, and took out a giant diamond that was gently glowing. </p><p></p><p>“Hey, you found one of the keys” said Kem</p><p></p><p>“Why do you think that?” Said Ruen</p><p></p><p>“It’s a big diamond that holds the sun of this entire section, it just screams KEY to me.”</p><p></p><p>With the sun out, they saw a pedestal where the sun was, it looked like it was able to hold a large object.</p><p></p><p>“Is that where what was holding it?” asked Kahlil “This whole thing was lit buy a big diamond?”</p><p></p><p>“No” replied Ruen “I found this at the top of the shaft, I figured since I let you guys keep the gold, it seemed more than fair for me to keep this.”</p><p></p><p>As they argued the whole party was starting to notice that with the lights out a whole new set of sounds were starting to come out of the jungle, and most of them sounded like thay came from hungry or angry animals. </p><p></p><p>“We still don’t know what to do, and we can barely see” said Omar he pulled out his lamp said rubbed it saying “I wish for light.” As the small flame came up Omar seemed transfixed for a minute staring into it. Then he moved to put the lamp away carefully and said, “I’ve had an idea, I think we should head back to the clearing and see what happens, I think something will have changed now that the sun is down.</p><p></p><p>“But how do we know if we’ve found all the key for this section yet?” asked Solafien</p><p></p><p>“Let’s just ask” said Omar and he called out “I’m going to use my one question now. How many keys do we have left to find.?”</p><p></p><p>“You have 3 keys left to find.” Said a voice from all around them.</p><p></p><p>“Three?” said the entire party in unison.</p><p></p><p>“I guess that statue with the unidentifiable aura from when we fought the snake thing was the first one.” Said Kem “Hey we’ve already found two and not even a day has passed, we’re in luck, let’s hope it lasts.”</p><p></p><p>The entire party was hoping it would last as they slowly descended the pyramid in the darkness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="biorph, post: 1436940, member: 10426"] [b]Soak up the Sun[/b] The party made their way out of the pyramid and back into the box canyon. They tied together all the ropes they had and Zyff tried to fly to the top of the pyramid. While he was gone, Omar shared a secret with the party. “I don’t think we should trust our friend Zyff, I think he’s a demon in disguise, back in the pyramid I read his mind.” Kem wasn’t sure what to think but he wanted confirmation of this. A thought stealer accusing a face dancer of deceit was certainly the pot calling the kettle black. (OOC note: Thought Stealers and Face Dancers are two of the fellowships in the thieves guild we are all part of. Thought stealers are just that interrogators and secret finders. Face Dancer are like the spy masters and infiltrators. Zyff is a face dancer and Omar is a thought stealer. Both are masters of deception) When Zyff returned Kem asked him flat out “So Zyff, what’s this Omar tells us about you being some sort of evil demon? Is that why you have wings?” “Zyf looked shocked as he responded. “I’m not evil” he said “Although the blood of the infernal does run thick in my veins, I’m no different than others of ‘mixed’ parentage.” He said looking meaningfully at Solafien. “Are you implying something Zyff?” Solafien asked his hands going to the two swords at his belt. “Only that you didn’t seem to have a problem in that shaft when the lights went out after the door closed, or in any of the rooms where it was hard to see. Most elves do well with little light, but few do well with none at all. So maybe I’m not the only one of mixed parentage here is all I’m saying.” “Whatever” said Kahlil impatiently, “did you find the top? What’s up there?” “The fog breaks about fifty feet below the apex of the pyramid. The sun is up there, at the top of the pyramid, but it’s not hot, it just provides a lot of light, it doesn’t even hurt to look at.” Using Ziff’s immoveable rod, and some pitons from Kahlil’s climbing kit they made their way up to the top of the pyramid. The light was unusual, it seemed an almost solid sphere. Like the wall of darkness below but in reverse. No one really wanted to go in, but Ruen thought he would try it. After about a minute, the entire world went black, like nightfall all in a second. Sargazzo whispered something to Omar and the bard looked at Ruen. “What’s that you put in your pack?” he asked, “It looks like a large rock.” Everyone turned to look at Ruen. He didn’t deny it, and took out a giant diamond that was gently glowing. “Hey, you found one of the keys” said Kem “Why do you think that?” Said Ruen “It’s a big diamond that holds the sun of this entire section, it just screams KEY to me.” With the sun out, they saw a pedestal where the sun was, it looked like it was able to hold a large object. “Is that where what was holding it?” asked Kahlil “This whole thing was lit buy a big diamond?” “No” replied Ruen “I found this at the top of the shaft, I figured since I let you guys keep the gold, it seemed more than fair for me to keep this.” As they argued the whole party was starting to notice that with the lights out a whole new set of sounds were starting to come out of the jungle, and most of them sounded like thay came from hungry or angry animals. “We still don’t know what to do, and we can barely see” said Omar he pulled out his lamp said rubbed it saying “I wish for light.” As the small flame came up Omar seemed transfixed for a minute staring into it. Then he moved to put the lamp away carefully and said, “I’ve had an idea, I think we should head back to the clearing and see what happens, I think something will have changed now that the sun is down. “But how do we know if we’ve found all the key for this section yet?” asked Solafien “Let’s just ask” said Omar and he called out “I’m going to use my one question now. How many keys do we have left to find.?” “You have 3 keys left to find.” Said a voice from all around them. “Three?” said the entire party in unison. “I guess that statue with the unidentifiable aura from when we fought the snake thing was the first one.” Said Kem “Hey we’ve already found two and not even a day has passed, we’re in luck, let’s hope it lasts.” The entire party was hoping it would last as they slowly descended the pyramid in the darkness. [/QUOTE]
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