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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 3911996" data-attributes="member: 7006">Khalia, Rogan and Ari begins their descent down the ropes into the well, while Aern, the twins, and Donovan keep watch up top.  Ari reaches the bottom first, and lands with a *thud* on the giant rock floor.  A quick glance down tells him that this appears to be one solid, dark gray, flat stone... slate perhaps?  Or maybe was magically created a la a Wall of Stone?  Regardless of how it was made or put into place... the floor is not "bricked" like the walls of the well and temple are.  Shortly after that, Khalia lands gently at the bottom as well, then a second after that Rogan's feet touch down...  **SCREEAAAAKK!!!**It is immediately upon the rogue's landing that all of a sudden the flat rock jerks quickly and begins moving sideways... sliding into the side of the well in the direction of the temple... creating a horrific scraping and squeeking noise and revealing an opening in it's place!(Ari Balance check TN 10: [6] - 1dex -  1acp = 4 *failure*)(Khalia Balance check TN 10: [16] + 2dex = 18 *success*)(Rogan Balance check TN 10: [9] + 10balance = 19 *success*)Because he moved away from his rope and was not expecting the floor to suddenly jerk forward and begin sliding, Ari unceremoniously drops to a knee and reaches out to the slab with both hands to steady himself.  KKhalia and Rogan, however, are able to quickly grab their ropes momentarily to maintain their feet... although as they move with the floor their ropes start to slide through their fingers.  As the floor slides open... the three in the well plus the four up above can easily see the opening that is appearing beneath the slab as it moves out of the way... and in a few seconds if the slab doesn't stop, the entire floor will disappear and drop the three in the well into the opening below... and who knows how deep it goes?The party has some fast decisions to make.</blockquote>

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