Feint Whispers: Unearthing the Past

[Mirth]

"Spirit could mean holy water," Tarowyn mentions to the dwarf as he finishes with the boxes and begins searching the rest of the room, "but to what end? The lift goes no further down and there is no other exit from here that we have found."

"I fear the cave-ins from times past have sealed this dwarven..." the elf almost says 'tomb' but stops himself so as not to offend Bhartus, "...structure. We may be wasting our time. If that human back there that Ardoss so handily dispatched was the leader, then our job is done."

 

[Tokiwong]

Jericho sighs...

"Well if there is nothing here but a damned riddle, then lets get the hell out of this blasted tomb. I have no love of the dead, or orcs, or the Laughing God, besides we have beeter things to do with our time, eh Whitney?"

Jericho grins slyly, leaning on his sword...

 

[Krug]

"Well, Elf, the priest of the laughing God certainly wasn't here for a picnic. He was trying to conduct a ceremony of some sort, perhaps, until we came here and inconvenienced him slightly... with his death," says Bhartus. "And for one whom the days are as many as drops of water in the sea, thou art impatient, but your suggestion is interesting."

As for Jericho, Bhartus says, "Ah yes, your 'sword'... never rests."

Bhartus continues to examine the grooves and uses his stonecutting skills to learn what he can of the room. He tries to pour some holy water into the grooves, and starts a prayer. Perhaps the blessed liquid of Moradin will reveal something, or at least, sanctify this place of Dwarves once more.

(BTW, how deep are the grooves?)

 

[KaintheSeeker]

"Aye." Whitney saids. "I've dire work in the field of creating sense in the senseless." she said calmly as she thinks on the problem. "I already have a field subject for it."

 

[Talindra]

Ardoss snickers at that, as he inspects the grooves as well, watching what Bhartus does carefully.

 

[jasamcarl]

The holy water descends from the center indentation towards the walls. Everyone hears a distinct clicking noise and then what sounds like the grinding of stone as a door opens out of what had once appeared to be solid stone on the far end of the hall.

On the other side of the newly revealed door stands a solid wall of rubble and stone. A cursory examination would indicate that it would take five people months to be able to clear it away, if not more.

 

[Mirth]

"Well, Priest, that was an interesting diversion," Tarowyn says to Bhartus. "But now I suggest we leave this cursed place and return to Travensburg. As I said before, our job here is done."

 

[Tokiwong]

Jericho nods...

"Aye lets get out of this place and back to more pleasant surroundings, I need a shower, to get this stench of death off of me."

 

[Krug]

Bhartus touches the stone wall, wondering what is beyond. "Well back to town it is then," he says, with a sigh in his voice. He takes the various items of the laughing God, intending to destroy it outside.

 

[Talindra]

Ardoss mutters under his breath "Or at least the stench of something...." with a sidelong glance at Jericho as he trudges back to the lift.