[GRIM TALES] Wulf Ratbane's SLAVELORDS of CYDONIA

[Old One]

Brigitta

Brigitta exhales slowly, trying to fight her rising excitement...

'Calmly, now, calmly...' she thinks to herself.

"Teddy, Mr. Haskins...hold your activity for a moment, let me take a quick look about this alfter before you go pulling any bells or whistles."

She moves around the tense group of men, examining the alter, the bloodstains and the surrounding area with clinical detachment, looking for the slightest sign of danger and trying to gauge the age of the caked blood.

[OOC: She will "take 10" on Knowledge:Anatomy to gauge the age of the blood (19) and actively search the alter area with a roll of 28: http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=170275 ]

If she finds nothing of interest, she will move back around to Teddy and Haskins, take up a position several feet away and to the side from the anticipated opening, draw and level her Webley and say with her sweetest voice...

"When you are ready, Gentlemen..."

~ OO

 

[Fenris]

"Well knowing this place, the g*d damn roof will cave in and then set us on fire," Rawley growls. "Fine. Limey and Palooka will open the exploding box. I've got you Covered!"

Okay, okay... I know it's an anachronism...

But still funny

 

[nakia]

"Let's take a break here, before we rush into this thing," he says, irritated. "We've done been chewed on a couple of times for not taking a looksee before we jump. Can anyone tell if this thing's going to explode or shoot out arrows or anything if we open it?"

OOC: I have no clue what's going to happen, but I'm tired of being chewed on...

Teddy will slowly take his hands off the altar.

"Dat's a good idea. Maybe somebody could look over dis thing for traps or somethin'"

Teddy's got no ranks in Search, but checking for traps is a good idea.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Brigitta deduced that the blood on the altar was... well, ancient, for lack of a better word.

And she found no evidence of any trap or the like-- but then, she admitted to herself, it wasn't as if she was trained to look for that sort of thing.

At her signal, they lifted the lid.

Immediately, the room started to vibrate-- softly at first, but growing more noticeable.

Inside the altar was a collection of badly decomposed written materials, a curved knife with a golden hilt in the shape of a snake head with ruby eyes, and a fist-sized rough-hewn black crystal.

The crystal was the most amazing thing any of them had ever seen. It was pitch black, with an almost oily look to it, and at the heart of the crystal something sparkled faintly, like a distant galaxy.

Brigitta gasped.

 

[ragboy]

"What's that noise?" Rawley asks, looking up to the ceiling for the source of the vibration...

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

"What's that noise?" Rawley asks, looking up to the ceiling for the source of the vibration...

Excellent. First response.

One post each, please, until everyone has posted including me.

 

[BryonD]

"Oh Hell."

 

[Fenris]

Haskins swears several vulgar oaths and will slowly lower the lid of the alter to see if he can stop the rumbling. When it doesn't he takes Brigitta by the shoulders and moves her against the wall away from the statues or anything else that could fall on her.

 

[Old One]

Brigitta

Brigitta stands transfixed, staring at the black crystal. She involuntarily takes a step forward and reaches toward the dusky jewel, apparently oblivious to the rumbling sound. She snaps out of her stupor when Haskins lowers the lid.

"NO! Wait..."

~ OO

 

[nakia]

Teddy thinks, "if this is what we came for, maybe I can grab it and we can get the hell outa here."

If Teddy can prevent the lid from closing all the way, he'll do so. He'll then grab the items in the following order -- shiny black rock, dagger, written materials -- stuffing them in his pack. He'll then move to stand near Brigitta.

As long as fire and lightning don't come shooting out of the altar and melt Teddy's face, I'm okay.