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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Miquiztli" data-source="post: 964648" data-attributes="member: 12383">As the light from Sylvia's staff appears, you see thatyou are in a long narrow chamber, running east-west. Inthe center of this apartment is a domed shape on thefloor. In the east wall is a blank faced stone door and thewest end of the room is blocked by fallen stone andrubble, apparently the result of a collapse. The two sidewalls appear to have several niches cut into them.The shape in the center of the chamber appears to be asmall alcove, protected by a half-dome with the openend facing towards the door in the east wall. This alcoveis set in a recessed, shallow, tiled well, 1‘ deep and 10 ’wide. The alcove itself is 4’ high. The hollow seems tohold some sort of display.The display appears to be a diorama depicting ahunting pariy of Olman warriors, in feathers and deer-hide garments, in a mountainside scene. Some havesuccessfully pulled down a stag with the aid of a dog,another group is cleaning a small mule deer and thelast party has cornered a puma with their spears. A scoutwatches the puma hunt from an outcropping above. Heholds a metal staff with a loop in its end. It looks like ashepherd’s crook.There are three 5' wide niches on both the northern andsouthern walls, about 3‘ above the floor. Each nichecontains a diorama depicting some aspect of tribal life.The 6“ high figures in all of the displays appear to bemade of stucco, realistically and brightly painted. Thescenes portrayed represent fishing, farming, religion,warfare. the creation stow. and the crafts.A. The first alcove contains a fiver scene. Olman men,women and children are busy gathering rushes,fishing with nets and cawing a dugout.B. This recess portrays natives farming. They are plantingmaize and harvesting wheat. There are severalwarriors standing guard and a priest in a birdcostume is blessing the fields.C. The third niche portrays a temple upon a tieredpyramid. Natives are bringing small offerings of goldand jade. Before the temple stands a priest handlinga constrictor snake. Around him stand three costumed warriors - one dressed as a winged serpent holds a spear; another is dressed as a bear with razorclaws; the third represents a coyote holding a torch.There are also several stone statues of the gods.D. The fifth display is that of the creation of the world. All of the staturettes are stylized and obviously non-human.A god, adorned in green quetzal feathers is mixing asheswith blood to form sculptures of a man and woman. Fourtowering figures painted red, black, blue, and white are standingabout a fire committing suicide with their daggers. Two smaller figures are ringed by the four - the modest "Pimply One" is being comsumed by the fire, while the braggart "Lord of Snails" cowers in fear. F. The sixth hollow shows native men and womenengaged in different crafts - weaving rugs andbaskets, carving totems, making pots, grindingstones for weapons and making clothes.The cave-in appears to have completely blocked thewest end of this chamber. At short intervals, smallamounts of rubble and dirt come spilling into the room.Several large stones appear to have wedged them-selves tightly, closing the collapse.The door on the east wall is smooth and appears to open into the room; there are hinges on this side and scratches on the floor. There is no visible lock or handle, although across thetop of the door there is a slight gap. Eight holes seem tohave been bored into the door; they are about 1" indiameter, but nothing can be seen in them. The doorseems to be fairly thick. The lintel is arched and there isa keystone at the top.Hawkslayer's warhorse, Sylvia's mule, and Beleril's mule are no where to be seen. You remember that you were leading the animals through the thick jungle just before the ground gave way.[OOC: Sylvia]</blockquote>

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