IC: Dichotomy's Age of Worms Redux, Part V(b)

[Dichotomy]

[sblock=OOC]Sorry for my lack of clarity. The barrel is open... in fact, "barrel" is probably a bad word. I didn't choose it. "Half-barrel" is probably more accurate. Like a large bowl sitting on the water.[/sblock]

 

[TiCaudata]

Erdolliel shrugs and takes out a rope, tying it around her middle. She then tosses the loose end up to the other two. "If I sink rather than swim, you'll be able to yank me back up." The elf then steps into the barrel.

 

[Dichotomy]

Nethezar and Kushnak grab the rope, though the scholar gives a funny look at the much stronger half-orc suggesting "Why should I bother."

Erdolliel lets her weight sink into the half-barrel. It settles lower in the water, but only slightly. From the elf's guess, it would take a great amount more weight to cause the barrel to submerge.

 

[TiCaudata]

"If I jerk on the rope twice, pull me up. I'm going to go see if I can explore a little." The elf states before entering the water.[/color][sblock=oc]umm... swim +2... ideally she'll be ok with sinking a little first. if she can't see anything down there at all she'll surface again quickly either by swimming or by tugging on the rope.[/sblock]

 

[Dichotomy]

Erdolliel settles into the water and sinks down a bit. The water isn't too cold, though it is incredibly salty. The elf swims down a bit, but realizes in short order that the light from above does not afford her much ability to see, and it is soon pitch black. With help from the others, she easily makes it back up to the half-barrel, breaking the surface and gasping for fresh air.

Erdolliel doesn't know how far down the shaft goes, but it is certainly beyond a few feet.

 

[TiCaudata]

Erdolliel briefly looks flummoxed as she climbs back into the half barrel. She brightens up suddenly, reaches into her pack, and pulls out an everburning torch. "Same plan as before." She states before entering the water again.

 

[Dichotomy]

Erdolliel dives back under the water. Kushnak and Nethezar see the light of the everburning torch slowing going further under the surface.
[sblock=Ti]Erdolliel swims down several feet. It seems like the shaft just continues, but after her eyes adjust, the elf sees that the shaft ends about 40 feet below the surface of the water. But it also looks like, at the bottom, there is a passageway heading to the south, still under the water.[/sblock]

 

[TiCaudata]

Erdolliel surfaces again and says, "The shaft goes about 40 feet down and then turns. I'll either need you two down here or we'll need more rope for me to look around. First though, I need to catche my breath."

 

[o3caudata]

"I have a bit more rope, though i'd guess we'll need a way to breath down there if we're to continue. I can't assist with that until tomorrow." Kushnak says as he rummages for more rope.

 

[Dichotomy]

Nethezar nods. "I can prepare the spell, as well. Though I don't know that we will need more than one use of it, depending upon how far the passage goes under water."