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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dichotomy" data-source="post: 2996627" data-attributes="member: 12941">As Vixtrin and Sprout take point, the "damsel" seems to pay Nollan's remark no mind, though she almost certainly must have heard the intentionally loud whisper.  The group returns to the crossroad and heads east.The north and south walls of this large chamber taper in like the chamber in the other direction, and in the nook of the far eastern wall rests a wide stone basin backed by a five-foot-tall shelf.  A hardened orange paste spills out over the two-foot basin lip and covers much of the shelf.  Thousands of tiny beetles with bright blue carapaces skitter and tunnel through the chalky substance.  A keening insect chorus fills the room room as you enter.  A huge organic mass completely fills this room's southwest corner.  Judging from the beetles spilling from within, it appears to be an enormous nest.[size=-2]InitiativeSwarm: 19Sprout: 18Beetle (1): 17Nollan: 16Vixtrin: 11 (7/11 hps)Fintan: 4Since the swarm is first, I'll take its action now.  The map that follows has the swarm's position after its action.[/size]<a href="http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=greenholevb2.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/116/greenholevb2.th.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a>The diminutive beetles gather into a familiar looking swarm and move with astounding speed to completely cover both Sprout and Vixtrin.  Both are bit dozens of times quickly, and acid burns into their flesh.  With a horrid scream, Vixtrin collapses to the ground.  [size=-2]OOC: Spout takes 5 damage (1 plus 4 acid); Vixtrin is unconscious and dying... again.Oh, and has anyone heard from Amal?  It looks like he's not been on the site for quite some time.[/size]</blockquote>

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