[IC] Halfling Quest - Rooting Around

[Ferrix]

As Bubbles moves to descend the rope, Ringly steps forward first, "I'll go first... better that you two go last..." Taking his time, the young wizard manages to work his way down the rope without slipping or falling, although he massages his hands tenderly as he releases the rope and looks to the other three down the bottom.

Bubbles then descends, without the daring of Jerran or the nimbleness of Eddie, she manages to reach the bottom without any problems.

Kiylea is the last to come down, although you can hear her moving about for a moment above, and then the rope shakes and falls into a tangled coil on the stone floor. "Coming, she calls down." And you can hear her begin her free descent slowly and carefully, in the shadowy light of the lamp, you can see that she manages the chimney section easily, although Ringly looks relatively concerned as her hand reaches back into air as the wall her back is against comes to an end below her. With the knack of a seasoned tree climber, she manages to change her position and begins descending on the remaining wall and is quickly standing next to the rest of you.

OOC: Moving things along.

 

[Boddynock]

"That's the first challenge met. Now, let's go find out what's down here - and fix it!"

Alton hands Kiylea's lantern back to her, takes his own back, and unsheathes his longsword. Rolling his eyes at the all-encompassing darkness, he moves to the right and waits for Bubbles to join him.

 

[Bobitron]

"I'm here, Alton." Bubbles unsheathes her shortswords, standing close to Alton for light. She holds the swords close to her sides, not wanting the sharp tips catching somebody's leg or arm as they walk.

 

[Ferrix]

The tunnel is quite a bit larger than the tunnels you have been traversing up to now, bordering ten feet across and at least as high, it stretches on into the darkness. The walls look relatively unfinished, but they are assuredly worked stone, quite unlike the natural smooth walls from earlier.

With Bubbles and Alton side by side in the lead, they make headway much quicker than their single-file line before. Perhaps five or ten minutes passes at a swift pace, when a second passage is revealed by the lantern light. It leads off at an angle, to the left and back in the direction they had come, it is now apparent that their tunnel is one of two forks merging into the tunnel ahead.

 

[Bobitron]

"Hmmm." Bubbles moves to avoid blocking Alton's light. "Looks like we just found another way up."

 

[Boddynock]

"Hmmm." Bubbles moves to avoid blocking Alton's light. "Looks like we just found another way up."

"I suggest we have a look. It would be handy to know that there's a quicker way out of here! One thing, though - Eddie mentioned earlier that, seeing as we're in a place that was inhabited, it might be a good idea to look out for any ... surprises ... the inhabitants left behind. Maybe he should come up front and check. That was what you meant, wasn't it, Eddie?"

 

[Bobitron]

"I suggest we have a look. It would be handy to know that there's a quicker way out of here!"

"I think you're right. Finn always told me that a warrior should know the best path of retreat before heading into battle." She shrugs. "Of course, he was saying it while we played chess. I don't think he would have expected me to be crawling around in some cave looking for the source of a demon boar!"

 

[hafrogman]

Jerran peers off into the darkness in both directions, as if by sheer willpower he could pierce the darkness. Eventually he shrugs and faces the new passage, hands in his pockets, rocking back and forth on his heels.

"So, we check that way? Onwards and upwards and all that."

He begins humming a small marching tune to himself as a shield against the oppressive nature of the caves around them.

 

[Evilhalfling]

Erm, I dont think anyone would randomly traps areas that they use, Just enternaces, exits and valuables. We should be okay for now. I agree that we should make sure of an exit before continuing.

Eddie will fish out a slingbullet and roll it up the tunnel to the left, trying to check for a slope.

 

[Tarlonniel]

"Before we go on, though..." Kiylea reaches into her belt pouch and pulls out a rough piece of steel. With it she carves two symbols into the wall - an arrow pointing back the way they came, and the letter 'C'. "For chimney," she explains. "Probably we won't get lost but it never hurts to mark your trail."