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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 6176456" data-attributes="member: 9255">JOHN PLAY“04 INTERNAL PLAY”SEGMENT 73“UNDERSHARN’S CITIZENS”BARRAKAS 10 ,997   Play easily avoids several of the creatures and threats of Undersharn’s upper most levels.  Dire rats, basic and primal traps (built by goblins?), and a poisonous hunter spider of advanced size.  Play wonders how Ginger and the man with her escape these dangers.   Or maybe they are releasing or controlling them?     Something to consider.Another 100ft deeper, a woman and a man walk down a stairway over a molten metal cauldron.  Several warforged work the Cannith owned factory.  They are building metal structures for large items.  They go deeper yet… with Play following.Ginger and the man are followed by another three at this point, two vampires and a Dhampir.  “It’s them again.  What should we do?” asks Mania (Siberys seven Storyhour).“Nothing.  We only watch as commanded by our queen.”“Very well.  But it’s very boring”Play creeps closer in the darkness.  He can hear something but can’t place it.   But he feels he knows what it is.  Chanting.He sees a young man guarding a door but seems very preoccupied with the ongoing behind the door.  It is easy for Play to take him down without alerting anyone.  He checks the door… unlocked and no noticeable magical entrapments.He opens the door and finds……Damned cultists and a young woman in the center.  She is chained by her wrists from the ceiling.  She seems drugged.  There are about twelve cultists plus the leader whom stands by the girl.Play removes his bow and ponders what to do as the chanting increases in volume and intensity.  For the first time the Dark Lantern notes there are large doors behind the girl.    The door begins to open with a rumble.  Smoke and bits of fiery ash fill the now open doorway.   =what is it mortal worm?=The chanting continues quietly as the lead cultist calls out to the summoned creature.  “I have a request of you and our master.  In return I have a sacrifice for you.   You may do with her as you wish if you agree to our request.” Red glowing eyes appear about ten feet above the floor in the smoke filled room.  “oh crap.”   Play quietly says to himself to reassure his nervous self.  He wishes he had his entire adventuring pack on him.   Several potions right now would be good.=The request- quickly= snarls the creature within their minds…. Including Play’s.“We have need of your might and influence in Black Pit.   We hope to free your master’s brother.”I’ve heard enough thinks Play as he releases an arrow into the room aiming for the eyes.   Suddenly there is a grunt and a growl.   It steps forward and Play is uncertain what he faces.   It looks like a large black minotaur but he knows it is not.    It reaches out and grabs the woman and pulls at her.  The chains hold her arms over head still.   Two more arrows the creature with a third being redirected by hitting the chains that hold the woman.   =Interloper=  and the creature pulls her free of the chains and turns its back on him.    Her two bloody arms swing wildly within the chains as the very air glows where she hung.   The cultists have stopped chanting and look for the source of the arrows.   Even as Play prepares to give chase 16 small misshaped creatures begin to emerge from the glow.   “Dretch!” Play calls out as he recognizes the creatures from his teachings.Play tries to watch the black minotaur leave, the cultists while identifying which is Ginger and where the cannon fodder is going.  He downs two of the demons which after taking enough damage disappear with a burst of sickly thick smoke.   He begins to run to the right side tunnel hoping to run into Ginger.   Instead it deadends.   “Damn!”    He returns and finds everyone is gone.   Only one hanging arm remains (Dretch took the other as a snack ) .“Black Pit.    Why Black Pit?” Play says with his head down in disbelief.</blockquote>

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