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<blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 8000599" data-attributes="member: 2012"><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">"And he's good at it too,"</span> Aureus muses with a wink. <span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">"I should know, he and I have traveled together for some time before we came to Carnell. That seems so long ago, now."</span> The hutaakan rogue twitches her tail. <span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">"He helped me get a sense of this world after my people were brought here from Maran during that time of Transformation."</span> She pauses. <span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">"But I can tell you more about me and my people at some other time."</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Aureus motions to the underside of the bridge. <span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">"The first time we came through here, there was a giant centipede guarding the bridge -- hiding under it before it attacked. It was very large and very dangerous. It wasn't a natural vermin either. The cultists must have bred it to be a guardian. It breathed acid like a black dragon and nearly killed Lorien -- our friend."</span> The rogue pauses once again. <span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">"I hope he's doing better,"</span> she adds.</p><p></p><p>"That... doesn't sound like something we want to come across," Gareth chuffs.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">"Yes, let's hope there was only that one,"</span> Aureus agrees.</p><p></p><p>The younger adventurers grip their hilts just a bit tighter. All have drawn their weapons and stand at ready to fight. Timmins nods to Gareth and they too ready their weapons for anything might come out of the darkness beyond the lit torch that Quinten carries at the back of the group.</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Undead guardian," Brutus's eyes go wide. "I'd rather face a giant centipede."</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">"Hmm, I remember it,"</span> Aureus says with a nod. <span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">"It was covered in rattling chains. Let's hope it is only an undead thing."</span> She looks at Maur. <span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">"Do you think you can turn it?"</span></p><p></p><p>Moving forward cautiously to the outer room carved out of the rock, you find that most of what was in the room before is now gone. Someone or something has cleared it out. The old pallets that Careth and Quinn had piled in front of the door are gone. The door is shut closed and a banded locking mechanism has been added to the door.</p><p></p><p>"It looks like these cultists have been busy," Timmins says quietly. "But why would they trap it inside?"</p><p></p><p>Caerth can hear chains rattling on the other side of the door, or is it a trick of the imagination? Then a noise does ring in the half-orcs ears. But it comes not from the barred room but from somewhere else in the caverns. The sound echoes in the eerie stillness. Like the sound of something hard scraping against stone.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(250, 197, 28)">"Did you hear that?"</span> Aureus says, her ears perking up.</p><p></p><p>[ooc]Roll Listen checks and Spot checks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />[/ooc]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knightfall, post: 8000599, member: 2012"] [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]"And he's good at it too,"[/COLOR] Aureus muses with a wink. [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]"I should know, he and I have traveled together for some time before we came to Carnell. That seems so long ago, now."[/COLOR] The hutaakan rogue twitches her tail. [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]"He helped me get a sense of this world after my people were brought here from Maran during that time of Transformation."[/COLOR] She pauses. [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]"But I can tell you more about me and my people at some other time."[/COLOR] Aureus motions to the underside of the bridge. [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]"The first time we came through here, there was a giant centipede guarding the bridge -- hiding under it before it attacked. It was very large and very dangerous. It wasn't a natural vermin either. The cultists must have bred it to be a guardian. It breathed acid like a black dragon and nearly killed Lorien -- our friend."[/COLOR] The rogue pauses once again. [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]"I hope he's doing better,"[/COLOR] she adds. "That... doesn't sound like something we want to come across," Gareth chuffs. [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]"Yes, let's hope there was only that one,"[/COLOR] Aureus agrees. The younger adventurers grip their hilts just a bit tighter. All have drawn their weapons and stand at ready to fight. Timmins nods to Gareth and they too ready their weapons for anything might come out of the darkness beyond the lit torch that Quinten carries at the back of the group. "Undead guardian," Brutus's eyes go wide. "I'd rather face a giant centipede." [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]"Hmm, I remember it,"[/COLOR] Aureus says with a nod. [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]"It was covered in rattling chains. Let's hope it is only an undead thing."[/COLOR] She looks at Maur. [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]"Do you think you can turn it?"[/COLOR] Moving forward cautiously to the outer room carved out of the rock, you find that most of what was in the room before is now gone. Someone or something has cleared it out. The old pallets that Careth and Quinn had piled in front of the door are gone. The door is shut closed and a banded locking mechanism has been added to the door. "It looks like these cultists have been busy," Timmins says quietly. "But why would they trap it inside?" Caerth can hear chains rattling on the other side of the door, or is it a trick of the imagination? Then a noise does ring in the half-orcs ears. But it comes not from the barred room but from somewhere else in the caverns. The sound echoes in the eerie stillness. Like the sound of something hard scraping against stone. [COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]"Did you hear that?"[/COLOR] Aureus says, her ears perking up. [ooc]Roll Listen checks and Spot checks :D[/ooc] [/QUOTE]
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