[LANAI] The Rod of Seven Parts: Into the Crucible

[Rhun]

Rowan crinkles his nose at the scent, but says nothing. He has gone from using his walking stick to aid his travels to holding in a grip best suited for beating someone. Or something...

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Rhys holds aloft a lantern taken from the gnomes. With the hooded lantern emanating a strong yellow nimbus of light, the way ahead is illuminated enough for everyone to see that after bottlenecking for ten feet, the tunnel widens ahead into a cavern, the walls of which look to be studded with multicolored chunks of quartz. Though patches of mold, or perhaps moss, cover the crystals in swatches of brown and green, the crystals beneath pick up the lantern light and reflect it in a milleu of brilliant vermillion, canary yellow, and the deepest aquamarine down to a rich ultraviolet. The air of the cavern, though fetid, seems to vibrate with energy the closer the group approaches.

 

[Rhun]

Rowan is most interested in the crystal formations ahead. He pokes and prods at them with his walking stick as they pass them, hoping to knock a few pieces loose for later study.

 

[hafrogman]

Rhys watches with fascination as the crystals catch the light of the lantern and cascade it back in so many colors. He smiles slightly to himself as he treads carefully after Phud.

"Quite beautiful, really."

 

[pallandrome]

"Take care of it. Wouldn't trust that beauty to make things ugly soon. My pappy used to talk about cave diving like it was playing chess, where if you loose, you die."
says Wyleck, eyeing the walls warily.

 

[Guest 11456]

Phud : Male Half-Orc Sorcerer 1

Phud continues plodding forward. Bird, now back on the half-orc's shoulder, rides along.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

When the group treks into the crystal cavern, the crystals catch and refract the light from Rhys's lantern. As soon as Rhys steps into the cavern, the crystals vibrate, filling the the cavern with the sound of clattering and grinding rock. In but a second more, the moss on the wall turns from mottled brown and green to bright violet and a hideously loud raucus shriek emits from it, amplified a hundred-fold by the crystal of the cave.

 

[pallandrome]

"Ach, see? I told you pretty was no good!" shouts Wyleck over the noise, as his hands clap firmly over his ears.

 

[Brain]

Arden's mind immediately starts racing, and she realizes that this is a sort of alarm that will alert anybody who resides further inside the cave to their position. She springs into action, reaching up to grab Phud's hand and lead him further in the cave and making a snap decision, decides to go whichever way leads away from the fungus and crystals faster while still going forward, with the goal of finding somewhere for the group to hide and observe if possible. She also waves the rest of the group along with them.

 

[pallandrome]

"Oh this is not a good idea." says Wyleck, but he leads Yssal past the howling mushroom and onward deeper into the caves, keeping one eye on the path ahead, of him, and the other on the path behind...