Malvoisin's Curse of the Crimson Throne, Chapter 1: Edge of Anarchy (IC)

[Legildur]

"We got another lock here. Someone try the keys."

Edlin leaves the desk as Coldan's equest for a key reach him. He fishes the brass key out of his collection (taken from the blond man) as he makes his way to the door and tries the lock.

 

[EvolutionKB]

Quintel

Karastro stands opposite the door, near the door to the short hallway, his crossbow leveled at the door. "Don't worry," he says to the one that opens the door. "I've got your back, as good as that is worth," he winks.

 

[Malvoisin]

Orman pulls off his signet ring and gives it to his niece. "Diari, you must go with the other children to the bank, stay with them and do not go off on your own. I need to head down below here. Take my ring so the bankers know who to send for. Two quick questions before you go, is hookshanks one of these three? And what manner of beast is Gobblegut. Quickly then off with the others. I will meet you at the bank when I am done here." Before she goes Orman gives her a last hug and kiss before she is off.

Di nods as she takes Orman's ring. She seems frightened, but resolute. She answers her uncle's questions, "Hookshanks is that little one," she points to the collapsed gnome up on the catwalk. "He's real mean." She continues, "I never saw Gobblegut before, but he must like to eat kids. They always say that anybody who goes down there got eaten by him." She gives her uncle one last, fierce hug. Then, she dashes through the smashed door into the night, clutching his ring tightly.

 

[Malvoisin]

Edlin leaves the desk as Coldan's request for a key reach him. He fishes the brass key out of his collection (taken from the blond man) as he makes his way to the door and tries the lock.

It seems that both of the brass keys opened the cabinet from the other room (with the copper and silver). This key is too small to fit the lock on this door.

 

[Rhun]

Seeing that the keys do not fit the door, Gadeann readies his poleaxe to split the lock on the door. The Shoanti waits to make sure his companions are in position before smashing the lock in with his heavy weapon.

 

[Legildur]

Edlin stands by, with a tanglefoot bag in one hand and a thunderstone in the other. (ooc: planned cut to power supply tomorrow, so won't have access to Net. Please NPC if required)

 

[Voadam]

Di nods as she takes Orman's ring. She seems frightened, but resolute. She answers her uncle's questions, "Hookshanks is that little one," she points to the collapsed gnome up on the catwalk. "He's real mean." She continues, "I never saw Gobblegut before, but he must like to eat kids. They always say that anybody who goes down there got eaten by him." She gives her uncle one last, fierce hug. Then, she dashes through the smashed door into the night, clutching his ring tightly.

Once certain she is off safely with the other children Orman returns to join the others in finishing the night's business.

 

[Malvoisin]

With most of his companions assembled behind him, Gadeann lays into the locked door with his poleaxe. This time, it takes two hard strokes to smash down the door, but the duskblade has hardly broken a sweat. Looking inside, he sees that a wooden desk sits in the near corner, its side close enough that it might have prevented the door from opening all the way (had it not been destroyed). The desk's surface is heaped with dozens of slate boards covered with chalk scrawls, while to the east a cabinet slouches against the wall. To the south, a few moldy boards have been nailed over the door.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

As the little girl leaves and Orman trails after the others, Girri finds herself separated from the group. Don't make no sense that Lamm'd somehow be down there Curious but nervous, Girri leans slightly deeper into the hold and reaches for one of the looped ropes. Testing the rope by pulling on it, Girri tries to determine if it will hold her weight while also looking about the building for something near at hand--some non-valuable object to throw into the hold.

OOC-if Girri can, she will throw something over to see if anything lurking below reacts

 

[stonegod]

Coldan waves at the new desk, then moves to the last unexplored door, listening, then opening.