Malvoisin's Savage Tide, Act 1 - There Is No Honor

[GwydapLlew]

Chongo slips his flail back into his harness and looks at each statue in turn. "Chongo not know what paper says. Everyone talk of 1 and 6 and sunrise and sunset, but Chongo not sure what everyone mean." The Olman sounds a tad frustrated - he wants to help, but his illiteracy prevents him from helping further without assistance.

 

[stonegod]

"Kalen? Do them thar eyeballs twist of sink or some'n? 'Cuz som'n's gotta twist or turn or be finagled in 'ere."

 

[Rhun]

Anar pipes in from where he stands near the spider statue. "How many eyes does an Umber Hulk have, Sage Col?

 

[stonegod]

The Olman sounds a tad frustrated - he wants to help, but his illiteracy prevents him from helping further without assistance.

Col turns to the savage. "This 'ere note do 'ave a code on it." Col reads the note, explaining his theory. "I do think the eyes do be tell'n us some'n."

 

[stonegod]

Anar pipes in from where he stands near the spider statue. "How many eyes does an Umber Hulk have, Sage Col?

"It do be hav'n four, though it do be look'n to have two---but which two is the problem, har, har!"

 

[hafrogman]

Keoni takes a moment to read the parchment outloud to Chongo.

"Chimera looks to sunrise.
Cyclops looks to sunset.
Medusa looks to sunrise.
Umber Hulk looks to sunset.
Basilisk looks to sunrise.

But the creatures all face inwards, not east or west. They all face the pillar?"

Following his own logic, Keoni takes a look at the pillar, particularly for any picture of the sun, or the like.

 

[GwydapLlew]

"Chongo think that pillar moves. Red arrow points to animal with same number of eyes." With that, he tests the pillar, seeing if it will rotate. He try to twist it in an easterly direction until it points towards the six-eyed gorilla statue.

[sblock]Chongo's a bit impatient. Hopefully it won't trigger a trap! [/sblock]

 

[Rhun]

Anar growns as Chongo begins twisting the pillar. "Chongo! It could be trapped!"

 

[Legildur]

Bael follows the others into the next room and marvels at the artwork. Turning his attention back to the problem at hand, he thinks for a few moments. "Sunrise and sunset. What if we followed Col's association of the wall panels to those on the note and bathed those in light for sunrise and darkness for sunset?" he thinks aloud.

"It's either something like that, or Lavinia's ring has another part to play."

 

[Malvoisin]

Following his own logic, Keoni takes a look at the pillar, particularly for any picture of the sun, or the like.

Keoni sees no such picture on the pillar, only the aforementioned grooves.

"Chongo think that pillar moves. Red arrow points to animal with same number of eyes." With that, he tests the pillar, seeing if it will rotate. He try to twist it in an easterly direction until it points towards the six-eyed gorilla statue.

Anar shouts out a warning, but too late, as the dark-skinned warrior has already grabbed ahold of the pillar to test his hunch. Fortunately, no trap manifests. Instead, Chongo finds that the pillar does indeed rotate, and quite easily. The pillar does not rotate smoothly, but rather "clicks" in its socket as Chongo pushes. As the pillar rotates, the eight-pointed star in the ceiling rotates as well, the red arm pointing to a new wall (and a different monster) with each click. The pillar settles in with a final click, the red arm of the star pointing toward the ape-like gray render with its six eyes.