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

[stonegod]

Col watches tensely as the savage moves the pillar. When he hears the click, a crooked grin comes over his face. "That thar be it!" Under his breath, "East be to the right, west to the left!" The animated old man gesticulates wildly, pointing this way and that. "Turn her to the that there roper to the left! That be one! Like the render be six! Then right again to the dragon and be hop'n that two be the right number. Left to that carsed ettin, then right to th'dragon again! Hop to it, me boy!"

 

[Legildur]

Bael smiles and leans on his longbow as Col's interpretation dawns on him. It's a complex lock requiring the correct sequence to open! "What if you get it wrong?" he asks of no one in particular as Chongo continues to manipulate the pillar.

 

[stonegod]

"What if you get it wrong?" he asks of no one in particular as Chongo continues to manipulate the pillar.

The excited old man glares at the elf a moment, then grins. "They it to be are doom, most likely! Har!"

 

[Legildur]

The excited old man glares at the elf a moment, then grins. "They it to be are doom, most likely! Har!"

'So the rumours were true,' he thinks to himself. 'Mad Col' indeed. Bael frowns at the response and bites his lip in concern, but waits for things to progress with the black man spinning the wheel, as it were.

 

[Rhun]

The excited old man glares at the elf a moment, then grins. "They it to be are doom, most likely! Har!"

At Col's words, Anar turns to Lady Lavinia. "M'lady...perhaps it would be best if you wait outside of this chamber. Should we trigger some deadly trap while trying to sort out this lock, I would be overcome with grief should you be injured."

 

[GwydapLlew]

Chongo will follow Col's orders, rotating the pillar in sequence - left to the strange, stalagmite-looking creature, then right to the dragon, the left to the two-headed ogre, and finally rotating it back to the dragon. As he does finishes (unless something interrupts him), he will hop back and look about, ready for trouble.

 

[hafrogman]

Keoni steps back from the pillar, spear and shield at the ready. He stands in front of the doorway, to prevent whatever trouble appears from getting out to terrorize Lavinia or anyone else outside the room.

 

[stonegod]

Col grins as everyone begins to back up in anticpation of some catastrophe. Chongo had already committed to moving the pillar; he was only providing the final directions. If his mad plan did not work, then that foul Lady o'Fate would have her laugh. But Col was convinced he'd be the one laughing once again.

[sblock=OOC]Just incase Colese is hard to translate, the idea is that sunrise->E->R->CW, sunset->W->L->CCW and the eyes of the note tell us which number to point to (said numbers given by the # eyes on the wall). The guess, of course, is that medusa counts as 2 (since w/ ten snakey heads, 12 isn't represented). Thus:

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

Translates to:
- 6 CW
- 1 CCW
- 2 CW
- 4 CCW
- 2 CW
'Course, everyone probably figured this out a while ago. [/sblock]

 

[Malvoisin]

At Col's words, Anar turns to Lady Lavinia. "M'lady...perhaps it would be best if you wait outside of this chamber. Should we trigger some deadly trap while trying to sort out this lock, I would be overcome with grief should you be injured."

Lavinia shakes her head resolutely. "Thank you, Anar, but I will remain. This vault is my property and responsibility, now. I will not cower in the corner like a robber."

While everyone else stands at the ready, Chongo listens carefully to Col's directions and rotates the pillar back and forth like the tumbler of a giant combination lock. Six right, one left, two right, four left, two right.

When the red arm of the Seeker's star finally comes to rest on the rearing red dragon, the entire room begins to rumble. Then, the five alcoves on the walls rotate in place, each revealing several coffers and chests.

"You've done it!" exclaims Lavinia delightedly.

 

[stonegod]

"Heh, heh, heh." Col smiles triumphantly. With a twinkle in his eyes and a tap on his temple, he says to those gathered, "Guess everything's not all addled up there!"