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

[stonegod]

The old man grumbles but says nothing about Shefton. He bites off a few syllables and light once again springs from his longspear, which he points down into the pit. "I said I'm not goin' first. Thar's yer light. Be my guest."

 

[hafrogman]

Keoni galnces with irritation to those proposing to go down without surveying above first. His sighs heavily and takes a look at the trap door for a moment, checking how it works.

[sblock=ooc]Does it lock? Have hinges? How heavy is it? Stone, wood, other?[/sblock]

 

[GwydapLlew]

Chongo's tattooed face breaks out in a wide, white-toothed grin. "Shelton not betray us. Shelton only hear for money." He forcefully claps their guide on the shoulder, reminding Shelton that not eveyone in this group solves things by talking.

The squat Olman then moves over to the trapdoor and, if it's not already open, attempts to open it. Once open, he looks for a way down - steps, stairs, ladder - before pausing and looking at the rest.

"Chongo go first."

 

[stonegod]

Keoni galnces with irritation to those proposing to go down without surveying above first. His sighs heavily and takes a look at the trap door for a moment, checking how it works.

The old man looks at the former dock worker. "What got yer goat? Wanna have a looksie around first? We can wait, assum'n you no be want'n to search this whole place. Might be a while, and a might difficult w'all this bush. Take Chongo or Anar w'ya."

 

[Malvoisin]

(hafrogman, I assumed Keoni had already searched the clearing and immediate area with the previous Search and Survival skill checks...hopefully, that's good enough to satisfy his suspicions. As has been pointed out, it would be a lengthy and daunting task to search the whole of the island, as it is primarily dense jungle and rocky cliffs. No other path has presented itself, other than the hidden one which led from the beach to the clearing.)

Shefton jumps as Chongo thumps his on the shoulder, apparently slightly nervous thanks to Anar's comment. Clearly, the guide doesn't want to be anyone's plaything. "Right, mates, I'll wait up here a while for you. We can talk payment when you get back."

With Shefton having already opened the trap door, Keoni and Chongo look it over carefully. It's heavy and made of stone, with hinges and no visible lock. There is a stout rope hanging from a hook in the wall that leads down into the five-foot-wide shaft. No other means of descent is apparent.

Okay, are guys going to climb down? If so, I'll assume a similar order to the one used in the vault...Chongo, Anar, Kalen, Keoni, Col, Bael.

 

[hafrogman]

[Sblock=ooc]

(hafrogman, I assumed Keoni had already searched the clearing and immediate area with the previous Search and Survival skill checks...hopefully, that's good enough to satisfy his suspicions. As has been pointed out, it would be a lengthy and daunting task to search the whole of the island, as it is primarily dense jungle and rocky cliffs. No other path has presented itself, other than the hidden one which led from the beach to the clearing.)

Yeah, it's really not enough to satisfy his suspicions. A single other footprint, any proof that anyone had been here ever would be useful. But everyone else seems hellbent on going down there.
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Keoni can only shrug at Col, and shake his head. This doorway into the ground bothers him. The logic escapes him, and he can find nothing that would lead him to believe that their quarry lay beyond. However, cautious he may be, a coward he is not.

"You speak wisdom, it would take much time to search the island. But no man can conceal a door while he is beyond it. And that fact worries me. But if we are to go down there, we must be alert. Perhaps I should go first, with a rope. If I find trouble, Chongo can pull me up. I'm not sure I could do the same for him."

 

[GwydapLlew]

"You speak wisdom, it would take much time to search the island. But no man can conceal a door while he is beyond it. And that fact worries me. But if we are to go down there, we must be alert. Perhaps I should go first, with a rope. If I find trouble, Chongo can pull me up. I'm not sure I could do the same for him."

"Chongo think that good idea. Chongo go last, everyone else go down first?"

 

[Rhun]

Anar doesn't look bothered in the least about the prospect of descending the shaft. "I can go first. There is already a rope tied here, so I would assume others have made the descent before." The charming rogue turns to Col. "Master Col, perhaps you would be so good as to provide some light?

 

[Legildur]

Bael, with some misgivings, silently descends the shaft when his time comes.

 

[stonegod]

The charming rogue turns to Col. "Master Col, perhaps you would be so good as to provide some light?

The old man taps his longspear, which he has already pointed down the shaft---it is once again giving off light. "Already done, whipersnapper. I'll toss it down when you be in one piece. If, I should mean."