Night's Embrace: Part 1--A Touch of Darkness

[Boddynock]

"Oh, hell! Who would have thought it'd be so difficult just to help someone!"

Kelloran looks around feverishly, trying to gauge distances and times.

"There's no gallery here, so if we lay flat on top of these crates they might not see us. And if they don't see us, maybe they'll go away."

"Alternatively, if I can get down in time, maybe I could knock out whoever comes in and we could get away - that is, if there aren't too many of them. We'll have to hide the rope, whatever we do."

Kel grabs the rope and yanks on it, hoping that Blunt will get the idea and haul it up, out of sight.

He sighs deeply, "I wish this was just a bit simpler! I don't know what to do."

 

[Legildur]

Blunt gets a signal and starts hauling. Initially he stops as the rope obviously has no weight on it, but he quickly puts two and two together and hauls the rope out of sight.

 

[Rystil Arden]

*Blunt quickly hauls the rope up and out of the way as Kel and Sulannus lie flat and still, huddled together on the crate, barely daring to breathe. The guard passes by and shines a light at the warehouse from outside but fails to spot the intruders.*

"Damn it, nothing here either," he mutters to himself as he looks at the broken window, "Just another broken window distraction. The robber's got to be on the rooftops somewhere."

*He continues walking past, glancing about at the rooftops with a paranoid light in his eye.*

 

[Boddynock]

"Come on, then - let's get down and have a look around. Quickly - and quietly!"

Not daring to use the sunrod again, Kelloran looks for a safe way down. "Damn, it's dark. Sulannus, what can you see?"

 

[jkason]

Titus Farrab

*Blunt quickly hauls the rope up and out of the way as Kel and Sulannus lie flat and still, huddled together on the crate, barely daring to breathe. The guard passes by and shines a light at the warehouse from outside but fails to spot the intruders.*

"Damn it, nothing here either," he mutters to himself as he looks at the broken window, "Just another broken window distraction. The robber's got to be on the rooftops somewhere."

*He continues walking past, glancing about at the rooftops with a paranoid light in his eye.*

Titus keeps himself hidden as well as possible, waiting until he can no longer hear any sound of footsteps before he dares move, and even then keeping himself concealed as he looks for the reinforcements he heard one guard say he was going for.

[sblock=OOC]How far is it between rooftops? I seem to recall Blunt was able to brace himself between walls as he climbed, but I may have misinterpreted that.[/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: It is very close to the next roof. It should be a piece of cake to hop it)

(OOC 2: Sulannus sees the possibilities I mentioned earlier for heading down--mainly involving navigating the stacks and walls using rope and climbing)

 

[Shayuri]

Sulannus blinks rapidly for a moment, acclimating her eyes to the sudden gloom. Even to elf eyes, the warehouse is dark, with only starlight leaking in through the windows above. Even so, she can make out the silhouettes of the crates, organized neatly in stacks around them. And there is the dull grey expanse of the wall... She purses her lips and whispers to Kel,

"We could try to climb down the crates straight to the floor, but it wouldn't be easy, especially if we have to be quiet and can't use light. It would be easier if we could fix a rope up here, and use it to help get down the side. The only other way I can see is that there's a corner not too far off. We could try to jump from stack to stack to the corner...then we could use the walls to brace against as we climb down."

She pauses, then asks, "Do you have any rope?"

 

[Boddynock]

"Rope? Um - that's my rope that Blunt just pulled up. I suppose we'd better try for the corner." Kel moves off to do just that.

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Jumping in the dark is a tad dangerous of a proposition for Kel, and slightly less so for Sulannus, who can make out the locations of the different crate stacks, might have an easier time guiding, though her jumping skill is not excellent)

 

[Shayuri]

"The problem with jumping," Sulannus whispers, "is that since you can't see, I'll have to guide you verbally. And with the guards so close, I'd have to be very quiet. It might be safer if one of us lowers the other down as far as we can, and then we climb the rest of the way down. A rope would make it easier, but these are crates. They have crevices and toeholds. We'll just have to take it slow and careful."