Of Sound Mind III

[Acmite]

Adren awakens from his psionic meditative state....

"Ok, this rope is a fairly long climb, then leads down to a rickety platform. I'll lead."

Gholog straps his glaive in a rig across his back, then retests the rope before clambering down.

Aye, and I'll go with you this time, Gholog. My disturbing dream of distorted and savage animals has left me leery of my abilities to fend off such an attack. I have failed in this area before.....

Adren's eyes briefly become unfocused and the observant can see a quick grimace of remembered pain flash across his face.

My eyes don't pierce the darkness as well as yours, friend, but my senses are quite acute. If there is trouble down there, my blade could be of some use.

Turning to the rest of the group, he will add: Those of you that decide to remain up here--keep an eye on the surrounding wilds. When we were here last, I sensed something--I'm not sure how to describe it-- wrong . Be wary.

 

[Acmite]

Adren and Jaxen

Adren will try to calm Jaxen and ease any of the disquiet that may still remain. Then, he will adjust Jaxen such that he can see behind Adren.

 

[Other Guy]

Jason Master

"My biggest problem is the light in there. Normally I can be very quiet and hidden, but not with a lantern." Jason says, smiling. "If you guys want to go in and not attract a lot of attention, then I should probably stay out here and guard the entrance." He looks through his backpack quickly and finds another scroll of Mage Armor. "So, how does that sound?"

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

"I think we should all go, Jason. We may need every hand to man the weapons. A safe fallback is important, too, so I'll let you be the judge."

Gholog will make the climb as swiftly as possible, and without any light.

 

[Other Guy]

Jason Master

"Hmm..." Jason thinks for a moment. "Alright, I think I have an idea. I can communicate telepathically with Gato over a pretty long range. He can stay out here by the entrance and tell me if anything happens. We'll have our guard and my cat won't be in as much danger as us. Of course, that also means I'll be tagging along with you guys, which means no stealth."

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

"There won't be much stealth with me along either."

 

[GnomeWorks]

Seraphina frowns. "A rope? We aren't going to be able to bring Rufus up there..."

She then dismounts, and approaches the rope. "Well, might as well get started..."

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

"Maybe Rufus can act as our fallback guard, protecting the rope."

 

[Jarval]

Rufus sits by the hole, obviously less than keen on going down there. At Jason's command, Gato takes up a position in the undergrowth near the hole, hardly visible even to those who know where to look.

After quickly retesting the rope's strength, Gholog takes the lead in the climb down. Again, the platform creaks slightly under his weight, echoing up to those above.

 

[Zhure]

Gholog

Gholog climbs down as quickly as possible, then makes a stand at the entrance off the platform, waiting for his companions to catch up.