[Planescape] Squaring the Circle Redux - IC

[Ferrix]

A smile creases the gruff face of Donner, a rare occasion indeed. "Well put lass, now shall we be gett'n on then?"

He calls Aegis, Tor and Arbor to his side, giving each of them a playful tussle on the head, he whispers to them to watch over the little one known as Rupert if things get rough.

 

[Sephiroth no Miko]

Burrow chuckles, "Ahhh, lad. Y'see, some folk care about others and try an' help 'em whenever they can. I know t'is a world far removed from your's, but most decent and lovin' folk try and help those in the world, not rule o'er it..." He smiles lovingly and pats the kobold on the back gently.

This obviously is a foreign concept to Rupert, who gives Burrow a highly dubious look but gives his words some thought anyway. "*yip* Iz it bad to want to rule the world?" he asks earnestly, after a moment.

Meanwhile, opening the door reveals a plane of utter inky blackness in which absolutely nothing can be discerned, instead of leading out to the rear of the mansion's overgrown courtyard as expected. Flaust bounds up to it and as she tip-toes the last few steps through, it appears to the rest of you as if she had been bodily sucked right into the void without so much as a by-your-leave.

Flaust:

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You feel a great force wrenching you through the plane of the doorway as soon as your foot crosses its threshold. Passing through the portal feels like moving through a jellied membrane, and the air on the other side is unpleasantly warm and moist. The sensible stone and wooden walls of the mansion have been replaced by a cave generously covered in slime. You appear to be at one end of a large, roundish chamber poorly lit by a rusty glow with no discernible source. It is hot here... not volcano hot, but definitely well above body-temperature hot.

 

[Ashy]

This obviously is a foreign concept to Rupert, who gives Burrow a highly dubious look but gives his words some thought anyway. "*yip* Iz it bad to want to rule the world?" he asks earnestly, after a moment.

Burrow replies smoothly, without missing a beat, "If your version of rulin' requires that others are needlessly hurt, then, aye - t'is a bad thin' indeed...

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Vlad evaluates the portal's inky blackness approvingly, but with an underlying concern and skepticism. "Now there's a portal that I can appreciate. Do you suppose Flaust's okay?"

 

[Ashy]

"Only one way ta find out", Burrow remarks manner-of-factly. He draws Avalanche, whistles for Claw and then steps into the portal.

 

[Serpenteye]

Kiaros hovers trough the portal, letting himself be seen for a moment before he once again pass into the stone.

 

[Old Fezziwig]

Shrugging, the dwarf follows, with Hrothgeat in tow.

 

[Ferrix]

Donner grins, with a nod of his helmeted head he trots Grizzle through the gate, his three other hounds following on his heels.

 

[deadestdai]

Allowing her eyes to get used to the new lighting and giving her body a moment to try to get at least a little accustomed with the heat, Flaust first takes in the details of the slimy cave

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Spot +11

, then doing her best to move from cover to cover, scouts on ahead a little to see what is about to greet her group.

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Hide +15, Listen +7

 

[Sephiroth no Miko]

Kiaros hovers trough the portal, letting himself be seen for a moment before he once again pass into the stone.

Kiaros floats through the portal only to find himself passing through the wall of the manor and right into the courtyard behind it. From this side, there is no door, only a blank wall of stone. Hmmm... apparently, his lack of a corporeal body is not conducive to portal activation, at least in this instance.