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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2840920" data-attributes="member: 9255">EBERRON: THE SIBERYS SEVENSEGMENT 005“No Safe Haven”The adventurers look for cover from the undead as they go blindly into a tunnel.  They follow the rogue as he looks up and down a few dark tunnels.  “They are EVERYWHERE!”  Let’s go down.  It seems they are all above now.  And he moves quickly to a stairway that goes down twenty feet then empties into an area with a ladder that leads down.  The smell rising from it declares it an entrance to the active sewers of Undersharn (19).Mania hesitates briefly, as he looks for green mist or a horde of undead.  He hopes these tunnels are empty, as they are part of his underground territory.  “Coast is clear.  Let’s go.” He calls up to the six others.They climb down as he guards the landing.  The Paladin and warforged are uncertain about this.  One feels she is running away from the fight leaving innocents unprotected and the other fears going into the sewers where the undead seem to be coming from.  But they are too open where they were before.As they move they reach an area of flowing water and notice the sounds.  The tunnels have undead in them after all.  “Great- there goes the neighborhood.” Mutters Mania.  The paladin stares hard at the rogue.They decide to cross the flowing water.  It may create a protective barrier for them as they hear undead coming from behind them now also.  Aura fails her jump and has difficulty climbing out.  Further reason to dislike the rogue and his direction sense.Meanwhile- flowing down the stream is a thick green mist.Dura sees the undead coming from behind and turns them.  She notes how they stare at her.  “Guys- are these undead freewill?  They seem to be acting …well different than I would expect.”  The others watch those and listen to others coming from ahead of them while she continues to watch their intelligence and thinking.  These are at the very least intelligent.Incarnum swings his twin short swords in tight little arcs out of nervousness.  “Is this your great plan?  We are about to be attacked from both the front and back sides underground in their territory.”“Some PEOPLE like to look on the bright side.  They can only attack from two sides.  Moving water protects us on one of those sides.  Ranged fighters and casters should guard that side.  The rest of protect here as the zombies become bottlenecked here.  Its best to make a good thing out of a bad situation- eh?” He says with a smile to Leeya as he seeks approval.“Perhaps.  But I still wonder if you lead us here for protection from the undead or the vigilante above.”  Mania has no comment for this.“Very well.  You have made your point pale one.  Fight here we will.” Adds the warforged not understanding the friction developing between the young man and the mage.  For that matter, the paladin and the rogue also.Once some of the zombies have moved back far enough from the ladders Leeya castes a web spell to stop the zombies and give them an exit if required.  Aura thanks her as she climbs out of the sewer waters and stands waiting for any further intrusions by the horde of undead.  Dura rebukes the undead again and once more they stop and seem to consider this cleric’s powers before moving away.  “This is bad!” she states.Many of the zombie-like creatures take to the ladders.  “They are moving away but in such a way they can attack at any time and from anywhere.  They are thinking!  They are planning!  They are intelligent!”“Well at least it can’t get worse.” Mania states.“Look around you moron!” calls out the barbarian.  “What is that?”He looks up the dark tunnels over the water.  “Green mist.” He says dumbly.  Even as the mist washes over Leeya and Aura.  The paladin becomes concerned.  This mist is not natural.  Then they hear it.  “What is that?” asks Incarnum.Mania listens and gives a name.  “Oh that’s Dumbskull (20).  He is an Ogre that hangs out down here.  If you leave him alone he generally avoids you.”“Look again.” Says Bora pointing with her incredibly large Great Falchion.  “Either he was ugly also or he is now undead also!”“Just like the security guards….” Remembers Leeya as she coughs from the mist.  “I’m going up.  It stinks here and I don’t like it.”They all go up the ladder to return to the surface.  Mania is the last to go and hesitates.  He watches the lumbering form of his friend within the green mist.  Indeed, his friend is undead now.  The mage, the security men and now Dumbskull.  Something bad has happened to Undersharn.  Something very very bad.</blockquote>

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