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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 8628636" data-attributes="member: 9255">SIBERYS SEVEN008 STRANGE HALLSSEGMENT 077“BEGINNING THE SCREAMING HALLS”RHAAN 7,999 THE SCREAMING HALLSThe seven friends and would-be adventurers walk slowly down a hallway. As usual, the rogue- Mania, takes the lead watching the stone floor and some of the walls. Bora, the half-orc barbarian from northern Eldeen stays with him as a protector but also out of a crazed curiosity.“Hallway branches twice- both to the left and continues forward into the darkness.” Calls out Mania becoming more cautious and mature than he ever has been before.Hoping to avoid ambushes from behind- “Take the first one.” Comments Dura.He walks up to it and waits for Bora to get behind him and illuminate the short hallway with the light spell that is placed on her studded leather armor. “Stairs---- going up.”“Okay- lets go.” Adds Dura.The stairs lead up a short way then about thirty feet to stairs leading down. Dura suggests Aura to guard the stairs and she agrees with her usual quiet and serious manner.“Appears to be a storage room. Some crates and a big trunk.” Yells Mania to Dura whom is still in the hallway beyond the top of the stairs. Bora goes to the crates and Mania to the trunk. Vander guards at the bottom of the stairs.Bora pries open one crate with a loud creak and a snap. “Clothe….Canvas….”Mania is looking over the trunk. It is locked with a cheap lock. He picks it easily and as he opens it he can hear a scratching sound and a shrill squeak. “Don’t look now but….”The truck bursts open and moves from the wall at the same time. A bunch of large boney rats the size of medium dogs burst from a shallow hole in the ground. Dire Rats!Mania falls back into the group as the small community of Dire Rats empty from the hole.Four rats reach Bora and Mania first. Bora keeps out of their reach. Mania avoids one but is bitten by another. The damage is little to none (Dam Reduct) but the disease does set in. Mania swats at them while Leeya, on the stairs sees them and castes web. A fine but strong light web falls over the mutant rats. Most of them jump and leap away from the web (21 E Art).Both Bora and Vander kill a rat with their falchions.It continues like this. Mania can’t quite hit them. Leeya can no longer get a safe line of view at the rats and Bora and Vander are killing one with each strike.Mania is flanked and nipped once more. He kills one for it. Incarnum steps pass the wizard and as he reaches the bottom of the steps is attacked but his armored shell repels the bites. The fighters take down all but one. This remaining Dire Rat tries to escape up the stairs. Incarnum spikes it with one of his forearm implanted short sword.They back track to Aura in disgust.The next off-shot of a hallway ends at double doors. Again Mania goes first with Bora close on his heels. The air quality has changed. Changed for the better. Fresh and cooler. There is a new sound also. Dripping water.Going in they find a well. Water is dripping in from high above where a small hole or crack is just visible. The walls pulse from the bats that rest here. It is evening now.“Getting to be late. Hard to tell what time of day it is down here.” Says Leeya.“We should make camp” Adds Vander.“Here? Really?” comments Mania raising his arms and gesturing to the circular small room with the well inside it.</blockquote>

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