Strahd's "RttToEE" CLOSED

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

You wait in silence as the Kid walks along the walls, trying to detect secret hatches or any hidden passageways.
It takes some time so you decide to rest in the big room, Lenuran pass the time with a tale of how Iuz invaded Horned Society , Furyondy and Shieldlands.
[sblock=Thandis Search]
Nothing.
[/sblock]
And that's all I know.
Lenuran ends his story.
Well, to the Door.
You gather your packs and head to the door, creepy bugs and other unidentified insects flee from your light and sink into the murky water.
With a slight push and a low grunt, Korbryn opens the wooden door, the water of the other side are leveled up quickly with the flood where you stand.
To the light of Miltiades's burning torch you spot a dead end, the flooded corridor end with a wall of solid stone.

 

[DEFCON 1]

"Okay... now if there's a place for a door to be hidden... THIS is it! Nobody designs a corridor that ends like this with nothing to be found, and more especially put a door in place to close this corridor off. I don't care how stupid an architect might be." Ithiken looks at The Kid and thumbs down the corridor. "Dollars to donuts you find something down there, Kid!"

 

[stonegod]

The Kid sighs at the elf, and moves forward to check to see if there is a secret door, daggers ready.

OOC: Take 20 again.

 

[Rhun]

Korbryn moves forward to stand near The Kid, his sword held ready to defend his companion.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

The caverns

Walking in the murky water and avoiding holes in the ground Korbryn and Thandis make their way to inspect the wall, the wall seems to be solid, but to Korbryn's eyes something is strange, the wall is somewhat new then the rest of the moss infested corridor's wall.
A low rumbling sound echoes in the corridor, a moment pass and the earth beneath the dwarf, the kid and the historian gnome departs.
It is not a pit trap but an uneven floor, to Miltiades's and Ithiken's eyes it seems the earth and floor were too weak due to the flood, all they need is a heavy dwarf, a gnome, a human and gallons of murky water to give up.
[sblock=Reflex saves]
All Failed
[/sblock]
Haaaa
Lenuran shouts, as the three falls down 5 ft. into a sweeping underground river, grabbing the cave's walls is impossible, the walls are too smooth and wet, and the three are swept for several seconds and tens of feet before dropping from a high underground waterfall (20 ft. high) and plunging into a pool.
Panic changes into awe as you swim quite easily to the rocky shores of the pool, a strong stream flow from the pool and disappear into small cracks in the opposite far wall, the caverns walls are covered with strange fungi which illuminate the area with purple-blue light. The light refracts and reflects from white quartz crystals in the walls.
Fish and crabs flee from your presence into the deep of the pool, beside them there is nothing which might threaten your presence.
A tall cliff in the opposite wall continues into a dark narrow tunnel.
The way back up the waterfall and to where you stood seems to be impossible to accomplish.
Up in the corridor Miltiades and Ithiken sees a dark river 5 ft. down from where they stand, your three companions are no where to be seen, a faint sound of rumbling water can be heard, a waterfall maybe.

 

[Rhun]

Sputtering and muttering dwarven curses, Korbryn climbs from the water. He removes his helmet, pouring the water out onto the ground, and shakes his head vigorously, sending droplet of spray flying from the long braids of his hair and beard. "I was not needin' a bath," he says finally, his dwarven eyes sweeping the chamber for any signs of danger.

 

[Voadam]

Miltiades, Inquisitor of Rao

Miltiades looks down the hole to the waterfall. He remains calm and says to Ithiken "Do you have any magic to help us come back up? Flight or levitation? My backpack is magical and can protect its contents from soaking, is there anything like scrolls you'd wish to put in there?"

 

[stonegod]

The Kid sputters a moment, breathing heavily and clutching his daggers. The sight of the pool does not put him at ease---it points out how separated they are. Easier pickings for whatever is down here.

He resists the urge to scream and turns to the gnome. In a low whisper, for who knows what is down here, he says, "You gnomes can make those floating lights, right? You think you can beckon our fellows with them. Don't want to draw any more audible attention then we've already." The Kid's eyes warily scan the cave as he says this.

OOC: Spot check while he speaks.

 

[Strahd_Von_Zarovich]

Lenuran

Good thinking
Reply the soaked gnome as he climbs the rocky shore and pour the water from his boots.
"Orot Ve Kol".
He says in a weird language. *Dancing lights + Ghost sound
Up on the waterfall, several glowing spheres of light appears.

Thandis and Korbryn investigate the high ceiling caverns but finds nothing, the only other exit is up on the cliff.

Back in the corridor, something light the strong stream, you can spot what it is but the light comes out from somewhere, then a weird voice echoes in the stream's tunnel below.
Are you up there? Miltiades? Ithiken? It's me Lenuran, we are down here, in some sort of a cave, and we are unable to climb back.

 

[DEFCON 1]

"Huh. Sounds like they're okay, eh? Unfortunately, I do not have any flying or levitation except for my floating disks. But that would keep a certain amount of weight above the water as needed." Ithiken quickly looks around and tries to figure out how/where they went and what their possibilities are.

OOC: I'm having a hard time visualizing how/where the others went, since it doesn't say on the map what part of the tunnel fell away and in what direction the others were taken.

Is it down by the dead end past the door that the floor fell away? Which direction does the new tunnel continue? And is the corridor now empty of water since preumably it all drained down this new hole towards the waterfall? Ithiken will send Yerrn into the tunnel to find the others (presuming the tunnel isn't flooded with water).