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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 6782694" data-attributes="member: 6777052">They soon solved the problem of getting down the well. BoldItalic confidently jumped in first, closely followed by Rylnethaz, the princess, Captain Mandárion and Clotbert, with each holding onto the ankles of the one above so that they didn't get separated. After a few seconds of quite exhilarating free fall, BoldItalic uttered a Feather Fall spell that slowed them all down so that they landed safely at the bottom. Having been given their orders by the captain, the elf soldiers then began to descend in a more orthodox fashion with ropes secured by iron spikes hammered into the brickwork lining of the well. "I'm glad that worked," said the princess. "You can let go of my ankles, now, Rylni.""You took your time," complained Fingers. He was wielding a small sword in each hand and was surrounded by several large centipedes in various states of mortality. "I think I've been bitten. My left leg's gone numb.""Keep still," commanded Clotbert, and he passed his hands over Finger's leg, reciting a prayer to Myrristra as he did so."Ow! Now it's stopped being numb and it's tingling like crazy!""That will pass quickly. It is just your body countering the poison. All perfectly natural.""If you say so.""Good. Now, spread out, everyone," commanded Rylnethaz, "And check every part of this chamber. Shout out if you find any more centipedes or anything else unusual."While the others hunted around, Fingers limped over the the door that he had seen earlier. He pushed gently against it. It didn't yield. Then he tried the door handle and pushed again. It still didn't yield. He tried pulling instead of pushing. It still didn't yield. "This door isn't locked," he called out, "but there's definitely something holding it shut."BoldItalic pointed his staff at the door, frowned and said "Konk" in a loud voice. There was a crack from behind the door, as of snapping wood, followed by a thud, as of pieces of broken timber hitting a stone floor, and the door opened."That's a useful magic word," commented Fingers as he peered through the doorway. Beyond, by the light of his hat, he could see what might once have been a small dining room but it was hard to tell, because all the furniture had been removed some time in the past, leaving only vague square patches in the dust to suggest where it might have been. He didn't have time to think about it much, though, because there was someone, or something in the room frantically trying to get out by one of the other two doors. Whoever, or whatever it was, gibbered in obvious fear at the sudden and unexpected appearance of a small person with a glowing head (that is, Fingers himself wearing his illuminated hat), the like of which he (or perhaps 'it') had never seen, bursting through a supposedly secure door out of a supposedly sealed empty chamber.What was strange about the creature was not that it had dark, cloak-like wings, nor even that it had two heads, but that each head had a single, straight horn about three feet long, pointing straight up. That, and the fact that it was covered in purple fur with yellow and green stripes."Easy, feller," coaxed Fingers, walking slowly into the room in what he hoped was a non-threatening way. The others followed him and stopped just inside the doorway making non-threatening gestures but the mere appearance of them sent the strange creature into an even greater panic."Oh, the poor thing!" murmured Infántilë, and she walked calmly over and started stroking it.</blockquote>

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