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<blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 7413801" data-attributes="member: 9255"><p>THE HIDDEN: BEYOND NEW WATER</p><p>12 NEW TEAM ENTERS THE HIDDEN</p><p>SEGMENT 206</p><p>”ABERRANT HUGE SPIDERS OF THE HIDDEN” </p><p>05/06/18</p><p></p><p>RHAAN 2, 1000 LATE AFTERNOON INSIDE THE HIDDEN</p><p></p><p>The four “adventurers” walk along a cliff edge. To their back is sharp and hot black glass and on the other side of the 3-6 foot wide pathway is a hundred foot cliff into the jungles of The Hidden. This is how the group learns their fearless leader has a fear. He fears heights. He gets a few burns and cuts as he inches along the glass</p><p></p><p>The warlock- Payne- has taken the easy route. He is flying. Khiis happily strolls along…. Thinking private dark and deadly thoughts. Thoughts of The Keeper and The Web. He loses his happy thoughts shortly as they reach a dead end. The path continues but on the other side of a fast moving river. A series of cascading water falls with black glass protruding from the edges and within promise a painful death.</p><p></p><p>Also on the other side is a statue. As the others consider how to cross the dangerous waterway, the warlock flies over to it. It depicts a life-sized wizard with huge bulging eyes and a tiny mouth. He has no nose. Instead of hands holding a staff, each of the fingers are tentacles that wrap around the shaft of the quarterstaff. </p><p></p><p>“How to cross?” asks the barbarian.</p><p></p><p>“Rope?” suggests the cleric of The Fury.</p><p></p><p>“I have. What of it?”</p><p></p><p>“Perhaps Payne can fly it to the statue- anchor it. Then fly back and hold it as we cross carefully.”</p><p></p><p>“It may work.” Agrees Dan.</p><p></p><p>The goblin watches as the rope is collected and stretched from statue to them. Then the flyer pulls it taught. “Who is first?”</p><p></p><p>Everyone looks at her as she suggested it first. She silently motions to herself. “Me?” She at each. The goblin has a strange hard to read look on his green wrinkled face.</p><p></p><p>She walks up to the line and makes a few grand motions in the air and holds her palm to the other side then to the water before her. She looks over her shoulder to the three there waiting for her and quickly- incredibly quickly runs over to the far side. Dan notes her feet never even get wet.</p><p></p><p>Next is the goblin. He swings up onto the rope and shimmies across using his arms and legs along with a belt. Half way across he notes the long fall if he fell into the water and were to be swept away. The big barbarian has to go next. This thought brings a smirk to the killer.</p><p></p><p>Dan swallows hard as he grasps the rope. As he leans onto the rope and his foot hits the water a strong breeze comes from no where. The wind shifts the flyer and the rope goes slightly slack. He sucks in his breath as he braces himself. The goblin frowns as he stops his slide and the rope grows taunt again. He struggles to cross as the heavier body is harder for the flying warlock to support. Once he is near the edge Xena reaches out and grasps his hand. He finds himself with better footing and easily steps onto the land.</p><p></p><p>They reclaim the rope and look over the statue briefly once more but as a group. The warlocks tries to detect magic on it or within it but finds nothing. They continue on the path onto a new narrow cliffside walkway. Dan the barbarian is not impressed.</p><p></p><p>Luckily for him, Payne finds a hidden path that cuts back and forth down the cliffside into the valley below. They reach the bottom and look about. New Water, strange too vibrate green and nearly glowing yellow plants, vines and flowers fill the area. Strange, mostly orange, sand and pebbles make up the land. Mixed in the orange are red, blue, yellow, green and a few scarce purple pebbles. The warlock looks at this and more.</p><p></p><p>“There is a river not far away.”</p><p></p><p>They cut through the strange alien brush and reach a slow moving river about thirty feet wide. There are dozens of smaller waterways leading into the main river.</p><p></p><p>They are about to cross when the warlock calls out a warning. Three strange mutated huge water striders are floating down the river slowly. The group attack them quickly.</p><p></p><p>The warlock strikes from above. Xena castes a blast of pure sunlight onto one. Dan charges across the water…. No. He charges on top of the water and strikes a strider deeply. The goblin goes to move out and instead trips on the water and is submerged. He surfaces and finds the priestess next to him, on land.</p><p></p><p>“Need help little man?” She is enjoying the goblin’s disposition. Especially as the gentle current begins to pull him away from her. His look of disgust is priceless. If she did intend to share her spell with him, he would not accept it.</p><p></p><p>The two spiders go down quickly as the first one has crawled, smoking, with black curled up legs under it. The warlock finishes it off quickly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megamania, post: 7413801, member: 9255"] THE HIDDEN: BEYOND NEW WATER 12 NEW TEAM ENTERS THE HIDDEN SEGMENT 206 ”ABERRANT HUGE SPIDERS OF THE HIDDEN” 05/06/18 RHAAN 2, 1000 LATE AFTERNOON INSIDE THE HIDDEN The four “adventurers” walk along a cliff edge. To their back is sharp and hot black glass and on the other side of the 3-6 foot wide pathway is a hundred foot cliff into the jungles of The Hidden. This is how the group learns their fearless leader has a fear. He fears heights. He gets a few burns and cuts as he inches along the glass The warlock- Payne- has taken the easy route. He is flying. Khiis happily strolls along…. Thinking private dark and deadly thoughts. Thoughts of The Keeper and The Web. He loses his happy thoughts shortly as they reach a dead end. The path continues but on the other side of a fast moving river. A series of cascading water falls with black glass protruding from the edges and within promise a painful death. Also on the other side is a statue. As the others consider how to cross the dangerous waterway, the warlock flies over to it. It depicts a life-sized wizard with huge bulging eyes and a tiny mouth. He has no nose. Instead of hands holding a staff, each of the fingers are tentacles that wrap around the shaft of the quarterstaff. “How to cross?” asks the barbarian. “Rope?” suggests the cleric of The Fury. “I have. What of it?” “Perhaps Payne can fly it to the statue- anchor it. Then fly back and hold it as we cross carefully.” “It may work.” Agrees Dan. The goblin watches as the rope is collected and stretched from statue to them. Then the flyer pulls it taught. “Who is first?” Everyone looks at her as she suggested it first. She silently motions to herself. “Me?” She at each. The goblin has a strange hard to read look on his green wrinkled face. She walks up to the line and makes a few grand motions in the air and holds her palm to the other side then to the water before her. She looks over her shoulder to the three there waiting for her and quickly- incredibly quickly runs over to the far side. Dan notes her feet never even get wet. Next is the goblin. He swings up onto the rope and shimmies across using his arms and legs along with a belt. Half way across he notes the long fall if he fell into the water and were to be swept away. The big barbarian has to go next. This thought brings a smirk to the killer. Dan swallows hard as he grasps the rope. As he leans onto the rope and his foot hits the water a strong breeze comes from no where. The wind shifts the flyer and the rope goes slightly slack. He sucks in his breath as he braces himself. The goblin frowns as he stops his slide and the rope grows taunt again. He struggles to cross as the heavier body is harder for the flying warlock to support. Once he is near the edge Xena reaches out and grasps his hand. He finds himself with better footing and easily steps onto the land. They reclaim the rope and look over the statue briefly once more but as a group. The warlocks tries to detect magic on it or within it but finds nothing. They continue on the path onto a new narrow cliffside walkway. Dan the barbarian is not impressed. Luckily for him, Payne finds a hidden path that cuts back and forth down the cliffside into the valley below. They reach the bottom and look about. New Water, strange too vibrate green and nearly glowing yellow plants, vines and flowers fill the area. Strange, mostly orange, sand and pebbles make up the land. Mixed in the orange are red, blue, yellow, green and a few scarce purple pebbles. The warlock looks at this and more. “There is a river not far away.” They cut through the strange alien brush and reach a slow moving river about thirty feet wide. There are dozens of smaller waterways leading into the main river. They are about to cross when the warlock calls out a warning. Three strange mutated huge water striders are floating down the river slowly. The group attack them quickly. The warlock strikes from above. Xena castes a blast of pure sunlight onto one. Dan charges across the water…. No. He charges on top of the water and strikes a strider deeply. The goblin goes to move out and instead trips on the water and is submerged. He surfaces and finds the priestess next to him, on land. “Need help little man?” She is enjoying the goblin’s disposition. Especially as the gentle current begins to pull him away from her. His look of disgust is priceless. If she did intend to share her spell with him, he would not accept it. The two spiders go down quickly as the first one has crawled, smoking, with black curled up legs under it. The warlock finishes it off quickly. [/QUOTE]
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