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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Potter" data-source="post: 3345830" data-attributes="member: 2323"><p><strong>[PLAIN][Realms #383] The Gordian Knot Solution[/PLAIN]</strong></p><p></p><p>Huzair reported his findings and Karak examined the plaster wall critically.</p><p></p><p>"So this wall be all that separates us from the far side of the corridor?" the dwarf called down to the mage. Huzair glanced back down the other leg of the horseshoe and nodded confirmation.</p><p></p><p>"I was thinking since it bent around on itself, there may be a secret door connecting the two corridors," Huzair confirmed. "If not , plaster is not too hard to whack through with an axe. Right, dwarf?"</p><p></p><p>"Aye, wizard," Karak said, hefting his waraxe. "That be me thoughts exactly! Stand back!" He urged the other members of the Order to crowd against the far wall, while he went to work on the opposite side. It took little time for his weapon to carve out great chunks of plaster from the wall, revealing solid, hewn stone walls beneath the sheath. "Shards!" Karak cursed, spitting on the ground.</p><p></p><p>"We'll not be cutting through that any time soon," Shamalin frowned. "Perhaps there's some way to jam-"</p><p></p><p>"Stoneblade could do it," Morier interrupted. "Cut through the wall, I mean."</p><p></p><p>"NO OBSTACLE OF STONE CAN LONG STAND IN THE PATH OF THE SCION OF EARTH!" the greatsword thundered in the small space.</p><p></p><p>"Well what are you saving it for? Swagfest?" Huzair called from down the hall. "You have the power... use it! At least that is what I say!"</p><p></p><p>Morier unsheathed the gray stone sword and looked at it hesitantly. "But you can only do this trick once per day, right?" he asked the weapon.</p><p></p><p>"IT IS NOT A 'TRICK', BUT YES, THE POWER IS USEABLE BUT ONCE PER DAY!" Stoneblade admitted.</p><p></p><p>"We may need it later on, lad," Karak cautioned and the albino nodded once and stepped back from the wall.</p><p></p><p>"I know that you're right, Karak," Morier told him and raised the sword. "But the fact of the matter is: we need to make it through here to be able to move forward... and if we die trying to save our resources for later... well, then that's kinda dumb."</p><p></p><p>Karak pondered this for a heartbeat and then cleared the way for Morier. The eldritch warrior leveled the greatsword at the wall at waist height and drove it into the stone nearly to the quillions. It sank in easily, as if the wall were made of flesh rather than rock and when the albino drew the sword up and out of the wall, the rent there dilated back magically until an opening fully five feet wide and eight feet tall had been created. It opened into the far corridor and he could see both a brassbound chest on the right and a narrow corridor leading straight away from the opening.</p><p></p><p>Morier stepped through and, looking right spied Huzair creeping down the corridor along the ceiling toward him. The three chests looked inviting, which of course meant that they were trapped; he ignored them and motioned for the others to step through the opening he'd made and follow.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The narrower corridor led off at a right angle to the wider hall with the three large chests for about twenty feet before it twisted back on itself. At that point it widened into another well-lit chamber. The entryway was situated in the corner of the room, and at the far end, they could see a circular door set within a large carving of an eye. Other than that valve and the doorway in which they were crowded, there was no other obvious method of entrance or egress. The walls, floor, and ceiling of the fifteen-by-fifteen foot room were all composed of tiles, and on each tile was the carving of an eye. The eyes themselves were all different sizes, styles, and colors.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon Potter, post: 3345830, member: 2323"] [b][PLAIN][Realms #383] The Gordian Knot Solution[/PLAIN][/b] Huzair reported his findings and Karak examined the plaster wall critically. "So this wall be all that separates us from the far side of the corridor?" the dwarf called down to the mage. Huzair glanced back down the other leg of the horseshoe and nodded confirmation. "I was thinking since it bent around on itself, there may be a secret door connecting the two corridors," Huzair confirmed. "If not , plaster is not too hard to whack through with an axe. Right, dwarf?" "Aye, wizard," Karak said, hefting his waraxe. "That be me thoughts exactly! Stand back!" He urged the other members of the Order to crowd against the far wall, while he went to work on the opposite side. It took little time for his weapon to carve out great chunks of plaster from the wall, revealing solid, hewn stone walls beneath the sheath. "Shards!" Karak cursed, spitting on the ground. "We'll not be cutting through that any time soon," Shamalin frowned. "Perhaps there's some way to jam-" "Stoneblade could do it," Morier interrupted. "Cut through the wall, I mean." "NO OBSTACLE OF STONE CAN LONG STAND IN THE PATH OF THE SCION OF EARTH!" the greatsword thundered in the small space. "Well what are you saving it for? Swagfest?" Huzair called from down the hall. "You have the power... use it! At least that is what I say!" Morier unsheathed the gray stone sword and looked at it hesitantly. "But you can only do this trick once per day, right?" he asked the weapon. "IT IS NOT A 'TRICK', BUT YES, THE POWER IS USEABLE BUT ONCE PER DAY!" Stoneblade admitted. "We may need it later on, lad," Karak cautioned and the albino nodded once and stepped back from the wall. "I know that you're right, Karak," Morier told him and raised the sword. "But the fact of the matter is: we need to make it through here to be able to move forward... and if we die trying to save our resources for later... well, then that's kinda dumb." Karak pondered this for a heartbeat and then cleared the way for Morier. The eldritch warrior leveled the greatsword at the wall at waist height and drove it into the stone nearly to the quillions. It sank in easily, as if the wall were made of flesh rather than rock and when the albino drew the sword up and out of the wall, the rent there dilated back magically until an opening fully five feet wide and eight feet tall had been created. It opened into the far corridor and he could see both a brassbound chest on the right and a narrow corridor leading straight away from the opening. Morier stepped through and, looking right spied Huzair creeping down the corridor along the ceiling toward him. The three chests looked inviting, which of course meant that they were trapped; he ignored them and motioned for the others to step through the opening he'd made and follow. The narrower corridor led off at a right angle to the wider hall with the three large chests for about twenty feet before it twisted back on itself. At that point it widened into another well-lit chamber. The entryway was situated in the corner of the room, and at the far end, they could see a circular door set within a large carving of an eye. Other than that valve and the doorway in which they were crowded, there was no other obvious method of entrance or egress. The walls, floor, and ceiling of the fifteen-by-fifteen foot room were all composed of tiles, and on each tile was the carving of an eye. The eyes themselves were all different sizes, styles, and colors. [/QUOTE]
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