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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 1316099" data-attributes="member: 16069">THE WEDNESDAY KNIGHTSSESSION II- Part 2.Chewsday 4th Jankers 2000The Year of the DarkMonkie Business.Dramatis PersonaeFelix Dwarven Deep Druid 1, hung-over.Endrin Human Bard 1, enchanting.Xeolus Human Monk 1, bright eyed and bushy tailed.Bob Human Ranger 1, a pleasant enough lad. The next day Xeolus is knocked up early (F’narr) by a small bald man wearing a stereotype Mr. Muyagi (yes of Karate Kid fame) is here to ask a favour.After a quarter of an hour spent bowing, a short Tea Ceremony (no biscuits); the two inscrutable fellows enjoy a brief, but almost entirely incomprehensible, conversation.Mr. Muyagi “MMMMmmmm”Xeolus “Ahhhhhh”Mr. Muyagi “MMMMmmmmuuuaahhh Daniel-san.”Xeolus “Ahhhhhh Sooo. MMMmmm”Mr. Muyagi “Hai”Xeolus “Hai”Xeolus turns to the other members of the party (they share the same bed didn’t you know) and says-“This is Mr. Muyagi he has been sent from Master Wen at the Moon Temple to direct a young Monk, known as Daniel-san, to undertake a traditional Monk-like initiation test. Anyway I digress, but the old man rattles on.” At this point Xeolus smiles and nods at Mr. Muyagi who reciprocates. The party look on amazed.“Anyway, where was I- Mr. Muyagi also said that they had travelled to the area yesterday morning and then spent some time in the Amber Forest preparing Daniel-san for his test. They picked the third leaf of the flower we call “Elermall” and crushed it between the fore and index fingers to prepare… oh once again I digress, but Mr. Muyagi’s story was so compelling and full of detail.”“Anyway, as I was saying Daniel-san entered the Monk Initiation Test Cave Hideout, or MITCH as the Spirit Dragon ‘Gong Lee’ was known to have called it (actually she did so only once- and has ever since lived to regret it). Mr. Muyagi waited outside of MITCH but so far Daniel-san has not returned- it has been over 12 hours and Mr. Muyagi is frightened- as he said previously, if you were listening to us speak, and I hope I translate this correctly. Mr. Muyagi said, ‘I am cacking it- Master Wen is going to have my testicles for ear Muffs’. Mr Muyagi then went on to say that the Temple of the Moon would obviously reward those who would ‘go beyond themselves and journey into the greater unknown’.”Xeolus winks and bows low to Bob and whispers “I think he means enter the cave”, and shrugs.“So what’s it to be comrades?”The room is silent, only Felix farting.“Just out of interest Xeolus- what did you say to him?” spoke Endrin.“Oh I asked him if he knew the Spurs score.”There follows a brief flurry of activity and an hour or so later the group head off to MITCH with Mr. Muyagi in tow- pointing out ALL of natures wonders- even Felix the Deep Druid wants him dead by the time they get to MITCH. The journey takes a little over four hours.The cave is protected by a wild-plant like thing that waves its tentacle like pseudo-pod (not real pod’s just pseudo-pod’s) at the approaching hero’s (behind the party- in the far distance, oh somewhere else then). Mr. Muyagi explains that the creature that guards MITCH can only be placated at certain times and after certain rituals, and he hasn’t brought his whistle- so the players will have to batter the thing to get in. So much for the wonders of nature then.The fight is unevenly balanced- the plant cannot run away, the adventurers however can and do repeatedly. Felix at one point is reduced to throwing stones at the plant (he’d kill it but it would put him off his vegetables for a while). Bob is wrapped up in the creature’s tentacles while Endrin and Xeolus try to rescue the Ranger. Eventually they all get missiles out and shoot at the central stalk of the thing until it goes a bit limp- at which point they scamper into the cave and MITCH itself.They emerge into a circular chamber with five doors leading from it- Endrin and Bob open one door and from the darkened corridor beyond two very poorly looking and extremely smelly Monks stagger towards them- one seems to have a hole that goes all the way through him/her. The creatures plod toward the pair arms outstretched. They are obviously dead but seem not to have been informed of the fact- Zombies.Zombie #1 “Brains.”Endrin “Get ‘em Bob, you’re immune.”Xeolus (the sensible one) opens a different door and the floor falls away beneath him leaving him on his backside in a pit with a Skeleton standing over him, he is unarmed. While at the same time Felix discovers that the door they came in has gone- vanished completely. Rough-housing ensues- Endrin and Bob lure the Zombies out of the corridor one by one and swiftly hack them to pieces although both of them are wounded in the assault.Xeolus in the pit switches to Chop Socky mode, leaps to his feet and kicks the Skeletons head off- he also takes a wound for his trouble.When the dust has settled Endrin discovers an ancient looking key on a chain around the second Zombie’s neck, he nabs it and goes to try it in the next door. The door creaks open.The group follows a long passage into a small square room, the walls are covered in 6-inch diameter stone buttons marked “PRESS ME”, in common. A hollow echoing voice sounds in their heads it urges them to “Pick one”. Each member of the group takes his/her turn to press a button- after a brief contretemps with a combination Grease spell and Flame Trap they tramp back to the central chamber, a little as they say at BK ‘Flame Grilled’. As they pass through the doorway there is a loud click and the next door opens.Back in the chamber they spend a moment or two healing up before they press on.A short passage leads to a room in the centre of which is a carved stone idol- a fat-bloke sitting under a tree smoking a (medicinal) fag, they file in, in various states of apprehension. The idol greets each party member by name (spooky) and says in a rich haunting voice-Xeolus “Smash the false idol.”The idol looks momentarily put out.The others turn as one to look at Xeolus, who wafts his club in the air a bit and then takes up a position behind Endrin.The idol puts its fag out and tries to speak again-“What is bound and yet helps others to escape…”“A book”, says Endrin.“You have one guess ea…  Er, yes that’s right… Er pass on mighty warri…”But the group has already left the room.There is a final clack, the last door is open an inch or so- darkness beyond, and with that the session ends and the players have to go home to their Mum’s, Wives, Children, Pets and Individual Meals for One.And so endeth SESSION that is numbered 2.Next week… Slip slide away.</blockquote>

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