The Whispering Cairn (Team Diamond Lake) - IC

[s@squ@tch]

Zeke shakes his head.

"Jules is only here because I asked for his help -- we can't leave him alone with those beetles -- we have to draw them out after us."

 

[fireinthedust]

Eldariel grunts; not in disgust at helping Jules, but that the others were missing obvious things to do to help him.

Eldariel waited while the swarm ate the corpse, until it started moving again; then (at the foot of the stairs) stomped his feet over and over, and took one hand, put it against his injured thigh, and left a trail of blood spatter between them and the swarm.

We're bleeding, and those things eat flesh. They should follow us for the time being. We can draw them after us while Jules makes his way out. If you wish to go down after him, fine. Get ready to move fast to avoid them if they come back your way.

With that, he leads the swarm out of the room, and hopefully Aria along with them (ie: if she's not moving on her own yet).

 

[s@squ@tch]

"Bleeding?"

He looks down at his own leg, then at the others, slowing turning white in the face.

"Oh my god."

"We are a sorry sight..."

"Lets get those bugs to follow us, then I'll see what I can do to heal us."

 

[renau1g]

Jules leans against the wall, wiping his brow, Man it's hot in here" he thinks to himself, although it's not the heat but rather the impending fear bearing down on him.

He waits, but less patiently as the minutes creep by.

 

[HolyMan]

[sblock=Jules]

[sblock=Jules] Looking about the room and searching you notice a hole above the large block that must have once housed the trap before it dropped to the floor. With enough strength it might be toppled.

A noise from the small opening draws his attention and he sees two large eye looking right at him.

OCC: Will save please.[/sblock]

Might have missed this. [/sblock]

 

[renau1g]

OOC: will (1d20-1=18)

 

[HolyMan]

[sblock=Jules] Shaking off the effects of whatever it was the eyeball thing sent his way, Jules draws a weapon. The twin eyeballs quickly flee back into the darkness of the tunnel beyond the stone block.[/sblock]

OCC: Still waiting on Aria's reactions.

 

[Shayuri]

Aria, lost until then in private horrors, snaps out of her fugue as Eldariel drags her out. For a second her body stiffens, and she whirls on Eldariel with a terrified look, hand coming up to slap or ward him off...but relaxing back to her side when she recognizes him.

She follows him, but looks back into the room. "We can't leave Jules behind. Who knows what he's facing down there? These bugs...we don't have oil, but we have water, right? What if we flood them? Wash them away?"

(OOC - Sorry for the pause there...it's been busy, but not so busy I couldn't have found a moment to post. Been kinda scrambling lately to make sure no game's left behind. Guess I missed one. )

 

[fireinthedust]

Eldariel shakes his head. A few waterskins? Unless you can make a tidal wave, or flood this area, we can do more by leading them away from Jules than we can in simply fighting them.

 

[ghostcat]

Galyne has been raking his brains for a way of controlling the bugs without success. Then Aria suggests using water. Although Eldariel immediately poo-poos the idea, Galyne thinks the suggestion has merit and checks his memory to see if any of his previous experience can answer the question. But came up empty.

"An interesting idea but I've no idea whether it will work." Galyne says "Don't you think its at least worth a try Eldariel?"