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<blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 1189782" data-attributes="member: 9255">UNDER A DARKSUNSEGMENT 108“Painful Awakenings”“Grooooan”&nbsp; mania slowly rolls over.&nbsp; The dried silt and blood cracks and breaks away from his body as he stops on his stomach.&nbsp; He warily opens the one eye that will and sees stars and colored swirls.&nbsp; He closes his eye again and concentrates and pushes himself upright into a sitting position.&nbsp; He opens his eye again and tries to focus on where he is.&nbsp; It is dark.&nbsp; He can make out bodies and little else. &nbsp; &nbsp; The bodies are of his friends.&nbsp; Cosa, Belinda and Logan lie about in similar condition.&nbsp; They were all beat within an inch of their lives.&nbsp; Much of their equipment is gone.&nbsp; Belinda is without her ectoplasmic skin.&nbsp; He crawls to each person to check if they live.&nbsp; They do.&nbsp; Logan moans when turned over.&nbsp; He opens his eyes and sees Mania.&nbsp; “Beat them…ahhhh…them scaly bastards …but good…didn’t we…”&nbsp; Mania painfully nods a response.&nbsp; However, he suspects there is more to this than that.&nbsp; If the Silt Runners defeated them…wouldn’t they be dead now?He looks for more clues and finds none.&nbsp; A faint outline of a door can be seen about 10ft up.&nbsp; He suspects they are in a subbasement of a building.&nbsp; Seeing timbers in the wall, he suspects there was once a floor that led to that door that has since rotted or collapsed away.&nbsp; Looking further, he finds further proof as he finds the remains of an old staircase leading up.&nbsp; Of course, it leads to nothing now as the floor has since collapsed.Logan slowly rolls over and takes in many breaths while on his back.&nbsp; “Strange location….Silt runners use…the caves in the cliffs…not ruins.”Logan sits up right and closes his eyes and concentrates.&nbsp; A faint glow washes over him and the deeper cuts close a bit.&nbsp; He then gives out his breath and slumps over totally exhausted by the effort of using psionic powers.&nbsp; Not bothering to open to his eyes he grits his teeth.&nbsp; “Undead…I can smell them.&nbsp; We’re prisoners.”“How do you get that?” asks Mania.“Gut feeling…there are a few clues to the effect also.&nbsp; Bah!&nbsp; We are not even prisoners.&nbsp; We are bait.&nbsp; They want Jenner.” Mania works himself to his feet to look around.&nbsp; He is careful not to step on Cosa or Belinda as walks to the area below the door. “Not sure, but once I recover a bit, I bet I can climb up.”“Then what?&nbsp; The door will be locked and guarded.”&nbsp; Logan looks about himself now using his dwarven sight to look about.&nbsp; “Let us wait until the women awake.&nbsp; Then we’ll figure out something.”Mania looks at him then the door.&nbsp; He sighs deeply and profoundly in defeat and looks to the floor.&nbsp; “Yes Logan.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="megamania, post: 1189782, member: 9255"] UNDER A DARKSUN SEGMENT 108 “Painful Awakenings” “Grooooan” mania slowly rolls over. The dried silt and blood cracks and breaks away from his body as he stops on his stomach. He warily opens the one eye that will and sees stars and colored swirls. He closes his eye again and concentrates and pushes himself upright into a sitting position. He opens his eye again and tries to focus on where he is. It is dark. He can make out bodies and little else. The bodies are of his friends. Cosa, Belinda and Logan lie about in similar condition. They were all beat within an inch of their lives. Much of their equipment is gone. Belinda is without her ectoplasmic skin. He crawls to each person to check if they live. They do. Logan moans when turned over. He opens his eyes and sees Mania. “Beat them…ahhhh…them scaly bastards …but good…didn’t we…” Mania painfully nods a response. However, he suspects there is more to this than that. If the Silt Runners defeated them…wouldn’t they be dead now? He looks for more clues and finds none. A faint outline of a door can be seen about 10ft up. He suspects they are in a subbasement of a building. Seeing timbers in the wall, he suspects there was once a floor that led to that door that has since rotted or collapsed away. Looking further, he finds further proof as he finds the remains of an old staircase leading up. Of course, it leads to nothing now as the floor has since collapsed. Logan slowly rolls over and takes in many breaths while on his back. “Strange location….Silt runners use…the caves in the cliffs…not ruins.” Logan sits up right and closes his eyes and concentrates. A faint glow washes over him and the deeper cuts close a bit. He then gives out his breath and slumps over totally exhausted by the effort of using psionic powers. Not bothering to open to his eyes he grits his teeth. “Undead…I can smell them. We’re prisoners.” “How do you get that?” asks Mania. “Gut feeling…there are a few clues to the effect also. Bah! We are not even prisoners. We are bait. They want Jenner.” Mania works himself to his feet to look around. He is careful not to step on Cosa or Belinda as walks to the area below the door. “Not sure, but once I recover a bit, I bet I can climb up.” “Then what? The door will be locked and guarded.” Logan looks about himself now using his dwarven sight to look about. “Let us wait until the women awake. Then we’ll figure out something.” Mania looks at him then the door. He sighs deeply and profoundly in defeat and looks to the floor. “Yes Logan.” [/QUOTE]

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