Warriors Of The Coast

[stonegod]

Ari rifles through the maps, trying to make sense of them and to find the likely location of their quarry. "Taviss, Lady, see anything helpful here...?"

 

[DEFCON 1]

[sblock=Ari: ]The maps include one above-ground map that shows where the hole in the ground is to get down here, and the other shows the tunnels below ground, both ending in the portals. The underground map gives no details of what is beyond either portal.[/sblock]

 

[stonegod]

The hunter slams the maps on the table again. "Curses! These things are useless! Taviss, any hope that you can pick up tracks? Or any possibility their destination may have been left in the rest of these documents, Lady? We could always try to wait in ambush, but I'm loathe to waste more time than needed."

 

[Velmont]

"At the condition they are still in there and will come out this way. There could be another exit pass this dorrway... and they might have pass in our back while we were in the other room." tells Jango.

 

[drothgery]

"At the condition they are still in there and will come out this way. There could be another exit pass this dorrway... and they might have pass in our back while we were in the other room." tells Jango.

"I don't think so, though. They would have made some noise, or left some sign of their passage that at least one of us could pick up. At least, unless they have access to rather powerful magic. In which case I would recommend not following me any farther; I can only risk myself on a fool's errand." Khalia said.

 

[DEFCON 1]

The group advances into the tunnel past the portal. When you reach the split and look in both directions, the first thing you notice is a lantern lying on the ground up the slope in the left-hand tunnel about four or five feet from the split. Skarghash bends over and walks into the four-foot high tunnel and takes a look at the lantern and finds it to be somewhat new, and feels a little warm to the touch. The light is out however, and when checked, it is found that the lantern is out of oil.

 

[Velmont]

"I never though they would leave such obvious trace... I must tell they might not expect to be followed." whipers Jango. "We go that way?"

 

[stonegod]

The hunter crouches and peers down the tunnel. "I don't like this, don't like it at all. But it appears there is little other choice." Ari turns to the half-orc and Taviss. "Do you think you do can still be quiet hunched over in there?" Touching his spikes, he continues, "I'm sure going to scrape the sides of this place, assuming I can even fit. But we can go along as before, if a little slower."

Ari takes out his dagger, preparing to enter, pending the other's words.

 

[drothgery]

"I suppose that means we keep going this way, then. Nothing for it." Khalia says, though with her height she'll almost have to crawl (OOC: Khalia's very thin, but at 5' 10" she's on the tall side for a human female.).

(take 10 on search = 21 if they come across anything that seems to indicate closer investigation is required.)

 

[DEFCON 1]

The movement is a little slow going, with everyone needing to bend quite a bit over or even skitter on hands and knees for some in certain places. There is really no chance to be silent, as every single clank of metal from weapons, to armor chain, to a cup on a belt echoes all up and down the tunnels. You would need a single person moving extremely slowly by themselves to possibly advance silently.

As you advance up the slope, Skarghash in front signals out after only a number of feet that the tunnel splits again up ahead. As you each move up to the split, you see that the left-hand tunnel starts sloping back downhill before turning right and out of sight, while the right-hand tunnel keeps sloping upwards and again splits in two.

Khalia does a bit of mental geometry and determines that the tunnels down the right-hand side might very well double back on (or more realistically) OVER the left-hand tunnel here and the right-hand tunnel at the first fork, depending on the distance of those respective tunnels and how much upwards and downwards sloping they each do.

And once again, a quick listen check produces no sounds.