(YBA) Kalath in Wicht's Lair III.

[Wicht]

"Well its not quite the path I had in mind but it will do if you want to see the place I guess," says the small man with a shrug and a smile.

The left hand corridor is fairly short and comes to an end at a door.

"If we meet a bunch of imps, don't listen to them," says Rettburg, "they are all liars."

 

[graydoom]

Kalath nods at Rettburg's warning, opens the door, and proceeds on through it.

 

[Wicht]

Kalath opens the door and walks right into a group of ogres playing cards. There are five of them seated around a large table with a big bowl of pretzels in the middle. A picture of some were-wolves seated at a table playing cards is on one wall and on the other wall is a dart board.

The ogres look up from their card game and grunt.

"Watcha guys wants?" says one.

"Heya Retty," says another, "I heard ya was in for five. Good to see you out."

There is a door on the other side of the room.

"Whosa friend. Nice hardware hes got, wouldn't mind having a bit of a shield like that"

"um, Hi Guys," says Rettburg, "Just showing the new kid his way around the place for the boss."

 

[graydoom]

Kalath nods to the ogres, says "Good to meet ya", and continues across the room and through the door on the other side.

 

[Wicht]

The ogres watch the two walk through and then return back to their game.

The door on the other side opens into a ten foot long hallway. There is a door on the other side of the hall.

Rettburg shuts the door behind them as Kalath heads to open the other door.

"They are nice guys once you get to know them," smiles Rettburg.

The door on the other end of the hallway opens up into a slightly wider room. The smell of something cooking fills the air and two female ogres, not wearing armor, are stirring a big pot to the right of Kalath. A third female is at a counter chopping some sort of meat to Kalath's left.

None of them are paying attention to Kalath or Rettburg. There is a door straight across the room from Kalath.

 

[graydoom]

"I can see that", Kalath says to Rettburg.

Kalath moves through the room, making sure to stay out of the female ogres, and upon reaching the door on the other side he opens it and goes through.

 

[Wicht]

Rettburg scuttles along behind Kalath and they make it through to the other door without trouble. This door opens onto another hall, longer than the last.

Following it leads into a long sleeping chamber which stretches off for forty or fifty feet to Kalath's right. There is nothing of interest in the room, just some old musty furs, a few sleeping ogres and a fire building in the middle of the room.

"This way," whispers Rettburg and he walks softly off to the right, past the fire and around the sleeping forms (kalath counts at least seven ogres sleeping).

Kalath sees that there is indeed a corridor down that way, on the same wall as the one they just came in.

 

[graydoom]

Kalath follows Rettburg, treading softly and avoiding the sleeping ogres.

 

[Wicht]

The ogres do not stir, except for the occassional snore and the two companions make it to the other corridor.

The corridor is only about five feet long and ends in a door. Rettburg opens the door and holds it for Kalath.

On the other side Kalath sees a room. A trio of ogre women is tending to several small ogre children who are sleeping. The women put their fingers to their lips. Entering the room, Kalath sees another door to his right and the women indicate they should go through it. Rettburg again leads the way through the door and into the corridor beyond.

The corrdior goes about fifteen feet and then makes a 90 degree turn to the right. It then goes another fifteen feet and makes a 90 degree turn to the left. But at this leftward juncture there is also a door straight ahead.

"We want left" whispers Rettburg.

 

[graydoom]

Kalath follows Rettburg's directions and heads left.