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by **Divinegon2130** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 1:31 am

The room seemed to only have one logical exit... a door to the right side.

Meanwhile, Damon responded, "If one of them simply crashes into a pillar, though..."

by **Dark Xia** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 1:52 am

"Some creatures are created for simple excecution of a command, like "Defend this place." Others can be more complex when required, like that apparition." Elijah decided to probe the area, seeing if there was anything more to this place.

by **Divinegon2130** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 1:55 am

Despite the looks of the place, Elijah couldn't notice anything really weird. Until he got close to the door, at least....

There, one of the pillars seemed to have a greenish piece of stone in it. It was hard to tell the stone's function just by looking at it.

by **Dark Xia** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 2:09 am

"Hey guys, I don't exactly have the best senses when dealing with magic, do any of you... well "sense" anything from this green stone over here?" Elijah gestured and eyed the stone cautiously

by **KingOfDoma** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 2:09 am

"Ooh. Cool stone." Layne walked up to it. "Wonder what it does..."

Layne gave it a cautionary tap.

by **Divinegon2130** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 2:13 am

When Layne tapped the stone, nothing seemed to happen. Both he and Elijah, however, noticed that the door was across from the pillar they were examining.

The shape of the stone seemed to match that of a small indentation in the door. Damon came over to check what Elijah and Layne found.

by **Kelne** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 2:23 am

"Yeah, no hard feelings. I can't think what's gotten into me lately." Jeff still had to rein in his temper, forcing himself to slow down and think about his actions.

The stone was a case in point. He could just ignore the thing and continue on his way. Instead, he examined the object with his astral sight.

by **Divinegon2130** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 2:30 am

Jeff, oddly enough, couldn't notice anything magical with the stone. It was completely nonmagical... and yet...

Jeff, Layne, and Elijah suddenly and simultaneously came to a conclusion. The stone had to be important to the door, perhaps some sort of key.

by **Kelne** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 2:38 am

"Key, by the looks," Jeff said, removing the stone. "One way to test it." So saying, he made for the door, intent upon fitting it into the corresponding slot.

by **Divinegon2130** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 2:43 am

When Jeff inserted the stone into its proper slot on the door, nothing seemed to happen immediately.

About a second and a half later, however, the door creaked open, revealing a sort of stairway made out of stone.

"Upward," Damon instructed. "I'm fairly certain the main resident here lives at the top."

by **Dark Xia** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 2:52 am

Elijah tried to once again prop open the door using a hunk of rock from the broken pillar before continuing on with the others.

Edited by: Dark Xia at: 3/23/03 1:53:07 am

by **Kelne** » Sun Mar 23, 2003 3:09 am

"Upwards it is then," Jeff said, starting up the stairs. When he found whoever was in charge here, he was going to - think slowly and carefully before I do anything, he thought, throttling back the bloodthirsty thoughts which had arisen.

((OOC: Last post until wednesday, unfortunately, so Jeff goes back to NPC status. I'll have to sort out the levelling when I get back.))

Edited by: [url=http://pub30.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=kelne>Kelne</A]

at: 3/23/03 5:44:40 am

by **Divinegon2130** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 4:15 pm

As Elijah propped open the door, and Jeff went upward, Damon went inside as well. As he stepped upward a bit, he then turned.

He was waiting on the others... but then suddenly, a loud scream came from the floor above. Any of them could have heard the scream itself, but Elijah and Jeff noticed that the screaming had a few curses in some language other than Common mixed in.

by **KingOfDoma** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 4:32 pm

"o.O What was that?" Layne said, now following Elijah and Jeff...

by **Dark Xia** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 5:56 pm

"I do believe we have angered a person who did not wish that Hydra to be destroyed. He is cursing in several languages, so this foe might prove that there are enemies of intelligence here." Elijah continued onward, ever so cautiously.

by **Divinegon2130** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:13 pm

As the group went up a few more steps, the screaming came again. This time, it was a more panicked scream... to Elijah, it now sounded like someone was in trouble.

MAJOR trouble.

by **Dark Xia** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 8:33 pm

"... this doesn't... sound good... O_o;;;;" Elijah continued none the less, getting more and more worried.

Edited by: Dark Xia at: 3/24/03 7:35:01 pm

by **KingOfDoma** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 9:22 pm

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" With that, Layne pushed to the forefront of the group and ran to the source of the screams...

by **Divinegon2130** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:26 pm

The group further made its way up the stairs... and after a short time, they came across another door... a wooden one this time, completely sealed.

It was clear that the screaming was emanating from the room behind it. And, even more importantly, the screaming was more coherent, actually sounding like words.

"....GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!"

by **Dark Xia** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:38 pm

"... alright, everyone, ready? I'm going to try to break it down..." Elijah first tried to break it down with a slash of his tail.

by **Divinegon2130** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:41 pm

Elijah immediately realized that the door was still rather sturdy, as his tail's slash didn't seem to make too much of a dent in the door itself.

It would take a tougher blow to knock down this door.

by **Dark Xia** » Mon Mar 24, 2003 10:59 pm

"Hmmm..." Elijah then backed up a bit. "Okay get out of the way, I'm going to try charging into it, hope I don't crash into somethingo n the other side... if it breaks." Once everyone was out of the way he charged, read to smash into it with his shoulder.

by **Geocsuppi** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 3:48 am

[OOC:What's my mp stand at?]

by **Divinegon2130** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:20 pm

(OOC: Walter's currently out of MP, Geoc. The spell you cast against the hydra gave a slight physical drain (loss of HP).)

Elijah rammed his shoulder into the door, and caused it to break open into multiple pieces, which scattered themselves on the ground.

Behind the door, there was a moderately-sized room, with dull stone walls and floor. What stuck out about the room, however, was the number of strange devices. There were several coffin-like structures, some closed, some open, revealing the spikes inside of them. In addition, many tables had been set up, with the vast majority having a lot of blood.

One of the tables near the far end of the room, however, had a creature chained to it. At first glance, it looked much like a red dragon. However, its face seemed more human-like, its wings were smaller, and its limbs suggested that it was bipedal.

"Hey GUYS!! COME HERE AND HELP ME!" the creature yelled. Damon slowly entered the room and made his way over to the creature.

by **Geocsuppi** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 6:20 pm

Walter follows behind. 'Who put this creature here?'

by **Dark Xia** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 7:26 pm

"I apologize if this sounds cold, but why should we help you? Do we have any reason to trust you?" Elijah walked towards the creature, getting pretty close. Elijah examined the chains to see if they could simply be opened, have to be broken, or needed a key.

Edited by: Dark Xia at: 3/25/03 6:26:39 pm

by **Divinegon2130** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 8:06 pm

The draconic creature looked angrily at Elijah.

"Listen. The resident of this tower captured me and put me here. He thinks I know something about a man he's been looking for."

Elijah saw that the end link on each of the chains was attached to an iron spike under the table. It would be very hard to reach there, but the chains could probably be just removed with a little care.

by **KingOfDoma** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 8:09 pm

"... uh..." Layne looked worriedly at his allies.

"D'you think we should free him? Cuz I do... we could use all the help we can get..."

by **Divinegon2130** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 8:10 pm

Damon looked back at Layne.

"I'm kind of suspicious myself, but logically, if we can get help from this guy, we should. Besides, I'm sure we're going to be facing a lot worse stuff going up from here."

by **Dark Xia** » Tue Mar 25, 2003 8:25 pm

Elijah decided to look at another one of the tables for a second, just to see if the set up was about the same, especially dealing with the spike.

"Someone get under there and remove on of the spikes.. I'll hold onto the spike itself... just in case."

by **KingOfDoma** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 12:34 am

"I'll get it," Layne said as he got down on his hands and knees to go under the table.

"Ew, dirty," he said with disdain as he reached for the stake and gave it a good pull...

by **Divinegon2130** » Wed Mar 26, 2003 5:15 pm

Layne almost immediately realized he wouldn't be able to get the stake out himself. In fact, it would seem no one else could do it either.

Yet he also realized the chain could be pried off with a little care....

Meanwhile, Elijah noticed that the other tables had very similar arrangements regarding the spikes.

by **Kelne** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 5:53 am

Upon entering the room, Jeff's attention had been immediately drawn to the room's draconic occupant. After that, however, he had taken in the room's paraphenalia.

It didn't take much imagination to work out the function of this stuff, and Jeff's imagination was overactive if anything. He was presently trying very hard not to be sick.

How can people do this to each other? I'd like to get the guy in charge in here for a bit, see how he likes it - No I wouldn't. Damnation, what is wrong with me?

by **Divinegon2130** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 5:55 pm

Damon, diverting his attention from the draconian on the table, looked at Jeff for a moment.

He spoke quietly, though still audibly, "I wonder what this guy's trying to do... has he been acting normally??"

by **Geocsuppi** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 6:06 pm

Walter looked around the room. Hanabel Lector was more humane.

"I think the building should be destroyed when we're done with who ever owns it."

by **Divinegon2130** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 6:19 pm

The draconic creature on the table turned his attention to Walter the best he could.

"Destroyed, you say? This building's been nothing but torture as long as I've been in it - the lich at the top has forced the death of those I saw him capture.

"I was worried I'd be next if you guys didn't come. I have plans on how to bring the tower down, but I can't execute them chained and starved, can I?"

This is when it became apparent to Walter that the draconic creature hadn't eaten in about a week.

by **Geocsuppi** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 6:32 pm

Walter walked over and started to fix the first problem, the chains. He took his time looking over the chains and finsing the proper way of getting them off of the spikes.

by **Dark Xia** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 7:37 pm

Elijah smiled, he had feared he mgiht have to try to pry it open with his tail for a moment. Standing up next to the bound dragon-like creature Elijah asked him. "What are you doing here anyway?"

Edited by: Dark Xia at: 3/27/03 6:44:51 pm

by **Divinegon2130** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 7:43 pm

The draconic creature glanced at Elijah. The terror he had initially expressed seemed to have faded by now.

"The resident dracolich.... sent one of his minions to capture me... while I was sleeping. He knocked me cold... and when I woke up, I found myself chained here... and haven't seen anyone since. It's been four days now. I've had to conjure up water just to keep myself from dehydrating... and I don't know how much longer I'll be able to stay here."

Meanwhile, Damon simply stayed quiet.

by **Dark Xia** » Thu Mar 27, 2003 7:45 pm

"And what does your plain entail exactly?"

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