by Idran1701 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:23 am
Pandemonium
Taking the advice of Theller, the party gathers, ready to get what sleep they can here. Setting up bedrolls, they lay down for the night, with Trivale taking the first watch. Though it's fitful at first, they eventually manage to fade off into slumber, retreating into the depths of dreams.
Alone with the wind, the tiefling keeps watch with little to keep him company but the torch. Without even the benefit of conversation to keep his mind busy, it's harder for him to keep the sound from boring into his skull, but he does his best to distract himself. Soon what feels like an hour has passed, and he awakens Alvar for the next watch. His experience isn't much better, but eventually the third watch comes about, and he can return to sleep.
Theller is next, and it's about halfway through his watch that something finally happens. In the tunnel ahead, he can just make out a pair of glowing eyes in the darkness, staring at him. A low growl begins to echo off the walls, hardly masked by the ever-encompassing sound. Whatever this creature is, it doesn't sound very happy.