s HT Alias/Player Character Name Type Status/Notes Sex -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- R1 John Haight...........Arawn.............Druid .Normal/Alfar Ma ?? Chris Wells...........Ben'dar...........Warrior.Normal/Human Ma R1 Tom Corckett..........Caladan...........Wizard Normal/Human Ma W2 Marcel Liberty........Chion.............Sailor..Normal/Human Ma -- Tobie Bonahoom........Fremea............Sidh....NormalFaerry Fe Do David Sanders.........Kiet.Sunan........Acrobat Normal/Human Ma R? J H Hooten............Raban.Usherwood...Bard....Normal/Human..Ma W4 Wout Broere...........Unali.............Ninja...Normal/Human Fe R4 Alex Koponen..........Z'leyra...........Healer..Normal/Human Fe Animals: Corona [Eagle] Z'leyra, Boyzdar [Wolf] (Strie'bog), Game Web Site - http://www.funport.com/longshot/pbem Public posts/actions to pnpgm@abroere.xs4all.nl (mailing list) Private emails (not public actions) to longshot@darktech.org Game Update #98 in sequence (file #539) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Admin Notes: None. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Recap] From Z'leyra: [Re: Actions] Yelling back and forth Z'leyra gets and brings the others up to date on developments. She suggests that the Elementals be asked to point out the magic they want destroyed if they know where it is. [Also, do the elementals want to take any of the items Akril had?] If they don't know where the magic is then Fremea and Arawn would be best at using mana sensing to locate the possible magics that might be the source of the elementals anger. If we cannot dispel the magic we could destroy the item (destroying the magic) or move the item so far away that it would no longer have the unwanted effect. She mentions that a knowledge spell might work for locating the magic if mana sensing doesn't work. GM: Ack. -------------------- From Fremea: [Re: Actions] Fremea will take a piece of hair from the now sleeping woman. As they explore the bedrooms, she will keep listening to anything being said by the elementals, as long as the communicate spell lasts. She wants to find out if there are any signs that they will lead her to the right spot. When she exits the bedroom and realizes that Raban is not with them, she will turn around quickly and go back to find him. Making sure he did not pass out quietly in the room it self or she missed something. "Raban? You ok?" GM: Ack. -------------------- From Arawn: [Re: Actions] First, not sure by the last post but if no one no one has checked the summoning room for magical aura's Arawn will do so, just in case the binding magic is tied to the altar. Aside from that, I know that OOC we have a report on what happened to in the Summoning room but i'm unsure, did he tell us about it IC? If not Arawn would ask, while bandaging him, "What happened?" (Asking as it could influence things he says or does later on) Also, if it looks like Raban's in really bad need of magical healing (based on observation through his healing skill and/or Raban's own words) Arawn will offer to cast a spell on him to heal him. ------------------------------------------------------------ As the diminutive woman slumped to the ground a look of concern crossed Arawn's face. With the prophecy mentioning a curse he wondered if she, too, might be geased. Unfortunately, now was not the time to look into this as more pressing matters were at hand. Still, he decided to mention it to the group. "There is a dark aura about this woman. I have seen the likes of it before, on those cursed, especially those geased, or when magic has gone horribly wrong. I wonder if she linked to the curse said to reside over this place?" As Arawn turned back toward Chion and the others he checked to make sure the others were together, calling down to Z'leyra and Kiet. "Coming up?" (OOC: The post says that both groups are soon informed of each others recent events. Does this include Corona's unusual behavior? Asking as I have a thought but Arawn needs to know to piece an idea together) Aside from this, if everyone is ready, then Arawn will move toward the next door. GM: Ack. Raban hasn't informed what happened in the room but with what can be seen its not hard to figure out. -------------------- From Raban: [Re: Healing] Raban (to Arawn): "Thank you but I don't think I should risk another magical healing right now, the gods occasionally get upset when such things get overly used. I am not that badly hurt, I expect it would still need a lucky blow from an enemy to knock me out. I will just have to defend myself better in the future, though I am starting to envy those with heavy armor." GM: Ack. -------------------- From Z'leyra: [Re: Corona's conversation] Z'leyra tries to ask Corona "Corona, you okay?" called in Eagle across to him. Followed by "What happened?" If the breezy courtyard is too noisy she circles around and repeats when close to Corona. Corona "Was called to help." Z'leyra "Need help?" C "To help. Not need help." Z "Why set the room ablaze when you left?" C "I did? Woke up with feeling to come fast. Feeling over now." Z "Any idea of where we can find the item that the elementals don't like and want destroyed...some magic that controls?" C "Elementals? Item? Do not know." "Was called like you call me." Z "Okay...I will go search." "If not otherwise occupied could you help guard the prisoners? Make sure they don't hurt any of us?" C "Right." Z'leyra has the impression maybe the glyph had some power to call creatures of the air to him...thus C's response...probably took him over slightly in the request... She will give A'kril's items another close look to see if they might be a control item for the floating island. Z'leyra informs the party of her conversation with Corona and her conclusions. GM: Ack. -------------------- From Arawn: [Re: Actions] Thanks for the reply. "As you wish, Raban. Let me know if you need it anytime." As for the battle with the Lion-headed men, does Raban tell us what happened? If not, did he reply to Arawn's question, "What happened (in there)?" Does Z'leyra relay the conversation or Corona's odd action to the rest of the group when trading info with Caladan? GM: Ack. -------------------- From Raban: [Re: Actions] Raban (to Arawn): "I was worried about the time we were taking, she could have been in serious trouble in there. So I decided I better take a faster way in and avoid a fight with the Lion man. He was very fast and nearly caught me anyway as I flew through the wall. Once inside I looked around and spotted the woman but unfortunately I missed seeing the other Lion man and ended up fighting anyway. He did not seem too skilled so I was going to just knock him out when he surprised me with a nasty slash. Sadly that meant I had to kill him, as I could not afford to take any more time with him. The fight seems to frighten the woman, especially the blood on my hands, so I had to restrain her. Oddly she acted much like the Lion man, trying to claw at first then used a dagger. But she was unskilled and easily restrained without me causing her much pain. I do wonder if she might be possessed or under some spell, some of her reactions did not make much sense even in fright. Unfortunately the slash I took was one deep enough to need immediate treatment, so I rushed back out here. It is not that bad, just one that would make a huge mess if not treated. I should be fully recovered in a few days, once we have a chance to rest. But I am going to need to make a few new shirts and pants after we are done here, I don't think these will be salvageable." < not the best post, but it works> GM: Ack. -------------------- From Arawn: [Re: Actions] After hearing Z'leyra's explanation of recent events and Raban's own encounter in the summoning chamber a thought passed through Arawn's head. It wasn't one that had strong evidence to support it at the moment nor was it one he wanted to be true but, nevertheless, it crossed his mind. Corona's unusual reaction, unaware of his (?) own action/attack in the parlor, along with Raban's own feeling that the woman might have been possessed led him to wonder if something had been released. Perhaps it was what A'kril may have been geased to guard or the start of the plague upon the land mentioned in the prophecy. There was no sign of anything visible and he wondered, if it was possession on the part of both eagle and woman, if a spirit was responsible, perhaps more than one. If so, was it something terrible that A'kril was meant to prevent being released and was now free due to his death and/or destruction of the castle? "I'm concerned to hear this from both of you. I wonder if possession is happening here? If so some spirit or spirits might have been released from here with A'kril's death or some other action that has taken place here. The prophecy mentioned the 'guardian' and I wonder what A'kril was geased to guard all this time? Spirits perhaps? I know it's a stretch but I can't help but wonder why the sudden strange behaviour. I hope I'm wrong but if not we might have to deal with them after this mess is resolved. For now I'd keep an eye out for any odd behaviour from anyone in the future and be prepared to deal with it just in case." GM: Ack. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [New Stuff] [Ma 2nd, 1633TH. 5th Day of Adventure #4. [Location: Chaos domain, Dark Lands, 9 Miles up, Flying Island] [Time: 11:59am - moments before bedrooms are explored.] [Fremea flew through the summoning room first and when Arawn examine it from some distance there is indeed magic on the altar it self. At least two auras. Both sidh detect the magic but dare not touch it. The very fact that one aura looks almost identical to the one that killed the apprentice on the vault guard indicates danger. The other aura is not known with basic sensory detection. The runes and symbols around the altar seem to indicate basic summoning constructs. Astral lines for better summoning. Things for better communications with creatures. Anything that might help a basic wizard summon a creature.] [Arawn makes only a cursory inspection and leaves the room not wanting to get near the altar. He inspects the other dead line creature and then leaves the room.] [As Arawn begins to get his healing materials out to help Raban, Chion seems to be in a trance on the balcony.] [While bandaging Raban's nasty back neck wound he asks a question.] Arawn: "What happened?" ( [Arawn offers to magically heal and restore the wound. Raban considers this and guesses the risk. If Z'leyra were with the party she might give better specific odds. But his guess is too risky for healing. Raban furrows his brows and wonders why the main healer of the party isn't with them and wonders if Kiet is enough to protect her. Only minutes later does he hear about the Glyph and the fire in the room. Raban replies to Arawn on the magical healing.] Raban: "Thank you but I don't think I should risk another magical healing right now, the gods occasionally get upset when such things get overly used. I am not that badly hurt, I expect it would still need a lucky blow from an enemy to knock me out. I will just have to defend myself better in the future, though I am starting to envy those with heavy armor." Arawn: "As you wish, Raban. Let me know if you need it anytime." Raban: "I was worried about the time we were taking, she could have been in serious trouble in there. So I decided I better take a faster way in and avoid a fight with the Lion man. He was very fast and nearly caught me anyway as I flew through the wall. Once inside I looked around and spotted the woman but unfortunately I missed seeing the other Lion man and ended up fighting anyway. He did not seem too skilled so I was going to just knock him out when he surprised me with a nasty slash. Sadly that meant I had to kill him, as I could not afford to take any more time with him. The fight seems to frighten the woman, especially the blood on my hands, so I had to restrain her. Oddly she acted much like the Lion man, trying to claw at first then used a dagger. But she was unskilled and easily restrained without me causing her much pain. I do wonder if she might be possessed or under some spell, some of her reactions did not make much sense even in fright. Unfortunately the slash I took was one deep enough to need immediate treatment, so I rushed back out here. It is not that bad, just one that would make a huge mess if not treated. I should be fully recovered in a few days, once we have a chance to rest. But I am going to need to make a few new shirts and pants after we are done here, I don't think these will be salvageable." [Arawn perks his eyebrow at the thought of flying through walls without spells or maybe he missed the words? But he'll have to pocket that for later. He begins to piece things together.] [A few minutes later Chion slams the bottom of the staff onto the balcony floor. Clearly upset his face contorts in a brief glimpse of anger most haven't seen before. Those who see it let him gather his thoughts. A few seconds later his normal neutral face is seen. He glances around into the courtyard and in the air and then around the place as if looking for something or someone. Satisfied he approaches the group and speaks.] Chion: "It appears that this place is falling relatively slowly. About another 45 minutes before it hits the ground. Without the Elementals it will fall faster. The Glyph appears to be key to keeping them here. I am all for destroying it to free them, but we must be prepared afterward to get out of here, fast." [Chion stares at the sleeping woman and seems to consider what will come next. What will his teacher do? What will the Elder do? The entire lands. What events today will cause ripples in the dark lands and the entire region itself.] [Before moving to the bedrooms Arawn glances at the sleeping woman. He tries to recall the prophecy and the details if all this or none of it is linked. Prophecy as his parents said can be like rivers. They can bend in any one directions and twist and turn, then subdivide into so many streams the information can be lost in its original content. Of course his mother always said prophecies were just stories gods made up to play with humans or fake visions to be playful. Humans can be so gullible in such things. Yet in what he has seen in so little time in the middle world he wonders if her words were misspoken.] Arawn: "There is a dark aura about this woman. I have seen the likes of it before, on those cursed, especially those geased, or when magic has gone horribly wrong. I wonder if she linked to the curse said to reside over this place?" [Fremea and Arawn can easily detect magic presence on the woman indicating she is a mage of some sort. Raban can recall her speaking a few words before she got to him. But the final conclusion might not be known for some time.] -------------------- [Time: 12:06 pm] [Z'leyra yells up to Caladan and relays the events that have happened below in the main room. She wonders and suggests the Elementals help. But she is leery of too much talk about them with a Wind Elemental just feet away from her in the courtyard. It is clear if the Windy Man wanted A'kril's items he could've simply took them with little effort. Caladan replies that the Elementals seem to have gone away to do their own thing and intend to not help the party at this point.] [Having explored the master bedroom, A'kril's own room it seems, and meeting up with the others Fremea is satisfied with the quick exploration. She plucks a hair from the sleeping woman for later use. She turns around and then realizes Ben'dar and Raban are missing. She runs back to the bedroom as the others move down the hallway. She enters the master bedroom and checks under the bed. She realizes the giant would have to lost a man size to fit under there. She then realizes Ben'dar was in the closet.] [As Arawn and Unali collect Chion and Caladan they see Z'leyra below. Arawn waves and yells down.] Arawn: "Coming up?" [Z'leyra crosses into the courtyard under the balcony. She walks over to the north door. She comes from under it and now is under the stairs that lead to the second floor. Covering her face and hair from the wind in the courtyard she shakes her head in response to Arawn. She replies not unless someone is need of healing help. She looks over at Corona on the ledge near the stairs and notice he is a bit confused. Getting closer to be able to hear the eagle she speaks the language of the Eagle and asks him a question. They talk back and forth for a few long secones. Then Z'leyra turns back to walk back toward Kiet. Corona flies in the same general direction avoiding the wind that is in the courtyard. Corona flies toward Kiet who ducks and he flies through the door and lands near the prisoners. Z'leyra smiles when she meets up with Kiet and explains he seems fine now. But Kiet isn't so sure. Z'leyra enters back into the hallway to rejoin the prisoners and the two barbarians who haven't killed them yet. They still seem confused and scared but at least are acting good for now.] [Before crossing back to join Kiet she looks up to quickly give what Corona said.] Z'leyra: "Corona, you okay? What happened?" Corona: "Was called to help." Z'leyra: "Need help?" Corona: "To help. Not need help." Z'leyra: "Why set the room ablaze when you left?" Corona: "I did? Woke up with feeling to come fast. Feeling over now." Z'leyra: "Any idea of where we can find the item that the Elementals don't like and want destroyed...some magic that controls?" Corona: "Elementals? Item? Do not know. Was called like you call me." Z'leyra: "Okay...I will go search. If not otherwise occupied could you help guard the prisoners? Make sure they don't hurt any of us?" Corona: "Right." [Z'leyra then quickly gives her impression of the conversation. That maybe the Windy Man could call air creatures like birds and Corona was just caught in the backwash. Maybe the call to help him was overwhelming and took him over slightly but he seems fine now.] [Inside the closet of the master bedroom Fremea goes through the clothes and growls at the sudden loss of Ben'dar as well.] Fremea: "Raban? You ok?" [She repeats a few times in the room.] [Unali, Caladan, Chion and Arawn move down the hall to the next door. The door is inspected by Arawn for magic but none is detected. It is a wooden door with a lock and it is locked.] [Arawn considers Z'leyra and Raban's information.] Arawn: "I'm concerned to hear this from both of you. I wonder if possession is happening here? If so some spirit or spirits might have been released from here with A'kril's death or some other action that has taken place here. The prophecy mentioned the 'guardian' and I wonder what A'kril was geased to guard all this time? Spirits perhaps? I know it's a stretch but I can't help but wonder why the sudden strange behavior. I hope I'm wrong but if not we might have to deal with them after this mess is resolved. For now I'd keep an eye out for any odd behavior from anyone in the future and be prepared to deal with it just in case." [Moments earlier...] [Ben'dar in the closet growls as he swore he saw Raban in the tiny closet. He starts to wonder if he is seeing things. First he saw or thought he saw, Raban go through walls like they didn't exist, now he disappears like a ghost. Ben'dar wonders if that wound he took from the lion thing is causing him to see things. He growls in disgust and begins to thrash he clothes back and forth. How could a huge man like him step in a closet and disappear? Its not like he went into a different world and saw talking Lions and snow witches.] [Ben'dar stumbles on a boot and pitches backward into a silk dress. His footing slips and he falls backward onto his feet. Reacting fast he grabs for his pike and draws it to a tall man's chest. But Ben'dar growls when he notices Raban towering over him. Ben'dar grabs his shoulder and looks back to where he just was and sees a wall. Confused he looks up to a smiling Raban. He shakes his head wondering if he is now walking through walls and if its catching.] Raban: "Walking through walls? No, I only do that when there isn't a door handy." [Now back at the present when Fremea is in the closet. Raban grabs with his mighty hands the seam of the secret door and slides open. There standing with hand on dagger in the middle of silk clothes like a doll is Fremea. Light shines into the closet and Raban blinks and grins again.] Raban: "Oh there you are, I thought everyone went in here but I could not find them." [Fremea walks through the sliding secret door and looks around the bright room. Ben'dar gets to his feet when he hears the door jiggle but no one comes in. He begins to cross the room when Fremea stops him. She glances for any floor magic just in case and then scans the walls. Then she nods and Ben'dar get to the door and unlocks it to let the others in. The others are confused by the appearance of the other three but quickly figure it out from the sliding secret wall.] [This room is 26 by 20 feet. A fireplace keeps this room warm and is in the center of the north wall. Two large floor to ceiling windows about 6 feet wide are on the side of the fireplace. Above the fireplace is just brick and stone wall. The windows and fireplace dominate the north wall. Behind the fireplace a few feet is a raised platform of sorts that is as wide as 8 feet and as long as 6 feet. The tallest portion feet feet up is in the north. The middle section is about 4 feet and south portion is about 2 feet off the ground. It is as if stepping up. From the south a wooden step allows one to step onto the platform. Along the west, east and north ends of the platform is a wooden railing. At the top level center is a raised pedestal. On this pedestal are two levers of some sort. Between those levers is a circle wheel that almost looks identical to a ship's wheel. Anyone that has been on a ship has seen such a device. Arawn and Fremea examine it for magic but see no auras at all.] [Behind the platform and a bit to the east are three wooden chairs with silk cushions. It is as if for looking outside the windows and facing north. A oak table in the south west area is oak. A small wooden area on the east wall seems to be hooks as if for hanging things. The floor is a carpeted yellow and lightning is done by candles on the platform, fireplace and oak table.] [One hook is holding a paper copy of the Dark Lands. It looks fairly new and not the old yellow pages of those scrolls and books found in the library. It is not a master map like that in the Citadel but a common one some common person may have. Chion growls at the thought of the map being here. He wonders if the female he captured gave them this map.] [Fremea continues to examine the platform carefully as Arawn and Unali look out the north windows. There the storm seems to have cleared and Arawn sees the foggy border they saw earlier when they first came. The magical barrier that seems to claim the edge of this place is just a few hundred feet away or so north. That means the castle must be on the north east edge of the island. Arawn senses the barrier is still up and that must be the binding magic. He turns back and heads toward the Oak table that Caladan is looking at. As soon as Arawn gets a foot away an aura that wasn't there a moment ago is detected. he braces and shoves Caladan away.] [But instead of some death magic a blur of lights appears above the table. Greens and blues mostly. Caladan gasps and draws the attention of the others to look. Within a few seconds the magic that seems to be illusion of some kind forms into a three dimensional map of the area. The bottom of the two is one blur of green and slight brown hues that must indicate the forest. The table itself is 6 by 6 feet and the scale is hard to figure out. A small gray botch about the size of a fingernail is on one end of the forest in the east. That could indicate a village or town or something else. Above the map a form of a land mass about the size of a hand is shown above the forest and glows brown and blue. The party figures that must be the flying castle. There are no legend marks or anything else to indicate height or scale. The three dimensional map is quite unique and some stare at it for a few seconds and then glance at the paper map, windows and platform. It is not hard to figure out the purpose of the room to be some kind of navigation room. The platform must be how to control the place. But Caladan speaks what all are thinking.] Caladan: "Can it be that simple?" Fremea goes back to the platform and tries to look between the carpet and under the platform for signs of magic. How could this wheel send signals to move the place? It doesn't seem magical. There must be some other control device. if it was this simple the Elementals would likely have been in this place already.] [Having ignored the door in the north east corner besides the hooks till now the party opens them after inspecting for traps and magic. But the room opens to another bright room. This one is 16 by 12 feet or so. A stone table and single wooden chair is here in the center. East and north wall have windows that are floor to ceiling like the other room. In the north east corner of the room is a metal ladder. On the roof a metal hatch is seen with bar lock from inside. The floor is stone and lighting is done by the windows and table candles (unlit now). No signs of magic is found here. The hatch seems to lead to the roof. Based on the windows this must be another observation room for navigation as it shows more of the east side of the edge that is maybe 100 feet east of the edge of the window.] [Caladan climbs the ladder and unlocks it and lets the hatch fall to the side. He looks out and then ducks back in.] Caladan: "Fremea. Why not scan the roof quickly and see what you can find? The storm is gone and I see nothing much up here." [As the party go back into the navigation room they try and figure out what could be going on. Raban watches from the hatch Fremea fly around knowing he could fly to her rescue if needed better than anyone else. But it soon only takes her at most a minute and half to scan the roof. Corona must've been confused in reporting a 3rd floor unless the roof is one. She comes back and reports it is only a flat stone roof with areas destroyed by lightning from the Cloud being. There must be at least 30 or so of those holes. The destroyed tower is in the south west and this area is slightly raised for observation maybe a few feet but not a tower. The north west and south east areas are simple roof areas. The courtyard takes up the bulk of the floor. Stacks for various fireplaces are on the roof. There are signs of wind, smoke, fire and other damage on the roof that may indicate battle or natural damages from natural reasons. Stone work in some places is better than others. But it is aging and old. The rim of the entire castle is raises like a normal castle might have for protection. The roof is easy for landing on or walking on. But otherwise there is nothing else of interest to report. No signs of magical auras or other hidden areas.] [Fremea returns and reports the lack of interesting things. Cold she warms up quickly in front of the fire. In the meantime Ben'dar exits back to the wall to check for more doors but none are found in the east. It seems the entire castle at this point has been explored.] [Time: 12:10 pm] [As Fremea warms up to the fire, Caladan and Arawn examine the illusionary map that still remains. They wonder how to affect its scale or if it can change. Raban and Chion inspect the dark lands paper map and finds little detail just the basic layout of the domains. No markings of any value. The language is in Katai as well. Some markings indicate village or important castle names like the Elders or the Sorceress or even Sven's as they are the top three in the land. Marks showing which lands are what orientation also show in small letters. Raban moves along the wall and inspects the hangers. When he gets to a portion of the wall he notices the dust is light here. His skills pick up and again he seems to indicate a seam on the wall of the stone. He looks left and right and finds no way to open this seam. Upset now at the wound he took and the time that is dropping literally in the courtyard he roars and then kicks the stone in anger. It moves backwards and the seam shows up more. Chion looks over and approaches as the others look on. Raban kicks again and the left side of the small secret door swings open to reveal a small room.] [As the door disconnects to the wall Raban moves to the side and bumps into Chion. But no magic shoots out. Arawn and Fremea scan the edge of the wall but detect nothing. Arawn knowing his armor is better pushes the wall further in and a small dank and dusty room is revealed. It is about 16' by 6 feet. Nothing is in the room but a blue shining circle that is hovering in mid-air. Peeking around the door the thing is obviously magic but doesn't seem to react to the Sidh's presence. Arawn steps into the room and examines the circle hovering object but still nothing happens. Caladan peeks around the door and speaks.] Caladan: "A portal? It looks almost like the one ...well the one we got Corona from..." [He wonders how much he should speak of Lady Varo and the prophecies she spoke of. Corona came of it as well as Tef'wo for Ben'dar on the island of Clima. He continues unsure how much to explain.] Caladan: "Step through and it takes you somewhere." [Fremea is still unsure but Arawn nods. Yes. Lower World portals have been documented and almost look like this. It could be a inter-world portal or just a portal that teleports the party to another area of the room. The sidh scan the room as the hovering portal shins only a faint blue on the walls. But there is nothing on the floor or walls indicate any clues. The portal itself has a black center and blue/white trim about half an inch. It stands a foot off the ground and is as wide as 5 feet and tall as 5 feet. Memories of Lady Varo come back to Ben'dar and Caladan as well as Chion and Unali. Caladan cocks his head and wonders if the mysterious lady is behind the veil. As Fremea examines the back of the portal it is the same as the front. Caladan shrugs and steps into the portal before Arawn and Ben'dar can stop him.] [Ben'dar curses in Zen'dali at the foolish wizard but a man who has died and come back must be foolish enough to take odd risks. Ben'dar looks to the others to react but before he can speak Caladan steps back through. He coughs a bit and then speaks.] Caladan: "Dusty in there. No dragon ate me. But it goes to a dark place with steps going down. Should we explore it?" [Arawn tries to recall the rules of interworld travel. If one travels below or above the middle world time shifts. If he was gone only a few seconds wouldn't time have passed far faster here or less? That might indicate it isn't a world portal.] -------------- [Time: 12:11 pm] [Z'leyra returns to the main room and finds A'kril's items in the mess of the destroyed room to examine them further.] Actions? Comments? Next Update...Monday... GM: I did forget the magic of the altar last post so now above. GM: Yes. When Z'leyra appears a few minutes later both groups would know pretty much 90% of what went down minor details deleted for time. That would include Corona's odd behavior in terms of his firing on the two and fleeing to show upstairs. GM: In hopes to get this going I went ahead with the Fremea roof exploration, secret door and portal. Caladan felt such keen interest in seeing Varo again he risked it. This entire above would've prevented about 2 weeks of updates. :) I was hoping to finish actually by year's end. But seeing as that's only a few days away it isn't going to happen. Oh well. I like nice round numbers (1/1/09) to start a new adventure. But we are about 2-3 weeks behind. So we'll go for maybe 2/1 instead. :) At any rate let me know who wishes to enter the portal and who does not. Please let me know by Monday. If no one goes through then what will you guys do? If folks do then I'll report results in next update. GM: Next week is Christmas. I know we have folks who are good in replying fast (like Raban and such) and others not so. So let me know if you guys are going to be out of town for X-mas? If one person is then no need to do a update then. If folks will be in town maybe I'll try for a update for 12/24 if I can get it done. If not I can try for a normal update on 12/26. But it will depend on if anyone is out of town and can't read it. I may still work on one update and have it readable for next weekend for thinking and such. GM: Due to last minute posts I ran out of time to update web map. So if below map messes up in email see website for this update. I'll try and update the full player map with room description details this weekend. The below is basically what the new rooms look like. There is no need for a roof layout I don't think. Didn't have time to deal with first floor stuff. If Kiet or Z'leyra want to do more let me know. I'll handle it next time. Also the holographic/illusion map the flying island on the map is about 2 feet above the center of the oak table. Map Legend - 3 - Wind - V29, Hovering 2 feet up, holding dirt hourglass - Room D - Everyone but Kiet/Z'leyra/Corona First floor Hallway - Z'leyra, Kiet, Corona ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Second Floor] Legend - North /|\ 1 Row = 2 feet 1 Column = 2 feet ° = Solid wall or earthen rock / or \ = Door ,, = Stone Steps @@ = Table ## = Cabinet, Storage Chest or locker * = Chair o = Barrel ` = Shelf ~~ = Pull lever I = Stone wall $ = Bed : = Window [Some symbols may be different and will be described if that changes for each room.] Rm A. 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[ ]I I N i : I [ ] I[[[[ [ ]I [~] [~] I R O d I ... ... I [ ] * ____ [ ]I [~] [~] : o P ->I ... ... [ ] / \ [ ]I [~] [~] I o Q L : ... ... [ ] ( * ) [ ]I [~] [~] I m R e I ... ... [ ] \___/ [ ]I ~ ~ : S v I ... ... [ ] [ ]I o o I G T e : ... ... I [ ] * @@@@I #I U l I I+ [ ] .....3.... @@@@I #I V I___________I__[ A__________________ @@@I_________I W I /\ /\ I X : \----Ledge/Balcony/// : Y I____/\_____ ____________________________________I Z I I Kiet --> I Main Room [1st floor] Room A - Summoning Room 20x20' This room houses a fireplace ([*]) that stays low. There is a altar (##) and stone columns ornately decorated (*) among the room. The floor is a carpeted dark red. Lighting is by fireplace, windows and candles by the altar. Door is a simple wooden with moderate lock. Room C - Bodyguard Bedroom 12x8' This room has a bed ($) with small nightstand (~), chest (#) for clothing and chair (*). Floor is stone and lighting is by candle on the nightstand. Door is wooden with simple lock.