(013) The Gatehouse Dunjon

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Post by waysoftheearth » Tue Nov 09, 2010 4:43 pm

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mushgnome wrote:
"Let's get a move on before my invisibility wears off," whispers the disembodied voice of Highbough. "I care not which direction we go first, so long as my Ogre captors are slain before this day is through. I was unconscious when they brought me here and do not know the way."
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Post by waysoftheearth » Tue Nov 09, 2010 9:59 pm

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waysoftheearth wrote:
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A long, low moan echoes throughout the dark passages from an unknowable source...
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Post by waysoftheearth » Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:23 pm

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eris wrote:
waysoftheearth wrote:"Get a move on up front!" grumbles Thorgrim under the heavy load of the chest. Dieter, Olaf and Andaros' arms and backs are all likewise straining...

...meanwhile Mads and Pelenwin have the lead, after the invisible form of Highbough pushes past them unexpectedly to join Ulric in the second rank.

Padrig offers his advice from the third rank.
"Yeah, down the stairs and outside." Olaf grunts from further back.

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Post by waysoftheearth » Tue Nov 09, 2010 10:25 pm

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eris wrote:
"Let's be a moving!" Olaf insists looking around nervously, "Down and out. Let's go!"
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:29 am

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tonneau wrote:
Gustave draws his blade at the rear of the column, sighing at the shuffling bodies blocking the door.
"Gentlemen, time to make a move...please", he probes with some anxiety in his voice.
He eyes the rear of the chamber as he waits for the way to clear.
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:56 am

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tombowings wrote:
Right. Let's keep going," says Pelenwin, nodding to Olaf. "I'd love to get me an ogre skull to use as a goblet."
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:59 am

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danhem wrote:
"Yes, down the stairs and back outside," Ulric says quickly. "There's no sense in lugging those chests around unknown passages. Let's move quickly before whatever that was arrives."
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:24 am

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waysoftheearth wrote:
Mads and Pelenwin lead the way down the broad, dusty stair. The air is cool, stale and still tinged by the scent of the Ogres' tipped cook pot.

Ulric's yellow lantern fire makes a small illumination in the dark which seems as though it might be swallowed entirely at any moment, but it jags and zips jauntily as the mage ambles along next to the disembodied voice of Highbough.

Next come the other fighting Men, then Olaf, Andaros, Dieter and Thorgrim bearing the heavy chests, and finally Gustave brings up the rear of the column in near darkness himself...
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Post by waysoftheearth » Wed Nov 10, 2010 9:31 am

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waysoftheearth wrote:
Mads and Pelenwin step off the stair and find themselves in a grim ante very similar to the one they have just departed upstairs (which Gustave is in fact still in).

Passages lead left and right into darkness, while another leads directly straight to the back door by which the company entered the dunjon.

In that passage, the cold, still form of Flewellen is laid upon the floor -- just visible near the intersection (the bodies of Michelle and Anwyn are still upstairs in the Ogre lair).
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Post by waysoftheearth » Thu Nov 11, 2010 6:53 am

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waysoftheearth wrote:
Up front Mads gets a brief sniff of a bitter tang that might be Ogre sweat...

Meanwhile, at the rear (still at the top of the stair), Gustave treads nervously in almost full darkness...
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