waysoftheearth wrote:
Gerar struggles frantically in the rushing dark, but the gradient and the pace is insane...
(051) The Demonist's Chantry
Waysoftheearth's Hinterlands PBP
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(051) The Demonist's Chantry
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(051) The Demonist's Chantry
sirravd wrote:
He prepares for landing, tensing his body.
He prepares for landing, tensing his body.
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(051) The Demonist's Chantry
waysoftheearth wrote:
...but Gerar doesn't land.
after a few brutal curves and steep, bumping drops, he falls from the dark chute into an impossibly vast and terrifying space, like an ant tumbling into a well!
With a wind rushing fiercely about him Gerar flays wildly as he tumbles into space, catching glimpses of a glittering array of tiny lights below him, and around him... and subconsciously realises they must be lamps sprawled all over the uneven walls and floor surface of some gargantuan cavern which he is falling into like a stone!
...but Gerar doesn't land.
after a few brutal curves and steep, bumping drops, he falls from the dark chute into an impossibly vast and terrifying space, like an ant tumbling into a well!
With a wind rushing fiercely about him Gerar flays wildly as he tumbles into space, catching glimpses of a glittering array of tiny lights below him, and around him... and subconsciously realises they must be lamps sprawled all over the uneven walls and floor surface of some gargantuan cavern which he is falling into like a stone!
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(051) The Demonist's Chantry
sirravd wrote:
Gerar thinks quickly. He knows of a certain evocation which would slow the pace of his fall; but he has not learned to cast it. In his spell book is contained a spell that would allow his to walk or crawl on sheer surfaces, but he has neglected to prepare any of his spells, and in any event there is no surface within reach. Desperate, poor Gerar begins chanting what few scraps of ritual he has learned, hoping to conjure some sympathetic demon....
Gerar thinks quickly. He knows of a certain evocation which would slow the pace of his fall; but he has not learned to cast it. In his spell book is contained a spell that would allow his to walk or crawl on sheer surfaces, but he has neglected to prepare any of his spells, and in any event there is no surface within reach. Desperate, poor Gerar begins chanting what few scraps of ritual he has learned, hoping to conjure some sympathetic demon....
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(051) The Demonist's Chantry
waysoftheearth wrote:
Gerar drops like a stone; death surely comes rushing at him??
But no! Of a sudden there is an impossible resistance all around him. Hard cords press mercilessly into his flesh, and his fall is silently arrested in mid-air. He has entered a great net, some awful spiders web of thick silk!
As his weight fully stretches the netting, something gives, and he is slung sidelong perforce, bundled into a ball like a butterfly in a child's net, and then swung broadly toward the cavern wall, and unceremoniously dumped upon a timber gantry with a breathless thump!
The floor promptly gives way, and netted Gerar tumbles, with further indignity, down a long, curving slide before dashing into a great suspended gong (creating a mind-numbing toll), and landing in a heap at its base.
Needless to say, Gerar is momentarily disoriented...
Gerar drops like a stone; death surely comes rushing at him??
But no! Of a sudden there is an impossible resistance all around him. Hard cords press mercilessly into his flesh, and his fall is silently arrested in mid-air. He has entered a great net, some awful spiders web of thick silk!
As his weight fully stretches the netting, something gives, and he is slung sidelong perforce, bundled into a ball like a butterfly in a child's net, and then swung broadly toward the cavern wall, and unceremoniously dumped upon a timber gantry with a breathless thump!
The floor promptly gives way, and netted Gerar tumbles, with further indignity, down a long, curving slide before dashing into a great suspended gong (creating a mind-numbing toll), and landing in a heap at its base.
Needless to say, Gerar is momentarily disoriented...
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(051) The Demonist's Chantry
sirravd wrote:
He shakes off the confusion and looks up at his surroundings.
He shakes off the confusion and looks up at his surroundings.
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(051) The Demonist's Chantry
waysoftheearth wrote:
Head still spinning from his recent near death experience, Gerar tries to come to terms with his new surrounds.
The first thing his eyes fall upon is a 1ft tall imp standing right in front of his face. It prods his nose with a pointed finger, quite painfully enough to shock Gerar back to the hear and now.
"Up, maggot!" it peeps with a wicked grin, "Goblins are comin'"
As the thing quips Gerar takes stock of the surrounds. He is in a broad, low lipped iron bin that has apparently been used to hold earth or ore at some point. Supporting it are a series of timber scaffolds and gantries that seem to hang in a vast blackness. Only a single, narrow bridge totters from the bin back to an opening in a cavern wall, about 40ft away...
"Up!"
Head still spinning from his recent near death experience, Gerar tries to come to terms with his new surrounds.
The first thing his eyes fall upon is a 1ft tall imp standing right in front of his face. It prods his nose with a pointed finger, quite painfully enough to shock Gerar back to the hear and now.
"Up, maggot!" it peeps with a wicked grin, "Goblins are comin'"
As the thing quips Gerar takes stock of the surrounds. He is in a broad, low lipped iron bin that has apparently been used to hold earth or ore at some point. Supporting it are a series of timber scaffolds and gantries that seem to hang in a vast blackness. Only a single, narrow bridge totters from the bin back to an opening in a cavern wall, about 40ft away...
"Up!"
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(051) The Demonist's Chantry
sirravd wrote:
"Hands up!" Gerar squeals. "I'll do whatever you tell me!"
"Hands up!" Gerar squeals. "I'll do whatever you tell me!"
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(051) The Demonist's Chantry
waysoftheearth wrote:
The imp glares at Gerar petulantly.
"You has about half a minute before this place is overrunned with Goblins. They won't see me, cos I'm not here. But's they'll see you for sure."
The imp giggles wickedly, then vanishes completely, leaving Gerar to wonder whether he has received one too many knocks to the head on his rather unconventional trip here?
The imp glares at Gerar petulantly.
"You has about half a minute before this place is overrunned with Goblins. They won't see me, cos I'm not here. But's they'll see you for sure."
The imp giggles wickedly, then vanishes completely, leaving Gerar to wonder whether he has received one too many knocks to the head on his rather unconventional trip here?
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(051) The Demonist's Chantry
sirravd wrote:
"Err..." Poor Gerar stumbles to the bridge as fast as his legs can carry him, hoping that he can get out before the goblins come across the bridge.
"Err..." Poor Gerar stumbles to the bridge as fast as his legs can carry him, hoping that he can get out before the goblins come across the bridge.
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