(036) The Remains of the Day

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:50 pm

ehiker133 wrote:
Desmond asks, "If we're going to continue this way, shouldn't we first gather up the other guys? They're probably wondering what we're up to..."

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:49 pm

mushgnome wrote:
Highbough stands watch at the main intersection of the ante-chamber.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:03 pm

sulldawga wrote:
When Dorgan sees Gustave pick up the torch and throw it further down the passageway, he immediately heads out to join the fighter and see what's he discovered.

But he only takes a couple of steps before he slows down, stops, and looks back at Josiane. He stands there for a moment, as if weighing his options, then turns back to the passage.

Hissing in a loud whisper, Dorgan tries to get Gustave's attention.

"Pssst. Psssttt! Whatta ya see down there?"

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:41 pm

doctorx wrote:
Josiane moves up to stand beside Dorgan, although she is careful to continue to watch the unexplored passage with the man-sized alcoves lining it.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:56 pm

rleduc wrote:
Guntrum takes up position with cover from the statue in the "top right" (i.e. between the central corridor and the corridor Gustave has gone down) portion of the room, keeping an eye on the center passage.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:15 pm

mushgnome wrote:
While he is standing guard, Highbough looks up... how high is the antechamber ceiling? Are there any ledges/vents/decorations?

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:03 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
The Ante Chamber
(Highbough, Guntram, Josiane, Dorgan)

Josiane prepares to follow after Dieter and the others who took the right-hand passage, but pauses as Gustave and Dorgan are delayed down the left-hand passage.

Guntram takes up a new position to conduct his watch (see mud map, following), while Highbough casts his lantern light and gaze to the ceiling, above. It is roughly 15ft above, and of a pyramidal form, the apex being 20ft overhead. The rim of the ceiling is carved in bass-relief with gates, shields, and a hundred grim-faced soldiers.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:10 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
The Ante Chamber
(Highbough, Guntram, Josiane, Dorgan)

Another mud map...

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O Knight statue
* Torch or lantern
% Rubble
G Gustave
D Dorgan
J Josiane
H Highbough
N Guntram

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 1:38 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
The Left Passage
(Gustave, and now Dorgan)

Gustave lobs the torch toward the promising glimmer in the side tunnel with silky ease; it bumps awkwardly off the rocky earth of the wall, and reverse somersaults like a stricken acrobat, before tumbling further down the passage with its sputtering orange glow...

...where the glimmer of riches vanishes immediately before they are ever revealed; all Gustave spies in the dark is a flicker of movement receding further down the passage at haste. The flick of a black cloak, perhaps? Over the vaguest hint of man-like shoulders, perhaps?

Whatever it was, if it was anything, must have good eyes in the dark. And movement as quiet as any mouse.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:08 am

waysoftheearth wrote:
The Second Vault
(Dieter in, Ulric just inside the door, Olaf next in the passage, then Desmond/Mondes, Wibert and Pelenwin)

It is cold.

Dieter (inside the second vault) signals an about face so that everyone should turn and head back the way they came...

What is that? An echo of a distant crash?

Pelenwin was last into the passage from the first vault, behind Wibert, so he now has the lead. When he turns about he finds himself looking into a cold, pitch darkness. The only light source is Ulric's lantern, now behind him rather than ahead of him.

As Pelenwin waits a moment for Ulric to retrace his steps and illuminate the way back, there comes another terrible sound. A great, slow, grinding tremor comes, as though massive slabs of stone nearby protest being moved.

"What's that, then?" mutters Mondes.