(036) The Remains of the Day

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:56 am

heartless wrote:
Wibert (the shadow) will follow behind keeping to the shadows, and off the crack, keeping a keen eye/ear out, ready for anything.
Holding a short sword and dagger in each hand.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:05 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
Guntram, Gustave, Josiane, Dorgan & Highbough; The Ante-Chamber

Josiane and Dorgan maintain their vigil grimly as Guntram stands stoically holding the sputtering torch aloft, Gustave mutters about pastry and swishes his sabre about in the dark, and Highbough conducts his search, bent double over his lantern...

The eerie, chill air moves uncomfortably to accommodate the living; shadows jaunt unnaturally over the neer-do-good faces of the stone graven knights...

(1d6)

Highbough eventually straightens his back, having concluded that the Dwarf may be right about the stone.

Was that a muffled thump from somewhere off in the dark?

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:11 pm

doctorx wrote:

tonneau wrote:"Well I would seem its not proper to go rushing into this vampeer business then..." muses Gustave to no-one in particular.

"Still, no harm in maintaining ones stamina while we wait is there?", he adds with a grin, pulling some less-appealing-than-at-lunchtime pastries from his pack and popping a crumbling remnant into his mouth.

"Slightly crushed, to be sure - but palatable", he surmises, offering them around to Josiane and Dorgan.

"Thank you, Lord Gustave. Perhaps later?" whispers Josiane, maintaining a firm grip on sword and shield and eyeing the shadows nervously.

At the sudden thump she starts abruptly.

"What was that?"

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:23 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
Dieter, Olaf, Desmond/Mondes, Wibert, Pelenwin, Ulric; The First Vault

Dieter leads boldly on, Olaf comes after, then Ulric with his lantern to illuminate the way. The Halflings dally a moment longer among the growing shadows in the first vault, and Pelenwin seems to have the rearward guard.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:35 pm

waysoftheearth wrote:
Dieter, Olaf, Desmond/Mondes, Wibert, Pelenwin, Ulric; The First Vault

The far passage is lit now, as Ulric comes up behind Olaf and Dieter, and it is another in-leaning, narrow affair where a tall man might hunch his shoulders to protect his noggin.

Dieter does just so, and edges his way down the chilly, stone passage. His coat of steel rings gives a shunk with each step, his breath all but frosting before him in the near dark, as his own shadow plays out large ahead of him in the passage. The tiny orange flame of Ulric's lantern seems far off behind him indeed as he bravely pushes ahead...

The passage is narrow enough, but is further cramped by lines of upright stone sarcophagi that seem half buried into the stone work along it length. The bass relief carvings of fell knights upon them can just be discerned among the writhing shadows that pitch and yaw with the swing of the lantern.

Now Dieter sees another dark vault looming before him... the open door arch is only a half dozen paces ahead now, partially veiled by a loose curtain of cobwebs... beyond he can scarcely make out... a bulky figure?

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 7:21 pm

mushgnome wrote:
"What was that?" whispers Highbough. "If we are attacked, we must keep our backs to this passage so that we are not cut off from the rest of the party."

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:04 pm

doctorx wrote:
Josiane gives a curt nod of the head, offers up a silent prayer to her White Lady and makes ready to face whatever might be lurking out in the chill darkness...

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:05 pm

tonneau wrote:
Gustave flops his pack back into place and brings his shield up and sword to bear on the darkness. His armour gleams in the lamp light, his blade glistens, his eye is sharp, his mind focused, and his lips...are peppered with small pieces of pastry.

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:02 am

sulldawga wrote:
Dorgan strains his senses to see if he can detect the source of the latest "bump in the night".

"Can we get another torch out here?"

Post by **waysoftheearth** » Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:31 am

coffee wrote:
Dieter stops.

Does this bulky form make any movement at all? It could be anything, not necessarily hostile.

If it moves toward him at all, he will defend himself.

If it doesn't, he will visually scan the cobwebs before proceeding. Spiders can be nasty.