Undertunnel investigations 1 and 2 - RPLOG
From Rusted Promises
Participants
Date
19/6/476
Log
The ruin's library contnues to yield few real secrets to the group, between the unintelligible first language over the occasional working screen and archaic words bearing little meaning on those few books close enough to modern language to be read with some difficulty. Zaps of naked wire against the steel flooring in the tunnel do little to break up the quiet, occasional screeches from bats or clicking of a servitor around the service tunnels the only sounds not made by beings. Selena sighs, holding up the book again. "If this journal's right, there was a series of cave-ins that sealed this place up." She comments. "I'm not sure why it couldn't be re-opened for these beings, but..." She sighs, moving back over to the others. "I'm surprised any of this is even legible though. look at the dates after landing; some of these aren't even in the hundreds yet."
Angus looked around, hoping that no one had seen through his disguise just yet. "Well, we could unseal some of them you know. If we had enough gunpowder. Only problem would be that we wouldn't be able to shoot our muskets if we use to much." Allistar smiled, shrugging lightly as he walked over to the nearest bookself and started pulling books to possibly see if one would help, or reveal a trap door of some kind.
Sveta leans against the doorway to the library, not turning to look at the group as she peers into the darkness. "Well, if you want to do it that way, just make sure it's structurally sound before acting. No one wants to bring down the whole place about our ears - I'm sure we can all agree that would be a Bad Thing."
Ictus sighs as he looks over the books and shakes his head, "Well... I feel useless..." he grumbles a bit as he looks around, "Hmm, who wants to check out the other passages?" he looks to the others curiously
Selena shakes her head at Ictus's comment. "I have the feeling most of us are feeling a bit that way. Everything's... Too old." She replies a little exasparatedly, though there's a tone of mild amusement on her voice. Sveta's comment is met with a nod and a glance back to the entrance. "We should probably gather up what's here. Someone back in town could use these, if nothing else. What exactly do you think we'd find down the other tunnel? If it's anything like this one..."
Angus had been walking around the library as everyone was debating, before a service tunnel actually caught his eye. He crouched down in front of the thing, giving it an odd look as he tried to look and see where it could possibly lead. "I wonder where this leads...even if we can fit in it." Allistar mumbled, tapping his chin as he stares down it.
Sveta continues peering into the darkness beyond the library's entrance. Nothing to be seen for the moment, but the occasional scuffle in the dark is reminder enough the group's not alone. "If you have a means of carrying it all, be my guest. By the by, if you're going anywhere, let me know. I'll bring up the rear." She stops and thinks for a moment, then continues. "Try to pick a likely candidate that doesn't end in a dead end. Feel a draft coming down from any of the tunnels?"
Ictus hmms and nods to Selena, "Yeah, I suppose..." he ponders a bit more and shakes his head, "What should we gather up and what should we leave? I don't think we could carry it all." he looks to Allistar and tilts his head curiously as the tunnel he found, "What do you see?" as he looks himself, he hmms? at Sveta and nods in agreement at that
A quiet chuckle is the wolfess's response to Sveta, followed by stowing a few of the more intact books. "You have a point." She comments, looking over to the other two foxes as they peer into the depths of a service tunnel. "Come on, you two. I don't think anyone here is small enough to walk into that." Sveta is greeted by a rather strong draft from a tunnel further ahead, though a sharp fork in the path makes it difficult to see what's there.
Angus shrugs as he stands back up, snagging the more intacted books as he walks back over to Selena. "I was just looking, no harm down." The fox muttered, taking a quick glance around the room to see if he can't honestly identify something before they leave, even if he couldn't comment on it without destroying his disguise.
Kust then the fox stops in his tracks, just noticing the pictures that were displayed next to technology that he definitly didn't understand. "Hey....what are these?" He asked, faking confusion as he reads over them lightly. "Think these could help Selena?"
Ictus looks to Selena and nods, "Yeah... I suppose not." he shrugs though and looks around before Allistar oints something out, he blinks at that and hmms as he looks over the pictures curiously, "No idea..."
Selena looks back over at the discovery, peering at the symbols then the technology they flank. "If I could read the first tongue, I suppose they would be." She replies, muttering something under her breath. "I should've put out a call for a priest, hey..? On the other hand, we don't know if the machines will even work, so it might be better not to tamper with them anyway." There's a degree of wariness on her tone. Further into the tunnel, some small machines clatter along with a much larger golem rolling behind them.
Angus taps his chin lightly before he shakes his head. "Well, might as well try and take one of them with us at least. Proof that we were here." Frowning lightly he draws his dagger and steps up to the closest one, trying to pry it off the wall without causing to much damage to the picture.
Sveta stops in her tracks and winces as Angus pulls out a knife and begins trying to pry off the picture. She opens and shuts her beak several times, as if about to say something, then gives up with a soft sigh. "Look, I don't know what special meaning that thing has for you, but try not to snap the blade doing it, all right?"
Ictus nods to Selena and hmms, "True, lets leave the mechines to the Mechine Priests... If possible." he looks to Allistar and shakes his head softly, "We have the books don't we?" he chuckles
Selena looks back at Angus for a moment and shakes her head, staying around the corner as the patrol of machines moves down the tunnel towards the room. "We do, now let's hope the machines don't take offense to us being here." She grumbles, looking back at Angus's efforts in prying off bits and pieces from the ruin walls as she readies herself for the possibility of an attack from the machines nearby.
Allistar prys at the picture stuck to the wall, and is rewarded with a cracking sound as it pops free. He smiled tucking the thing underneath his arm as he moves to duck back behind the corner, hopefully before the machines manage to notice him.
"Before they take offense? Might be a little too late for that." Sveta hefts her crossbow as one of the machine servitors trundles close by, an appendage that can be vaguely construed as a head swivelling this way and that until it fixes upon the group, whereupon it begins to emit a loud-pitched whine. This has the effect of drawing the attention of several other servitors, and all of them begin advancing upon the group. "I told them. I told them. Or well, I should have. But would they have listened to me? No..."
Ictus hmms? at Selena and nods in agreement at that, "Indeed." he blinks as the mechines start down the hall and motions for everyone to hide as he does so himself, he frowns at the whine and shakes his head, "Well, great..." as he takes out his daggers
Angus eft on Golem
Ictus says, "use shards"
