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"
The last machine servitor falls in a small heap of mangled metal, adding yet another count of vandalism to the group's grand list of heroic deeds this day. Since no stick is around, Sveta makes do with stepping over, extending a foot, and prodding the mass of mangled metal with the toe of a boot. Satisfied that it's dead - or at least, as dead as a machine will get - she takes a moment while everyone is recovering to search the largest golem's chassis for a joint, a rivet, anything that can be pried apart to get at the machine's innards.
Allistar grumbled, the painting that he had pryed off still clutched in his right hand as his smoking musket was held in his left. "Well...that was fun." The fox scowled, walking over to the nearest piece of twisted slag that use to be one of their attacks, which he then kicks. Angus to be honest hadn't used his Rogue combat soul in forever, and felt clumsy while wearing it, so he decided it was time for a change. Slinging his musket back over his shoulder he switched his soulgems, nodding as he started to follow the others again.
Ictus grunts as he works his daggers in between the metal beasts to hopefully hurt them and growls as they go down, "Well... Shall we get going before more come along?"
The black-plated figure wrenches their math-etched sword from the golem before pulling off their helmet. "Looks like I found what the noise was coming from. And got here just in time for the action!" Rixo chuckles softly before looking around the group. "Ah, hopefully you're friendly." Her eyes linger on Ictus for a moment. "Oh, wait! I know you!"
Did some one need help? Not interested. Did they promise food? Sandy got much more interested, or loot, it's hard to tell what motivates the rather lazy critter, craddling a lare bore gun in her mitts, she isn't even stealthy, it's like she takes delight in clanking through the pathways they followed, constantly looking about in a half lidded gaze, making it even more peculiar if she's truly paying attention or not, she seems more likely to meander off on her own!
Wulf upon hearing the distant sounds of battle in the rooms that the group had passed through while she had stayed behind to keep watch the husky barrels down the corridors, nearly bowling over the badger on her way to get to the sounds of fighting. "Scuse me, help for friends is needed!" She probably arrives long before Sandra to the scene of carnage. "Well.... seems you all had things under control."
Selena looks back over the drones, muttering something to herself about the creator tech before moving out into the hallway in time to greet the new arrivals - though the heavy armor doesn't do any favors in identifying Rixo. "Wulf, so nice of you to rejoin us..." She comments, pushing one of the scrapped things aside. "So. We were going to keep looking around the tunnels, what do you think about that? Sveta, did you get-... Really? Is this really the time to start tearing apart a creator golem?" She deadpans, though there's some clear interest in the procedure before she shakes her head and gestures deeper into the tunnels and makes a few tentative steps along before waiting for the others.
Allistar watched Sveta tear apart the golem for a few seconds, before he shakes his head. "Whatever floats your boat." He shrugged, holding the painting that he had taken in his right hand as he drew a dagger in his left. "Oh joy. More dark holes and metal killing machines, sounds like a party." Sighing he started to follow Selena feeling a lot better now that he was using his Duelist soul.
"Are there more of their friends coming along? If not, I'd just love to take a quick look..." Nevertheless, some of Selena's seriousness has sunk into the goshawk's sudden burst of maniacal fervor, and Sveta contents herself with prising open a panel and wrenching out a handful of the golem's innards before catching up with the rest of the group. "Now, I could say that it's as valid a compulsion as someone's tendencies to prise paintings off the walls, but that would be a low blow, wouldn't it?"
Ictus hmms? at Rixo and chuckles, "Well hey there Rixo." he gives a bot a nudge and then shakes his head at Sveta with a sigh, "Well..." he shakes his head again and shrugs before looking to Wulf as well as the badger, "Hey there." he chuckles
Rixo offers a shrug and slides her sword back into its scabbard. "I am Rixo, for those of you I haven't met. Nice to meet you!" She dips into a half-bow, sweeping her arm out in a polite gesture. "What's ah... All the fuss down here? Looking for something in particular, or just looking around?"
Sandraudiga looks the way gestured, and the shiny metal men. "I'm not sure I have a firearm that can deal with these in an quick fashion." She says, moving to firmly kick one in the ..head? Do they technically have a head? She kicks one a few times. "They'd likely fetch a fair price, or can be jury rigged in a fashion to provide a system to propel bolts of steel." She says, running claws down her cheek in thought.
Rixo offers a shrug and slides her sword back into its scabbard. "I am Rixo, for those of you I haven't met. Nice to meet you!" She dips into a half-bow, sweeping her arm out in a polite gesture. "What's ah... All the fuss down here? Looking for something in particular, or just looking around?"
Wulf coughs, kicking a pebble. "Yeah... soon as the sound reached my ears I came dashin, you had everything under control though it seems. no one hurt badly?" Her eyes once more fall upon Allistair, giving him another thurough study. "Bah, I'm here now. Whats the next move?"
Selena nods, patting Wulf on the back. "So you got Amelia back out safely?" She asks, taking a quick look around before peering into the tunnel ahead. "I'm not usually spelunking. Any of you have an idea which way you'd rather go? Better to go with the group and wander about alone in here, I think." She chuckles quietly. "We could head back out of this tunnel and try the lower floor, or there's the fork up ahead, for those of you that just got here - Rixo, I didn't recognise ou under all the armor."
Allistar is eyed once again, causing him to squirm lightly as he hoped that his disguise wasn't seen through. "Lower levels will probably have more things lurking around it, and besides we might as well finish this level and be done with it." He crossed his arms, making sure he kept Wulf in his sight as he waited to see what everyone wanted.
Sveta dusts off the worst of the grime from her feathers as she follows Selena and the rest of everyone. "I'd rather not backtrack, if it's all the same to you. The fork looks like just as good a choice as any other, doesn't it?"
Rixo chuckles a little and glances around. "I'm just here for the fun of it. I'll go wherever you gents and ladies want to go." She pulls her greathelm back on and rolls her shoulders.
Sandraudiga shifts a bit, looking anxious, either to go further in, or try to drag the metal men back to the surface. "Well we should decide on some thing, either we try to get out with the swag, or not."
Ictus nods to Rixo and chuckles, "Just exploring really." he blinks at Sandraudiga and shrugs, "It's Creator Tech... So it goes to the priests, that's not to say they won't give us a finders fee." he chuckles and nods in agreement before looking down the tunnel, "I say we go to the fork..." he hmms at Allistar and nods, "True... And we don't want anything ambushing us."
