The House of the Night - Part II - RPLOG
Participants
Date
4/6/478
Log
Fenris is waiting by the crevasse leading down to the door that leads into the House of Night. And who knows how deep that rabbit hole goes! The tiger is seated on a stone in an attitude of meditation as he waits for the inevitable, adventure hungry Freeswords.
Zuri cheers excitedly as the crevasse comes into view a short distance away, and breaks away from the group as he sprints the last few meters towards it. He stops by Fenris, offering him his best, biggest and brightest smile. "Hi there Mister Fenris! Ready to go!"
Kazel slowly follows behind the salamander, she does not feel the need to catch up quickly so she is taking her time. When she finally reaches Fenris, she moves one of her hands to rest on the hilt of one of her swords. "Greetings. This is not going to go like last time, is it?" She grins a little as if she would not mind the action anyway.
Iorek wanders down to meet his three favourite people with a grin on his face and an assortmant of blades about his person. He is wagging happily as he approaches the group "Hey everyone!"
After touching down in the quarry, Natska's fire and feathers fade away. The jaguar takes a moment then to make sure her half-mask and her jump suit are in place, then makes her way to the small group, patting over her gear to do a final check.
Cassidy rolls her shoulders as she follows at Natska's side, reaching up to adjust her ever present top hat, tail flicking back and forth. "So this is where it is. I'll have to make note of that."
Fenris shrugs his broad, shaggy shoulders. "Hard to say, Miss Silverwing," he answers the bat, and returns Zuri's smile. "I am glad to see you all here today," he says, "I remind all of you that I have no idea what we are likely to find down there. It could be more of the same, or it might be something completely different. I expect that there will be real danger, so please, be careful." He grins as Natska and Cassidy arrive. "Perfect timing as always, Ladies Solacious," he says, "I thought you might be interested in this. Come on!" The tiger takes up the rope he has prepared and slips throught the wide crevasse leading downward, talking as he goes. "Good work figuring out the first room last time," he congratulates the returning adventures, "I think I have figured out how to open that second door. It was not nearly so complicated as the first one! We will all move quickly through the Night room and onward. You are welcome to any treasure you find, but I ask that if you find any plaques like last time or anything that looks like a key that you please give them to me."
The tiger marches up to the large, ornately carved door in the wide cavern and starts touching symbols and muttering. It is really an impressive setup. The huge stone door is covered in strange glyphs and surrounded by luminous blue crystals. The door swings slowly open with a grind of stone on stone and Fenris turns to look at the group. "Any questions before we charge ahead?" he asks.
Zuri follows alongside Fenris, peering up at him. "We don't have Mister Rokarion this time around. I propose we discover everything in here so I can go brag about it." He giggles and nods. "Recover keys and thingies and give them to you, got it." He peers past the door into the next area with curiosity, having no further questions to ask.
Kazel quickly follows behind the others and dusts off her leather armor. The bat makes her way to the front of the group and peers into the room ahead. "No, not really." She shrugs, which quickly turns into a rolling of her shoulder as she prepares herself for whatever the underground building is going to throw at them this time.
Iorek nods his head "Sounds good to me boss... let's hope you don't get shut outside this time!"
Natska gives Cass' arm a squeeze, then slips down the rope and into the chamber. Her ears perk as she looks around, then watches Fenris. "You already explored here? What did you find?" she asks. "How much do you know of this place?"
Cassidy eyes the runes Fenris is touching on the door, ears flicking. "Mmm. Interesting opening mechanism." She'll have to remember that! "This looks to be an interesting place, certainly. I look forward to seeing what lies within."
Fenris leads the way into the room beyond the door. The walls are covered in bas reliefs of all sorts of strange and fantastical figures. "These three were part of a group that managed to make their way past one room," the tiger says, "But I suspect there is quite a bit more to find." The tiger runs a finger along some of the ornate, detailed reliefs on the walls. "This place is a kind of temple to the Spirits, I think," he says, "Or maybe a guarded store house. It is a place of testing, as far as I have been able to decipher and it is not dedicated to any one Spirit." The tiger leads the way to a door, directly across the room inscribed with strange glyphs. Without stopping to look at them, he heaves the sliding door aside. "Lights out please, everyone! We have to walk this bit in the dark."
Zuri peers at all the ornamentations that depict various fantastical creatures and spirits. He pauses next to one that clearly resembles a coiling serpent emerging from a body of water, and he smiles wide in recognition. "Oh yea! This is Mister Ser'Ther!" He brushes away a bit of grime from one of the serpent's coils. "Mm.. so this is kind of like the Church to the Creator Saints back in Firmament?" He asks as he paces back towards Fenris. He groans at the tiger's remark. "I forgot about that.. yea, no lights, at all, no fire either." The small salamander wills his bioluminescence to fade slowly until it is all but extinguished, seeming not at all pleased about it.
Kazel stops for a moment to reach out and touch one of the reliefs, cleaning it a bit. She tilts her head and ponders for a moment. "Not just elemental spirits here though, this one is related to Death, I think" The bat is not able to make a better categorization than that and leaves it at that. She continues on the way with small steps to not hit anything in the darkness that engulfs the area ahead.
Iorek looks at what Zuri was looking at with interest until the lights fade, then he follows along with the party, sticking close
"Mmph," Natska replies, frowning faintly as only half of her questions are answered. Still, he seemed to be in a hurry, and Natska was eager to see what they would find as well. She nods at the instruction, and slips her hand into Cassidy's.
Cassidy gives Natska's hand a squeeze as she glances around the dark room, letting her eyes adjust for a moment. "No light, hm? Makes sense. I do believe there was a plaque of some kind back there that said not to bring in light, wasn't there? Besides, it's the house of -night-. Hopefully that doesn't hold true for the entire place, though."
