Undertunnel investigations 1 and 2 - RPLOG
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19/6/476 Kindly note this is uploaded as two parts due to an error on Selena's part - failing to log the original RP proper. However, it should all be here for perusal now.
Log
Much like the city above, the undertunnels are silent. Perhaps not as much so - the tireless creator machines scurrying about and the odd creak and protestation of old metal beneath the feet of one of the ruin's larger inhabitants. The usual gloomy atmosphere of the place is lessened somewhat by the presence of a hovering flame, illuminating a pile of scrap creator metal being poured over by Selena, occasionally turning her head back to the entrance or down below for any movement.
A certain fox had heard a rumor that explorers were needed for the undertunnels, and even supposedly dead Angus could not pass up this opportunity. Angus fiddled with his collar as he finishes putting it on, completing his disguise as he became Allistar, hopefully hiding himself well enough with his dyed fur and change of cloths. The now brown fox entered the room and regarded Selena with a raise of his eyebrow. "Find anything good among the shiny today?" The fox asked, unshouldering his musket before he checks that it was loaded in preparation.
Ictus hmms? as he looks around the ruin and chuckles, "Well, this will be interesting." he checks his gear as he eyes Allistar with a smile, "Hey there Allistar." he nods to Selena in greeting as well, "And hello to you too Selena."
Wulf isn't far behind Ictus on entering the scene of the area, jogging over to where Selena and the others are standing she shoulders her musket a bit. "Hello everyone, tis a fine day for spelunking ain't it? Everyone got their laterns rope and other essentials?"
Lantern in hand, Sveta wanders down the tunnels, her footsteps echoing as she makes her way forward. Others? She hadn't expected to run into other beings down here, but in a way it made sense - with a new discovery like this, the curious would be inevitably drawn here, wouldn't they? And familiar faces amongst them, too...or at least one of them. Piqued, she approaches the group. Amelia shuffles through the ruins, adjusting the glasses on the bridge of her nose as she takes in the others in attendance. She folds her arms behind her back and gives a curt nod. "Good evening, everyone. Quite a discovery, isn't it?"
Selena turns from the pile of scrap and shakes her head as she's approached by 'Allistar'. "No, not at the moment. I'd say it was a better night than day, though." She chuckles, looking back to the sudden gathering as a smile crosses her face. "I wasn't expecting a turnout this large!" Interrupted as a servitor skirrs along behind the group, taking little interest in the party. "I thought we should take a look at the collapsed sections of the building, it certainly is an impressive place." She replies with a nod to Amelia, standing and guiding the orb of fire to illuminate the sections below. "It's odd to think there were creator ruins under the city, right under our nose... Destroyed ones no less."
Angus felt a pang of regret that he couldn't actually greet those that he knew normally, as Allistar had only met Selena and Ictus before. The fox regarded Wulf for a few seconds, sizing her up as if this was the first time he had met her. "Have the rope at least, didn't bring a lantern." He mumbled, placing the stock of his rifle squarely on the ground before he used his musket to prop himself up. "Hello again Sir Ictus, I'm guessing your here to help as well?" He turned, regarding the others and giving them a nod in greeting as he listened to Selena and the servitor.
Ictus chuckles at Wulf as he pats the lantern at his belt, "I always do." he grins at Sveta and waves, "Hello there." he hmms? at Selena and nods in agreement, "Indeed... Makes me wonder what did it." he looks at Allistar and shakes his head, "Yes, i'm here to help and it's just Ictus remember?" he chuckles
Wulf gives Allistair a good look up and down, the kind you would give to someone you swear you've met before. Shaking her head she turns to Selena. "Not only are they fascinating, they are also dangerous."
Sveta tenses momentarily at Ictus' greeting, then relaxes as she recognises him from that incident in Sharelsta, with the Creators' landing. Selena, too...but everyone else might just as well be a stranger - which they are. "Yes, hello there. A bit of a coincidence for so many beings to be here on the same day, isn't it?"
Amelia offers a shrug, running a finger along the side of her ever-present scepter. "It is no coincidence. At least for me. I came here specifically to see this. I would never pass up a chance to learn more about this kind of place." She gives a formal bow before concluding with, "I am Amelia. It is nice to meet you all."
Selena chuckles quietly, looking over the pile again. "Well, I did place a request at the Freesword's guild. You could say I'm to blame." She replies, stepping around the twisted railing and walkways. "I have no idea who came down this way before, but from the look of the ladder..." She announces, gesturing to the fairly obvious thing. "And a pleasure to meet you too, Amelia. There's still power to the lower sections. I don't know much about creator ruins, but most of the machinery seems to be up here. So, would you like to start moving on?"
Angus nearly had a heart attack as Wulf continued to regard him, hoping that his disguise was enough to fool her. "Allistar, I'm here for the fun. And the pay." He smiled as he stood up and nodded to Selena. "Lead the way." Was his only comment, trying to keep his talking to a minimum. Hoping that his formal education as a noble wouldn't be as easy to detect that way.
Ictus nods to Wulf in agreement and then looks to Sveta, "Something wrong?" he nods to Amelia and smiles, "Ictus Solacious. Nice to meet you." he hmms? and nods to Selena as he peers down the ladder, "Sure, I'll go first I guess." as he starts heading down the ladder
Wulf looks like she just came out of deep thought, shaking her head. "Wulf Tiernan, any ways, let's get the show on the road shall we?" The Husky follows them down. "By the by, I have been here before, keep an eye out for traps and the like."
Sveta frows at Ictus, carefully crowing out most of the unfamiliar faces from her field of vision. "No, no. It's just a bit of a coincidence, seeing both you and Selena here. But I do suppose you would be the sort to come along on this sort of expedition. I-" Her words are cut off by Selena's announcement. "Yes, I see. We ought to be going." She turns and follows everyone else down, content to be in the middle of the group.
Amelia turns without a word, following after the others. She decided she would remain in the back. Close in the back. Not much of a fighter in her. As they walk, she tucks the scepter under her arm and produces a small book from one of her satchels.
Eschewing the ladder entirely, Selena simply drops down to the slanted floor below and paces along, waiting for the others to reach the bottom of the ladder and pacing along the metal floor with quiet footsteps. The passages to the east and west seem to go mostly ignored by the wolfess, who opts to look up at some otherwise-inaccessible tunnels that would've once been on the bottom floor - marked separately with the first language and symbols resembling books and beds, respectively. The section now occupied, however, presents a door leading seemingly to nowhere, and another into a rocky cave. Some piles old equipment are present on the floor, mostly guarded by the presence of heavy sections of falling catwalk, prompting the woman to curse quietly as she examines the damage and cave. "I suppose they weren't expecting a cave-in when they built this place." She chuckles to herself, waiting for the others to arrive. "There's some open corridors way up there, if we can get the rope up!" She calls back to the group, gesturing to the aforementioned tunnels with little regard for the angered machine spirits disgorging sparks around the areas as though disapproving of any exploration.
Angus followed close behind, sling his rifle before he grabbed hold of the ladder. Placing his feet on the sides of it he slides down, regarding the symbols upon the wall with intrest as he followed Selena towards the more rusted part of the catwalk. He recognized that the room with the symbol of the book was some sort of a library while the other seemed to be a rest area, but he made no comment of it as Allistar would have no Knowledge of creator writing or symbols.
Ictus hmms at the mechine spirit and shakes his head, "Think we can talk them down?" he looks at them curiously before looking to the others, "I can probably climb up there... Unless one of you can fly?" he looks to the other passages and ponders, "Maybe there is a way up over there?"
Wulf scritches behind her ear. "Well I know me and Sel can manipulate wind magic well enough to fly, but the real question is what are we going to tie it to? I could become an immovable dragon but then... my clothing wouldn't really be servicable if I did it on the fly.
Sveta scowls at the others' inaction. "Well, we won't know unless we go up and take a look, shall we?" Taking a length of rope from Selena, the goshawk flaps up to the landing which Selena had pointed out, and considers her options. Several knotted messes of cable are around, which - thankfully- aren't throwing off sparks, and sections of old catwalk, too...deciding against securing the rope to the unstable-looking remains, Sveta opts for tying both losse ends of cable and rope together, giving the whole setup a couple of experimental tugs to make sure the knots are secure before tossing down the loose end to the group. "Catch!" Amelia snaps the book shut and catches the rope with her free hand before looking at the rest of the group. "Ah, does anyone want this? I don't know if this end needs to be secured to anything or not, or if we can just start climbing." Either way, she doesn't want to be the one to test it.
Selena nods back up to the goshawk as the rope's tossed back down. "There's enough scrap on the ground you could tie it to if you need it secured. Are you good at climbing?" She asks the collie, gesturing to the piles, before calling up - "I'll be with you in a minute!" There's a moment's pause before the sound of loud footsteps resounds from the cavern, prompting her to growl and force some larger pieces of the scrap to become an impromptu barricade. "Never mind, up the rope. I don't think we want to be down here much longer!"
Angus definitly didn't like the sound of the foot steps as he turned around, his gun at the ready. "Lightest and fastest up first...Mrs Wolf, try and get up there fast to cover the rest." He commented, slipping just a little in his disguise as he waits for whatever it is to appear.
Ictus chuckles as Sevta flies up and grins, "That works." he hmms? at the footsteps and shakes his head, "Alright, everyone up. I'll go last." he gets out one of his daggers to defend himself with if needed
Wulf makes a quick gesture of her hands and floats up towards Sveta, already slinging her musket out to bear. The Husky takes a kneeling stance and rests an elbow on a knee, ready to fire. "All up whos coming up!"
Sveta's eyes gleam with a suppressed maniac fervor as she grabs those climbing up the rope by the hand and pulls them over the edge. "Come on, up, up! What IS that thing, Selena?"
Amelia glances up at the rope before taking hold. "Unforunate events already? Lovely." She inhales sharply and starts the task of climbing. Not the easiest thing for a scholar like her, though, but at least she's light.
Selena shakes her head. "Probably some of the ruin's inhabitants, you might've seen them getting here. Things that look like beings, but certainly don't want to talk. Either way, we don't want them getting a hold of us!" she calls back to Sveta, taking the slack of the rope behind her, a little more math shoving some smaller bits of debris over to the impromptu barricade. "Ictus, get up the rope, NOW!" She demands, the sound of the undertunnel's troglodytic inhabitants scrabbling against the metal easily noticeable, though it doesn't seem to be having much impact on the barricade yet.
The section of the upper floor set upon by Sveta and the others remains stable, creaking slightly with each step. Further into the tunnels, the 'book' room seems to have several smaller rooms branching off to the side, though all quite orderly. The other, however - marked with beds, appears to lead into a complex willed with small rooms, no less than three unfortunate being's skeletons scattered about the tunnels.
"Nobleman, get your ass up there before I send it flying!" Allistar snarled, keeping his eyes on the barrier as he backed towards the rope. Angus felt sorry for his cousin that he threatened him, but there was no time for arguing as whatever was coming to great them started to get closer.
Wulf remains staring downrange towards the barricade. "Not only that but find the most sensibly defensible area so when everyone IS up here we can be prepared should they follow. Hop to it, and smartly!"
Ictus nods to Amelia in agreement and sighs as he gets yelled at, he shakes his head and stows his dagger before starting to climb, "You better get up here fast then." he grips a bit as he aims a small crossbow at the barricade, not firing but definitly prepared if it goes down
Amelia quickly rises to her paws when she crests the top and dusts off her skirt before moving to offer a hand up to anyone else climbing up after her. "I don't have much in the way of firearms, but I will provide what help I can."
Selena mutters something under her breath as Ictus manages to climb the rope at a rapid pace, taking a few steps back as pallid figures push their way past the barricade. Some appearing to be of heavier stock than others, they seem to allow smaller beings in, beings that seem to find the rope quickly despite their glazed eyes, prompting Selena to quickly take to the air as the pressure is redirected down to meet the rope clutched to by one of the figures - leaving them below the group until one of them finds the remaining slack. "Right, we'll have to deal with them sooner or later." She grumbles, though a second glance would reveal one of the larger ones grabbing hold of a large piece scrap and testing its heft experimentally.
Angus blinked as the figures break through the barricade, and he doesn't even bother to fire at them as he takes to the air, nearly getting snagged by one of them as he does, a quick gesture of his hand is all he needs for air magic to carry him up to the others. "Well now, that was close." He grumbled, ready to move on already as he stares down at them.
Ictus growls at Selena as she cuts the rope, "Hey, we still-" and then Allistar flies up, he blinks at the other fox and shakes his head, "Impressive..." he looks curious but doesn't press it as he looks around, "Well... I say we head that way." he points to the passage the leads to the book room and heads over to look for traps
Wulf blinks, lifting her rifle up to fire at the big trog starting to heft the scrap. "We don't move now and this whole thing might come tumblin down." The Husky fires her musket at the large monster, trying to brain it and sends bits of it scattering.
The blue math along Wulf's musket flares with light, setting the room ablaze with the powder flash and markings themselves. The math assists the ball and sends it speeding through the air with a low thrum before landing in the large trogs head with a sickening crack of bone; the ball soars clean through, dragging brains, bones and blood with it to spray over the ground and it's comrades.
Sveta scowls in earnest as Ictus begins to wander off and makes to grab him by the shoulder before he can wander off too far. "Hey, try to stay within sight of us, will you? Don't go looking for more trouble when we've already got a bunch of angry...things trying to get up at us. Inaction is one thing, biting off more than one can chew is another."
Amelia rubs her hands together. "We should probably seek safer ground. You don't think they can climb up here after us, do you? Not without the rope, at least. I doubt they're intelligent enough to use math." She folds her arms, relocating her scepter into her hand, just in case. "Either way, I don't want to be standing here if this collapses on us."
While the large creature collapses back, the loud report from Wulf's firearm resounds in the chamber, giving the other beings something to look towards, picking up and beginning to pelt bits of creator metal up at the group, several more industrious ones taking out metal tubes and firing blowdarts towards the group as they remain at the mouth of the tunnels, most of them ineffectively ricocheting with loud clangs from the steel walls, a few going wide. Selena nods back to Ictus, making her way a little further into the tunnel to avoid some of the projectiles. "I know, Ictus... I know." She replies, putting a hand to her forehead. "Come on, let's get moving. Hopefully they'll tire themselves out before we get back."
Angus clearly wasn't expecting retaliation as he ducks and dodges a few of the flying projectiles, using his musket to bat back a rather large piece of debris. "Damned things!" He scowls, moving further into the tunnel alongside Selena.
Ictus blinks as Sveta grabs his shoulder and shakes his head, "I was just looking for traps." then the projectiles fly and he growls as he dodges some, "Presistant aren't they?" he shakes his head before looking to the others, "Be careful with floor, looks like the wires are sparking here." as he points them out
Wulf nose twitches as debris bounces off of her, her undershirt taking the projectiles easily enough. "Indeed, least i got that big one but lets get going, now would be best." The Husky reloads her musket as she makes to follow whoever is taking the lead.
A frustrated retort forms on the tip of sveta's tongue, but she bites it back and concentrates on avoiding the projectiles hurled up by the creatures below, her composure ever so slightly ruffled by numerous near-misses. "We will, we will...once we're in more of a mood to do some extensive searching. For now, might I suggest we make like trees and leave? Selena, if you would, please?"
Amelia quickly brings her arms up to shield her face from the projectiles, but, of course, that still allows her arms to get hit. Several times, in fact, a bit of blood beginning to make itself known on the oh-so-white fabric. Who wears white into ruins, honestly. "I'm good for leaving, yes. I was still able to obtain a good bit of information."
Selena nods, ushering the others into the room with a ward of air math intended to deflect the poorly-aimed projectiles. Amelia's met with a nod. "Well. Once these things have cleared off..." She replies, stepping around the cable and moving along into the 'main' room of the library - many books crumbled to dust over the time they'd been left there, though a few seem to be intact enough. At least one seems to be kept in the clutches of a skeleton, position indicating they'd been writing in it. "...So many dead beings." She comments quietly, attention caught by a softly glowing monitor that seems to be open toa document of some kind - though written entirely in the first language like so much else. The wolfess grumbles a little before calling back to the others; "Is anyone here a priest, can anyone read the first tongue here?"
Angus eyed Amelia for a second before he stepped up to her. "Those darts could be posioned, lets tend to those wounds." He pulled out his pouch full of medical supplies, not exaclty the best assortment but they were enough to keep someone alive in the field at least.
Ictus blinks at Amelia and shakes his head with a frown, he doesn't say anything though. He looks around the room and hmms, "Indeed... I don't know the First Tounge well enough myself sadly..." he sighs and hmms as he looks to the jlournal, "Maybe this'll help though?" as he picks it up to look it over
Wulf finishes reloading her musket as she looks about. "I don't know a thing about ancient language, sorry." The Husky continues looking about for shinies or things of interest anyways.
Sveta finally manages to relax a little, the maniac gleam in her eye fading somewhat as the rest of the group explores the ancient library. The creatures down there are still making a ruckus and she leans against the library's entrance, making a show of nocking a bolt on her crossbow and winching it with anticipation. "Unfortunately, I'm not well-versed in the Creator tongues, but I'll keep watch here while everyone else figures it out."
Selena Nods, taking several books from the periphery as the others examine the dusty room. "That's a shame..." She replies to Amelia, flipping through a few of the older books as she does, placing a few in her bag before prying one loose of a skeleton's grip and reading through the pages, turning back to face the others and holding the book open to one particular page with a sorry expression. "I suppose we have some idea what happened down here, now..." She murmurs.
Angus nods in response to Amelia's thanks, glancing at the books around him he sighed. "This place is way to old, probably one of the first settlements or something." He mumbled, shrugging lightly as he walked over to look at the journal in her hands.
Ictus hmms at the journal and shakes his head with a frown at the entries, "Sad... Doesn't seem like anything in here is very useful though..." he sighs and shakes his head again as he carefully closes the journal, "What about you guys?" as he looks to the others
Wulf grimmaces at the last bit of information she has found. "Well this is about Razor grass and some beings descent into cannabalism, poor fellow... all right, then. What now?"
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."
