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Post by Just14 on Oct 15, 2020 15:41:19 GMT -5
alphaqu33n Malefio mercymoon thegeneral117Dea, Una, Aiden, Zen, RoverYou step through Death's Door, surrounded in a blinding light. As you continue to walk through, the light fades and you find yourselves standing in a pitch black room. It's impossible to see here without a light source. You do however feel a slight chill. You touch the walls and the floor. They seem to be made of stone. It's going to be difficult to progress in the dark. You look behind you, noticing that the blue portal is gone as well. You feel around. No doors or anything. Just a dead end. It seems the only way is forward from here...
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Post by alphaqu33n on Oct 15, 2020 18:43:03 GMT -5
--Dea--
Dea feels a strange sense of security standing in the pitch black room. She removes the goggles from her eyes and while it is still quite dark, she is able to clearly see the silhouettes of her companions. She looks around to see if she can see any other outlines.
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Post by Malefio on Oct 16, 2020 5:58:59 GMT -5
---Una---
"Ah... This is rrreally rrreally unforrrtunate... Anyone has a laht source? Prrretty please."
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Post by Just14 on Oct 16, 2020 16:45:29 GMT -5
Everyone
You stand around in the dark. Dea attempts to look around, seeing if she can make out any other silhouettes when...
Arthur
You enter Death's Door, stepping through a bright, blue light.
Everyone
The portal opens again, shining a blue light throughout the entire corridor. In the short moment of Arthur's arrival, you can see the area a bit better.
You only get a short glimpse, but it looks like you're inside of a manmade structure. The walls are made out of blocks of stone and chains hang from them. You're fairly certain you saw a skeleton hanging from one of the wall chains, attached to them by his wrists.
The light from the portal subsides and it closes again. You're left with one more ally in the room than before.
Once again, it is dark.
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Post by alphaqu33n on Oct 16, 2020 17:37:09 GMT -5
--Dea--
The portal opens once again and Dea flinches away from the sudden brightness. Despite the discomfort, the shines on a skeleton hanging from one of the walls.
Dea smirks. "That's more like it."
She moves toward the skeleton, careful not to bump into her companions. She kneels before the bones and lightly brushes her fingertips along the skull, arms, and legs.
"Awaken and assist me," she mutters, then breathes sparkly black smoke into the skull. A pair of star like lights appear in the eye sockets. Dea smiles and steps back as the skeleton clatters and stands, pulling it's arms from the chains.
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Post by Just14 on Oct 18, 2020 9:59:07 GMT -5
Dea
You make your way over to the skeleton, revitalizing it and bringing it back to life. You watch as it attempts to break out of its chains, but instead of actually releasing its arms, they just pop off the skeleton's body.
The skeleton's eyes glow from the stars in its skull, but the light is rather dim and only really allows you to see where the skeleton is.
Everyone
It is still very dark.
You can hear what sound like chains rattling in the distance.
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Post by thegeneral117 on Oct 18, 2020 14:18:03 GMT -5
--Rover--
Taking out and lighting a torch he asks, "Where have we just been spat out to?"
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Post by alphaqu33n on Oct 18, 2020 15:40:43 GMT -5
--Dea--
Dea flinches again and puts her goggles back. "It's hard to tell. We should keep moving forward. You with the light. Stay in the front so we can see where we're going, but stay behind the skeleton. If there's a trap, it'll trigger it first."
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Post by Just14 on Oct 18, 2020 16:50:28 GMT -5
Everyone
As Rover takes out his torch, your eyes readjust to the lit dungeon.
Yes, this is definitely some sort of dungeon. Chains to hold prisoners are attached to the walls. Looking behind you, Death's Door is, in fact, gone now. It's just a dead end. The stone hall continues onward, down a dark staircase.
Following Dea's suggestion, the armless skeleton stays at the front, marching onward. The rest of you follow shortly behind.
As you reach the bottom of the staircase, you notice the hall splits off into multiple paths. There are signs set up pointing in each direction, but no words are written on them. It's only pictures.
One hall is labeled with a skull. Another is marked with a key that has been crossed out in red and replaced with what looks like a coin. The final symbol is a chest.
You can hear the rattling chains coming from the skull hallway. They seem closer than before. An odd scent wafts in from the hall marked with a chest.
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Post by Malefio on Oct 18, 2020 17:28:43 GMT -5
"Ah! Thank you verrry much forrr the light. You'rrre mah best frrriend now! I will follow you in yourrr exploration. Since you have the light."
Una seems fixated on the key changed to a coin symbol.
"I might want to see what that's about, but you're the leader... My name is Una, bah the way. Pleased to meet yourrr light."
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Post by thegeneral117 on Oct 19, 2020 14:11:01 GMT -5
--Arthur--
"I hear something moving down the skull hallway. Might be tasty..."
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Post by alphaqu33n on Oct 19, 2020 18:49:56 GMT -5
--Dea--
"I am also intrigued by the sound coming from this hallway, but I agree with Una. It would be wise to follow our light bearer."
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Post by mercymoonlighting on Oct 19, 2020 20:30:35 GMT -5
Aiden grabs the hilt of his sword, preparing for the worst with Zen right beside him.
Zen giggles "I think everyone is quite curious what could possibly be making that noise, but I'm more curious about that key now turned coin. What about you Aiden?"
"It wouldn't hurt for you to be a bit more cautious, Zen." Aiden replies in a stern voice.
"If you say so." Zen responds taking out one of his daggers, and it seems that they is dangling it back and forth, but with nothing attached to it seemingly?
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Post by mercymoonlighting on Oct 19, 2020 20:43:48 GMT -5
Aiden grabs the hilt of his sword, preparing for the worst with Zen right beside him.
Zen giggles "I think everyone is quite curious what could possibly be making that noise, but I'm more curious about that key now turned coin. What about you Aiden?"
"It wouldn't hurt for you to be a bit more cautious, Zen." Aiden replies in a stern voice.
"If you say so." Zen responds taking out one of his daggers, and it seems that they are dangling it back and forth, but with nothing attached to it seemingly?
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Post by Just14 on Oct 20, 2020 1:52:13 GMT -5
(Seems the most votes are for the key/coin hallway.)
Everyone
You make your way down the hall with the key crossed out and replaced with a coin. The hall seems somewhat short, eventually opening up into a small room.
"Heheheh. Greetings, reapers."
In the torchlight you see what looks to be a hooded jackal man. You can only see his snout poking out of his hood. His body seems almost cloaked in shadow. He beckons you forward with a clawed hand.
"Come closer. I will not hurt you. I am but a simple salesman."
You notice his has various wares spread out on a carpet on the floor. He sits just behind them. He folds his hands neatly in his lap. One of the items before him is a white feather with a bell attached to it. Another is a potion bottle filled with a glowing, red liquid. It's bubbling slightly. The final item is a grimoire with a flame symbol on the cover.
"Surely one of these items interests you. A Recall Feather, to return you home when you're in danger. A Firebomb Potion to catch your enemies off guard. Or perhaps you're interested on a Pyromancer's Tome? All these can be yours. For a price." He sniffs at you. "It smells like you lack coin. No matter. I am willing to trade you gold coins for items. Anything in your possession will be of use to me. Especially with Death's magic on it." You hear the jackal snicker. "Ah, yes. You may call me Jackal, by the way. A pleasure to meet you. Now if only I could find a way to your island. I would love to see how you work firsthand. So much harder to gather materials in this dungeon."
His hints are not very subtle.
You take a look around the rest of the room. It looks like this used to be a bunch of jail cells. Most of them are empty now. Many of the cells are open, containing dank beds and broken chains. You notice one of the cells is still closed. The door is locked, but there's someone sitting inside. It's a woman wearing nothing but rags. She has blue skin and pointed ears. She appears to be unconscious. It doesn't look like she's eaten in days. She's practically wasting away, chained to the wall.
The hall continues onward beyond this room.
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