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=========================================================== Act 2 Scene 3 - Escape from Cedar Valley by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- Apart from Xavier who started climbing the pass out of the valley immediately, the others took the time to tether each other to rope, so that hopefully if someone lost their footing, the others could prevent them from tumbling down the incline. Then the rest began climbing. After about 10 minutes of climbing Xavier slipped and fell down about 20 feet, but didn't fall all the way to the valley floor. He was banged up pretty good, though. -4 HP The others were about right on top of him as he picked himself up to resume ascending. He fell again just a bit after that but didn't fall far, but after that Xavier managed to make his way to the top, and so did the others just a few moments afterward. The man in orange had made it to the top a good 30 minutes ahead of Xavier and the others. At the top of the pass the Ancient's Way could be seen leading off in a north-northwestern direction. Apart from the area directly near the Ancient's Way, the foliage was extremely thick forest. The man in orange was nowhere to be seen. He was definitely not on the Ancient's Way ahead of you, so he must have taken to the forest itself. Behind you, you could see the vast forest of Cedar Valley. From standing here you could see parts of the farmland, but you couldn't actually make it out as farming, nor could you actually tell there was a village down there in the valley. The forests did a good job of obscuring the village from onlookers, at least from this vantage point. You knew it was down there, however, and you knew that the good people of Cedar Valley were counting on you to keep them safe. This message was lightly edited by the GM at 20:30, Mon 26 Feb 2007. =========================================================== Re: Act 2 Scene 3 - Escape from Cedar Valley by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- When they got to the top, Pierce looked around for the guy in the orange coverall. That should be easy to spot. As he looked back at Cedar Valley, Pierce realized that Edgar had chosen this place well--if you didn't know it was here already, it was easy to overlook. He wondered briefly how Edgar had found it. He guessed that would always be a mystery, since Edgar was dead. Since he didn't see the man on the Ancient's way, he figured that he had probably seen or heard them as they climbed and took off into the woods. He looked around, trying to find a sign of which way the man in orange had gone. "Let's see if we can find his trail." 11:10, Today: Pierce rolled 18 using 1d20. see traces of guy in orange. (Not sure if there is a tracking skill or if spot will do it, so I didn't add any bonuses. If spot works, +7 for 25. =========================================================== Re: Act 2 Scene 3 - Escape from Cedar Valley by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- "Well, all my rushing just got me banged up, and I didn't even get to assault our orange visitor," X curses under his breath. "I say we forget about him for awhile. I'm sure he'll show again if we head in the right direction." He will wait for the others before starting off this time, wanting someone else to take the lead now. =========================================================== Re: Act 2 Scene 3 - Escape from Cedar Valley by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Phebe comes over to Xavier, looking him over with a concerned eye. "You have injuries from your fall. Would you like me to heal them now?" =========================================================== Re: Act 2 Scene 3 - Escape from Cedar Valley by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- "That would be most kind, thank you. My derring-do was a bit of derring-don't back there. Too bad I couldn't catch up with him." X graciously accepts help with obsequious thank you's. =========================================================== Re: Act 2 Scene 3 - Escape from Cedar Valley by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- OOC-tracking is a feat, one which Redmond happens to possess. I was waiting for him to use it, but I'll go ahead and NPC him a bit. Redmond checked the area at the top of the path for tracks leading away into the woods. He found tell-tale signs of someone travelling off into the woods to the north side of the road. "Looks like he headed into the woods here, to the north." =========================================================== Re: Act 2 Scene 3 - Escape from Cedar Valley by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- "Good job! Lead the way, Redmond." X follows closely behind Redmond, his rapier in hand and eyes alert. =========================================================== Re: Act 2 Scene 3 - Escape from Cedar Valley by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Xavier Ashe typed:"That would be most kind, thank you. My derring-do was a bit of derring-don't back there. Too bad I couldn't catch up with him." X graciously accepts help with obsequious thank you's. Phebe places her hands upon Xavier's wounds, and bows her head in prayer. "Dear LORD, please grant healing to this man, by Your power and mercy, and to Your glory." "And please give us strength and wisdom to find the intruder to Cedar Valley, and to act in a manner pleasing to You." "I thank You, and pray these things in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ... Amen." Xavier's wounds visibly start fading away, until they disappear. And at the same time, similar wounds appear on Phebe. Once again, her face is calm and peaceful, though her knuckles are white from the pain. She smiles, though her eyes are watery. "The LORD heals you. May your new strength be used to please Him. Go in peace." =========================================================== Re: Act 2 Scene 3 - Escape from Cedar Valley by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce watched curiously as Phebe healed X, and nodded in appreciation at the talents she and Redmond showed. "Very good." He got the bow out. He wanted it to be ready just in case they had to deal with the man in orange. He also looked around alertly for signs of trouble. =========================================================== Ancient Structures by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- You traveled through the dense forest, spotting many new varieties of plants and animals that you had never encountered before in Cedar Valley. There was a neon green snake, a few large insects that haid furry bat wings, some large red ants about a foot long each, and more. It was a strenuous journey, with many roots to trip over, branches to climb under, and other hazards of the forest. The going was slow, because Redmond needed to track as you went. After about an hour, you came to a clearing that had some of the same material that the Ancient's Way was made out of. The clearing was about 100 meters in diameter. Scattered about the clearing were twelve metallic box structures, each about 6 meters square. They were a dark grey in color. Visible on the closest box was a small white panel about chest height on the east side of it. You were pretty sure that these boxes were buildings of some kind, designed by the Ancients in the long distant past. This message was last edited by the GM at 21:53, Thu 13 July 2006. =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- OOC: I've been playing SF games too long. I read the post as "with many robots to trip over." lol X holds back at the edge of the clearing. "We must approach with caution," he says softly. "Redmond, anything strange here?" =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Redmond Jacoby ----------------------------------------------------------- ((OOC: Sorry, been a busy week. I do most of my posting at work, which means that business determines how often I can post. ^^;; )) "Other than THOSE?" Redmond gestures to the boxes, and then sighs, turning to the others with a wry smile. "Let me take a look around. You wait here, and cover me if you have to." Cautiously, keeping alert and watching the buildings, he eases into the clearing and starts looking around. ((OOC: Search check, result is 18.)) =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- "Cover you with my rapier?" X asks dubiously. He looks to see if anyone has a ranged weapon. =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Redmond Jacoby ----------------------------------------------------------- "If something sneaks up behind me, stab it. Or throw rocks. Whatever." Redmond is already starting to focus more on the searching, and replies absently. =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- A shrill cry of a wild bird... it was probably a bird, breaks the strange silence over this eerie relic of ancient times. The man in orange didn't appear to be in the clearing. =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce got his bow ready. "I've got you covered. X, I think it would be better if more than one person investigated the area. This way we can have two teams of two. What do you guys think?" =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- "Good idea. I'm good close up anyway." X stays close to Redmond, rapier ready and eyes searching for any movement or anything out of place. [Private to GM: X is looking for signs of human activity here (a fire, footprints, etc.) as he follows.] =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- Redmond and Xavier walk around and between the shelters, looking for clues. The duralloy surface that the boxes sit upon has virtually no dirt, and the boxes themselves are mostly in pristine condition with very little dust on them. The grass grows up to the duralloy surface that the shelters sit on, not on top of it apart from a bit of grass near the edges. The doors to these shelters are apparently sliding doors, that are electrical but not operational on all of them. OOC - I'm assuming you do not touch anything yet, and are just observing. Unless otherwise noted, the door to the shelter is closed. Beside each air-tight door is an electronic access panel of some kind with some kind of display and a slot. Exceptions are noted below: 1. The door of this shelter is bent inwards and smashed down as though some tremendous force punched through the duralloy wall. There are stairs leading down into the darkness. 2. The door to this shelter is open and streaked with some red/brown substance. Trash and broken machinery litter the stairs going down into darkness. 8. The door to this shelter is slightly ajar. 9. The door to this shelter is slightly ajar. There is some moaning and screaming coming from the darkness below. [Private to Redmond Jacoby; Xavier Ashe: As you approach the 12th shelter, which has a closed door, you hear a voice inside your head: YOU OUT THERE. HELP US. WE'VE COME SO FAR. AND WE'RE SICK.] Here is the map of the clearing. The big green circular blobby things are trees, the blob represents the branch radius of the tree. Because the map is so big, I had to shrink it.  Note that there are not actually numbers written on the shelters, I just did that so we could refer to them more easily. Click here to see a more detailed, full size image: http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5484/shelters012mo.png =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Redmond Jacoby ----------------------------------------------------------- Redmond shivers as he looks around. This place is definately giving him the creeps. But when he reaches Shed #9, he stops, staring into it, and then looking over to Xavier. "There're people down there!" He looks back at the others, and takes a deep breath, before starting down the stairs of #9, moving very cautiously... =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- X touches the door to shelter 12, looking for some way to manually open the door. He only tries for a few moments, though, because he doesn't want Redmond to be all alone down #9. =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Redmond Jacoby typed:Redmond shivers as he looks around. This place is definately giving him the creeps. But when he reaches Shed #9, he stops, staring into it, and then looking over to Xavier. "There're people down there!" He looks back at the others, and takes a deep breath, before starting down the stairs of #9, moving very cautiously... Phebe hastens to put a restraining hand upon Redmond's arm before he descends more than a stair or two. She speaks quietly. "Hold a moment Redmond, please. Remember that buggem tunnel's false floor trap? Please give me a moment to seek the LORD's guidance, and discernment of hidden dangers..." Phebe puts her hand upon the wall at the top of the stairway, bows her head, and closes her eyes as she prays... [Private to GM: Any precog impressions? :)] =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce followed along behind. He kept an eye out for any anyone or anything creeping up behind them. =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- When Redmond opened the door, he saw that the stairs descended into darkness, much like the other shelters did that were visible. The wailing and moaning was definitely coming from below. As Phebe moves up and begins her prayers, a voice inside her mind, and everyone else's mind, interrupts her. Please don't go, we're sick. Please! Help us! We can help you too. [Private to Phebe Irpeel: From her pyschometry/precog, Phebe, in her mind, feels her life force being drained from her, sucking away at her very essense. The impression fades, and she then feels normal again.]  =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Phebe continues praying, even through the speaking of the mental voice. Then she staggers weakly, slumping against the wall for support. Her voice is a whisper. "Life... force... drain... Danger... We... must... flee... now!..." =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce, being the one furthest back from the structure, grabbed at Phebe and whoever else was nearby and tried to pull them back away from the structure. =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- X waits, silent. [Private to Gama Master: Did X find anything on door 12? Any way to open it? ] =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Redmond Jacoby ----------------------------------------------------------- On the one hand, Redmond can hear the people. On the other, he has come to trust Phebe's judgement in these things. Quickly, he helps Pierce get Phebe away from the clearing, gritting his teeth at the sounds from below. "Miss Irpeel? Are you alright?" =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Phebe blinks up at the others, taking a shaky breath. Her face looks pale, but the color slowly returns even as they look at her. "Thank you. When considering taking that path, I had a vision of my life force being drained from me, sucking away at my very essence. So I knew that to continue would be to place ourselves in the gravest danger." She takes another deep breath, and looks back with a shudder. "I suggest that we stick together, and not proceed into anywhere without seeking the LORD's guidance first. This place certainly has hidden danger. Only the LORD knows where..." =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- As you move away from the structures, the voice in your head continues. No, please, don't go, we need help! Plea.." it cuts off as you leave move back into the forest. Not going to post a map again yet. [Private to Xavier Ashe: Structure 12's door was locked it seemed. At least, you saw no way to open it right away. If X stays near the structures, the voice continues: Please, we are sick, we need medicine. Will you help us?] =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce looked at Redmond. "Do you think the guy in orange went down into one of those boxes? I'm guessing that if he went there, then we don't have too much to worry about." =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Phebe takes another deep breath, squaring her shoulders with a silent prayer for strength. "I'll try to find out what I can, LORD willing. Your company would be most welcome..." Phebe moves over to each of the structures in turn, putting her hand upon each door and bowing her head in silent prayer... [Private to GM: Any psychometry/precogniton impressions? :D] =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- While Phebe does her thing, X walks around the structures to see if any of them are unlocked or if anything else strange happens. He tries to be careful of anything that could be a trap. =========================================================== Re: Ancient Structures by Redmond Jacoby ----------------------------------------------------------- Redmond stays close to Phebe this time. That shiver down his spine is stronger than ever, and he's looking around nervously. =========================================================== The Shelters by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- I'm assuming everyone is okay with Phebe and Xavier checking out all the doors before anything else is done. I'm also assuming that Phebe and Xavier are telling you all what they find out about each building as you come to them so this will all be public text. 1. The door of this shelter is bent inwards and smashed down as though some tremendous force punched through the duralloy wall. There are stairs leading down into the darkness. When touching near the door, Phebe gets an uneasy feeling of danger, but nothing specific. 2. The door to this shelter is open and streaked with some red/brown substance. Trash and broken machinery litter the stairs going down into darkness. Phebe gets a feeling of being suffocated when she touches the door of this shelter. 3. The door doesn't open, it doesn't have a handle (like all the rest of the shelters). Xavier spends some time looking at the door and the panel next to it. He can not understand the symbols or language that is written on the glowing panel, but he touches some things at random and the door slides open, revealing a stairway that descends into darkness. When she touches the door, Phebe gets a feeling of intense loneliness, her soul is empty, there is nothing left in the world, everything is gone. 4. Xavier plays around with this panel for a while and all it does is beep at him in a very irritating tone. Phebe gets a vision of a man shooting a woman and then taking a mask she was wearing. The image is extremely graphic and violent. The womans blood poors out all over the floor. 5. Again Xavier plays with the panel and gets no responses from this one except the annoying beeps. Phebe gets no psychometric impressions on this at all. 6. Again with the beeping. Phebe feels a crowd of people flowing through the door throughout the passage of time, ages upon ages. 7. Xavier pushes some buttons and manages to make this door open up. Like the other shelters, there is a stairway descending into darkness. Phebe gets an audio "vision" this time, a bunch of sqeeking, but in some type of uniform code, as if, language. 8. The door to this shelter is slightly ajar. Pushing the door open a bit reveals glowing green strips along the walls and ceiling, casting the stairway in an eerie greenish light. Phebe gets an impression of a short light-green skinned humanoid slinking down some stairs, his eyes golden with black slit irises. 9. The door to this shelter is ajar. There is some moaning and screaming coming from the darkness below. Phebe already did psychometry on this one, this was the one where she felt life force draining. 10. Xavier tries again with the panel but is rewarded only with incessant beeping. Phebe gets a visual this time, a man in orange jumpsuit pushing a blue card into a slot by the door. 11. Xavier pushes some buttons and manages to make this door open up. Like the other shelters, there is a stairway descending into darkness. Phebe gets a extreme sense of cold, which chills her to the bone when she touches this door, but nothing visual. As the group neared the 12th box, once again the group heard in their heads the voice from earlier. You came back! Please, help us, we are very sick. Please don't go. 12. Xavier touches the panel for a while but gets nothing but beeps. As he does, the voice continues. I will let you in, but first I have to know if I can trust you. When Phebe touches this door, she gets a impression of a young girl dying, her mother crying holding her, telling her it will be all right. The girl and the mother wear strange shiny clothes unlike anything Phebe has ever seen before. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Phebe reports her various impressions to the rest of the group. She does her best to cope with the intensity of the various visions, despite feeling suffocation, despairing loneliness, deadly graphic violence, and extreme cold. She shivers in spite of herself, yet also looks thoughtful over some of the other intriguing impressions. After touching #10, she whispers quietly to the others, "The impression I have here is similar to the one that we currently pursue...". When the voices return, Phebe's eyes widen in realization, and she whispers to the others again. "Could it be that the voice comes from here (OOC: #12) instead of here (OOC: #9)?" She turns and speaks toward door #12. "Which shelter are you in? And how many are you?" "I am Phebe Irpeel, a traveling healer, and a servant of the LORD. But I am on an urgent errand now, with many lives depending upon my haste." "What are your symptoms, and how long can you last?" =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- X says, "I'm thinking that door number 3 is looking like our best bet. Maybe we can circle back around once we see what the underground looks like. I prefer to see my enemies and know what I'm dealing with." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Redmond Jacoby ----------------------------------------------------------- Redmond murmurs to Xavier. "That's assuming that they connect." He shifts to Phebe. "So, not all of the doors are as dangerous as that one was?" =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce nodded at Phebe's words. "Yes, I think we want to make sure of the location of the 'voice' before we make a decision." He tried speaking to the voice, "Whoever you are--we do not mean to make any trouble. We would like to help you, but as Phebe said we have an urgent task to do first. Perhaps if you help us with that task, we can help you more quickly?" =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by The Voice () ----------------------------------------------------------- I feel really bad all the time, and throw up anything I eat. I can barely stand up, it takes too much energy. My hair is falling out. Daddy says we're in the southeast corner shelter. Mommy and my brother are here too. We are not your enemies! How can I help you if I don't even know what you want? Daddy says the shelters do not connect. This message was last edited by the GM at 18:45, Mon 24 July 2006. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Phebe gently shushes her companions with sign language, then speaks softly. "I am pledged to help those in need of healing, so I am going in. In case it is contagious, you all may wish to remain outside, but the choice is yours. But someone should keep an eye on the northeast corner shelter for our friend in the orange jumpsuit." More loudly, she speaks to the door. "It is all right, child. I mean you no harm. Let me in, and I will try to help you." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Eilee () ----------------------------------------------------------- Daddy says he has deactivated the lock. My name is Eilee. Thank you so much for helping me Phebe. Phebe presses some buttons on the panel and the door swooshes open. She heads down a brightly lit with blueish light staircase. About 20 meters down, she comes to a door the leads to the north. The door opens as she arrives. Standing there is a man in some type of strange armor, holding a big weapon of some sort pointed at Phebe. The weapon is some kind of ancient technology. Behind him he can see an older boy. The man smiles when he sees Phebe. "Thank you for helping my daughter." He lowers his weapon a bit pointing it at Phebe's feet. This message was last edited by the GM at 19:18, Mon 24 July 2006. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Phebe smiles in return, and gently raises her hand in benediction. "'Peace be unto you.'" "How long has she been ill? And do you have any idea as to what could have caused it?" This message was last edited by the player at 20:43, Mon 24 July 2006. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce nodded at Phebe's words. "I'll go with you. I don't think it wise if any of us go anywhere alone." He followed her down the stairs and kept silent. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Garth () ----------------------------------------------------------- When Pierce shows up the man gets a bit nervous but he nods at him also. "My name is Garth. My wife is back in the back with Eilee. This is my son, Aaron." he points back toward the young man, who is also armored and holds a whip of some kind. "We are travellers from a city to the far east of here. We are explorers, we chart the lands and report back to them what we find. By chance five days ago we stumbled upon these bomb shelters and began exploration. It was my fault, I wasn't being careful enough, and Eilee got away from us and explored on her own. She must have found something bad, because when she came back she was pale, sick, and looked almost like she had been burnt. Whatever did it to her, it was bad. She said she just started feeling bad. She swears she didn't touch anything. I think she has the Ancient's Curse." I didn't mean it, I didn't do anything, please, I... =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- "I am Phebe, and this is Pierce. Two other companions are outside. We mean you no harm." "I have traveled quite a lot in my lifetime, seeking those who may need healing of body or soul. Perhaps later we can compare notes and maps, and both benefit from the knowledge gained." "You seem to have access to some ancient technology. It is said that the Ancients had the ability to detect objects carrying the Ancient's Curse. Have you any such tools, that we may check the areas where your daughter ventured?" =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Redmond Jacoby ----------------------------------------------------------- Since Pierce is going downstairs with Phebe, Redmond moves to cover the tenth shelter upstairs, watching it in case the man inside decides to make a break for it. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- Garth shook his head "No, we don't have something like that. Let me show you Eilee. We'd be happy to compare notes." Garth took you back into the shelter and showed you where Eilee was laying, in a little bed in one of the bedrooms [#4 on layout below]. Eilee looked up with hope in her eyes as Phebe stood in the doorway. Her blonde hair was falling out and bits of it were all over the bed. Her pale skin had reddish places that almost seemed to glow, and a few scarred areas. She otherwise looked like a normal human girl. Eilee's mother was here sitting on the bed next to Eilee. She had tears in her eyes. "We are so glad you are helping our daughter. My name is Mave. It's my fault, I should have been watching her more closely." she started to break out into tears again.  =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Phebe nods and gently smiles. "I am Phebe, and this is Pierce. 'Peace be unto you.' " Phebe moves over to sit on the bed next to Eilee, on the opposite side as Mave. "It is a pleasure to meet you. Let us take a moment to ask the LORD's blessing together..." She bows her head. "Dearest LORD, please have mercy upon us, and grant me wisdom and discernment to help this dear lamb. Thank you for loving us. In Jesus' Name we pray... Amen." She looks up at Eilee. "Now my dear one, let's take a look at you..." OOC: Treat Injury... :) =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- X stays close to Redmond, listening to the conversation below but not venturing down so as to avoid frightening their new friends. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- Phebe inspected Eilee. The effects were definitely part of the Ancient's Curse, alright. She would slowly die if Phebe wasn't able to use her herbs to pull the contaminates out of Eilee's sysem. As Phebe worked, Garth walked over to Pierce and said, "We really do appreciate your help and we'd like to help you in return. Eilee said you could use our help with something? I'm sure me and Aaron could be of assistance. Just let us know." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- Xavier Ashe typed:X stays close to Redmond, listening to the conversation below but not venturing down so as to avoid frightening their new friends. Not possible to hear what they are saying from above ground. Redmond was guarding the door to shelter 10 because that was the one that Phebe saw a vision of a man wearing orange clothing using a card inserted into the slot on the panel to open the door of the shelter. This message was last edited by the GM at 20:54, Wed 26 July 2006. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- X stays near Redmond at shelter 10. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Redmond Jacoby ----------------------------------------------------------- At shelter 10, Redmond turns to Xavier, tapping the wall of the shelter thoughtfully. "What do you think it would take to knock this down...?" =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- X says, "I couldn't get it open, so unless you have something powerful enough, I don't know how to do it. Maybe the people in the shelter know how." He runs back to the other shelter and yells down to Phebe. "Hey, Phebe, ask if they know how to open the door to shelter 10. We think a bad man went down there. Ask if they know about the man with the orange jumper too." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce nodded to Garth. "Yes, we need to question a fellow that probably went into one of the other shelters here. We think that he's been involved in some attacks on people, and we need to verify that. Can you help us get into another shelter?" =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Phebe finishes her examination, and lays Eilee gently back on the bed. "Thank you, Eilee. You are a good patient. Just lie back and rest for a bit." She turns to the parents. "Well, it indeed looks like the Ancient's Curse... but I've seen worse cases. There is still hope, LORD willing." "It will probably require some days of treatment, though I may be able to come and go in between." "I will need to try to use some herbs to get the contaminants out of her system." "Shall I proceed now?" =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Garth () ----------------------------------------------------------- To Pierce: "Yes, here. I uh, would like that back at some point." Garth hands Pierce a blue card. There is no writing on it, it is a featureless blue care about a cm thick. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Mave () ----------------------------------------------------------- Mave nods to Phebe, "Yes, please, whatever must be done to get my baby well. Whoever the lord is, I hope he looks favorably on my Eilee." Eilee nods in agreement. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- X waits patiently at the top, not wanting to scare their new friends. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce nodded and accepted the card. "Thank you. We'll return it shortly." He looked at phebe, "Phebe unless you need anything here I'm going to talk to X and Redmond." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- "I'll be fine here... but you may wish to wait until I am available for support before you pursue that man..." Phebe proceeds to start treating the girl, while gently starting to explain who the LORD is... =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce went up to where Redmond and Xavier were guarding the entrance to the northeastern corner shelter. There was a slot in the panel next to the door that looked the same width as the blue card. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Mave () ----------------------------------------------------------- Mave and Eilee listened intently to what Phebe had to say, without comment. They were very greatful that she was helping Eilee, but they were not sure they understood what she was talking about. After about an hour, Phebe had given Eilee all the treatment she could provide. Now it was up to Eilee's body to heal itself and resist the Ancient's Curse. Afterward Mave once again thanked Phebe. "We are so greatful for your help. We'd like to repay you in some way, perhaps you need something we might have?" =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce went up the stairs to X. "They loaned me a card of some kind to open the door. Phebe is working on the girl, then she'll be out to help us." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- Mave typed:Mave and Eilee listened intently to what Phebe had to say, without comment. They were very greatful that she was helping Eilee, but they were not sure they understood what she was talking about. After about an hour, Phebe had given Eilee all the treatment she could provide. Now it was up to Eilee's body to heal itself and resist the Ancient's Curse. Afterward Mave once again thanked Phebe. "We are so greatful for your help. We'd like to repay you in some way, perhaps you need something we might have?" Phebe smiles kindly. "I seek only to love and serve the LORD God Almighty, and those around me." "And you are already helping me do so. For you trusted me to enter here, and help your daughter. And you trusted my companion to lend him the blue card, so that we might pursue a suspected attacker, and help deliver others from danger. And you offered to share knowledge from your maps, which will show me the way to others who may be in need." "Helping me to help others is all the thanks that I desire." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- X says, "Let's wait for Phebe. We need to all be together before we go down." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Mave () ----------------------------------------------------------- Mave graciously thanks Phebe again. That was about all that Phebe needed to do for Eilee for the moment, she could check on her in a day or so and see how she was doing but for now her work was done here. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Phebe Irpeel ----------------------------------------------------------- "I'll come back to check on you in a day or so, LORD willing. Thank you for being such a good patient." Phebe takes her leave of the family, and joins the others outside. "So we have a suspicion of where the man in the orange coverall has gone, and we have a means of entry." "But have we given enough thought to what exactly we intend to do if and when we find him?" =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Redmond Jacoby ----------------------------------------------------------- Redmond frowns slightly at that, thinking back. "We need to get him back to Cedar Valley, so that we can find out where he came from." He flexes his muscles. "I think we should be able to do that, if he doesn't come willingly. From what we were told about him, I'm not going to worry too much about accidentally hurting him - though I'd prefer talking first." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- "I'm with you," X says. "Let's go in with a cautious approach and try to capture him alive. But we won't worry too much about his general welfare." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce nodded slowly. "I suppose we could tell him that we found his craft and tracked him here. That's certainly the truth. Maybe make an offer of seeing if we can help him repair it in excahnge for information on how to build them. That could get him to come with us back to the valley willingly. And it's a pretty reasonable offer too." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Pierce ----------------------------------------------------------- Pierce continued after a moment, "Shall we go in?" =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Xavier Ashe ----------------------------------------------------------- X leads the way. "Let's go!" =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Redmond Jacoby ----------------------------------------------------------- Redmond, clearly just as happy to let others make the decisions, nods solemnly and follows Xavier, the second one down the steps. "Here goes nothing..." =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- Door opens with the card. It is a brightly lit with blue lighting staircase. Xavier leads the way down as the group descends, after about 40 feet down there is a "swish" sound as the door above shuts, the lights go out. It is pitch black. There are no sounds. =========================================================== Re: The Shelters by Gama Master (GM) ----------------------------------------------------------- Don't respond here, I'll make a new thread to break the action. =========================================================== |
