Awakening Main Story: Thread Five

[Elliot Kane]

The crazy lights flickering along the ceiling of this ten foot high by ten foot wide stone corridor send shadows dancing across every surface, making it hard to discern the real from the unreal.

No breeze disturbs the still air, and no sounds come to your ears. The smell of chared flesh from the room you are in hides any other smells.

After a bit of careful peering, you manage to determine that the corridor extends for around eighty feet, with nine doors along its length; one at the far end, and the other eight equally spaced in pairs down the sides.

The nearest doors are a mere five feet from your own...

[Shan]

Ash looks down the main hallway and then motions to Mao to come closer. "Look," she says. "This is just a long hallway with lots of doors on both sides and one at the very end. What do you want to do, explore the hallway or open one of the other doors?"

[janggut]

"there may be traps along the path, young one" Homm says solemnly to Ash while looking down the corridor, "best you do what you know well."

he turns his head & his smile at Mao, "young miss..." he hisses, "can you pick up any scent? your ........ keen sense of smell must be dulled by death," he looks back to the dead bodies strewn all over.

[SilvaShado]

Stelrein turns to Rasidar, "Shall Homm and I open another door, or should we go down this hallway and open doors?"

[SilvaShado]

Loriana looks down the hallway at the doors, "We should approach this systematically. Start on our left and open each door down to the end and then work our way back. I think we should thoroughly check out this area before opening one of the other doors from the demon room."

[Shan]

Ash looks at Lor and nods her head. "OK, you guys wait here, and I will make sure there are no traps. If you see any kind of trouble let the others know," she says quietly/

She then begins moving down the hallway very carefully and quietly checking the floor and walls for traps. As she comes to each door she checks to see if it is trapped, but does not try to open them.

*E - does Ash find any trap in the hallway or does you find any of the door to be trapped*

[Elliot Kane]

Ash

The crazy flickering lights make it quite hard to be sure, but you think there are no traps in the hallway or on the doors.

[Shan]

As Ash returns to the group waiting at the door, she says "Not positive, these flickering lights drive me wild, but I think the hallway is clear and that none of the doors are trapped." She then looks at Lor and says "OK, I'm going to open the first door on the left. You follow and back me up, OK?

*Assumes Lor goes with her.*

Ash walks up to the first door on the left, stops looks at Lor and then opens the door.

*E - what do Ash and Lor see when this door is opened*

[SilvaShado]

Loriana follows Ash, club and shield ready, though also ready to run if need be.

[Elliot Kane]

Ash & Loriana

This twenty foot square room appears to be a bed chamber. There are four Light Globes in the ceiling, of which only two are working, but the give enough light to allow you to make out details.

The bed resting against the far wall is quite large, though still obviously made for use for a single person, and made of far better materials than the beds you all woke up on. The entire left hand wall is covered in shelves, some of which contain books but most of which are empty. A small wooden chest rests at the foot of the bed, and a large wardrobe stands beside it.

In the centre of the room rests a work desk of some kind, covered in papers. There is a basket close to the door which looks like it contains a pile of men's garments. From the unpleasant smell of sweat that reaches your nostrils, it would be reasonable to assume that this is the wash basket.

By the desk rests a small bin that is overflowing with crumpled papers.

[janggut]

Homm sits cross-legged at the door way waiting for the two to come back & report what they have found.

[SilvaShado]

Loriana looks into the room with wonder. She really wants to look through the books and papers, but she looks back at Liem sulking next to Mao. Maybe it would be better to let him search it while she and Ash move onto the next door. They were supposed to check for danger, they could let someone else search for stuff.

"There doesn't seem to be any danger here, "Loriana speaks quietly to Ash, "Maybe we should tell Mao and Liem to search the room while we move onto the next door?"

[Shan]

"There doesn't seem to be any danger here, "Loriana speaks quietly to Ash, "Maybe we should tell Mao and Liem to search the room while we move onto the next door?"

Oooooooo, look," exclaims Ash quietly wrinkling her nose. "Lots of stuff in here, but it stinks. I think you're right. Let's leave it to Leim and Mao and sneak across the hall."

Ash motions to Mao and Leim to check out the room and then grabs Lor by the arm and says "Let's go." She then walks across the corridor to the next door and opens it.

*E - what does Ash and Lor see in this room (door straight across from the one she just opened)*

[LaFille]

Mao looks in the weird corridor when Ash shows her and let them go on their initiatives, keeping an eye on to stop them should she feel the need to or come to help if needed. When they tell them that the path and the first room seem safe, she motions to Leim to come investigate the first room.

She goes in the room too, observes but stays beside the doorway to be able to keep an eye on her tree fellows.

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(That was a quick jump as I'm in a rush at the moment; will be back tomorrow evening (and will come back to Homm then too, janggut).

[SilvaShado]

Loriana smiles when Ash pulls her arm, reminding her of how Gloria had always dragged her around. Her smile disappears as Ash is about to open the door across the hallway. She again prepares herself for fight or flight.

[Elliot Kane]

Ash & Lor

The room across the hallway is fairly similar to the last, in that it is clearly a bedroom of some kind, with a bed, small chest and three wardrobes. There is a neat shelf above the bed stacked with books, and a dressing table against one wall. A make up case rests atop the dresser.

An attempt has clearly been made to make this room more homey, with the central writing desk holding two small frames that look like they probably hold paintings of some kind, though you cannot be sure of what as they are faced away from you. A somewhat threadbare teddy bear sits atop the desk, leaning slightly to the right and also faced away from you.

The wash basket by the door holds only a couple of items, neatly folded.

[nights]

Leim looked around the room and check the titles of the books on the selves. He sniffed the air smelling the dirty clothing. “I think these were some kind of staff quarters.” he went to the bed and threw the sheets on floor and lifted the mattress and looked under it.

He looks at Mao “You can help yourself to the clothing in the basket. Might hide more than your blanket dress thing.” he ran his hand along the mattress and feel for concealed objects.

[Elliot Kane]

Leim

The books are all basics on the understanding and handling of magic. Hidden under the pillow is a gold ring set with a single small diamond. The diamond seems to shine a little bit more than it should.

[nights]

Leim looked at the ring and check for an engraving or a dedication on it. He look threw the ring hole and sighed ticking in a fold of one of his wrapped hands. He then went to the wardrobe looking threw it. “Well we have a ring and some books about magic.” he searches the closet for something in his size.

[Elliot Kane]

Leim

There are no markings on the ring. The wardrobe contains a fairly large amount of men's clothing, most of it in dark red and dark blue.