[001] The Obelisk

[tombowings]

Here is the layout of the room. You have entered from the topmost exit. The Detectable Shade of the Cosmic Tree ("D") is staring down the conveyer belt that she shot the error down.


..............X.X
..............X.X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXX
X.................X
====+=====+==C.D..X
X.................X
X.................X
X....BI..P.....*..X
===+===+=====C....X
X.....*..N........X
X..*...R...P......X
X*..*E....*.......X
=====/===+===C....X
X*.*.**..*........X
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX
..............X X
..............X X


“=” – Conveyer Belt
“+” – Machine
“/” – Destroyed Machine
“*” – Rubble
“C” – Cranes (which lower pieces of metal one to the conveyer belts

“R” – Man-like Robot (destroyed)
“B” – Emerald Blade
“I” – Izsak
“D” – Detectable Shade of the Cosmic Tree
“N” – Nodu
“P” – Penultimate Ecstasy
“E” – Enmerkar’s body

[EdOWar]

If none of the machine things remain live, Tas will tend to his burns. Otherwise, he'll attack.

[Mushgnome]

Nice map! Delectable checks out the south/bottom exit. The exploding machinery in this room makes her nervous!

[crusssdaddy]

P. Ecstasy surveys the room for loot - loose coins, shiny gems, intriguing tchotchkes, and random bling.

[murquhart72]

Maps make everything easier! Assuming combat is done with, Emerald Blade will tend to the wounded as best as possible and look for launcher ammo and/or possible power sources.

[Deleted]

Nodu tends to her wounds, then does her best to wrap Enmerkar's body for transport and burial. She searches the room for any sort of cloth to wrap him in (and for anything else interesting).

[tombowings]

Iszak sets down his medical bag and begins rummaging through it wandering he has a cure for burns. [1d6=2] "Ze Talak Oil should dooist the triske," he mumbles and yells to Tas and Nodu to get over to him.

Iszak pours a single drop of the Talak oil on each of Tas and Nodu's burns. The Talak oil is cool and stings slightly, but numbs the pain shortly afterwards. "For se burnz to heal quickerly," says Iszak.


Delectable grabs Nodu's torch--which is beginning to burn out and dim--and heads down to the south exit of the room. After hallways Ts after a dozen or so yards. There are Hatches covering both the east and west doors.


P. Ecstasy and the Emerald Blade begins to de-plate the two robots. Careful to avoid both the flying sparks and dripping acid. They recover two miniscule, red gems. Nothing else but wires, motors, and green, bendable mesh remains.


After having been tended to by Iszak, Nodu draws her long, jagged knife and buts a away a long strip of the now immobile conveyor belt. The cloth-like substance is heavy and rough, but should do for the transportation and burial of Enmerkar's body.

[murquhart72]

Emerald Blade will share one of the lil' red gems with P. Ecstasy, then await a decision by the others.

[Mushgnome]

Delectable stands guard until the party is ready to move on.

OOC: I will be off-line until Sunday. Delectable will tag along with the others wherever and whenever, using her incredible archery skills for the benefit of the party if necessary.

[EdOWar]

Tas rests and recovers until the party is ready to move on.

[Deleted]

Nodu cuts a length of cloth from the conveyor belt, wraps Enmerkar's body, and performs a few moments of ceremonial gestures and incantations over the corpse before taking up her weapons and torch and casting about for further exits from the room.

[waysoftheearth]

After Iszak has treated the burn victims, he picks up his medical bag and his lantern, and proceeds to the opposite doorway (bottom of map). He looks overhead in the factory room to identify the source of any lighting as he proceeds... then peers down the corridor...

[tombowings]

Iszak looks up to see glowing orbs hanging down from the workroom sealing, which continue down the southern hallway. He and heads down to the south exit of the room. After hallways Ts after a dozen or so yards. There are Hatches covering both the east and west doors.

[waysoftheearth]

Given the illuminated conditions, Iszak extinguishes his lantern and packs it away in his pack, and then extracts his meat cleaver before proceeding to listen at the easter door, and then the western.

[EdOWar]

Tas will rise and follow the cleaver wielding mad-man, just in case he needs back-up.

[murquhart72]

Emerald Blade of All Challanges: "Right behind you, Tas."

[crusssdaddy]

Penultimate Ecstasy climbs up onto the southern-most conveyor belt, pokes open the exit panel, and peers into the area behind to see what's back there.

[tombowings]

Iszak bends down and presses his ear to the left door. He hears is a familiar low pitched steady rumbling noise. The sound is of a ceaseless grinding utterance. At regular intervals--every 16 second--there is a clang of metal on metal.

The hatch to the right, whoever, is silent. Noticeably silent. [1d6=6] Wait. No. A soft buzzing sound. Irregular and shaky.


Penultimate Ecstasy pears down the tunnel of the southernmost conveyer belt. The tunnel is nearly six feet high and 4 feet tall. After twenty feet the tunnel turns to the right. The Penultimate Ecstasy would have to crawl into the tunnel to see where it leads.

[waysoftheearth]

"Let uz investigate zis silence, zen," says Iszak quietly, and then opens the door to his right...

[Deleted]

Nodu stands close behind Iszak, weapon at the ready...

[EdOWar]

Tas stands nearby as well, ready in case of trouble.

[murquhart72]

Emerald Blade of All Challenges, right there at the right hatch, launcher ready to fire.

[tombowings]

Iszak grips the door of the hatch and the air hisses as it opens. Like the hallway this oddly shaped room is lit by a glowing orb at its center. More striking, however, is that there are four small "cells"--not covered by bars or portcullises--but by a purple, glowing film of light. In each cell there is a metal slap upon one side and a metal top along the other. There is a black reflective strip, reminiscent to those upon the metal crates, along the outside wall of each cell.

Following closely behind Iszak, Nodu wanders around the small room. In the back most cell, she spots a black man. Littered around him are what must be his possession--scattered about his tiny chamber.

The Seeker, your journey starts here. Make of it what you will.

[Mushgnome]

Sept 4, 2010 15:02:47 GMT -6 tombowings said:

Following closely behind Iszak, Nodu wanders around the small room. In the back most cell, she spots a black man. Littered around him are what must be his possession--scattered about his tiny chamber.

The Delectable Shade of the Cosmic Tree frees the black man from his cell and offers him a sip of medicinal wine to regain his strength.

[tombowings]

Sept 4, 2010 15:28:27 GMT -6 Mushgnome said:

The Delectable Shade of the Cosmic Tree frees the black man from his cell and offers him a sip of medicinal wine to regain his strength.

How does The Delectable Shade of the Cosmic Tree plan to free the black man from the cell. There are no obvious handholds in the buzzing purple film, and whether the film is even solid or not has yet to be established.

[Mushgnome]

Sept 4, 2010 16:21:42 GMT -6 tombowings said:

How does The Delectable Shade of the Cosmic Tree plan to free the black man from the cell. There are no obvious handholds in the buzzing purple film, and whether the film is even solid or not has yet to be established.

She attempts to pierce the purple film with her obsidian-tipped spear.

[tombowings]

Sparks fly as the The Delectable Shade of the Cosmic Tree pierces the purple film with her obsidian-tipped spear. A rumble sounds from below the floor with the soft, but shrill siren blaring in the distance--barely audible to the ear. Luckily, not all is in vain as the purple dissipates, but leaves obsidian disfigured and the staff ablaze.

[waysoftheearth]

Iszak listens carefully to the distant siren, wondering if it is real or in his imagination. "Do you hear zat?" he inquires of the others.

[EdOWar]

"Yes, I hear it, too" says Tas. "We must be away from here, quickly."

[crusssdaddy]

P. Ectasy: "Quickly, join me in these crawlspaces. There are three -we can take any more guards from ambush!"