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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 7:58:35 GMT -8
"Oooh, shiny..." Kelly muttered as she noticed the axe in the snake's skull. As Kaine approached she put her foot on the creature's ribcage and firmly grabbed the axe's hilt, looking to rip it loose.
As Kaine approached she would look back to him and vaguely recognize him as that guy who showed up at her camp.
"Oh, hey, I remember you....from my camp, right?" She asked as she pulled the axe loose. "Yeah, came here for the supposed treasure. Good thing it was you, though, I figured I had to kill whoever was after it too."
She laughed to herself as she packed the axe away. With her rapier and torch back in hand she walked over to Kaine proper.
"THis place is...not as impressive as I was led to believe. The moment I pulled my sword loose the glamours wore off. Someone's trying to mask this place when it's just a tomb. I don't know if there's even any treasure."
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 7, 2017 10:34:42 GMT -8
(@banditkelly Kaine Aislinn : Floor 0/ Main room ) As Kelly scaled the skeletal form, dust was knocked lose... bones cracked... The snap echoed off the...still...boundless ceilings. it required some force to remove the Ax from the beast' skull, Dust flew everywhere as the blade was removed. A Golden fox head was inlaid into the silver like blade. With any luck Kelly would be rather careful with this ax... Not only was the edge still sharper than any razor. Kaine would feel as though he as being watched... or rather that Kelly had set the sword down... The room collectively held its breath... While the whispers were silenced , their intent might boil through... the hunger... lust...savagery: Kaine could keep these feelings at bay actively... but what would happen should he lapse... should he forget who he was...?
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Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 7, 2017 10:41:59 GMT -8
As @banditkelly turned from looting the corpses Kaine was relieved that she had not noticed anything was wrong with him at least for now. The fact that she knew he had been at the camp helped to soothe his suspicions of her being a doppelganger of some sort. Visibly relaxing Kaine answer Kelly's question "Yes I was at the camp, y'know if we keep meeting in the middle of nowhere like this I might have to assume your stalking me" he tried to use humor to calm his nerves and forget the thoughts that had been occupying his mind moments earlier.
After taking a good look around at the room he was previously in and how it had changed so much he said "So then I assume you have some form of anti-magic on you then? That's powerful stuff where did you get it exactly?" A slight pause "as for treasure there is indeed much hidden in this tower besides corpses, I have already searched around but I couldn't break the locks that are securing parts of the tower, perhaps you will have better luck with it?"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 11:44:13 GMT -8
"I may....know of some methods to open locked doors." Kelly said, avoiding eye contact. She started to follow Kaine to where the locked door was, recollecting where she left her lockpicking kit in her backpack silently.
"As for my sword, it's an anti-magic rapier I sto- found off someone who, uh....mysteriously died from from rapier-sized holes through his chest. As long as it's unsheathed I can't be touched by magic within three hundred feet of me."
Carefully, she pulled out one of her potions to show Kaine. The liquid inside was dull, grey, and incredibly thick, almost like a mixture of chocolate and vanilla ice cream swirled together until all that was left was an unappealing glob of frozen treat.
"It kills my potions, though, so I can't use any of them when the sword's drawn. Thankfully I have ways around not having a sword when I use potions but I figured I'd need it for this tower....and it looks like I was right..."
Putting the potion away, Kelly looked around at the ruined walls and piles of bones on the moist floor below.
"I have no idea what's going on here, but there's definitely something wrong with this tower. The sooner we loot this dump and bail, the better. I guess since you didn't try to kill me the moment you saw me I'll return the favor. Whatever we find, we split 50/50, deal?"
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Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
Dressed in traveling clothes meant for the cold.He carries wooden staff, its hilt made of intertwined wood, at almost all times.
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 7, 2017 14:12:23 GMT -8
As @banditkelly began picking the doors lock and told him of her equipment Kaine's eyes would constantly flutter from one corner of the room to the next, nervously looking towards the darker shadows of the room as if something could jump out of them at any moment.
Once she had finished talking Kaine would chime in "Of course 50/50 sounds fair to me," Then remembering how the door worked he said "I would keep that sword out, I wont be able to use my magic but this door has some magical protections and it will be much easier to pick without them, I couldn't make head or tails of the mechanism inside of it either, its very complex."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 15:38:01 GMT -8
"Magic-user, huh? Let me know when I need to sheathe this thing then. Don't want you getting screwed over by an ally..."
Kelly continued to pick the lock until eventually there was a tiny click. She pulled the lock down and off the door, pushing it open with no regards to what was on the other side.
"See? Easy."
Kelly peered into the next room with her torch, hoping to see what was inside so as to not be surprised upon entering.
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 7, 2017 16:22:10 GMT -8
--The lock would be far more complex... It was a combination of a tubular lock, using double beveled spring loaded pins on alternate cycles. The lock could only be opened by holding all of the pins down, and rotating the center of the lock clock-wise and the shell counter clockwise. Each of the pins, and the shell were warded with anti magic wards, preventing magical tampering. These wards were made by someone far more skilled in magic than most people and would be a worthy study should the mage find a way to them.--- ( requires a specialized pick set OR a key... a plain rake and hook will not work) @banditkelly gave a shove... and the door didn't seem to notice. Amusing Kelly was picking the lock in the main room, it was not going to be pick able with a standard rack and hook like most looks. The design of the lock made it such. However she did manage to active one of the locks defenses. The tiny click gave way, and the lock sank back into it's iron housing... Leaving space enough for a fisted hand to get at the lock.... Kaine Aislinn would see the faint threads of magic trying to weave something next to the lock ,but kelly's sword made it impossible for them to function... instead it looked like scribble had formed on the door-- he might mistake it for words in the old tongue--but they were too fuzzy to read.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 17:03:13 GMT -8
"....Huh."
Kelly raised an eyebrow at the door, surprised it didn't unlock right away. She stood up and looked over the door while ignoring the symbol trying to form on it and pulled her backpack down to rummage inside.
"Well, if it won't open when I ask, maybe it'll open when I demand." She mentioned as she pulled out a vial of green liquid. Unlike the other bottles, the liquid was a vibrant color and bubbled like a soda. Pulling the cork top off, a green mist waifed upwards, making her pull it away from her face and averting her eyes.
"Stand back, Kaine, this stuff is nasty." She said as she reached out with the liquid. Slowly, she poured it over the metal lock. The moment it touched the lock, it exploded violently, sparks flying in all directions as fire erupted from the ooze as it sizzled and boiled. Kelly dashed back and grabbed Kaine by the hand, pulling him away from the door as the continuous explosive bonfire dissolved the lock and vaporized parts of the door it landed on. When hitting the ground, molten green liquid bubbled up as smoke plumed outwards from it. The liquid eventually melted a hole through the floor, continuing down past the stone into the rocky crust of the planet below until it eventually gave up dozens of feet down. The smell of burn hair was prominent in the air and smoke clouded the room.
Kelly coughed and waved the smoke away from her face as she walked over to the door.
"Hate using that stuff...." She said between coughs as she examined what remained of the door handle. "It's some insanely dangerous acid an alchemist tried to use on me once. It can burn through sand. That guy was demented as fuck."
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 7, 2017 17:43:23 GMT -8
The lock melted away, Violent magic sparks flared and fought probably more so than the fireworks.The lock held for far longer than Kelly expected but eventually gave... The stone however was not bothered by the acid, it simply pooled at the base of the door sputtering, gnawing at the once beautiful oak door.
The door was open a crack... Only darkness awaited within, as the torches could not light because of the sword.
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Physical Description: 6'2 Pale, Red hair, braided beard
Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 7, 2017 18:11:35 GMT -8
As Kelly pulled the potion out and began pouring it onto the doors handle Kaine moved to stop her but was too late, by then she was forcing him back away from the now burning door.
Once the way was opened and it was safe to continue Kaine would move a bit to the side before addressing @banditkelly . "Well I didn't expect you to just blow the door down but... Why don't we just explore a bit more before heading down that way? There could be treasure down that other hallway"
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 7, 2017 19:12:38 GMT -8
(@banditkelly Kaine Aislinn Floor 0 : Main room) As Kaine wove a path to the nearest hallway, opposite the one he had first chosen, and near the hidden hallway, the door way left abandoned… Bits of armor, weapons… and in some cases flesh remained on the tangle of bodies. Kaine might recognize some of the bronzed armor from his visit to those other places. Their boots make a sucking sound as they pulled they away from the muck ridden floor, it echoed endless above them.With Kelly’ being the only light most of everything was contained to a small bubble of sight... Was this really what this grand tower looked like? He might think to himself, staring at the bones and muck and god knows what else he was currently ankle deep in. No.. it couldn’t be. This was a trick, it must have been. This was one of the towers tricks obviously. So was kelly. I mean really? It just so happens that a young lady he’d met not long ago had shown up at a remote tower at the same time as he had? Would Kaine find that train of thought honest? Wandering thoughts were interrupted by an open doorway. Kelly’s light flickered from a breeze, causing the space they could see to all but vanish for a moment… He might miss the first step of the doorway that lead to a staircase going downward. Kelly, being Kelly would likely notice other things , being as ...perceptive... as she was. Some bodies had golden rings on their fingers, some necklaces of tarnished silver or copper... And then there were enough weapons in serviceable condition to supply an entire battalion. While walking she’d feel her sword wanting to drift to the exit, and once again she’d have to fight to keep hold of the thing.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 19:26:17 GMT -8
Kelly looked around at the gold rings and silver necklaces. Money, money, money. She knelt down as Kaine spoke to pull the jewelry free and stuff them into a small bag on her waist.
"Whereever you want to go. Though just a heads up, someone here does not like my sword. I've been fighting to keep it from being pulled out of the tower since I got here. I'm thinking he's not happy about his lock too."
She stood up and looked around, ignoring the hole in the door.
"Which sucks because I only had one of those. I don't know what's in it but I'm not crazy enough to carry two of those. We're going to need to think of another method to fight our way through because I couldn't pick that lock well enough."
Kelly looked up and failed to notice Kaine falling down the stairs. She looked around, also failing to notice the stairwell, confused as to what happened.
"....the fuck did you go, mage?" She called out, bewildered that she was now alone.
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Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 7, 2017 19:56:55 GMT -8
As Kaine and @banditkelly made their way through the darkness and muck pausing only for Kelly to take off valuable trinkets from the bodies. Kaine listened intently for any noises as he could not trust his eyes in this situation.
Walking behind Kelly as she held the torch high to fight back the darkness, Kaine tried his best to suppress the voices that urged him in the back of his head, to strangle her, to sink his axe in the back of her head. But he held strong not allowing it to gain ground instead forcing it to the back of his head. He would not kill a friend out of madness, he was determined to get them both out alive whilst still achieving his goal.
As they came upon the stairs leading down Kaine was so lost in thought he tripped on the first step of the stairs leading down and landed in the muck of the tower floor. Quickly picking himself up and hearing Kelly call out for him he moved back into the light "Im here no need to worry, barely made it out alive there was a dastardly trap back there... Nearly got killed, we should be more careful in the dark."
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 7, 2017 20:18:34 GMT -8
The woman had no decency… No respect for the dead.. Kaine might have noticed the tiny threads of magic being ripped apart as she pocketed the “trinkets”... might have heard the shock… and anger and of the whispers lurking in the shadows outside of Kelly’s--- for lack of better word--- light…
Kaine on the other hand was rather lucky… He fell down two stairs… and landed on his rear, the thud echoed however down the flight of stairs to his left…. And kept echoing…
If the room had been black before, it might as well have been midday compared to how disgustingly pitch black the staircase before the mage was now… Even with Kelly’s light at the door way they could see not more than five wide steps down… And again; there were no torches to guide his way…But there was one thing plain to see…. There was only one wall on this staircases downward path…. And a breeze coming from the mages rightside carried an unholy stench that should have peeled the man’s eyes. The air had become colder… much colder the deeper they delved into the bowels of the tower. Sound carried far too well here as well. The sloppy plop of their boots against the flag stones rippled out… The echoing however…withered away until it could not be heard even as their feet hit the stone while they walked … soon it was nothing but an endless set of stone stairs leading down...and down...and down… They came to what was best described as a rest station after walking for an unknown amount of time.
It was not much more than a few extra slabs of stone, about three places long stretching out over the assumed chasm off to their right. For a change there was something there. A single lamp post with a well stocked oil lamp bolted to it… and a cauldron of water.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 20:27:00 GMT -8
Kelly sighed and headed for the stairs.
"Do I have to hold your hand or something?" She called down as she began her descent. "Just stay within the light source, aight? I lit a torch for a reason."
She shuddered with the drop in temperature.
"Good thing too...getting nippy in here. Good source of heat."
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Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 7, 2017 20:44:33 GMT -8
As they descending deeper the stairwell opened up into what he assumed was an expansive cavern of some sort. As the stench hit his noise he recoiled and his eyes began to water. What was causing that awful smell?
Following close behind Kelly he ignored the teasing only mumbling a bit in protest. As the dark began to become even denser Kaine lit a lantern for himself, drawing one from his side. Usually he would use magic as a light source but he did keep one on him in case he ever needed it, and indeed he did at this time. Kaine entertained the thought of having @banditkelly put away her sword and allow him to use magic again but that idea was quickly squashed as he remembered how the sword was the only thing keeping the voices at Bay.
As they came upon the bench leading down Kaine would draw some of the oil from the standing lamp and draw water from the cauldron but not drink it yet, he did not trust the tower as he had before and anything could be a trap. Still he kept in mind it's seemingly calming properties and chose to save it for later as he and Kelly descended deeper into the darkness.
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 7, 2017 21:03:27 GMT -8
(@banditkelly @captainchoroform Floor -1 : The watcher’s ledge) The water didn’t give off any of the soothing effects , the blasted sword was still there. If Kelly sheathed it he’d feel better...with that water at his side. Probably enough to stop the voices all on his own.
The cauldron was rather plain… and in fact was for the most part save for the skilled iron work that depicted various things, mostly trees. Tiny threads of magic… blue… by the looks of it did attempt to crawl together , but simply ended up as a tangled snarl….
The pot boiled a little… A voice broke the silence “ Mungkasi---Mandek! Kanggo katresnan saka cahya! Mungkasi! ahhhHH ”
The voice sounded fevered, terrified…and gave a sense of begging… The whispers giggled quietly behind Kaine’s eyes. The clap of something being struck was next... and blended into a wail the left the black abyss humming… Should the pair look over the ledge… a small spark of light would be waiting at the bottom.
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Clothes and Equipment: Pouches filled with various alchemical substances, a magical rune necklace, bearded wood ax, long bow.
Dressed in traveling clothes meant for the cold.He carries wooden staff, its hilt made of intertwined wood, at almost all times.
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Post by Kaine Aislinn on Jun 7, 2017 21:12:40 GMT -8
As the two came upon the break in the stairs Kaine gestured for @banditkelly too sheathe her sword for a quick moment, noticing the pots struggle. It had the same beneficial water as before and hopefully it could somehow ease their journey. Of course he would prepare himself mentally and keep his eyes away from Kelly once she put away the anti-magic should she choose too, there was no reason to tempt fate.
After this if all went well Kaine would place one of the glowing stones he had used to periodically mark his passage. Of course he would start using them much more sparingly so as not to run out over a decent amount of time.
Peering over the edge as they walked Kaine had a slight idea. Motioning for them to stop he would drop one of his stones off the edge and wait for it to make a noise upon reaching the bottom whilst also watching and counting to get an estimate of the chasms height. As he did this the two would hear the pleading voice echo on the stone walls and send a chill down their spine.
"What the hell was that.."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 8:09:22 GMT -8
Kelly nodded and sheathed her sword for a moment, returning the magic of the tower to normal. As Kaine spoke she looked up again.
"What was what?" She asked casually, having missed the voices. She looked to the pots as Kaine did, her hand still on the rapier's hilt.
"Uh, Kaine....maybe I draw my weapon now?" She asked, wary of the ledge before her.
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Post by Tower of Eons on Jun 8, 2017 8:56:26 GMT -8
(@banditkelly Kaine Aislinn Floor -1 : Trophy room and Study ) Everything fell into place, much like it had when Kaine had touched the throne, tapestry, or dagger. Floor boards sprang from the abyss, building a room. The Cauldron curled in upon it's self, and the oil lamp snapped in half, the splinters floating in midair for a moment before being pulled into the now gleaming dark stained oak floors. Book sheaves lined the room, which was about fifteen paces in length, and the same across. The pathway they had a taken to get to the ledge was gone, replaced by a stone wall. On the other side of the room were two doorways. the library as lit with a gentle candle light that made it easy to see. A round table with various maps scattered about it was the main focus of the room. Posh chairs lined this magnificent table. Thousands of books held their post among the shelves but books were not the only thing within the cases, finely crafted weapons and pieces of art were closed behind the class cases; as were several ornate bottles with various brown and clear liquids. Head's of various monsters and creatures decorated the wall, with names and weapons used listed under each of the kills in a very fine script, all written in old tongue, which our mage would undoubtedly be able to read. The room held a fine scent of parchment and sage being burned in the ornate oil lamps . All in all...the room was breathtaking..
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