Wiz

Chira flaps her wings and claps her arms, blowing some of the dust and cobwebs off her fur. "Strange this is. Details of a hidden passage on the right, fifty paces in, are beneath the trapped torch carved. Why would someone of something so hidden, such an obvious reveal make? A false rock or hidden lever to make it open there is."

Val shakes her head at Violet's question, "Not normal at all, the town' since it had the world's largest freely operateing incinerator simply burned all the garbage. Apparently nobody in city government ever planned a contingency for if the torch went out."

As they approach the inn and hear the tinking noise, Val, hearing Bahruce speak of a half orc walks up to the smithy and looks in, "It's Matuq, one of father's men. Good we can get more information about what is going on from a trusted source."

Opening the doors to the smitny she walks in, "Matuq, what's been going on? I hear that father is missing."

Noriko moves closer to the pit, "I can read and speak Varisian."

Val nods, "We had best make our way to the Foundry Tavern first, see what the state of things there is."

Looking at Annika, "I don't know the status of my father's standing account with you, but will you house these for now, and as soon as I can ken our finances, we can make a deal for stabeling these?"

Val sighs, "This has been a... hell of a trip. Suffice to say we were waylaid by some crazy cultists, didn't find out what happened to our original mounts and had to purchase these to get home quickly because we learned my dad had disappeared."

Chira rides closer and dismounts going up to the heavily marked door, taking out a scrap of cloth, she begins fapping the scratched doorway, seeing if removing some of the dust and dirt reveals anything else about the writing. "Underground tombs like this one, a cleaning service should engage."

As they enter the town. Val directs the other toward a livery stable by road into town, "This is Iven's. We can stable the horses here until we decide what to do with them."

Dismounting she calls out to the livery, "Iven, are you here? It's Val Baine"

Val nods, "What you and Domino split between you in your escape from that place before we met you is yours. Don't worry about that. It's good to know that Domino didn't leave without taking anything."

Chira turns Awoo and moves a safe distance away, "Magic hand or simple rope, as you will you must do. Caution in all things, I urge. At a safe distance everyone should stand."

Noriko slowly makes her way to the central pit and glances down to see the "gold thing" that is suddenly revealed.

Val looks confused, "What's wrong, Violet? Oh... where did this money come from?"

Alura fishes out a familiar parchment that many have puzzled over, "Tann found this with the ring, and Iridni and I discussed that it might be a combination for a lock of some kind. I think that sunrise would be east, sunset would be west and the others remain as they are. Which is the Chimera, the Cyclops, the Medusa, the Umber Hulk, and the Basilisk? Monster lore is not my speciality." The mermaid offers the note to Lavinia.

Val nods to Zyrel, "Thank you for that, I wanted to press on, but I couldn't leave a woman and child alone and exposed. I am proposing to continue to Torch immediately, if anyone wishes to stay with Zyrel, they may do so and join us at Torch."

Turning to Velen, "Zyrel will act to make you safe and I will see, as soon as possible, to repay you for both the can and the gun."

Val turns back to Violet, "Fair is fair, it's one thing to take something from those who don't need it anymore and another to pilfer property. Since she doesn't want it, and you can use it... it's yours." Val tosses her the gun, "I can share some of my paper bullets if it uses the same ammo." She holds up the can, "As far as this is concerned, can I ask that you not use it until we've talked about it and come to some decision as to what it is and what it does?"

Val smiles at the android, "I promise that if these are good for you, I will be happy to let you have them."

Turning to Velen, Val nods, "Thank you for that, but if these have value, I will be sure to get that to you eventually. Your husband often worked for my father. If you wish to bring your child and stay at Torch with us, you are welcome, if you wish to remain here - what can we do in the next day or so to make you safer?"

Val holds the can cradled in one arm and offers the rifle Violet used on the robot to Velen, "Do you know how to use this? If not, I can show you."

As a doornail.

Who is our trapfinder to check out the door?

As you can see, not much activity since Wezzyfish took a break.

Welcome back.

Val steps up to Violet, and puts her hands on the container. "It looks like the nanites in this container resonate with your own, but we should approach this cautiously. Is that okay?"

My bad. Assume that last speaking was in common.

Val has her gun out as they walk "In response to your inquiry, the "Pipe" is an artifact that the town of Blackpipe is named after. It's a huge pipe, I think made of adamantine, because of the color which pokes up out of their fields. Purportedly people can walk into it to a respectable distance before coming to an apparent end."

Still cam't find the xp kobold post, and I checked - I didn't get a private post in my character thread.

Chira examines the sconces pointing to the right one. "Blood on this sconce there is, a trap thereby may be indicated; the lifting of it, I will not be doing." Looking at the writing, she nods, "Much of this I can read, but the writing more than the reading informs. Languages of below these all are: abyssal, deep speech, primordial and undercommon of course."

Alura pauses in her intent to blast the snake with water as it retreats from the lady's ring. "See if you can hold it in place with that, and someone protect the lady in case it turns regardless of the ring." Looking ahead she tries to see the clearest path she can make to the five pillars in order to examine them.