Scarred Lands -- Logs

Flibsy points at the lake. "Cuz when me old master blew up under the water, all the fishes floated to the surface stunned. We spent weeks smoking them.

Bret says, "Your old master blew up?"

Goran gives a horrified look.

Belian gapes.

Belian says, "Oh my merciful gods."

Flibsy ummmms. "Not exactly. He was trying to ... ummm ... build an underwater sailing boat and he sorta ... ummm ...

Belian says, "You're what, nine, and you exploded your old master?"

Belian starts to giggle.

Sammuel thinks for a moment, then says "But...sailing...underwater...how would you sail where there's no wind?"

Flibsy looks down at her toes. "It wasn't my fault, and I did think to smoke the fish and ... and ... and ... I don't know, Sammuel. It involved magma, and ... ummm ... saltpeter. And some other things he wouldn't tell me about. And the fish tasted sulfuric ...

Goran looks a little sick.

Flibsy begins to backpedal a little away from the group. "And ... and ... and he was okay! The boat just 'sploded.

Goran says, "All those poor fish..."

Flibsy ohs quietly. "They were all smiling, Goran. Honest. Teeth and all. And ... and ... and did I mention we had enough food to eat for weeks?

Belian sighs, attempts to look serious again, and says "I'm sure it wasn't your fault, Flibsy. So, you can smoke fish if we catch any. Good. Then they'll keep and we may live to get out of here, instead of starving to death."

Goran says, "Well, as long as you didn't waste them..."

Flibsy looks around. "Ummm, Belian ... I didn't bring any firewood.

Sammuel looks to Bret and says, "Probably, if its not poisonous from whatever makes it electric..."

Flibsy pokes the dead lizard with a knife, testing it for skinning purposes ... "I don't know, Sammuel. How tasty is raw lizard?

Sammuel says, "I wouldn't know"

Belian says, "We do have oil, and weren't some of those chests wooden? Maybe the next one we find could become kindling..."

Flibsy steps back. "I don't ... ummm ... like lizard. "Maybe I should just have a little cheese instead.

ScarGM says, "There appear to be largeish mushrooms and fungi growing here and there, some along the shoreline, some underneath the surface of the water."

Belian grins at Bret. "I'm curious about that lizard myself. Flibsy, if we cooked a little and you tasted it, could you tell us if it's poisonous, like you used taste to tell what was in the powders from the traps?"

Belian says, "Those mushrooms look possible, too..."

Flibsy ummmmms. "We could ... well ... one of us could try a teeny little bite and then wait a full day ...

Flibsy points out the mushrooms. "I'll try the fungi if you try the raw lizard ...

Goran looks around. "Well, cooking the lizard is all well and good, but what would we burn?"

Belian says, "We could try just setting it on fire."

Belian says, "I'm not sure mushrooms burn very well. But we could try that too."

Flibsy pulls up three of the largeish mushrooms, and breaks off a knuckle sized piece which she pops in her mouth.

Flibsy says, "Mushrooms don't burn. You saute them, or eat them raw!"

Flibsy says, "**** Editor: Flibsy gets to pull up small mushrooms instead."

Flibsy tries pulling up the large mushrooms, and fails. Nursing a sore hand, she pulls up some small ones, and pops a knucklesized piece in her mouth. "The big ones are like wood, Belian. All hard and such."

Belian looks interested. "Oh, maybe we could burn them?"

Belian walks over to a big hard-mushroom and pokes it with her dagger. "How was the taste, Flibs?"

Bret is going to walk the perimeter of the cavern and look around. He'll also be scanning the depths of the lake at every 4 to 5 feet.

Flibsy spits the mushroom out. "Awful.

Goran and Sammuel say "Bret, we should stick together. How abou we all go?

Belian sighs to Flibsy. "Oh well."

Flibsy rinses her mouth out with water, and digs out an apple to rinse away the taste.

Bret says, "If you want to. I'm just going to take a look around this cavern."

Goran says, "Well, the cave is quite big. Lets stick together and go searching.

Belian sinks her dagger into the large mushroom with some effort. She pulls it back out and calls, "Somebody with a sword could probably hack these down and we could see if they burn. They're tough as wood."

Belian says, "After we search, we can try to cook a lizard on a mushroom fire, maybe?"

Flibsy ummmms, kicking the mushroom. "Is that wise?

Goran hmms. "Would be like trying to burn wet wood, I think..."

Belian says, "Just one, Flibsy. We already killed lizards... might as well not waste them, and I doubt the mushrooms will complain."

Goran grins for no appparent reason and follows Bret.

Belian shrugs and follows the departing folks with her pack on her shoulder and her bow ready in her hand.

Flibsy picks up her backpack and cradles Sentry Maker in her arms as she trots after Belian.

Belian looks around for movement or exits as she walks.

ScarGM says, "Well, the "shore" narrows greatly, making travel somewhat difficult without getting wet, and then widens again. The party is almost halfway to the farside of the cave."

ScarGM says, "nothing of interest has been seen yet. continue?"

Bret says, "Say, Fibsy, this cavern was on the map wasn't it?""

Belian blinks and nods to Bret. "So if there are exits, the map should show them..."

Flibsy nods at Bret, and pulls out her copy of the map. "Sort of. They didn't explicitly draw in the lake ...

Flibsy says, "I don't know, Belian ... do you see any exits? We're right ... here."

Belian shakes her head. "I don't see anything yet."

ScarGM says, "and the party continues. The farside of the cavern has been reached. its pretty much the same. continue around?"

ScarGM says, "and the party continues. everyone make a spot check."

Flibsy highfives Belian. "As usual, we're oblivious. :)

ScarGM says, "Bret you notice, about 8 feet above your head, a decent sized (3' diameter) fissure in the wall..."

Bret gestures toward the fissure. "Let's have a look at that hole in the wall over there."

Flibsy looks at the fissure, and tries to find it on the map.

Belian looks over at the fissure. "Oh. I wonder why I missed that. Looks like we may have to climb to reach it, though..."

Flibsy says, "It's not on here, Belian. Maybe we should ... ummm ... Maybe if someone boosted me up ..."

Goran grins. "I'll boost you, Flibsy, but can you climb from there?"

Flibsy shakes her head. "I'm not a very good climber.

Belian says, "I climb pretty well. Anybody else want to try it?"

Goran shakes his head no, grinning.

Sammuel says, "Uh, no, but why don't you carry this rope with you, and you can tie it to something and toss one end down?"

Belian says, "I could do that."

Sammuel hands Belian a 50', 10lb section of rope

Flibsy says, "Goran could lend you my silk rope ... it's lighter."

Belian says, "Sure, Flibsy, lighter is better if you don't mind."

Flibsy smiles at Goran. "Please lend Belian the rope?

Goran grins. "But she has Sammuel's rope?"

Belian sheds her pack and carefully puts down her bow and quiver. She keeps her dagger on her belt.

Flibsy nods at Goran. "I know. But the silk rope is half as heavy ... and twice as strong.

Belian waits, not entirely patiently.

Belian says, "Goran. The silk rope, please?"

Goran smiles and gets out the silk rope

Belian hands Sammuel back the hemp rope and takes the silk rope with a smile from Goran.

Goran grins at Flibsy and says nothing...and looks as if he's thinking nothing, too.

Belian climbs up the wall and looks for a good place to tie the rope.

Belian ties the end of the silk rope to some promising-looking conjoined rock formations growing out of the ceiling.

ScarGM says, "okay, you tie the rope, and you're 100% sure it will hold just fin"

Belian tosses the end of the rope down and says, "It's secure."

Belian calls, "Thanks, Flibsy!"

Flibsy pulls her pack off her shoulders and tugs on the line.

Belian tells the party, "Somebody bring a lantern. Ideally Flibs, it's pretty narrow up here. She'd fit best."

Flibsy carefully climbs up the rope, the Sentry Maker wedged across her back.

Goran looks to Bret. "Want to go next?"

Flibsy calls down. "Bret, can you tie my pack to the rope? It's got a lantern in it. And Belian can help me pull it up!

Bret secures Flibsy's pack to the rope and calls up that it's clear.

Bret calls up to Belian, "How deep does it go back?"

Belian tugs up the pack, unties it and tosses the rope back down to Bret.

Belian says, "I can"

Belian says, "I can't see the end, Bret. It looks like something to explore. Most of us will have to crawl, though."

Flibsy digs out her lantern and lights it, holding it up. "Will you watch my pack, Belian, while I explore?

Belian says, "Wait for the rest to get up here, please, Flibsy? Then we're all in one place when whatever-it-is attacks."

Sammuel starts to climb up

Goran follows, inviting Bret up after

Flibsy sniffs. "But it's going to be so crowded, and someone will step on Sentry Maker and ... why don't I just move forward a few yards?

Bret climbs up the rope.

Belian says, "Sure, but don't go around the corner til --hold on. Let me check for traps."

Belian check the visible stretch for traps.

ScarGM says, "you find none..."

Belian says, "Looks good."

Flibsy heads out, moving slowly.

ScarGM says, "the "turn" is actually two turns, one left, one right, directly opposing eachother"

Belian eyes them and really wants to check for traps again.

Flibsy slowly makes her way around the left turn.

Belian sighs quietly, finding nothing. "It looks good here too."

ScarGM says, "the left turn goes straight and low, but eventually starts sloping upwards"

Flibsy follows it carefully, one hand on her dagger.

ScarGM says, "the passageway, you note, doesn't look deliberately sculpted, but rather more natural"

Flibsy lifts her lantern up to examine the walls for a moment. "It all looks natural, Belian. I'm heading in a little deeper.

Belian says, "Okay."

Belian follows Flibsy enough to keep her in sight.

Goran shrugs and follows Belian

Sammuel offers to take up the rear if Bret will go on ahead.

Belian keeps the crossbow that Flibsy asked her to guard in one hand, carrying Flibsy's pack.

Bret moves ahead of Sammuel.

ScarGM says, "Fliby comes to an area where the ceiling raises suddenly and the passageway widens. you're in the botom of a bowl-shaped area, with the lip of the bowl about 15' up."

Flibsy looks around cautiously, holding her lantern up and trying to peer as far as she can ...

Belian catches up to Flibsy since she stopped moving and Belian's curious.

Flibsy turns to Belian. "They will bring the rope up when they follow, won't they?

Goran didn't.

Belian says, "They're all following already, so I hope so. I'm afraid I didn't notice."

Flibsy starts moving forward again, dagger in one hand and lantern in the other.

Belian looks around. "This looks neat.."

Goran looks up to the shoreline. "Hmm. I wonder if we can get up there.

Belian trails after Flibsy, crossbow ready.

Belian says, "I have more rope in my pack, but it's hemp. We could try, Goran."

Goran grins. "Well, there might be something up there. We should look."

Belian says, "I can try if you like, carrying another rope.. or the sane one if somebody brought it."

Sammuel hands the silk rope to Belian.

Belian says, "We should all stay in one place, though. Flibsy! Wanna come back?"

Belian thanks Sammuel, and puts Flibsy's pack and crossbow down before trying the climb.

ScarGM says, "you're up"

ScarGM says, "did you brin light?"

Belian makes the climb without problems and looks around.

Belian looks for somewhere to tie the rope.

Belian sighs. "Can somebody tie a lit lantern to the rope so I can pull it up? I need light to see up here, there are passages but it's dark, and there's nothing to tie the rope to yet."

Goran hands Bret his lantern and asks him to tie it. "I'm no very good with knots"

Belian says, "If someone will tie my pack to it too, I have an idea."

Sammuel moves Belian's pack over to the rope.

Belian says, "And does anybody have a small, um, hammer?"

Belian says, "A mace might do."

Goran grins, blinks a bit, then says, "Uhm, yes, but please be careful with it."

Bret ties everything up being very careful of what goes where.

Belian nods in the darkness, then remembers to say, "I will."

Bret says, "If you want, I can come up to give you a hand.""

Belian pulls the items up; nothing falls off or unties. She rummages in her pack for a piton, then hammers it in at the top as quietly as she can (which isn't very)... to tie the rope to it. "Now everybody can come up."

Belian lights the lantern and looks around.

ScarGM says, "The noise of hammering echoes throughout the now-lit passageway which looks decidedly dwarf-made."

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