All in a day's work (IC)

[Emperor Ing]

...could you provide a bit more detail?

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[Adeen]

"She is a Lizardfolk, and last we heard she was last seen in the lost mountains."

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[Emperor Ing]

@kirrik:

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Actually, through your inquiries to the messenger, who was himself a lizardfolk, you know the princess' name is Princess Lorramessh. Also, due to the secretive nature of the monarchy of the IG island cluster, you're not sure if the princess is a lizardfolk or not. You forgot to ask the messenger, though you doubt he would've told you.

Lost Mountains? Ha! She's as good as dead then!

[Ilmryn]

So what is there up in the lost mountains that is so dangerous?

[Emperor Ing]

Oh? Nothing. Just slavers make their bases there. Why do you think they call it the lost mountains?

[Ilmryn]

Gah. I can't abide slavers. They seem to be present at the root of every problem.

[Gandariel]

I'm sorry to repeat myself, but the point is still: do you or do you not know anything about the person we're looking for?

[Emperor Ing]

No I don't, now stop accusing me. If you wanna know, i'd suggest finding slavers and talking to them. He takes a deep breath. Check some of 'e local taverns. You can't miss 'em.

[Ilmryn]

Well, I guess we'll check the tavers then. Still grumbling about the evils of slavery, Eldon heads off to see if he can find anyone.
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[Adeen]

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Maguvial will do the same
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[Emperor Ing]

Maguvial and Eldon hear of some slaver trying to sell some captured high level aristocrat from the islands at a, what they claim to be a ridiculous price, because spoiled princesses aren't worth that much. She's being kept some place in the lost mountains as if that weren't obvious enough.

Only Eldon is told that the place she is being kept is supposed to be some superbly hidden and well-guarded cave, but that's only a ruse for rival slavers trying to steal the slaver's prise to overshoot the actual place the princess is being kept. That still doesn't mean that going in is a good idea.

[Gandariel]

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great... we have any idea of where to go? i mean, did anyone give us specific directions? if so i guess we should start... and by we i mean us 3, right?

[Emperor Ing]

((I assumed you knew to go up the passage which you used to come down...))

[Ilmryn]

Well, it does look like its time to go save the princess. If we know where to go, I'll assume we go there.

[Adeen]

Sounds good to me, I follow.

[Gandariel]

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so.... let's go

The team starts walking towards the mountains

[Emperor Ing]

((Huh, is it just the two of you now?))

There aren't exactly many suprises on the way up. It's tougher going up than down, but that's not suprising at all. The only thing unusual is this small group of rough looking humans heading downward from the mountains.

Anyways, once the summit of the path is reached you're up onto the flattened end of the mountain where the path forks straight ahead and right. You didn't notice it before due to which way you came from.

[Adeen]

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"I feel we should go straight."

[Ilmryn]

"That seems good to me. Where could those darn slavers be hiding?"

[Emperor Ing]

Assuming you both do go straight...the walls slope down to the mountains. One looks walkable, the other looks like a suicide slope. Anyways, the path takes you to the edge of a mountain. It continues to the left, but looking down you can see some sort of lower walkway that leads back up to this path. There might be something down there though.

[Gandariel]

i...guess we should go there... Or try again with the bat...

[Adeen]

Maguvial heads down the lower walkway.

[Ilmryn]

Eldon follows Maguvial. The mention of slavers has made him a bit grumpy and suspicous, so he is looking around as he goes along.

[Emperor Ing]

Maguvial finds the narrow entrance to a cave. What is down there is hard to see without darkvision.

[Gandariel]

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My dog has low-light vision... does he see anything?

[Emperor Ing]

The dog can see partially into the cave, but it needs darkvision to see further.
(If it's any consolation, it's safe to just...walk in ATM)

[Gandariel]

Heh, it's pretty dark in there, if also my dog doesn't see anything... we'd better light a torch

Zaqurt lights a torch and advances in the cave

[Emperor Ing]

The torch reveals a lot less than you'd expect. As far as you can see, it's a narrow rocky passage. Easily walkable rock floor. It slopes down slightly and as far as you can see, it stops abruptly at a rock wall. Judging by how the shadow dances on one side of the wall, you've got a feeling it just turns.

[Gandariel]

Well, we'll never know what's in there if we don't try...
Anyway Zaqurt tries to check the inside of the cave first, by listening

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and then throws a rock inside to see if anything happens.

If he doesn't see anything strange, he procedes in the cave, followed by the others (i guess)

[Emperor Ing]

Zaqurt goes deaf. Not deaf deaf, but is more along the lines of briefly in a trance. The wind blowing against his ears and even the rock rolling on the floor make no sound. All he can hear is the quiet humming of a female...something inside. It doesn't sound like what you would expect the humming of a kidnapped princess to sound like though, it's probably someone else.

Also, the rock lands on the ground, and rolls a few inches before coming to a stop. Nothing happens to it.