In Search of Sanity [IC, Group #2]

[meemaas]

Haru will follow up to the top on his own initiative, letting the rest of the group deal with the unconscious man. Once he's up, he starts exploring up there on his initiative.

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Just read the OOC after posting.

Will Save (1d20+3)[4]
Other roll (1d6)[5]

[digiman619]

Flair ties the unconscious man to his waist, trying really hard not to think about the bodies he's climbing over. Once he gets to the top, he drags the guy up.

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Will Save time! (1d20+3)[21] vs 12
Possible sanity damage: (1d6)[2]
EDIT: Yes! Still sane! (in the game at least )

[pfm1995]

Following the tortured man, the ash-skinned man makes his way carefully over the corpse-pile. His long-fingered hands grab loosely at arms and legs, he keeps his eyes on the ceiling. Under his breath, he's started counting again while in his head snatches of song drift through - the bird hops gaily behind him with it's head bobbing to the music, stopping to pluck a soft morsel every few steps and gulp it down. The smell, surrounding him and permeating his clothes, is... unclean.

The man's boot comes down on something soft and, out of reflex, he looks down to see a face half-melted in the heat of the furnace. His voice shakes, and his counting gets loud enough for the others to hear. "One hundred and thirty nine, One hundred and forty nine..."

Still staring at the corpse, his body keeps climbing through sheer muscle memory, and eventually he's forced to tear his gaze away as he follows the tortured man up the chute.

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Will Save: (1d20+2)[18]
San Damage: (1d6)[2]

[MikelaC1]

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(1d20+7)[8] WILL...Im not sure if my FoP applies, although the wording of the feat sort of implies that it would, if not, the roll should be 5 lower.
(1d6)[4] Sanity penalty

Zarinda waits impatiently for the others to climb up, the images of the dead bodies gnawing at her mind

[Genth]

Knuckles looks for a moment at the grotesque pile of bodies, and for a brief moment, inclines her head, not sure of what to say, but knowing that respect ought to be paid. She grits her teeth and steps forwards, gamely placing one foot and hand before the other as she climbs up and starts on the chute.

[lostsole31]

The horrible hill of bodies works itself against people's nerve terribly to varying degrees amongst the party. No one is fully spared.

In the meantime, Haru was the first up after Zarinda and practically panicking to get out while trying to keep a lid on things. The service room containing the chute down which the bodies were chucked is 10' x 20' and has a door 15' to the left of the chute door.

With everyone's help, everyone will help get the unconscious man up top, and Jacqui will be using rope to help Bishop navigate the hill and tunnels.

With everyone crammed into the service room, Haru was the one most interested in what lies beyond what is present. He listens at the door and doesn't really hear anything.

Having nothing with which to protect herself, Jacqui makes sure she is in the middle of whatever is out there, with Bishop leashed right by her.

Haru (or another) ... do you open the door? What is the plan?

[digiman619]

Flair fumbles through his pack until he find his flint and steel and a torch. Lighting the torch, he gets a look around the room.

[lostsole31]

It's a 10' x 20' service room with a single door for an exit. Not really anything useful here,.

[digiman619]

Flair takes a deep breath, hand hovering over the knob for a seemingly unending instant. He exhales and opens the door.

[meemaas]

Once up, Haru finally starts to process what he had seen recently. Despite his violent nature and his threats to kill, he has no memory of ever killing or seeing others die, and even his body doesn't seem to remember it, as he starts to shake, his focus flickering as he tries to comprehend the level of death. Once his mind has caught up, he, shakingly, starts through the door after Flair, trying his best to keep his mind in one piece.

[pfm1995]

Wriggling out of the chute, his scimitar grating against the metal walls, the man stands and steps aside for his bird to hop out. Seeing that the door is being opened, he fingers the sword nervously but doesn't draw quite yet.

[stack]

Eric tries to peer over the others to see thru the door, wishing for anything to look at to distract himself from were they just were.

[Genth]

Knuckles strides across the room as she emerges from the chute, and follows up behind Flair, watching to see what lies in the next room.

[MikelaC1]

If the others are content to be meatshields lead the way, Zarinda is content to follow behind

[lostsole31]

Flair opens the door. Trampled flowerbeds lie smeared and squashed across this muddy courtyard. On all sides, stark gray walls climb toward a narrow gap of sunless sky. An outer wall of the building continues along on the right-hand side, and there is an external door right there leading back into whatever building your in. The ground is wet, and there is a strange wind, only moderate in speed, blowing upwards without source from the ground, carrying with it the smell of sweet candy.

[digiman619]

"Okay", Flair said, "Let's follow this wall. It's gotta lead to a door eventually."

[lostsole31]

...there is an external door right there leading back into whatever building your in.

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[digiman619]

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"there is an external door right there leading back into whatever building your in." seemed to imply that it led back to the furnace and cells.

[stack]

More than happy to apply himself to a problem that can continue to divert his damaged mind, Eric looks for any way to scale the wall. "Must be a way up. Handholds or, I don't know, ivy or something. Or another door?"

Spoiler: perception to search the wall

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(1d20+10)[18]

[lostsole31]

Spoiler: Courtyard & Door Map

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Sorry, I thought I attached this last night.

[digiman619]

Flair turned back to check on the rest of the party, and realized that there was a door not 15 feet from him. "...or we could use the one right there, That could work too." he said embarrassedly.

[lostsole31]

Jacqui nods. "Looks good to me. This wind ain't right, and the ground is wet. And we need to get this man we're carrying out of this strange air."

[stack]

Eric shrugs. "Go ahead, I guess."

[pfm1995]

Nodding at the others, halfway through Eric's invitation the ashen-faced man steps outside. Rather than moving for the other door, he just looks up at the sky with his brow furrowed in concentration and stands still.

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Bird fly high?

[Genth]

Knuckles steps out into the air, still quiet, still ponderous, and walks a little way away from the group into the courtyard, looking around the area with a wary eye.

"Trying the walls is dangerous, and not all of us are physically able. she says, eyeing the unconscious man. She moves towards the second door, and places her hand on it, looking at the others for a moment to let them know, then pushes the door open and looks within.

[lostsole31]

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The raven looks up and shrinks a little. "Does bird have choice?"

The woman dressed as some sort of quaint savage pushes against the external door. Nothing happens.

[Genth]

Knuckles tries pulling the door.

[lostsole31]

Knuckles pulls on the handle and the door opens. It is a hallway that runs parallel to the wall, and it is dark. (No one has stepped in yet, so no better description than that.)

[digiman619]

Seeing as he is currently the only one with a light source, Flair heads into the hallway to light the way.

[stack]

Eric hangs back a few paces and follows, glad someone had a light.