Dead End?
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
Rennik looks to see if there's any sort of mechanism for them to lift the elevator themselves, and, if so, tries to determine just how much noise that would make.
From: Ty
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
There IS not lift anymore. The wood and rope have rotted to dust eons ago. Only the heavily rusted remains of the pulleys are left at this point. You are all standing on dusty stone floor. However, Cadfael's glove only illuminates to about 50' feet up, so there is no way to know what is above that point.
From: Scott
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
OOC: So. . . when Cadfael says to Mission, "Stay with me or Promise dies," does that overrule his, "If anyone walks on the path with me, we all die," comment?
Mission is going to assume so.
:)
They are surronded by silence, mostly, except for every now and then Sa'id whispers something. Mission feels an ache in his legs-- an ache to run, to hurry along, to find his son and leave this place.
This isn't a mountain of stone. Kor Garesh's mountain is solid shadow, antithetical to stone.
He throws a glance at Cadfael. The priest had made good on his word so far. Here they were, within the mountain, making good progress toward--
And then, a shaft that climbs upward. A stop. An end to the path.
Mission feels a clutch of panic in his throat, but wills it down. He'll help Rennick scout around for a door or any way up.
OOC_2: Ty, do the pulleys look like they've been tossed down the shaft? Are there ropes that have been cut recently? Or at any time in the past?
From: Ty
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
OODM: There is no rope. The pulleys look ancient. It is a good guess that they fell down the shaft when the rope rotted, who knows how many centuries ago. The dust in the shaft was undisturbed till you guys got there. No one has been through here in a very long time.
IDM: Mission takes a moment to search the walls with Rennik, but his conclusion is the same. The walls are as flat as cut stone can possibly be. He admires the workmanship of those who built this place, even as he is furious that their skill is stopping him from progressing.
Neither he nor Rennik find any secret passages or other hidden doors in the shaft.
From: Ty
Subject: karl's mail getting bounced
Mike, I think that karl's USA email address is getting bounced. Do you use his inovant email address in the game list? I wonder if he is getting any of these emails.
From: Mike
Subject: Re: karl's mail getting bounced
I have both the inovant and usa email addresses in the forwarding list. Should I take one of them out?
From: Mike
Subject: Re: karl's mail getting bounced
Ah, I see. Karl, you've reached the storage limit on your usa.net account. Until further notice, I am taking that account out of the forwarding list. You will still receive game emails at the inovant address.
From: Mike
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
Garyth looks at Cadfael expectantly. Surely the priest wouldn't have brought them in this way only to find a dead end.
"What now, Cadfael?" he asks.
From: Karl
Subject: Re: karl's mail getting bounced
Sorry, this has been fixed. I really need to teach Chris how to turn a 5MB .bmp into a 25k .jpg sometime. Please put the usa.net address back in. Sorry for all the bounces.
From: Mike
Subject: Re: karl's mail getting bounced
Done.
From: Raja
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
Sa'id finds a certain grotesque comfort in the preparation room. Seeing such familiar sights so far from home brings him a measure of calm. The elevator, however, is a frustrating sight. He can't help but shoot an angry glance at the priest for leading them to what looks to be a dead end. Of course, he has been quick to attack Cadfael before, and not always rightly so.
So he waits, idly curious to see what the priest will do.
From: Matt
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
Rennik looks toward Sa'id.
"Might there be anything in that preparation room that could help us? Perhaps some key written on a wall telling us another way up besides the elevator?"