Rennik Shows The Way
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
Anyone going to argue with Rennik? If not, I will write up the next turn.
From: Mike
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
OOC: No argument here.
From: Scott
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
No argument from Mission.
From: Raja
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
Sa'id is skeptical, but doesn't see any immediate alternatives other than going back to the preparation room. He doesn't think Cadfael would be willing to backtrack, though. So he simply remains silent as Rennik prepares his arrow, peering up into the gloom.
From: Dan
Subject: Re: The Mountain; One last night of peace
Cadfael is holding a glove about his head and jumping up and down. Is he arguing? I think not.
From: Ty
Subject: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
Rennik looks around for disagreement, and seeing only Sa'id's skeptical frown, decides there isn't any worth worrying about. He sits down on the stone floor, and carefully wraps a small bit of cloth around one of his arrows. A drop of oil and the makeshift torch is complete. Garyth is already using his dagger and a bit of flint to start some tinder burning.
Standing up, he aims straight up the shaft, and says, "light me." Garyth touches the arrow to flame, and Rennik fires it. In an instant it slams into the ceiling of the shaft, breaking into pieces and throwing a shower of sparks down on the party below. The ceiling is only 80 or so feet above the floor, and was a mere 20 feet past the illumination of Cadfael's glove. In the split second of light, it is possible to see the hallway continue on in the opposite direction of the hall you entered through. The entrance to that hall is just a flat shelf 80' off the ground. Imbedded in the ceiling of the shaft is a very large metal ring, though its color shows it to be heavily rusted.
And then it goes dark again.
From: Matt
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
"Hmm. I wonder what the odds of throwing a weighted end of rope through that ring might be... or tying a rope to an arrow and firing through," Rennik muses. "Either way, it's a damn slim chance."
He stops to consider a moment.
"If we *do* get a rope through, I'd suggest I climb up first without my gear. I'm the lightest, and the ring looked as old as these gears down here. If I can get up and tie the rope off somewhere else, maybe the rest of you can use it to reach that hallway."
From: Raja
Subject: Re: The Mountain; Up yer shaft
When the sky doesn't fall, Sa'id breathes a sigh of relief. "I'm not sure how long it would take to get something through that ring," Sa'id says. "It's a blind shot unless we shoot Cadfael's glove over the lip of the tunnel at the top... but maybe Mission's climbing efforts will pay off."