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Post by Rac & Roll on Aug 15, 2018 11:45:18 GMT 10
Yes, you have your crucifix with you.
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cj
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Post by cj on Aug 16, 2018 11:49:04 GMT 10
I recognise my pack and take it, stashing the blow gun and dagger on my person where they can be easily reached. I wonder about my bow, but see no sign of it. As everyone has their things now, I start to leave to go and try the other door.. but the ornate fireplace keeps catching my attention.
<This fireplace.. it looks.. OUT of place.. Perhaps it was simply moved here from another location. Or, maybe the fireplace is original and the cell block behind me is an addition.>
I stop a moment to study it, trying to work out why this all feels a little out of place.
H.P. Sight (+2) Roll: 20 +2 = 22
(Whoa! First Nat 20 for the game, awesome! So is there anything there or can we move on?)
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Post by Rac & Roll on Aug 16, 2018 12:24:26 GMT 10
You stash the items back in the pack, and your blow pipe and dagger on your person. The fire place catches your eye. It is inquisitively carved and decorated. It has a mantle piece (shelf) on which the edge is decorated by flowers symbols. The columns either side, have a star of David near the top, and below each star there is a skull and crossbones. The columns themselves also have a decorative pattern. In the front of the fire, is a slightly raised area, and at the front corners either side are blocks about 8 inches square. At the front of the block on the left is a Male symbol, and on the block on the right, is a female symbol.
(your perception roll 20 awesome !!) As you study the fireplace, you get the feeling it could be an opening to something or hiding something, yet it kind of eludes you at the moment how. The symbols on the columns may have some significance, but your not sure. The male and female symbols on the blocks at the front, are curious. You can just perceive on top of the blocks faint writing, on the male block it is written "Adam", on the female symbol block it is written "Eve", both writings are very faint. Between the blocks are faint scraping marks in straight lines between the two blocks.
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Guy
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Post by Guy on Aug 16, 2018 12:30:55 GMT 10
"I was looking at those carvings, too, Tiggy. Very strange to see in a place like this." I study the symbols to see if I can make sense of them.
Sacred Studies = 9 Sorcery Studies = 9
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Post by Rac & Roll on Aug 16, 2018 12:45:59 GMT 10
Dedo studies the carvings and symbols. He concludes the symbols may have something to do with certain Bible passages or scripture, but what Bible passages would get used down here ?
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Guy
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Post by Guy on Aug 17, 2018 2:41:11 GMT 10
"Hmm. It looks like we have references to Adam and Eve, our Jewish faith heritage, and death. It reminds me of the Fall of Man, but what could it mean in this context? Cedric, do you have any thoughts?"
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Guy
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Post by Guy on Aug 17, 2018 10:51:18 GMT 10
"Actually, now that I think it about it a little more, maybe Rahab-the-non-prositute was giving us a clue in the parchment she sent? If we could somehow match these symbols with those Scriptures..."
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Post by Winston on Aug 17, 2018 11:51:16 GMT 10
Cedric pauses for a moment, then says quietly, "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.""Perhaps these two symbols, mean that we are to bring these two 'man' and 'wife' together?" "The symbols for man and woman, Adam and Eve, they represent the man and his wife. The gouges between them indicate that the two have been moved before and there fore may offer us a means for escape or perhaps something even better."
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cj
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Post by cj on Aug 17, 2018 19:31:55 GMT 10
I look at the fireplace.. I look at the guard.. I turn to Dedo.
"My friend. I will try to move blocks together, I think something open. You stay close to guard and if he is waking up - knock him on head again!"
I wait for Dedo to position himself close to the guard before attempting to move the blocks.
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Post by Rac & Roll on Aug 17, 2018 20:29:48 GMT 10
Dedo is not far from the Jailer, should the Jailer try anything Dedo is well in reach to tackle him.
Tiggy Stoops down to attempt to move the male and female blocks. The Female block does not move, but with some great effort, the Male block starts to move to the right. The block begins to move with a grinding scraping noise as it rubs against the stone surface underneath. It takes all of Tiggy's strength to move the male block, but it moves across toward the Female block. As it moves, the fire and fireplace move in the same direction, to the right. The Fire and fireplace start to disappear behind the wall on the right, revealing an opening, a dark opening.
The male block finally stops when it hits the Female block, the fire and fireplace now behind the wall on the right. There before everyone is a dark opening, and what appears to be some steps leading downward into the darkness. A smell of dampness can be detected, along with musty air.
The Jailer involuntary breaks wind as he sleeps his happy sleep, even that noise does not disturb him, however the smell just might.
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Post by Winston on Aug 17, 2018 21:23:35 GMT 10
"Shall we enter?" Cedric asks quietly while attempting to look into the darkness. "I have light I can provide. once we are inside."
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Guy
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Post by Guy on Aug 17, 2018 22:50:21 GMT 10
"What to do with the Jailer? Can we close the fireplace from the other side? If he wakes up and the passage is open, he'll know exactly where to find us."
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Post by Rac & Roll on Aug 18, 2018 9:01:08 GMT 10
Dedo looking at the fireplace, thinks he can see a handle on the other side, to pull the entrance door closed.
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Guy
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Post by Guy on Aug 18, 2018 10:25:43 GMT 10
"Never mind. There's the handle on the the other side. I say we go, then."
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Post by Rac & Roll on Aug 18, 2018 12:43:17 GMT 10
O.O.C ( If you are going to go, please can you let me have your marching order, and any details that are relevant to entering a dark area, ie who's holding what, or using what, and who's doing what - Thanks )
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