portugal ♔ built my tower like pebbles in the rain

[cabot]

Castle Down- Emilie Autumn

WHO || Val'drin, Thoster, Chiaki, Morgan, Deadpool, Fred Jr.
WHAT || The gang investigate a creepy castle that's fallen through the Veil
WHERE || Portugal
WHEN || Saturday, July 7th, evening
HOW || Actionspam

[ As missions go, it's pretty straightforward. A week ago, a large, creepy looking castle materialized on a cliffside above a small town in Portugal, and the locals are too freaked to go check it out. No one's gone in or out, and theoretically it could just be empty. But seeing as how it probably came from the Shadow World, it could also house artifacts that the Knights should get their hands on before evil doers do. So it's their job to scope it out, maybe loot the place of the good stuff, and make sure no threats are hiding there.

Val'drin surveys the place with hands on his hips from the gate. ]

I believe the phrase is a 'fixer upper'.

Comments

[meta]

[Deadpool goes up next to him and starts strapping on guns. and swords and other fun weapons as he surveys the place.]

You're gonna die first. For second... I'm gonna bet on the bard.

[cabot]

Your racist sense of humor has been noted.

[meta]

Don't blame me, man. It's the system.

[chiakiyoshida]

[Meanwhile, Chiaki is tucking a number of random items - spell components - into pockets of her long coat. Most of them look suitably arcane, but there's definitely a small can of soda she took from the plane.]

What do you mean, the system?

[bluffcheck]

[Thoster is already finding this humorous.]

I like that wager, but I wouldn't count Val'drin out just yet, friend.

[Thoster removes his morningstar and looks among his companions.]

I doubt we'll find ourselves invited in. No time to waste, hm?

[nepotism]

[ fred rattles the gate, which is, of course, locked and barred. ] Welp. Thwarted. Might as well pack it up and go home.

[meta]

[Wade tilts his head thoughtfully.] I have grenades...

[chiakiyoshida]

[Guess who's more prepared? Hint: it's the tiny Asian lady who's pulling lockpicks out of her messenger bag.] I don't think there's any need to announce our presence to everybody within a ten-mile radius.

[bluffcheck]

Look at you, little bit!

[No one said Thoster was the most respectful adventurer.]

More prepared than any of us.

Ground Floor

[cabot]

[ annnnd the porch hole slams shut again, as the debris from the explosion in the lobby settles, amidst a cloud of smoke. val'drin looks at the other two who escaped the trap, and shrugs. ]

Nothing for it but to keep on, then. Perhaps we'll find them the long way round. [ he does not sound particularly concerned for their welfare, as he steps across the porch without stepping on the trap floor, and ducks inside. ]

[uponwildwaves]

[Morgan steps over the trap carefully and walks through the door Thoster so politely opened for them as well.]

Oh, I'm sure we'll hear Wade sooner or later.

[chiakiyoshida]

[I'M NOT BEHIND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT] Before or after he manages to blow up the entire castle trying to get out?

[cabot]

[ val'drin glances at her out of the corner of his eye as he pauses in the midst of the lobby, as the smoke clears, allowing them to see the large staircase, dark wood comprising all the walls and furniture, and the dark hallways branching off to either side. ]

My wager is on 'before', but he does like to surprise. [ he nods at the stairs ] Door number one, two, or up?

[uponwildwaves]

Three directions for three people.

[He eyes the stairs quizzically.]

Perhaps the lady should decide.

[chiakiyoshida]

[Chiaki eyes her three choices critically, just barely keeping from rolling her eyes at the fact that the decision is apparently up to her now.]

Let's go with up, then. [And with that, she heads over to the staircase, making her way up the stairs.]

[cabot]

It is true that most people tend to keep their most precious valuables at a higher position in their homes when they possess multiple stories. [ he says this as if it were an interesting factoid, no other reason, really 8| ] Up it is. [ he follows close behind her, the stairs creaking a bit under their every step. spiders crawl across the railing, and val'drin plinks one of the side viciously with a finger and thumb.

at the top of the steps, they find themselves in wide hallway, with arching ceilings, and a moth-eaten red rug. a large grandfather clock dominates the wall, and various doors stand closed all down the length of it on either side. ]

Eeny meeny miney...

[uponwildwaves]

[After a moment Morgan, staying well away from the spiders, follows behind Chiaki and Val'drin.]

I'll pass on the mo part, thank you.

The Chute

[nepotism]

[ yeahhh thoster's nat one means that he conks his head on the lip of the trapdoor as he falls through it. For five damage. Ouch. That'll leave a scar. I'M SORRY THE DICE HATE YOU THOSTER, maybe you'll... reunite with that cleric soon (unsure).

also make a reflex save for landing, everybody,(dc 13) or suffer 1 hp damage. alternatively you can do a tumble check at the same dc if you're cool like that.

because the floor below is hard stone, and it's dark as hell. ]

[bluffcheck]

[Well thank god he made the second Ref save, because those 5 hit points only leave him with 3 to stand on for the rest of this journey.

Fuck.

So he smacks his head and is probably bleeding from the face, but lands like a... well, not a bad ass because he only got a 15, but he LANDS, so that's good.]

Shit

[Eloquent, no?]

[meta]

[Deadpool got a 16. He's fine.]

That was predictable.

[nepotism]

[ and with a 21, hot damn, fred lands in a crouch on his feet, and then stands, shooting a Look at Deadpool. ]

And yet still, you threw the grenade?

[ he turns away to glance back at thoster. ] You alright? [ they seem to be in a small, dark chamber, though the sound of dripping water to their right makes it clear that it opens up in that direction. ]

[bluffcheck]

Aye, I'll be fine once the room stops spinning. [But he's too proud to worry about the head wound right now.]

Suppose we'd better get moving. [He glances to the right, towards the sound.] This way?

[meta]

Hey, the grenade could have made the trap blow up without us! [He draws his beretta which is a kind of gun I have recently learned and starts walking towards the sound.]

[nepotism]

The good news is that trap's probably been in place for years. It doesn't look like this place has exactly seen a lot of action. So I don't think anybody's home. [ the passage way opens up into a narrow dark hall, the walls made of stone, and wet to the touch. there's hardly any light whatsoever, and the passage curves, making it impossible to see ahead even with a light. LISTEN CHECKS YO. ]

[bluffcheck]

Shouldn't be too tough to find our way back up to the others then. What's it they say? Nowhere to go but up?

[Well, apparently that blow to the head woke Thoster up and made him more aware of his surroundings- because he got a nat 20 listen check.]