Floor 1 "Wheel": 1-1

[Dracos]

"Well, I'm starting to run low on testing materials," Shadow frowned.  "But that makes for a pretty good test of not being safe."

[Merc]

"I don't know, you sure it destroyed the rope or some such? These corpses didn't exactly die from vanishment..." Varian comments with a thoughtful frown.

[Dracos]

"Well, if it is a warp gate...someone just has to go step on it...to find out."

[Merc]

Varian pauses in caution, then looks at the new guy. "So...Ranmaru...." Varian starts lamely, not sure exactly how to make the request to do something he'd most certainly not do.

[VySaika]

Ranmaru actually laughs, "Worry not about asking me to place myself at risk, sir Varian. Such has always been my duty."

Handing his pack to Shadow for the moment, Ranmaru boldly moves forward and steps on the platform!

[Anastasia]

To the others, Ranmaru vanishes away into nothingness!

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Ranmaru finds himself standing in waist deep water. He is in a flooded hallway...except, after a moment, he realizes something! This isn't waist deep water, he just hasn't started to sink! Down into the drink he goes, his surprised eyes getting a glimpse of something - a few feet away, a large chunk of wood floats, alluringly ready to grab onto.

[VySaika]

Ranmaru attempts to grab the chunk of wood and hold on for dear life!

[Anastasia]

* Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20 I'll call this a flat dex check since you're just reaching outa nd not really trying to swim yet. Half plate armor and swimming don't mix. I should know, I tried. and gets 11." [1d20=11]

With good reactionary skills, Ranmaru is able to grab a hold of the debris! It bobs up and down under his weight, but he is able to stay clinging to it and above water! His heavy armor makes it bob a little bit, but it looks to support his weight clinging to it just fine.

[VySaika]

Using the chunk of wood as a makeshift bodyboard, Ranmaru looks around for anything anchored to hold onto, perhaps something attached to a wall or the ceiling, and then tries to paddle his chunk of wood over to it so he has a more secure hold(also, he's rather glad he's the only one there so nobody sees him looking silly trying to doggie paddle on a chunk of wood in heavy armor).

Once he manages this feat, or if there is simply nothng to secure himself on, he takes a more careful look around for exits/strange objects/anything else of interest.

[Dracos]

"So..."  Shadow eyed slightly.

"Are we moving along some other way or waiting...even if that is not a death trap, it may not actually provide a two way road."

[Merc]

"We should wait a bit. It -could- be a two way path. Though I'm surprised he actually went and did it," the gnome mutters somewhat astonishedly. "Say...five minutes?"

[Dracos]

"Five minutes works."

[Anastasia]

Drac/Merc, I'll let you two know when 5 minutes pass.

Looking around, Ranmaru sees he's about five feet from the ceiling. It's plain, rusty iron, pitted and wet. There is water all around, the flooded hall stretching a fair ways in either direction. He can't really see much without peering down, but the water's dark and rather impenetrable to a casual look. There's really not all that much light here. Enough to see, but not much else.

[VySaika]

Undetered by his current situation, Ranmaru picks a direction and starts paddling his chunk of wood that way, figuring that he'd have to find something eventually. "Hmph, wouldn't lord Gan Ning laugh at me right now, paddling about like some child who can't swim."

[Anastasia]

* Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 1d20-1 listen check for Ranmaru and gets 15." [1d20=16]

Ranmaru begins to swim! As he does, he hears something from below! Something's moving in the dark water he treads atop of! It sounds close!