Dungeon Raid (Surraruthru, Moore)

[Anastasia]

It's statue rubble. There's not much of an-check that. Amid it you find what looks to be a small sphere of smooth gold. It's a bit dented and tarnished from the blast but intact.

[Nephrite]

"Interesting." For now he'll put it away, though he guesses it'll be useful somewhere. Worst case they just sell it.

"I suppose we should decide where we head from here, I don't mind wandering." Moore says.

[Iron Dragoon]

"I say we go.... Left."

[Nephrite]

Moore makes a mental note of where they are and proceeds left. "Logically, we're likely going backwards, but I think that's fine. We're in no particular hurry to finish on time."

[Iron Dragoon]

"A slaad designed this place. Going backwards is as likely to take us where we want to go as going down, up, or diagonally."

[Anastasia]

The party heads left. It's a short hallway that begins to slope down and to the right, in a curving circle. The sound of running water comes from below, as the stone walls begin to show dirt through the cracks in them.

[Iron Dragoon]

"A well or river of some sort. I didn't prepare any spells to give you two water breathing. We should still check it out to see how deep it goes, though."

Surraruthru takes a moment to cast a spell on himself before continuing.

As an aside, I failed to include Moment of Prescience in my pre-casts, so I shall cast it now.

[Anastasia]

Done.

"Yeah, careful in case it comes on us quick," Finnegan says, "Water can be more lethal than a sword if it sweeps you away."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "Yes, let's investigate just to be safe."

[Anastasia]

Marching order?

[Iron Dragoon]

Hell, I dunno. Finnegan first, then me, then Moore?

[Nephrite]

Works.

[Anastasia]

Works for me.

You advance on down the hall. It ends in a dead end, where an underground stream passes by. It burrows through the walls and there's just enough height for you to swim up or downstream and keep your head above water.

In the far corner lies cloth pressed into the wall. Some sort of parchment, you'd have to go up to it to read it.

[Nephrite]

Moore will go over to read it!!!!!!!!!!

[Anastasia]

The paper reads the following in Celestial, "One must swim against the current to survive."