[18:35] <Kotono> ------
[18:36] <Kotono> Thus the party goes down the stairs. The heat is held at bay by Shiva's dance as you proceed down. You go down the stairs a bit until you reach a landing. The stairs descend further past it, but there's a door set into the wall here. You can hear a faint thumping sound from within.
[18:36] * Lehko raises an eyebrow.
[18:37] <Lehko> "Someone to rescue, or mad creature thirsting for blood?"
[18:38] <Morrie> "I would assume the latter. I don't believe anyone has been here for... some time." He looks at the door.
[18:38] <Lehko> "Wanna brawl with it, then?"
[18:38] * Lehko hefts his pistols.
[18:38] <Santos> "Probably the second, but we'd be remiss to skip it just in case it's the first. I can open the door carefully and sneak a peek."
[18:38] <Santos> "You can shoot it if it tries to kill me."
[18:39] <Lehko> "Sounds good."
[18:43] * Santos slinks closer to the door, and after pressing his ear against it, opens the door carefully if he doesn't hear anything worrying.
[18:45] <Kotono> You hear the thumping and nothing else. Opening the door, you see a small room that ends in a massive black stone wall. Before it is a dwarf - for what else could a four foot tall, bearded and capped humanoid be called? It wears fine old clothes, a pick in hand as it chips at the wall.
[18:45] * Lehko peeks in over Santos' shoulder.
[18:45] <Santos> "A dwarf? Who are you?"
[18:46] * Morrie in turn looks in, along with Mycol.
[18:47] <Kotono> "Eh?" The creature's voice is strong and firm. It turns 'round to face the party, "Oh ho! High-worlders! Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?" Wiping his brow with the back of his sleeve, "This wall here has some trace adamantine deposits, so I'm getting nowhere chipping at it. Say, you wouldn't have some demolition supplies with you? A few bomb fragments and a fire stone would do it; I'm out."
[18:48] * Lehko looks at the others and whispers, "Should we?"
[18:51] * Morrie ponders, before speaking up. "Adamantine? What is that?"
[18:52] <Kotono> "The strongest metal there is, boyos!" Thumping the wall with a fist, "If you can find a real deposit of it, you can make the best arms and armaments there are! Unfortunately, it's extremely rare to even see it in trace deposits like this, which are too small to mine and use."
[18:53] <Lehko> "If they're too small to mine and use, why do you want it?"
[18:54] <Kotono> "It's what's past this wall," he says, "My nose tells me there's treasure!" he says, "I've been working at this wall a good long time, but it's not giving without some proper supplies."
[18:54] <Morrie> "We have some items that can help you... but... just how exactly did you get here?" He will start digging in the bag of theirs.
[18:56] <Kotono> "Oh, ended up wandering awhile and found the way," he says, waving a hand absently, "You do? Well bless your kindness! There's not enough people with that sort of mindset these days, I tell ya!"
[18:57] <Morrie> "Hm... we only have some Bomb Fragments... will enough of those do?" He digs around some more. "It looks we have five... and then the Fire Stone."
[18:59] <Kotono> "Three and a Fire Stone will be enough," he says, eyes widening. He holds his hands out, "Give them to me and file out - best you don't get close to the explosion. Just come back in once the noise stops!"
[18:59] <Kotono> OOC: Post to loot the loss of three bomb fragments and a fire stone, then update the bag.
[19:00] <Morrie> OOC: Roger.
[19:00] <Morrie> He will hand over the three fragments and fire stone, then step out of the room!
[19:02] <Kotono> Thus the party heads out! The door is shut behind them. Several silent moments pass be-CRABBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! Everything rattles like a loose tooth! The explosion is massive, the door hanging limply on its frame after the blast! Your ears ring in the aftermath of the titanic burst!
[19:03] * Lehko rubs his ears, *very* disgruntled, but heads back inside.
[19:04] * Morrie will follow! Along with Mycol!
[19:07] <Kotono> Within, you find a hole blasted in the wall! Past it is a river of lava, and on the other bank is a dead end. But sitting against that dead end wall is a single treasure chest! The dwarf stands before the wall with a huge smile. "Finally." He sighs. HIs body shimmers at that sigh, his form starting to fade like an afterimage of light after you close your eyes. "Never could let this damned wall go. Heat got to me; don't let it happen to you. It gets hotter down below." Slowly the figure fades away, "Thanks to all of you. Glad to know there's some generous upper-worlders out there."
[19:08] <Morrie> "Say hello to Cid for us." He nods to the ghostly visage, with... a small smile.
[19:10] <Lehko> "... Huh. Wasn't expecting that. Morrie, Mycol, want to help me out with the bridge trick again?"
[19:11] * Morrie looks over at Lehko. "I think an exception can be made in our 'no treasure' policy for now."
[19:11] <Kotono> OOC: Same plan as last time for that?
[19:11] <Morrie> OOC: Yes indeedy.
[19:11] <Lehko> OOC: Pretty much. I forgot what you wanted me to roll, though.
[19:11] <Kotono> OOC: No need in this case, it's pretty simple.
[19:12] <Kotono> With some work and magic, you're able to make a stepping bridge over the molten lava! You reach the other side without incident.
[19:12] * Lehko looks over the chest, checking for traps, as usual.
[19:12] <Lehko> roll 2d6+7 Awareness
[19:12] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+7 Awareness and gets 15." [2d6=3, 5]
[19:13] <Kotono> The chest is trapped. You aren't sure with what, but you can detect the mechanism. You might be able to disarm it.
[19:13] <Lehko> "Welp. Trapped. As usual. You guys might wanna get back, just in case."
[19:13] * Lehko claps his hands and rubs them together before getting his tools out and getting to work.
[19:14] <Morrie> Morrie (and the others!) will step back!
[19:14] <Lehko> roll 2d6+8 Tinkering
[19:14] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+8 Tinkering and gets 18." [2d6=6, 4]
[19:14] <Kotono> Working...working...wait what's that click?!?! Oh, it's just the trap being disarmed. The chest can be opened safely now.
[19:15] <Morrie> "I think you're getting better at that." He comments. From across the lava. Safely.
[19:15] * Lehko turns to the others with a grin and kicks the chest lid open.
[19:16] <Kotono> Within the chest is...OOC: Loot post.
[19:16] <Lehko> "Hey, takes practice."
[19:19] <Morrie> Looking through the items, he ponders. "Will you hold onto that Phoenix Down? I'll put the other item in the bag for now while Mycol considers them."
[19:20] <Lehko> "Me? Sure."
[19:20] * Lehko holds a hand out.
[19:21] <Morrie> He'll hand over the Phoenix Down from the chest and put the Maracas away!
[19:22] * Lehko stuffs the Phoenix Down into a pouch on his belt, ready for easy access, and heads back out to the stairs!
[19:24] <Santos> "Feel free to pass stuff on to me as well, I have a lot of space in my backpack, Morrie," Santos says as he follow after Lehko.
[19:24] <Kotono> Thus the party heads out and down. You go down a ways to another landing - the same as the last. There's a single door and the stairs continue on further down. It's a little warmer here, seeping through Shiva's barrier.
[19:24] <Lehko> "Door number two, or keep going?"
[19:25] <Morrie> He nods to Santos as they travel on. "We may as well check them." He looks around. "They don't require a lot of effort to get to."
[19:26] <Santos> "Just watch out for traps, if we face any, it might be better to keep going and leave them for later like the chests," Santos suggests. "Last door was more than anything us trying to possibly help someone."
[19:26] * Lehko shrugs and checks the door over for traps before opening it.
[19:26] <Lehko> roll 2d6+7 Awareness
[19:26] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+7 Awareness and gets 14." [2d6=6, 1]
[19:26] <Kotono> The door is not trapped.
[19:27] * Lehko goes in!
[19:30] <Kotono> The door opens! But you hardly have a moment to see the cavern ahead when you hear a voice. "So you're still fighting? Let's do something about that!" Ifrit's voice echoes as suddenly two dark ash-gray lizards appear before you! They look like oversized iguanas, flames flickering around them intermittently! OOC: Initiative. Isn't Ifrit a nice host?
[19:30] <Santos> ooc: He is! He's giving us experience and loot!
[19:30] <Kotono> roll 2d6+3 Agama 1
[19:30] <Kotono> roll 2d6+3 Agama 2
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+3 Agama 1 and gets 7." [2d6=1, 3]
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+3 Agama 2 and gets 15." [2d6=6, 6]
[19:31] <Santos> roll 2d6+3
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+3 and gets 10." [2d6=5, 2]
[19:31] <Lehko> roll 2d6+5 Init
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+5 Init and gets 15." [2d6=5, 5]
[19:31] <Lehko> roll 2d6+2 Wolf Init
[19:31] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+2 Wolf Init and gets 11." [2d6=3, 6]
[19:32] <Santos> roll 2d6+5 Mycol so Morrie doesn't have to look it up just yet
[19:32] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+5 Mycol so Morrie doesn't have to look it up just yet and gets 12." [2d6=1, 6]
[19:33] <Morrie> roll 2d6+2 Morrie init
[19:33] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+2 Morrie init and gets 4." [2d6=1, 1]
[19:33] * Kotono changes topic to 'Lehko>Agama 2(15)>Mycol(12)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4)'
[19:33] <Morrie> OOC: Well, if there's ever a point that I'd want to see that...
[19:33] <Kotono> OOC: Go Lehko.
[19:34] * Lehko eyes the lizard (Agama 2) and takes a pot shot at it, firing off a sleeping dart!
[19:34] <Lehko> roll 2d6+2 Atk
[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+2 Atk and gets 5." [2d6=1, 2]
[19:34] <Lehko> roll d6 reroll 1
[19:34] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls d6 reroll 1 and gets 5." [d6=5]
[19:35] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:35] <Lehko> OOC: 9 is new result.
[19:35] <Kotono> OOC: Damage?
[19:36] <Lehko> OOC: 15 after half.
[19:36] <Lehko> roll 2d6+5 Force check
[19:36] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+5 Force check and gets 13." [2d6=5, 3]
[19:36] * Kotono changes topic to 'Lehko>Agama 2(15)>Mycol(12)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4) | A2: 8'
[19:37] <Kotono> roll 2d6+3
[19:37] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+3 and gets 8." [2d6=2, 3]
[19:37] * Kotono changes topic to 'Lehko>Agama 2(15 sleep 4)>Mycol(12)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4) | A2: 8'
[19:37] <Kotono> Snapping off a shot, Lehko gets the Agama right in the leg! The burst of sleep gas is enough to send it to dreamland! OOC: Mycol.
[19:39] <Morrie> Mycol takes a moment to consider the situation, before Quick-Casting Water at the second monster!
[19:40] <Morrie> OOC: Spells are just damage, right?
[19:41] <Kotono> OOC: Yes.
[19:41] <Morrie> roll 2d6+24 Water Damage.
[19:41] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+24 Water Damage. and gets 30." [2d6=5, 1]
[19:42] <Kotono> roll 30*1.5
[19:42] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 30*1.5 and gets 45."
[19:42] * Kotono changes topic to 'Lehko>Agama 2(15)>Mycol(12)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4) | A2: 52'
[19:42] <Kotono> The blast of water causes a cloud of steam to rise off the agama! It's cracked all over and awoken by the damage, stirring back up! OOC: Ow. Wolf.
[19:43] <Lehko> "Bjomolf, go for the throat!"
[19:44] <Lehko> roll 2d6+4 Atk (Agama 2)
[19:44] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+4 Atk (Agama 2) and gets 9." [2d6=1, 4]
[19:44] <Kotono> OOC: That be a hit.
[19:45] <Lehko> OOC: 20 Damage
[19:45] * Kotono changes topic to 'Lehko>Agama 2(15)>Mycol(12)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4) | A2: 66'
[19:45] <Kotono> The grey wolf savagely bites at the armored lizard, tearing into it as best it can! He gets a chunk of carapace off, but it's still going! OOC: Ow. Santos.
[19:46] * Santos continues to focus on the injured lizard, combining an attack from each of his weapons!
[19:46] <Santos> roll 2d6+4
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+4 and gets 10." [2d6=3, 3]
[19:46] <Santos> roll d6 reroll 3
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls d6 reroll 3 and gets 2." [d6=2]
[19:46] <Santos> roll d6 reroll 2 reliable
[19:46] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls d6 reroll 2 reliable and gets 2." [d6=2]
[19:46] <Santos> ooc: I see how it's going to be, Hatbot.
[19:46] <Santos> ooc: 47 damage
[19:47] * Kotono changes topic to 'Lehko>Agama 2(15)>Mycol(12)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4) | A2: 106'
[19:47] <Kotono> The lizard gets a heaping helping of sword to the guts, torn into badly! The lizard's bleeding fiery blood all over now, but isn't quite down! OOC: That be hurting. Agama 1 is up.
[19:48] <Kotono> The first agama skitters back and lets out a great big gout of flaming breath at Lehko! OOC: Spell so auto-hit.
[19:48] <Kotono> roll 2d6+56 fire damage
[19:48] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2d6+56 fire damage and gets 62." [2d6=3, 3]
[19:48] <Kotono> OOC: M.ARM?
[19:48] <Kotono> OOC: Also any fire res?
[19:48] <Kotono> And shit, HPs aren't in the topic. Hold on.
[19:49] <Lehko> OOC: 99 HP for me.
[19:49] <Lehko> OOC: M.ARM is 12
[19:49] * Kotono changes topic to ''Lehko 49/99, Morrie 99/99, Santos 77/77, Mycol 66/66 | Lehko>Agama 2(15)>Mycol(12)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4) | A2: 106'
[19:50] <Kotono> ARGH! Pure flame engulfs Lehko, setting him ablaze! But at the same time, something -clicks- in Morrie. So that's how they do it! Knowledge passes into his mind! OOC: That's Flame Thrower for blue magic, Morrie. You're up.
[19:51] <Morrie> His eyes open briefly, before he raises his hand to call on the spirits of air to strike down the second creature before it has a chance to do that again!
[19:51] <Morrie> roll 2d6+2
[19:51] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+2 and gets 9." [2d6=4, 3]
[19:52] <Kotono> OOC: Hits.
[19:52] <Morrie> OOC: 54 Wind damage.
[19:52] <Kotono> OOC: No damage needed, it was on single digit HP.
[19:52] * Kotono changes topic to ''Lehko 49/99, Morrie 99/99, Santos 77/77, Mycol 66/66 | Lehko>Mycol(12)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4) | A2: 106'
[19:53] <Kotono> roll 2#1d100
[19:53] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2#1d100 and gets 180." [2#1d100 = 91, 89]
[19:53] <Kotono> That sheer slice of wind bisects the wounded agama, causing it to fall apart into a pile of gil! As this happens...OOC: Lehko.
[19:54] <Morrie> OOC: Hah.
[19:55] * Lehko turns to the remaining lizard and chambers a normal round, firing at the lizard!
[19:55] <Lehko> roll 2d6+2 atk!
[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+2 atk! and gets 8." [2d6=4, 2]
[19:55] <Lehko> roll 2d6 reroll 2
[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6 reroll 2 and gets 10." [2d6=4, 6]
[19:55] <Kotono> OOC: Reroll the reroll since you only reroll the 1 die.
[19:55] <Lehko> OOC: yeah, reflex.
[19:55] <Lehko> roll d6 reroll 2
[19:55] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls d6 reroll 2 and gets 5." [d6=5]
[19:55] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[19:56] <Lehko> OOC: 33 Damage
[19:56] * Kotono changes topic to ''Lehko 49/99, Morrie 99/99, Santos 77/77, Mycol 66/66 | Lehko>Mycol(12)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4) | A1: 26'
[19:56] <Kotono> The shot rips through the iguana-like creature, tearing a hole deep in its body! OOC: Myocl.
[19:57] <Morrie> The mushroom mage begins to enchant another Water spell!
[19:58] <Kotono> OOC: Okay then. Wolf.
[19:59] * Kotono changes topic to ''Lehko 49/99, Morrie 99/99, Santos 77/77, Mycol 66/66 | Lehko>Mycol(12 charging)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4) | A1: 26'
[19:59] <Lehko> "Go for the eyes, Bjo'! Go for the eyes!
[19:59] <Lehko> "
[19:59] <Lehko> roll 2d6+4 atk!
[19:59] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+4 atk! and gets 16." [2d6=6, 6]
[20:00] <Lehko> OOC: 46 (23*2)
[20:00] <Kotono> OOC: Youch.
[20:00] * Kotono changes topic to ''Lehko 49/99, Morrie 99/99, Santos 77/77, Mycol 66/66 | Lehko>Mycol(12 charging)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4) | A1: 65'
[20:01] <Kotono> With a savage bite the wolf does just that! Eyes are ripped out, the agama' eyes hissing steam as they're taken out and bitten down! OOC: Ouch. That does not bode well for it hitting anything. Santos.
[20:01] * Santos tries to finish it off before it can attack!
[20:01] <Santos> roll 2d6+4
[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+4 and gets 9." [2d6=1, 4]
[20:01] <Santos> roll d6 reroll 1
[20:01] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls d6 reroll 1 and gets 4." [d6=4]
[20:01] <Kotono> OOC: Hit.
[20:01] <Santos> ooc: 50 damage
[20:01] * Kotono changes topic to ''Lehko 49/99, Morrie 99/99, Santos 77/77, Mycol 66/66 | Lehko>Mycol(12 charging)>Wolf(11)>Santos(10)>Agama 1(7)>MorrieMiko(4) | A1: 98'
[20:02] <Kotono> Santos rips into the wounded lizard, which can do little but send flames about errantly! OOC: Morrie.
[20:02] <Morrie> OOC: Isn't its turn before mine? Or are you allowing it since it's wounded?
[20:03] <Kotono> OOC: It can't really aim without eyes.
[20:04] <Morrie> OOC: OK!
[20:05] <Morrie> He will again call on the spirits of wind!
[20:05] <Morrie> roll 2d6+2
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+2 and gets 11." [2d6=4, 5]
[20:05] <Morrie> OOC: 56
[20:05] <Kotono> roll 2#1d100
[20:05] * Hatbot --> "Kotono rolls 2#1d100 and gets 105." [2#1d100 = 17, 88]
[20:05] <Morrie> OOC: Silly me.
[20:06] <Kotono> With a final slash of wind, the lizard is slain! Piles of gil are before you! Ahead the cavern stretches on at the edge of a sea of lava. It boils terrifically, occasional geysers of lava bursting out above. The only path you see ahead are scattered little islands of black stone, just close enough to make jumping between them possible. OOC: Free act. Loot post.
[20:08] <Lehko> "Well.. If we want to follow it, we can try to bridge the gaps."
[20:08] <Morrie> He looks around with a small frown. "We can certainly try, but if we fall in..."
[20:08] <Santos> "I'm trying to decide which way is the right way, since Ifrit's message popped up when we opened this door. Was the other direction a dead end or lead to a trap maybe?" Santos ponders out loud.
[20:09] <Santos> "Shiva, Titan, you guys would know him better. Would he do the sort of thing where its likely this is the way to him?"
[20:10] <Morrie> "He doesn't strike me as one for much subtlety."
[20:13] <Kotono> It's Shiva that replies, "He's not subtle by nature or inclination, but it's not beyond him. You don't live for eons without picking the skill up."
[20:14] * Lehko shrugs.
[20:14] <Lehko> "I say we go for it. We've already fought for access, be a shame to waste it."
[20:14] <Morrie> "Well, it isn't as if we can really get lost here. We can always backtrack easily enough."
[20:16] <Santos> "Anybody have lead feet and suck at jumping around?" Santos asks. He looks most pointedly at Mycol. Who, as a mushboom, doesn't really -appear- to have much in the way of feet...
[20:16] <Lehko> "Like I said. Magic bridges."
[20:18] <Morrie> Mycol just dances. It might be to avoid answering. It's hard to tell.
[20:19] <Morrie> "Well... just be careful." He remembers his last 'magic bridge' exercise.
[20:19] * Lehko moves to make the first magic bridge!
[20:19] <Lehko> OOC: Any rolls since this is multiple bridges?
[20:19] <Kotono> OOC: You'll need finesse checks here, y'all.
[20:19] <Lehko> roll 2d6+5 Finesse!
[20:19] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+5 Finesse! and gets 11." [2d6=3, 3]
[20:20] <Morrie> roll 2d6+3 Morrie
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+3 Morrie and gets 10." [2d6=4, 3]
[20:20] <Morrie> roll 2d6+5 Mycol
[20:20] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+5 Mycol and gets 15." [2d6=5, 5]
[20:21] * Santos has no magic to aid with!
[20:21] <Kotono> The party throws power into it! The problem is the lava geysers, really. The first few don't hit as you build the bridge, but then one forms under it. A pressurized jet of superhot liquid stone does many things to a bridge, but the upshot is that it also causes a whole lot of collapsing.
[20:23] <Lehko> "So.. Try again?"
[20:23] * Lehko grins broadly at the others.
[20:23] <Morrie> He lets out a breath. "I suppose we are in no harm here, we may as well try again."
[20:24] * Lehko nods and gets back to it!
[20:24] <Lehko> roll 2d6+5 Finesse!
[20:24] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+5 Finesse! and gets 11." [2d6=4, 2]
[20:25] <Morrie> roll 2d6+3 Morrie
[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+3 Morrie and gets 10." [2d6=1, 6]
[20:25] <Morrie> roll 2d6+5 Mycol
[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+5 Mycol and gets 8." [2d6=2, 1]
[20:25] * Santos offers helpful critiques, acting as if he was an architect knowledgeable in lava patterns!
[20:25] <Santos> roll 2d6+1 ACTING!
[20:25] * Hatbot --> "Santos rolls 2d6+1 ACTING! and gets 8." [2d6=5, 2]
[20:26] <Kotono> Another day, another bridge ruined by massive bursts of lava. Santos acting to help doesn't really provide any handy advice, unfortunately, though his dashing presence slightly softens the sting of failure.
[20:26] * Lehko sighs.
[20:27] <Santos> "Could we use earth magic to make the islands bigger? Reduce the risk jumping around once we allow the island edges to 'cool' a bit, as case might be?" Santos offers an alternative.
[20:28] <Santos> "Or maybe can Shiva focus her magic around our legs and we deal with some heat for a few minutes while we cross?"
[20:28] <Kotono> "Ahem," Shiva clears her throat, "Do you know how it is in here?"
[20:29] <Santos> "Not near hot enough that you can't handle it?" Santos says trying to appeal to Shiva's ego.
[20:29] <Santos> She seems to be the type to do better with some ego boosting.
[20:29] * Lehko sighs and palms his face. Nothing good can come from this.
[20:31] <Morrie> "Let us try again until we succeed." He offers.
[20:31] <Kotono> "Of course I can shield it - even from lava," she glares haughtily, "But what happens when you drop something cold in hot liquid? Have you ever dropped ice in boiling grease over a campfire? Imagine that by several orders of magnitude."
[20:31] * Lehko shrugs and gets back to work, per Morrie.
[20:31] <Lehko> roll 2d6+5 Finesse
[20:31] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+5 Finesse and gets 12." [2d6=2, 5]
[20:32] <Morrie> roll 2d6+3 Morrie
[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+3 Morrie and gets 11." [2d6=3, 5]
[20:32] <Morrie> roll 2d6+5 Mycol
[20:32] * Hatbot --> "Morrie rolls 2d6+5 Mycol and gets 14." [2d6=6, 3]
[20:32] <Santos> "Can't say I have. I'm an adventurer, not an alchemist," Santos says.
[20:33] <Santos> ooc: irony being that I used to have synth(alchemy)! But I never used it, so I shall retcon~
[20:34] <Kotono> No dice. Again and again you try, but the lava geysers are just too persistent to make it viable.
[20:35] <Lehko> "I think we should check out the stairs. We can come back here later, and hopefully our luck will change."
[20:35] <Santos> "Guess we're going around," Santos says, finally losing his own patience, agreeing with Lehko. He's already turning back towards the door.
[20:35] * Lehko heads out.
[20:36] <Morrie> Morrie and Mycol follow along!
[20:40] <Kotono> Thus you go down! There's another landing here with the stairs continuing past it again. It's even hotter down here too. Shiva's working faster, muttering less than flattering words about Ifrit.
[20:42] * Lehko wipes sweat off his face, his fur starting to matt and grumbles with Shiva.
[20:42] <Kotono> At this point there's a rumble of stone as Titan appears on Mycol's shoulder. "The earth shouldn't be this hot down here unless it's a volcano or something like that. Ifrit's making it extra hot down here."
[20:44] <Morrie> He looks over and nods. "So, we are getting close to his domain."
[20:45] <Santos> "Guess I was overthinking it before then. Sorry about that," Santos says.
[20:46] * Lehko continues down the path, wanting to be done with this.
[20:46] <Kotono> "Just keep going. We'll find him eventually. If we take too long he may get bored and show up anyway," Titan advises, before vanishing in a rumble of stone.
[20:49] <Morrie> Morrie and Mycol will, again, follow along. One of them is dancing... can you guess which?
[20:51] <Kotono> Down the next flight of stairs you go! You go on longer this time. The walls begin to glow a dull red - but eventually you come to another landing, with yet more stairs going down.
[20:51] <Lehko> OOC: Any doors?
[20:52] <Kotono> There is indeed a door on this landing.
[20:52] * Lehko checks over the door for traps..
[20:52] <Kotono> "Ifrit's sense of design is not one of his strongest suits," Shiva huffs, wiping her own brow as more snowflakes fly from her.
[20:52] <Lehko> roll 2d6+7 Awareness
[20:52] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+7 Awareness and gets 14." [2d6=2, 5]
[20:52] <Kotono> The door is not trapped.
[20:53] <Lehko> "Go in, or keep with the stairs?"
[20:54] <Morrie> "I would expect him to be at the bottom of this." He offers.
[20:56] * Santos nods. "There will be time to explore more, when Ifrit's magic is not making things harder for us. For now, let's continue down."
[20:56] * Lehko nods and continues with the main mission, heading down further.
[20:57] <Kotono> Down you go! You walk 5 minutes. 10 minutes, 20 minutes, a half hour. Stairs. You hate stairs. Stairs are your bane. Hundreds of stairs become thousands of stairs. Surely you have plunged into the very CORE of the earth! Deeper and deeper and deeper - until at last you come to the bottom! With aching legs and exhaustion nipping at you, you find that the bottom is a dead end. Sitting here is but
[20:57] <Kotono> a single treasure chest.
[20:58] * Lehko eyes the chest, checking for traps...
[20:58] <Lehko> roll 2d6+7 Awareness
[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+7 Awareness and gets 14." [2d6=5, 2]
[20:58] * Santos blinks. "...well, after all that walking, I think we're opening that chest instead of leaving it for later."
[20:58] <Kotono> The trap is indeed chested. Er, the chest is indeed trapped.
[20:58] <Morrie> The mushboom is no longer dancing. That stopped a good time ago.
[20:58] * Lehko begins to work!
[20:58] <Lehko> roll 2d6+8 Tinkering
[20:58] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+8 Tinkering and gets 14." [2d6=1, 5]
[20:59] <Kotono> Click clack! Click Clack! Click...hm. You didn't succeed but at least you stopped a complete failure. You can try again. It was essentially a draw that time.
[20:59] * Lehko continues to work, hopefully learning for his almost failure.
[20:59] <Lehko> roll 2d6+8 Tinkering
[20:59] * Hatbot --> "Lehko rolls 2d6+8 Tinkering and gets 17." [2d6=5, 4]
[21:02] <Kotono> Working...working...working...got it! The trap is disarmed!
[21:02] * Lehko flips he lid!
[21:04] <Kotono> Within the chest is...OOC: Loot.
[21:05] * Santos blinks as he eyes the contents. "...Shiva, Ifrit is a messed up dude."
[21:05] * Lehko holds up the bikini for a second, then turns and offers it to Shiva.
[21:05] <Kotono> Shiva stares down and slowly shakes her head, "That stupid...miserable...DOG!"
[21:05] <Kotono> That gets Shiva to stop. Suddenly Lehko can feel a sense of overwhelming terror and unrestrained fury as Shiva stares at him!
[21:05] * Lehko grins and puts it into his pack for storage.
[21:06] * Lehko whistles innocently.
[21:06] <Morrie> "...I think Mycol might be able to wear it." He considers, shaking his head.
[21:06] <Lehko> "I'm sure Titan would enjoy it."
[21:06] <Santos> "...Lehko. Before you offer that to Shiva. Think about this a bit. Shiva uses your body. For her to wear that? YOU would have to wear it."
[21:06] <Lehko> "I'm sure that's exactly how it works considering she's here now, and so am I."
[21:07] <Morrie> He sighs and has a feeling it's going to get a lot more warm on the trip back up.
[21:08] <Lehko> "So, now we need to figure out which door leads to the dog."
[21:08] <Santos> "Right now she's not fully manifested, from what little I understood of how espers work. Not the same thing..." Santos says, then pauses and looks towards Morrie for agreement. "Is it?"
[21:09] <Morrie> He raises his hands defensively. "I am not entering into the middle of this minefield, I am afraid." He will start going back up the stairs, inwardly not wanting to actually do this.
[21:09] * Lehko starts heading back up.
[21:09] <Lehko> "So, which door do we want to try first? "
[21:10] <Santos> "The last one we passed, and then back to the lava island room if not, I guess."
[21:10] * Lehko nods and leads the way!
[21:13] <Kotono> OOC: Awareness checks, y'all.
[21:15] <Santos> roll 2d6+4
[21:15] <Kobot> Santos rolled 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=7 ]{11}
[21:15] <Lehko> roll 2d6+7 Awareness
[21:15] <Kobot> Lehko rolled 2d6+7 Awareness --> [ 2d6=10 ]{17}
[21:15] <Morrie> roll 2d6 Mycol
[21:15] <Kobot> Morrie rolled 2d6 Mycol --> [ 2d6=5 ]{5}
[21:15] <Morrie> roll 2d6+4 Morrie
[21:15] <Kobot> Morrie rolled 2d6+4 Morrie --> [ 2d6=6 ]{10}
[21:15] <Kotono> The party save Mycol can hear the sound of the bottom floor rumbling and moving once they begin to climb the stairs back up.
[21:16] * Lehko glances back, but doesn't stop... If the ground is falling away, he wants a head start.
[21:16] <Kotono> The ground of the bottom has smoothly moved away, revealing a boiling pit of lava! Worse yet, it's starting to rise!
[21:17] * Lehko nods calmly, then breaks into a run up the stairs.
[21:17] <Morrie> Morrie grabs Mycol's arm and will pull him up as he also runs!
[21:20] * Santos runs with ex-ninja and now warrior speed!
[21:28] <Kotono> OOC: Athletics checks, y'all
[21:28] <Kotono> .
[21:28] <Santos> roll 2d6+4
[21:28] <Kobot> Santos rolled 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=4 ]{8}
[21:28] <Lehko> roll 2d6+0 Athletics
[21:28] <Kobot> Lehko rolled 2d6+0 Athletics --> [ 2d6=11 ]{11}
[21:29] <Morrie> roll 2d6 Mycol
[21:29] <Kobot> Morrie rolled 2d6 Mycol --> [ 2d6=5 ]{5}
[21:29] <Morrie> roll 2d6+4 Morrie
[21:29] <Kobot> Morrie rolled 2d6+4 Morrie --> [ 2d6=7 ]{11}
[21:30] <Kotono> Morrie and Lehko are fast! They sprint up the stairs and ahead! On and on the party runs, while Mycol and Santos begin to lag behind! Suddenly the lava surges up much faster, coming right up at the two slowpokes! OOC: Okay, Santos and Mycol have an action in reaction to this. Do something lest you become lava food.
[21:31] <Morrie> OOC: Mycol will Quick-cast Sprint to try and outrun it.
[21:31] <Santos> ooc: Can Mycol use TK to create a small dam or hole?
[21:31] <Santos> ooc: or he can sprint, I guess!
[21:31] * Santos just tries running faster!
[21:31] <Morrie> OOC: Worry about yourself!
[21:31] <Santos> roll 2d6+4 athletics
[21:32] <Kobot> Santos rolled 2d6+4 athletics --> [ 2d6=7 ]{11}
[21:32] <Santos> ooc: I'll use a destiny point if I need to go even higher than 11 due to falling behind.
[21:35] <Kotono> With sprinting and magic (deduct MP), the party hurries along! You're panting, exhausted and about to keel over, but you reach the previous landing safely! The lava boils far below, no longer rising. Escaped!
[21:36] * Lehko growls under his breath, his fur now soaked with sweat and knotting, going to the door and throwing it open.
[21:37] <Morrie> Mycol wheezes and will take one of the Magic Tarts from the Bag of Holding and munch down! A snack is needed after such an ordeal.
[21:39] <Kotono> The room ahead is empty. It opens up into a massive empty chasm. It's strangely cooler here. A single pathway leads down the center of the chasm, wide enough to walk down it without difficulty. At the far end is a heavy steel door. Above, you can see the ceiling is the same processed and polished steel.
[21:39] * Lehko sighs, but heads to the door, checking the pathway for traps as he goes..
[21:39] <Santos> "Everybody ready for a fight in case he's behind these?" Santos asks, having caught his breath already.
[21:40] <Lehko> roll 2d6+7 Awareness
[21:40] <Kobot> Lehko rolled 2d6+7 Awareness --> [ 2d6=5 ]{12}
[21:41] <Morrie> He nods. Mycol nods three times.
[21:43] <Kotono> The pathway is not trapped. You reach the door without incident.
[21:45] <Santos> Since it doesn't look like a door that he can kick in, Santos knocks and then tries opening the door the old fashioned way! "Ifrit! You in here, you perverted dog?"
[21:45] <Kotono> The door doesn't open.
[21:46] * Lehko looks over the door for traps or locks to be picked.
[21:46] <Lehko> roll 2d6+7 Awareness
[21:46] <Kobot> Lehko rolled 2d6+7 Awareness --> [ 2d6=9 ]{16}
[21:47] <Kotono> No traps nor a visible lock can be found.
[21:48] <Lehko> "Hmm.. Held closed with magic?"
[21:50] <Morrie> "Try pushing?" He offers as a suggestion.
[21:51] * Lehko shrugs and pushes on the door.
[21:52] <Kotono> The door is pushed. Unlike most doors, it doesn't open.
[21:52] * Lehko shrugs to Morrie.
[21:53] * Lehko inspects the door for any sort of sign of prior opening or opening mechanism...
[21:53] <Lehko> OOC: Awareness? Tinker?
[21:54] <Santos> "Do we have enough bomb fragments to possibly melt the steel down? Or if not that, combine that with some of the ice, do that thing Shiva was suggesting with ice and oil or some such?" Santos suggests.
[21:54] <Kotono> OOC: Tinker's fine.
[21:55] <Lehko> roll 2d6+8 Tinkering
[21:55] <Kobot> Lehko rolled 2d6+8 Tinkering --> [ 2d6=3 ]{11}
[21:55] <Kotono> The door's magically reinforced and controlled. It would take one hell of a bang to disable it. It likely opens when a certain condition is satisfied.
[21:56] <Lehko> "Well, it's magic. Reinforced, too. I don't think we have enough anything to blow it open. Looks like it needs a certain condition to open it... Any ideas on how to figure out that condition? Morrie?"
[21:57] <Morrie> "Considering where we are..." He takes a step forward and then kneels down onto the ground. "I suggest you get away from it."
[21:58] * Lehko shrugs and steps back.
[21:58] * Santos moves back as well.
[21:59] <Morrie> He will try and will the power of the fire to hit the door!
[22:01] <Kotono> OOC: Make a force check.
[22:01] <Morrie> roll 2d6+4
[22:01] <Kobot> Morrie rolled 2d6+4 --> [ 2d6=6 ]{10}
[22:03] <Kotono> The door heats up! Heat comes...Morrie can feel a thread of something, connecting to above. But he can't make enough heat to trigger it. The power of fire is weaker here, lacking. As if this chamber is missing something.
[22:03] <Kotono> OOC: We'll pause on that.