Act 9 - Chimera Cove

The Age of Magic is ended, Bhall, the Goddess of Fire, has succumbed to the whispers of Agares and fallen into Hell. Her worshipers and creations driven mad, and fire, which has been a powerful ally to man, has turned against him. Each good god was charged with the opposition of an evil god. Bhall was responsible for balancing Mulcarn, the God of Winter. Finding himself unopposed Mulcarn has broken The Compact and moved into Creation.

Creation was on the verge of another open war between the gods, that which they had outlawed with The Compact. To keep that from happening a deal was struck and the gods agreed that one god would enter Creation to challenge Mulcarn. That was Sucellus, the God of Nature. The two gods battled across the face of Creation, entire civilizations still recovering from the Burning Skies that marked the fall of Bhall were destroyed by their power. In the end Sucellus was killed and Mulcarn remained.

The Eternal Winter has begun...
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Post by ManWithDoor » Fri Feb 05, 2021 8:26 pm

Nate scratches the line of his jaw, feeling he needs to shave soon. Getting a little scraggly down there. "See that far lever? I think someone would want an easy way to arm or disarm the trap so they can get through. I'd bet if one of us gets across we would fully disarm it from the other side."

He edges up to the border of the trap, and points to the top and bottom levers. "Pull those at the same time, and I'll sprint across. When I get to the other side I'll pull that other switch, and see if that shuts down this whole thing. Got it handled?"
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Post by Muskrat » Fri Feb 05, 2021 9:52 pm

Dreams says, "Yes, that sounds like a plan." She takes hold of the upper lever, preparing to pull it when Nate gives the signal.

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Post by Grimbold » Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:49 am

Torias nods, ready to do his bit. Holding one lever waiting for the signal.

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Post by Vardaen » Fri Feb 26, 2021 5:00 pm

The two levers are pulled in tandem. There is a noise among the ceiling spikes, then after a delay (a delay that seems long enough for you to have made it through the large doors) the spikes shoot down from the ceiling spearing anyone that was still under them... which is none of you. Nate darts forward weaving among the spikes. He grabs the level that's imbedded in one of the spikes and pulls it down. Nothing happens right away. Holding it down, cause it feels like it might spring up if he lets go Nate is standing there as the spikes start to re tack back up....

As they lift, Nate's holding the level, and he starts to lift. He could hang on and see what happens or he could let go.
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Post by ManWithDoor » Sun Feb 28, 2021 4:57 am

"Ummm ... I'm just going to stay here holding this lever. Hopefully this'll stop the ceiling from trying to stab us again." The gunslinger stays where he is until his friends are across the room too.
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Post by Muskrat » Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:32 pm

"Alright," says Dreams. She looks to Torias, "Let's move together, as quickly as possible." But before letting go of the lever, she says to Nate, "Can you move out of harm's way quickly once we let go of our levers, if the apparatus starts closing on you?"

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Post by Grimbold » Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:51 pm

Torias waits for the signal, and then moves quickly. On the other side he looks around for a pole, spear or maybe a rope so he can help hold the lever while Nate crosses through.

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Post by ManWithDoor » Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:29 pm

"Out of the three of us, I'm probably the fastest at jumping out of the way. So yeah, if things go bad I'll likely be able to get out of the way of the worst of it." He hopes.
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Post by Muskrat » Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:20 pm

Dreams nods and, at the same time as Torias, lets go of the lever and runs through the contraption, before turning and looking anxiously back at Nate.

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Post by Vardaen » Fri Mar 26, 2021 12:56 pm

Nate holds the lever and the set of spikes withdraws up toward the ceiling. He holds on and is lifted up up up as he rises in the air glancing at the ceiling, the spikes the floor that is fading below he spots something else. There is an obscured passage above the tall doors. From his positioning holding the elevator like lever he can easily swing over and access he secret passage.

The other two get the big doors open safely and can do through, but the secret passage above them clearly goes someplace else.
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