Girvan Adventure IIX

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Success!</div> <div> Missiledine: Thought we'd start trying early!</div> <div> Dukejr01: good idea</div> <div> ElwingFD has entered the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: Wow! We are all here!</div> <div> Dukejr01: whee!</div> <div> Missiledine: Ok, let me say this before we get started. We are getting a lot of lightning, I don't know about Ty</div> <div> Missiledine: If I go off line its because of a powerfailure</div> <div> ElwingFD: yep...starting to get it now</div> <div> Missiledine: Lets play while we can</div> <div> Dukejr01: Kill!</div> <div> ElwingFD: also, if it gets two bad, I will want to shutdown the PC, I've blown PCs and TVs before</div> <div> ElwingFD: too bad I should say</div> <div> Missiledine: Okay, when we last played you were spending the night encamped some distance from the tower</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. what is the plan?scout some more of go balls to the wall?</div> <div> Missiledine: The surrounding woods had proven to be thick with traps... you had disscussed several courses of</div> <div> Missiledine: action.</div> <div> Missiledine: <My paragraphs seem unusually short tonight></div> <div> Missiledine: the night will pass quietly... you will see lights in the upper floor windows tho</div> <div> Missiledine: In the early predawn hours Rolb will make sure that you are all awake</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren gears up.</div> <div> ElwingFD: Were we going to do some scouting today?</div> <div> Missiledine: "Now, what shall we do? Check the river? Search for secret entrances in the woods, or try the path in</div> <div> Dukejr01: The path in makes me nervous. I would like to check the river."</div> <div> Missiledine: <That, boiled down was your three choices></div> <div> Missiledine: "There was also a pit trap or something that we talked of checking."</div> <div> ElwingFD: yeah, let's look at that first</div> <div> Dukejr01: "How long would it take to do a little scouting?"</div> <div> Missiledine: Depends how much you choose to do</div> <div> Missiledine: The pit trap is probably the closest to your present location</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I will go check the pit trap, its not far."</div> <div> Missiledine: Though not far the approach is tricky, requiring you to crawl most of it to avoid being seen from...</div> <div> Missiledine: the tower</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren crawls/ anyone else coming?</div> <div> ElwingFD: I will</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb will hang back and watch the tower and surrounding area</div> <div> Dukejr01: k.</div> <div> Dukejr01: we move</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, you head out, crawling through the underbrush and dead leaves</div> <div> Missiledine: It takes you about a half hour to work your way to the area of the trap... You think you are undetect</div> <div> Missiledine: ed</div> <div> Missiledine: <Damn these short sentences!></div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren carefully probes the leaves</div> <div> Missiledine: Pushing through the leaves you find the edge of the trap, much as you did yesterday</div> <div> Missiledine: it is quite dark inside</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren lifts away enough leaves to let in a little light</div> <div> Dukejr01: <this is the boulder ring?></div> <div> Missiledine: you cannot make out all the dimensions, but you guess it to be about ten feet deep... no</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren probes with his spear</div> <div> Missiledine: you can dimly see the pointed tips of wooden stakes jutting upwards from the bottom</div> <div> Dukejr01: <okay. I thought we were cheacking hteboulder ring></div> <div> Dukejr01: corren probes with the spear</div> <div> Missiledine: no, before that</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. anything else in the pit besides stakes?</div> <div> Missiledine: can't tell without more light</div> <div> Dukejr01: probe around with the damn spear</div> <div> Missiledine: you have only opened a hole about the size of your head</div> <div> Missiledine: can barely reach the bottom, but you do bang against several of the stakes</div> <div> Missiledine: nothing seems to happen</div> <div> Dukejr01: reach in the pit with an arm extending he spear.</div> <div> Missiledine: <Figured you already were to reach the bottom></div> <div> ElwingFD: I think this is a dud</div> <div> Missiledine: short of pulling back the covering or climbing in, you can't determine anything else fropm here</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. I wanted to check the boulder ring anyway</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: ok... you leave the pit, crawling on towards the ring of stones and boulders that you by passed yeste</div> <div> Missiledine: rday</div> <div> Dukejr01: recover the leaves</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: the boulders and rocks are partialy covered in leaves and brambles... Hard to tell how deep the leave</div> <div> Missiledine: s are</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren uses his knife to probe and then lift upthe leaves.</div> <div> Missiledine: This is near where you injured your hand</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'm having problems with short paragraphs too, wonder when they limited that?</div> <div> Missiledine: <Very irritating!></div> <div> Missiledine: <Might explain the time period when we couldn't access the chat></div> <div> Dukejr01: <a thought></div> <div> ElwingFD: could be</div> <div> Missiledine: the briars and stones seem to have acted as a catch for the windblown leaves</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. dig til I find dirt</div> <div> Missiledine: they are drifted very deep here and it doesn't take you long to realise that the stones </div> <div> Missiledine: are more extensive then you first thought</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmmm... interesting....</div> <div> Dukejr01: dig dig dig</div> <div> Missiledine: Some of the stones look shaped, and some have chunks of mortar attached to them</div> <div> Missiledine: this appears to be a pile of rubble from a collapsed building or other structure</div> <div> Missiledine: The briars make digging slow and painful, especially since you can't stand up and hack at them</div> <div> Missiledine: <if you do you will be visible from the tower></div> <div> Dukejr01: <sigh> corren keeps at it.</div> <div> Dukejr01: he uses his large knife and axe when necessary</div> <div> Missiledine: You work your way to the center of the tangled heap and you realise that the building could not have </div> <div> Missiledine: been very large, maybe twelve by twelve or so</div> <div> Missiledine: however, there appears to have been a basement which is now mostly choked with rubble</div> <div> Missiledine: but there is a largish looking space under a slab of rock</div> <div> Dukejr01: perfect place for an egress....</div> <div> Missiledine: it may be possible to wiggle under and down</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren proceeds with caution. he wiggles.</div> <div> Missiledine: you can't be wearing your pack or anything else across your back</div> <div> Dukejr01: k.</div> <div> Dukejr01: he leaves his pack, bow and spears</div> <div> Missiledine: Pulling yourself along, till your head down at an almost 45 degree angle, you reach out and put your </div> <div> Dukejr01: am I going to need a light?</div> <div> Missiledine: hand into a mass of soemthing cold, dry and sluggishly wiggly... hibernating snakes</div> <div> Dukejr01: back out slooowly</div> <div> Missiledine: nothing happens.. you are not bit and they seem very unresponsive to your touch</div> <div> Dukejr01: can Ty hear me?</div> <div> Missiledine: yeah</div> <div> Missiledine: <Mitra's Balls!></div> <div> ElwingFD: I assume that came from Rolb</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren speaks quietly. "can you do anything about snakes?"</div> <div> Missiledine: no, Rolb isn't with you</div> <div> ElwingFD: then why the explitive?</div> <div> Missiledine: <GM's humor></div> <div> ElwingFD: sh</div> <div> ElwingFD: ahh</div> <div> Dukejr01: "got a light?"</div> <div> Missiledine: <What you probably heard first></div> <div> ElwingFD: got a torch?</div> <div> Dukejr01: "in my pack"</div> <div> ElwingFD: I really am unsure about lighting anything as big as a torch though</div> <div> ElwingFD: might be seen</div> <div> Dukejr01: <Corren says thing like "shit" and "fuck". he doesn't want to bother Mitra with trivialities></div> <div> Missiledine: <anybody got a candle?></div> <div> ElwingFD: did you loose lights and not your PC?</div> <div> Missiledine: <oh, I'll keep that in mind.></div> <div> ElwingFD: :-)</div> <div> ElwingFD: one too many o's</div> <div> Dukejr01: no candle here</div> <div> ElwingFD: nada....do we have a bullseye lantern in the party?</div> <div> Dukejr01: take some tar and fuel off the torch and put it on the knife</div> <div> Missiledine: <Rolb has candles, and a lantern. But he's not with you!></div> <div> ElwingFD: we could do that</div> <div> Missiledine: you can</div> <div> ElwingFD: or we could get a candle off of Rolb</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I think we should check this out,. it might be a way in. a snake nest is exactly what I would put </div> <div> Missiledine: it will burn for maybe ten minutes like that</div> <div> Dukejr01: in here to discourage folks"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes for rolb. he leaves his pack</div> <div> Missiledine: you work your way back to where you left Rolb... You don't see him at the moment but</div> <div> Missiledine: his pack, saddle bags etc are there. The ;lantern is tied to the pack</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren stops and listens.</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren gets a candle.</div> <div> Missiledine: a twig hits you on the head</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren sidesteps rapidly and looks up</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb is perched about thirty feet up in a tree with his bow</div> <div> Missiledine: he puts a finger to his lips</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren freezes.</div> <div> Missiledine: points towards the toiwer</div> <div> Dukejr01: and looks around.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Looks</div> <div> Missiledine: Two men are standing outside talking to a third who is holding the reins of a horse, clearly </div> <div> Missiledine: preparing to mount</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren makes shure he is not seen</div> <div> Missiledine: they aren't looking your way</div> <div> Missiledine: Ty, you can't see this, but you can hear voices</div> <div> ElwingFD: I stay down and quiet</div> <div> Missiledine: if you stand up you could see it</div> <div> Missiledine: there is one man's voice saying, "Be back as soon as you can. We need to know when they'll be here wi</div> <div> Missiledine: th the money.'</div> <div> Missiledine: another man's voice says, "I'll be back before dark."</div> <div> Missiledine: then you hear a horse clip clopping away</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren: You see the man mount and ride off</div> <div> Missiledine: the other two go inside</div> <div> Dukejr01: in what direction? can he be intercepted?</div> <div> Missiledine: he is not heading your way, rather he is going out the path which is on the otherside of</div> <div> Dukejr01: k.</div> <div> Missiledine: the circle of booby traps</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren gets the candle.</div> <div> Missiledine: candle or lantern?</div> <div> Dukejr01: both.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb stays where he is.. You make your way back to the rubble</div> <div> Missiledine: You rejoin Ferric without incident</div> <div> Missiledine: who goes in?</div> <div> Dukejr01: make my way in with the candle</div> <div> Missiledine: ok... crawlin down you again raech a point where you are lying on your belly at a 45 degree angle, </div> <div> Missiledine: head dopwn, sandwiched between rocks and earth. Ahead of you are masses of glistening coils</div> <div> Dukejr01: yeah. what does he see?</div> <div> Missiledine: the 'passage' seems to continue on downwards</div> <div> Dukejr01: how many snakes?</div> <div> ElwingFD: snakes, why did it have to be snakes?</div> <div> Missiledine: there are hundreds, maybe thousands of snakes in here</div> <div> Missiledine: they seem to extend all the way down the passage</div> <div> Missiledine: as far as the light shines.. they are clearly in deep hibernation and barely awake</div> <div> Missiledine: the passage is maybe three feet wide and about 18 inches high</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmm...... does the passage leadtoward the tower?</div> <div> Missiledine: hard to tell how many snakes there really are, they are a coiled, intertwined mass</div> <div> Missiledine: seems to</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren backs out again. he tells Ferric what he saw.</div> <div> Dukejr01: "What do you think?"</div> <div> Missiledine: <"Asps.. very dangerous... you go first."></div> <div> Dukejr01: "I think its worth a shot"</div> <div> ElwingFD: "why else would it be here if it wern't an entrance, I would think"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "any ideas about the snakes?</div> <div> ElwingFD: nope</div> <div> Missiledine: <Good eatin!></div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes to get Rolb</div> <div> ElwingFD: good, while you do that, I'll be right back</div> <div> Missiledine: you make your way back to the tree... Rolb is still there</div> <div> Dukejr01: in the tree?</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <div> ElwingFD: <player that is></div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren stage whispers "I think we found a way in"</div> <div> Missiledine: he will climb down</div> <div> Dukejr01: "There is a problem though. Lots of snakes"</div> <div> Missiledine: Still a few feet from the ground he pauses, "Eh?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren describes the scene</div> <div> Missiledine: "Oh that's lovely... What kind are they?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Looks like an old foundation. A tunnel leadingtoward the rower underneath.... which a shitload of </div> <div> Dukejr01: sleepy snakes"</div> <div> Dukejr01: I dunno. what kind were they?</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren has Naturalist skill of 11</div> <div> Missiledine: <Lets look at your Naturalist skill... they seem to be, you think, a harmless, non venomous variety</div> <div> Dukejr01: all the same type?</div> <div> Missiledine: looked like it</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Looked like <insert name of harmless, non-venomous variety here>"</div> <div> ElwingFD: back</div> <div> Missiledine: <Something like a garter snake></div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: maybe</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Shall we give it a go?"</div> <div> Missiledine: <Of course, your not exactly Marlin Perkins either></div> <div> ElwingFD: He's Jim</div> <div> Dukejr01: <good old Marlin. "Jim will wrestle the wildebeest to the ground while I enjoy a cold fruit drink</div> <div> Dukejr01: brought to me by lovely native girls></div> <div> Missiledine: <I'm surprised anyone remembers that!></div> <div> ElwingFD: Don't worry folks, cause Jim is covered by Mutual of Omaha</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wil return to the sbakepit</div> <div> ElwingFD: hey, I'm not that far behind you in age</div> <div> Dukejr01: I remember the comedy skit better</div> <div> Missiledine: <I remember the show... sadly></div> <div> Dukejr01: anyway. corren will snag a sample snake for study. someone pull him back?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren gently seizes on behind the head. wearing gloves.</div> <div> Dukejr01: on = one</div> <div> Missiledine: Sure... Rolb will drag your spasming, dying carcass out...></div> <div> Dukejr01: cool.</div> <div> Dukejr01: nice to have buddies to do that for you</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, you crawl back in, grab a healthy looking speciman and crawl back out</div> <div> Missiledine: You now have a lethargic reptile curling around your wrist</div> <div> ElwingFD: crock hunter...er....snake-hunter Corren</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb edges away saying, "Do I look like a bloody Druid? Where's that damn Rowan when ya need him?"</div> <div> ElwingFD: now we just need to see if it has fangs or not</div> <div> Missiledine: It hisses, showing small fangs</div> <div> ElwingFD: bad, very bad</div> <div> Missiledine: "Dunno, don't all snakes have fangs?" Rolb asks</div> <div> Dukejr01: <on phone></div> <div> ElwingFD: using a life line, Corren?</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> ElwingFD: for $100,000, how do you tell if a snake is poisonous? a: fangs, b: warning sign saying: poison</div> <div> Missiledine: Do you mean before it bites you?</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren tries pushign the snakes head agains his sheild rim. to make it bite.</div> <div> Missiledine: convulsions, cramps and foaming at the mouth are all good signs.. bit late in coming tho</div> <div> Dukejr01: <sorry. was on phone></div> <div> Missiledine: np</div> <div> ElwingFD: did you get an answer or do you wish to use another life line?</div> <div> Missiledine: You can't get any venom out</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. "Looks harmless"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Aye, they all do." Rolb agrees</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren shrugs. "want me to shovel them out?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Err, nah. Let them stay where they are."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "I will go first."</div> <div> Missiledine: "Aye."</div> <div> ElwingFD: may I also remind you that I have no healing spells</div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric, you going second?</div> <div> ElwingFD: not unless Corren spends enough time down there till I'm convinced they are safe</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren goes first.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren just rolls his eyes.</div> <div> Missiledine: How much time would that be?</div> <div> ElwingFD: hmmmm.....judgement call....Corren, roll around in there :-)</div> <div> Missiledine: <A week?></div> <div> Dukejr01: corren covers his mouth with a cloth.he drags his equipment behind him with a cord.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Missiledine: using the candle?</div> <div> Dukejr01: yes.</div> <div> Missiledine: right... you crawl down the hole once again...</div> <div> Missiledine: exactly what are you going to do once your down there?</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren carefully pushes snakes out of the way and crawls thru. any place where snakes can go?</div> <div> Missiledine: behind you, beside you, under you, on top of you.. or all of the above</div> <div> Missiledine: you have 18 inches of clearance, give or take a few inches</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren moves them to the side. he wants room for his pack to drag</div> <div> Missiledine: ok <Nobody with claustraphobia? <sigh> Never have any fun...></div> <div> ElwingFD: yeah, right....dungeon crawlers with claustraphobia :-)</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is Fearless..... well, if he had any extra points he would be.</div> <div> Missiledine: you make your way slowly down, candle extended in front of you. the slope is getting steeper and </div> <div> Dukejr01: <I know one guy who joined a campaign about mercenaries with Cowardice and Bully></div> <div> Missiledine: you reach the point where you are almost vertical just before the bottom opens up into a slightly </div> <div> Dukejr01: will I need a rope?</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: larger chamber with a flkoor about three feet below</div> <div> Missiledine: The floor is also thick with sleeping snakes</div> <div> Dukejr01: cool. can I get a rope going?</div> <div> Missiledine: You will have a tricky time getting down without snuffing the candle, but you eventually manage it.</div> <div> Missiledine: to where?</div> <div> Dukejr01: three feet. corren is crouched?</div> <div> Dukejr01: nevermind the rope</div> <div> Missiledine: The chamber you are in appears to be one end of a low tunnel. You can stand up here, but advancing</div> <div> Dukejr01: any place to place a candle? for the others to use?</div> <div> Missiledine: down the tunnel will require a crouch or crawl</div> <div> Missiledine: you can find a rock ledge</div> <div> Missiledine: brush the snakes off it, melt some wax on it</div> <div> Dukejr01: do so, have two candles?</div> <div> Missiledine: <Did you take two candles?></div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric, are you going down now?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren calls to rolb. "Okay. there is a higher tunnel. got another candle?</div> <div> ElwingFD: do I see that he's been untouched by the snakes?</div> <div> Dukejr01: how long is thje candle. can it be broken in two useable halves?</div> <div> Missiledine: There is a long pause, "Aye, I have another one."</div> <div> Missiledine: maybe 8 inches</div> <div> Dukejr01: break it in two.</div> <div> Missiledine: Well, he doesn't seem to be writhing in agony or convulsions ertc</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Okay. I am good come on down. the passage goes almot verticle at one point but its not bad.</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren lights both halves and makes sticks on to the rock</div> <div> Dukejr01: one</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: will corren be useful inhelping another down?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb waves gallantly, "After ye, Master Ferric."</div> <div> Missiledine: No, not really</div> <div> ElwingFD: well, I still think they're poisonous, but if they're near-dormant, I can take a chance</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. corren crawls down the tunnel</div> <div> Dukejr01: any snakes in he tunnel?</div> <div> Missiledine: the floor of the tunnel is also thick with snakes</div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric, you going in?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wonders how they get out</div> <div> Missiledine: are you pulling your gear behind like Corren did, or pushing it ahead?</div> <div> ElwingFD: pulling I guess</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, you descend much as Corren did. Rolb will hand you a candle as you go in. You can make out the</div> <div> Dukejr01: pushing might work better, clear snakes from the path</div> <div> Missiledine: glow of light from the candle set at the bottom</div> <div> Missiledine: you also find it very steep, but it is not unmanageable.</div> <div> Missiledine: As you lever yourself around to get your feet on the ground at the bottom, an avalanche of snakes </div> <div> Missiledine: begins raining down on you</div> <div> ElwingFD: joy</div> <div> Missiledine: You can hear Rolb cursing and swearing as he pushes his kit ahead of him, plowing the snakes into a </div> <div> Missiledine: rolling mass that is now falling on you</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren keeps moving.</div> <div> Missiledine: The ceiling stays low and the snakes plentiful. It's hard to be certain, but you think your headed in</div> <div> Missiledine: the right direction still</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren just keeps moving.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric?</div> <div> ElwingFD: moving</div> <div> Missiledine: As you move down the tunnel away from the candle, you hear a muffled thump followed by extensive </div> <div> Missiledine: swearing</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb is down</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grins and keeps moving.</div> <div> Missiledine: you can hear him grumbling and snarling at "The damn beasties!"</div> <div> Missiledine: You would guess that you have gone about three hundred feet when the snakes disappear and the floor </div> <div> Dukejr01: corren stops</div> <div> Missiledine: becomes very wet and the air starts smelling foul</div> <div> Dukejr01: oh, hell. midden</div> <div> Missiledine: to your right a second tunnel branches off but the one your in continues</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren looks at the floor to the right.</div> <div> Missiledine: the sewage, thats what it is, flows towards you down the main tunnel then out the branch</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren puts his pack on and gets off his knees. he crouches as he moves forward.</div> <div> Missiledine: From behind you hear Rolb say, "What the bloody 'ell..." when he reaches the opening</div> <div> Missiledine: "We could 'ave come up from the bloody river! No bloody snakes that way!"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren didn't mind the snakes.</div> <div> Missiledine: Ferric? What do you do?</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'm following</div> <div> Missiledine: ok, the stench is terrific! But fortunately it isn't much farther till the tunnel ends in a vertical</div> <div> Missiledine: shaft rising upwards.</div> <div> ElwingFD: the shitter</div> <div> Missiledine: The walls here are of laid stone and you can see wicked looking iron blades, each about a foot long,</div> <div> Missiledine: angled downwards, projecting out from the walls</div> <div> Missiledine: they glisten with wet and... well, you know</div> <div> Dukejr01: corren stops to peer at them</div> <div> Missiledine: scores of them rising up the shaft on all sides, as far as the light shows</div> <div> Missiledine: they are sharp, apparently very sharp when installed, now rusted and filfth covered, but still </div> <div> Missiledine: formidable</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. the shaft is verticle?</div> <div> ElwingFD: big enough for a human without touching the blades?</div> <div> Missiledine: the diameter of the shaft is maybe four feet, the blades extend outwards about a foot each. The shaft</div> <div> Missiledine: seems straght. The stones that make up the walls are rounded river stones, wet and glistening with </div> <div> Missiledine: slime and... other things</div> <div> Missiledine: "This gets better and better." Rolb mutters</div> <div> Missiledine: you have maybe two feet between the blade tips</div> <div> Dukejr01: well corren can try to climb, but this looks like a good lacee for a little magic</div> <div> ElwingFD: I'm still trying to figure out if a human could get through it, magic or no</div> <div> Missiledine: it would be tight</div> <div> Missiledine: but possible... maybe</div> <div> Dukejr01: move slowly</div> <div> ElwingFD: great, even if I do get up there and drop a rope, it would be near impossible for anyone else to clim</div> <div> ElwingFD: b</div> <div> Dukejr01: can you lift someone hanging onto your boots?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb is lighting his lantern</div> <div> ElwingFD: very dangerous, I can control myself, but not the one hanging off, you might get impaled</div> <div> Missiledine: He is shining the light up the shaft. You can see what appears to be a wooden cover</div> <div> Dukejr01: "okay. you go up, drop a rope we use it as a safety, and then I climb these things.</div> <div> ElwingFD: ah, how about you Rolb, up for it?</div> <div> Missiledine: "Hope no one needs to answer the call of nature while yer angin up there."</div> <div> ElwingFD: no shit :-)</div> <div> Dukejr01: "can you handle securingthe top of the shitter by yourself?"</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb shrugs, "We've com this far... mit as well go on."</div> <div> ElwingFD: well, I'll give it a try...Jim, is this a convienient place to end....I could go to 11:30ish, but if </div> <div> ElwingFD: we get into the middle of something, its hard to end</div> <div> Missiledine: ok.. we can do that.. before you really get in the shit</div> <div> ElwingFD: ah hmm</div> <div> Missiledine: lol</div> <div> Dukejr01: I will refrain from punning</div> <div> Missiledine: that would be nice, your almost hip deep now</div> <div> ElwingFD: ok guys, until next time...same bat time same bat channel same bat guano</div> <div> Dukejr01: night</div> <div> Missiledine: sounds familiar</div> <div> Dukejr01 has left the room.</div> <div> ElwingFD: night</div> <div> ElwingFD has left the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: night</div> </td> </tr></table></body>