Event: Passage in the Abyss

[letsplayamod]

[Well, even down in this squalid prison, you have gained some amount of levity. Just a day prior, an impromptu attempt to channel one of you to the land of the living put you into contact with not only the rest of your friends, but Athena herself.

That all comes to a sudden halt, but you're free to continue with perhaps a renewed strength. For once in a long while, it seems like things are getting interesting.

A day later, that's when the rumbling comes.]

That is it! I cannot wait a moment longer... My strength must return, and so my hunger must be sated.

[It's Typhon, he sounds mad.]

A mess of mortals, trapped in my personal cage. Perfect for feeding on!

[He sounds like he's on his way.]

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Event START

[letsplayamod]

[Whether you trust the voice or not, it's clear that following into the rift is a better plan than waiting here for your doom's arrival.

Stepping through is as simple as opening a door. One moment, you're here, the next? You're standing at the entrance of a large maze. Winding tunnels stretch out before you. The fiery bird you followed through here flies far overhead, circling your position.]

Dammit! Try and get through! I'm on the other side!

[(In this event, players are tasked to pick a route and navigate a maze using their wits and powers, uncovering more of the map as they go. Rolling 2d6 will determine whether the players finds a trap (2-4) a normal route (5-7) or a secret passage through (8-12) along the way.)]

Map

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One

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[tripartites]

[ well, once it's clear that misane isn't going alone down the middle hallway, sayo steps towards the left one and speaks up. ]

I suppose I'll take this path... [ she sighs, looking ahead into the gloom. ] Who's coming with me?

[tailoredfate]

[Without hesitation, Aglaea steps up to Sayo's side.]

I will. Would you like me to take the lead?

[tripartites]

Ah... yes, that may be a good idea? [ she's squishy, after all. ]

8

[tailoredfate]

[Cute... Aglaea gives her a little pat on the shoulder before moving to take point. There's a brief glint around her hands as her familiar golden threads curl around her fingers and disappear - robbed of her sword and Garmentmaker again, she has to fall back on this again. And at least stretching them further out down the path means she might pick up on things they'd miss at first glance...]

[letsplayamod]

[A fantastic use for those golden threads, Aglaea. The threads stretch and weave through the air, adding just a little light to the dim stone hall. They move forward and forward and...

Straight through a wall?]

[tailoredfate]

[... Huh. She wasn't expecting to find anything this soon... but that's as good a place as any to start.]

A false wall... it could be a new path, or a hidden room. It might not be an outright trap... but just in case, stay close, Sayo.

[tripartites]

So that way first, then? [ a little more quietly, more put out, as she adjusts her grasp of the golden key: ]

I'm not helpless. After all, I am the millennium-old Endless Witch...

[ girl do you want her to cover you or not? ]

Two

[letsplayamod]

[cannotunravel]

This seems dangerous, and we didn't have time to pick up anything to take with ourselves...

[Welp, time to get started. Misane steps right to the hallway and looks back]

Don't let me go by myself.

[Bad things happen when she goes by herself, you know! Her death proved it!]

[rockymountaindie]

[ Well, if that isn't a surefire way to make him follow her! ]

Right behind you.

[ Honestly, he shouldn't have gone by himself either. ]

[cannotunravel]

You have earned yourself a raise.

[Or you would, if ice cream still existed in our lives...uh, our afterlives]

7

[rockymountaindie]

I'll stick so close that when we get out of here [ it's when now ] you're getting me a whole damn sundae.

[ And we are finding...a normal passage, maybe?! ]

[letsplayamod]

[A safe and normal path!

Next step: will Team Path 2 take 2-A or 2-B?]

Rolled a 9

[cannotunravel]

[Well, it's not an ice cream bar, unfortunately. Misane stays close to Alex]

I hope you have good ears. In a place like this, anything far away will echo.

[She hopes so, at least. It might serve as an early warning system. Looking at the options, she finds it difficult to figure out what might be the safest choice]

This one...

[2A it will be!]

[letsplayamod]

[Team Path 2 takes 2A path forward. It appears safe and straightforward, a small corner turn before another dim hallway ahead. Maybe it's a direct touch or perhaps one of their shoulders brushes the wall directly in front of them as they walk that a stone there shifts and, after a beat, the wall slides away to reveal somewhere new.

Maybe there's an ice cream bar in this well-lit room?]

Three

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5

[necromants]

[Hmm, splitting up with only one healer around is not really a great option... But also: if he wanders off on his own then no one else has to deal with him so win/win?? Off he goes, taking this path! He's not going to complain if anyone else wants to come with, though.

Lmao barely avoided a trap today, apparently...]

[letsplayamod]

[As Zvei narrowly avoid stepping on the slightly loose stone in the floor that would have dropped something very heavy and painful on his head, the path ahead is dim but clear! He turns one corner, then another and meets with his first choice.

3-A or 3-B? Once the choice is made, please also make a roll.]

8

[necromants]

[Lucky him!! But hmm... Given how he's traveled, 3-B likely leads back around while 3-A leads deeper in... Let's go 3-A! I rolled double 4s that seems like a sign of something bad.]

[letsplayamod]

[Whatever god of luck has been laughing at them all the past several weeks has had a change of heart. Zvei is able to make it down the 3-A path without incident, winding around another corner where-

Is that a bull-headed statue? What a strange place for it to be. Might be worth investigating!]

[necromants]

[Well of course he's investigating! He'll approach carefully, keeping an eye out for loose stones or other potential traps that might exist around it - but what do we have here?]

[letsplayamod]

[It's a beast of a statue, tall enough to almost touch the ceiling and it's body covered in carved stone armor. It grips a large upside down battle axe between it's hands. Dark rubies sit in the stone cavities as it's eyes, glittering in the dim light of the labyrinth. It almost feels like it's watching Zvei but it's probably a trick of the shadows.

For now it seems to only be a statue with one crooked horn.]