ToU Part 3! Come join in before it becomes 40 pages!

[White Rabbit]

Good idea. Unless it only works on living beings, in which case you'll look like a fool, like a fool!

I claim page 70 in the name of Adam the Potentional Fool.

[MSB3000]

Don't ask for Araches' help, no matter what. =O<!-- sig -->

But have her do it anyway. >D

[Odin]

Have Faw cast resurrect on the PDA.

No! That would just waste Faw's spell, facehead!

[Ae]

Then he could just borrow Fooruman's spell.

[Radium]

<b>I removed the handheld computer from the pack. "Fawriel, can you fix this with healing magic? Like, resurrect it? It might have helpful information"
Fawriel took the device and looked at it. "I can't heal this. It was never alive. If I could magically fix computers, I'd have a tech support company."
"Oh, " I said, putting the broken PDA back away.
It occured to me that we had never actually determined that the pyramids caused the enterance to close - we had always gone straight for the less-significant looking objects. It was a clever red herring, if it indeed was one, but we needed to test it first.
"Everyone get down the hallway, away from the door," I declared. Leetzan backed far, far away, and everyone else followed. I got on my knees next to the pyramid and carefully picked it up, cautiously looking for traps. As the small, crystalline form left the surface, absolutely nothing happened. "Hey, it worked!"
Of course, no sooner had I said this then I heard the familiar grinding noise, a new noise of ice breaking, and a very loud "SQUELCHTHUNK". The latter was accompanied by a sharp pain, knocking me over.
The doorway was again barred off by eight crystal spikes. However, a new spike (particularly long and thin) had burst from the ceiling, passed through my ankle, and drove itself into the ground.
Picking up the pyramid probably wasn't a great idea, I thought to myself, one leg painfully nailed to the floor. We were doing something wrong here, and with no more healing magic, trial and error was becoming more and more dangerous.

Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Gem.gif" alt="Gem thing"> <img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Pyramid.gif" alt="Pyramid"> <img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Chips.gif" alt="Bag of chips"> <img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Chips.gif" alt="Bag of chips"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/PowerBars.gif" alt="Generic bars of what is presumably food"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/sci-fi/startrekobjects_by_iconfactory/FedPadd1.gif" alt="PDA"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/OldstyleBag.gif" alt="Sleeping bag"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana">

http://www.foxmage.com/C____.png

[Torkell]

Put pyramid down, step away from where that spike was, pick up pyramid.

[Risp_old]

I'd assume the spike would move with Shuri. After all, if the trap was stuck in one place, how did it manage to impale Shuri? I mean, someone trying to take the pyramid could stand to any side of it while doing so.

[Radium]

<b>I tried to shake the pyramid out of my still-sticky hand. Eventually it snapped off and bounced across the floor. The eight spikes retracted back into the doorway and the one through my ankle went back into the ceiling.
"Everything okay in there?" Uberbob called in from down the hallway.
"Fine. Just a minute."
"Don't die, because you have the food," he added.
I carefully got up and limped over to the other side of the pyramid, out of under the newly-made hole in the ceiling. I got down on one knee, careful to stay as far away from the hole as possible, and reached out for the pyramid. Of course, almost as soon as I lifted it the enterance barred itself off again and a new spike burst from the ceiling, this time managing to run through both my shoulder and forearm. I instinctively yelped with pain, and Fawriel came running down the hallway.
"Shuri! You're.. impaled!" the healer said, hands on the bars, "put the crystal back, I can help."
I dropped the pyramid back onto the ground with my free arm. The spikes shot back up, leaving me in a bleeding heap on the ground. Fawriel ran over and came to my aid, tearing off more of his now mostly-gone belt to stop the bleeding a little. "Fooruman and I are both out of magic. Araches is, too, but she's not admitting it." He put out his arm and helped me up. I would have fallen off, but my hands were still sticky from the saliva-covered marshmallow. "If you keep this up you'll end up looking like Uberbob."

Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Gem.gif" alt="Gem thing"> <img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Chips.gif" alt="Bag of chips"> <img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Chips.gif" alt="Bag of chips"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/PowerBars.gif" alt="Generic bars of what is presumably food"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/sci-fi/startrekobjects_by_iconfactory/FedPadd1.gif" alt="PDA"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/OldstyleBag.gif" alt="Sleeping bag"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana">

http://www.foxmage.com/CN___.png

[UNKNOWNFILE]

go north

[cooba]

N,W, W.

[MSB3000]

Have a magic moment with Fawriel.

[Odin]

Kick pyramid out of the room.

[acid]

See? What did I tell you? >|

Though I don't have any ideas as to what we should do now. I guess I'd go with Cooba's commands at this point.

[Radium]

Cooba's it is, I guess.

<b>I wasn't about to be beaten by pointy sticks from the ceiling. "We should check the other way," I said, letting go of Faw and staggering across the cold, icy floor and towards the door. Moving hurt a lot.
Fawriel chased after me. "Shuri, you're drizzling blood all over. You probably shouldn-" he was cut off by Uberbob as we reached the rest of the party.
"Shuriken!" the rabbit exclaimed, "you look like crap!"
Leetzan watched, looking somewhat terrified. "What h4ppen3d?"
"Th' usual," I grumbled, almost slipping in a puddle of my own blood but catching myself, "I picked up big, important looking crystals and it hurt."
"Think you'd learn," Araches commented snidey.
I scowled at the sorceress. "I didn't see YOU trying to figure this puzzle out."
"Hon, there's a diffrence between puzzle and deathtrap."
Not wanting to hear the sorceress's banter, I displayed a nonverbal response with my uninjured hand and continued walking.

The party hesitantly followed me back through the hallway to the campsite, west to the large fountain, and finally west again into another connecting room. This room was dome shaped with three exits (two of which emitted an ominous light), much like the campsite room, only minus the campsite.
It also felt like it was moving. "Hey, anyone else feel that?" Everyone looked around cluelessly.
"That could could be from blood loss, actually," Faw commented. I looked down and noticed a long, splattered red trail going all the way back to the room with the crystal pyramid. That probably wasn't good.

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[Odin]

Rest.

[UNKNOWNFILE]

jump frantically until you die, muahhahaha.

[Fawriel]

Rest indeed.
..but always make someone stand guard.

[cooba]

Attempt to Foshizzle Araches.

[White Rabbit]

But this doesn't make sense...we did the spikes come down when we picked up the crystal fragment if it is the pyramid that trigger them?

[Torkell]

Get L33tz4n to summon the Arabian War Accupuncturist, and have that heal Shuriken. Make sure the accupuncturist hangs around, in case anyone else needs healing.

[White Rabbit]

Yeah, and we should get the Mythslayer to pick up future gems. ;p

[Torkell]

Good idea. Come to think of it, also ask L33tz4n if the Enchantresphere can power the PDA *without* frying it in the process?

[Odin]

We're using an awful lot of spells.

[Torkell]

But they'll come back should we have a battle, right?

[cooba]

But they'll come back should we have a battle, right?They will.

[Odin]

Still though, it irks me.

[Radium]

@Boggy: If it fried a regular computer it would probably explode a PDA.

<b>"Er.. yeah. Let's rest a minute," I proposed, leaning against the wall and sliding down into a sitting position. It suddenly occured to me that saying "let's rest here" and falling down in the middle of a room was a very, very Uberbob-esque thing to do. I quickly got another idea. "Also, Leetzan, we need healing. Summon the Acupuncturist."
Leetzan held out out her hand and a bundle of needles appeared in it. A strange, sourceless wind filled the room as a thin, old man in an ornate turban and cape materialized. He accepted the needles from Leetzan's hand and expertly twirled them around his fingers.
"Whehr ehm I neeted, summonehr?" he asked, dramatically bowing and tossing his cape over one shoulder.
Leetzan pointed at me. The acupuncturist stared for a minute, then let out a battlecry and pinned me against the wall. It was an extremely unpleasant experience. Naturally, he pulled the needles out and did it again, too. Eventually, though, he must have managed to pin me back together in some way because the bleeding ceased and pain lessened.
"Right.. thanks," I coughed, trying to get up while still leaning against the wall. My ankle still hurt a lot; the bone was probaby broken. I directed my attention to Fawriel. "When will you be able to heal again?"
"It usually takes 'tween six and eight hours. Overnight, in most cases. Why do you need it? We have an acupuncturist now." I considered performing the Foshizzle dance Fooruman taught me to demonstrate just <i>why</i> I wanted to be healed, but it probably would have hurt a lot to do with an injured ankle and arm.

[Odin]

South, get Mythslayer to kick pyramid north to the campsite.

[cooba]

...........is Uberbob still capable of using telekinesis?

[Raven aka StL]

go through the door that hasn't got a lighting effect...
and have weapons ready...

[Radium]

@Cooba: Yes
@Emp: That's the one you came through. Sorry, I should have made that more clear.
@Odin: Campsite is N, E, E from where you'd be.

[Odin]

Oh well duh.

Use telekinsis to move the pyramid north.

[Ae]

Make the pyramid twirl as it moves north too.

[Raven aka StL]

Inspect the doors that have the "omnious" lighting effect...

[cooba]

Ask Faw why didn't they teach him Empower in wherever was he taught.

[Radium]

There's no even a pyramid in this room, guys. I'm going with Emp and Coob.
Also, I got the exits wrong on that post up there. Fixing.

<b>"So, why don't you have any useful magic powers?" I asked Fawriel, "like that super regenerating thing Unfooruman could do."
"I.. wasn't there when you were fighting."
"Oh, right," I said. "Well, looked really useful. Who taught you magic, anyway?"
Fawriel shrugged. "Some friends. A little bit from travelling magicians. But mostly the back of cereal boxes."
Of course, I had better things to do than rag on the healers. I limped over to the northern doorway. It was made of ice, possibly magical as it seemed very strong. The door was rounded at the top, about seven feet tall, and lead into a small hallway. At the end of the hallway I could see another circular room with a glowing floor, and the glimmer of more crystals. I was hurting pretty bad and really in the mood to pick up more trapped crystals right now. I looked down through the doorway on the south wall. It was the same; circular room, glowing floor, some crystals.
"What's our plan now?" Araches asked, only somehow in an insulting tone.
"I presume she's going to pick things up, because that's really all life's about," Uberbob speculated as though I wasn't there.

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[cooba]

...some crystals as in a pyramid and a shard, right?

[Ae]

Slip into the sleeping bag, THEN snatch the pyramid into it with you.

[Elf]

tell Uberbob to pick one up
then sleep or somthing :Z

[acid]

Assuming the sleeping bag isn't made of some mystical unbreakable cloth, let's not try that. I'd have to go with Elf, since watching Bob suffer is much more fun than Shuri.

[White Rabbit]

Do we still have Grandma Conquista's clothes?

[Dev]

Araches was using them as a blanket to keep warm in the snow.

[Radium]

By the way, it could be another day or three before I can reply. Crazy busy week, nearing finals and all.

[Puffie40]

Borrow Leetzan's whip. Use the whip to bring the crystal pyramid to you.

<strike>ask fooruman for cheese</strike>

My stupid question: Did we fully explore the cave?

[White Rabbit]

Yay! More Indiana Jones. ;D

[Fawriel]

I support that, except that you should make Leetzy.. ...actually, in case that spire-thing decides to attack whoever's trying to grab the pyramid anyway, make Uberbob do it after all.

[White Rabbit]

No, Mythslayer. I'm sure he's good with the whip.

[cooba]

Or have Shuri use Feat's teleport to warp out the room before the spikes descend.

[White Rabbit]

She probably wouldn't be able to do so fast enough.

[Puffie40]

Would fooruman have another marshmellow?

[Raven aka StL]

(not TOTALLY off-topic): Radium seems to have passed away...

[Risp_old]

By the way, it could be another day or three before I can reply. Crazy busy week, nearing finals and all.
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[Puffie40]

Go north

Ask leetzan to use whip to move selection of crystals south.

If attacked by spires, STOP!

<strike> ask Araches to rest. if she refuses, kiss her!</strike>

[UNKNOWNFILE]

If attacked by spires, STOP!

Once apon a time, there was a person called Radium who EXPLICITLY STATED NO IF THEN ELSE COMMANDS in his story.

And here is your reward. *throws fork*

[Radium]

Once apon a time, there was a person called Radium who EXPLICITLY STATED NO IF THEN ELSE COMMANDS in his story.It's not an if-then, it's more of a limit. It's akin to saying "turn bottlecap until it opens", or "Touch stove. If it's hot, stop touching it."

... finals end Friday =D

[UNKNOWNFILE]

Rumor has it that l33tz4n actually loves Araches... @_@

[cooba]

Rumor has it that l33tz4n actually loves Araches... @_@hahahahahHAHAHHAHAHAHA no.

[Radium]

Rumor has it that l33tz4n actually loves Araches... @_@If it wasn't finals week I'd so draw something to add to the conspiracy.

[White Rabbit]

Where are you, Dev? :o

[Radium]

I'll be back in two or three days D=

[Dev]

Where are you, Dev? :o
I'm trapped in the darkest darks of the deepest depthes of the dungeoniest... I mean, Rad won't let me DM because he's keeping the solution to his evil puzzle a "SECRT."

And you guys use to complain when I didn't update for an hour. =b

[Radium]

And you guys use to complain when I didn't update for an hour. =bIt's because they love <i>me</i>.

[MSB3000]

Use the telekinesis as soon as we're near another pyramid thing. I'm too lazy to even read the thread right now.

[UNKNOWNFILE]

It's because they love <i>me</i>.

I don't. Dev is much more pwnage than you will ever be.

[Raven aka StL]

WHOA! That came unexpected... :o

[Fawriel]

FULL HOUSE MOMENT! <s></s>

[Blackraptor]

I don't. Dev is much more pwnage than you will ever be.


Coming from the guy who got (-) off over a forking arguement with him? k.

edit: why is pizzed off censored? its not even used as a flame at anyone (unless you find someone saying "you (-) me off" or "I'm (-) off at you right now" as being a flame). word filter is weird.

[UNKNOWNFILE]

It's censored because the admins are post-controlling commies who censor anything that goes against their right-wing beliefs. Ignore the censorship.

And forks own but not as much as antifreeze. ;D

[Fawriel]

...well, the word is vulgar..
And communism is left-wing...
And so are most of our admins...

[Ducky]

It's censored for the same reason that shi(f)t is censored.
Try saying something like "you urinate me off."

We're only trying to enhance your vocabularies.

:roll:

[Raven aka StL]

ULTIMATE LOL! (now back on-topic) ;)

[Odin]

It's censored because the admins are post-controlling commies who censor anything that goes against their right-wing beliefs.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[Radium]

Back kids! =D

<b>"Leetzan, use the whip to pull the crystal to us," I ordered.
She stared at the crystal in the other room for a minute, then looked back at me. "How?" she asked.
"Do the Indiana Jones thing."
The serpent halfheartedly swung the whip at the crystal, knocking it back a bit. She thought a moment, slithered out into the room, tied the end of the whip around the crystal, and came back. "Not quite Indiana Jones, but the same general idea," she said, giving the whip a tug. The crystal skittered swiftly towards the door.
As the crytal began to leave the room, I suddenly felt a warm, pleasant feeling. It quickly changed to a less pleasant feeling a I noticed I was feeling my own blood coming from several places, probably due to a crystaline spike that had shot itself through the length of my body. I tried to think of something to do, but there wasn't much I <i>could</i> do. Leetzan, panicing, threw the crystal back to the center of the room. The spike retracted into the ceiling, and I collapsed on the ground.
I struggled to get up, holding a hand over my wounds. The spike had shot itself through the top of my ribcage, which isn't usually a good thing. A puddle of blood expanded outward from where I lay, as Fawriel rushed forward to try and help me. I could briefly feel my irregular, dying pulse through my body. Then it stopped. He rolled me over, frantically trying to get the first aid kit open in time while yelling something angrily at Leetzan. I couldn't tell what; my ears had since stopped working. I could do nothing but watch the blood covered, icy floor fade away as darkness slowly crawled over my vision.

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</b>Dev will pick up from Birdclaw mansion momentarily.

[cooba]

...this puzzle officially makes no sense.

[Dev]

<b>"Faw needs to eat more fiber," Uberbob said to no one in particular as we waited for the green ferret or whatever he was to come back. I leaned against the wall, just to the side of the circular passageway in the floor that L33tz4n had just opened. Looking down it I saw a ladder leading into a dark, dank tunnel several feet below.
At long last, Fawriel returned. "Had to go that bad, huh?" Uberbob inquired.
"Had to <i>save</i>," Fawriel replied angrily.
"There's no shame in having bowel irrugularities, Faw," Uberbob said in a strangely sincere tone. This whole stupid conversation seemed oddly familiar to me. Uberbob spat out some more phrases from laxitive ad campaignes, until Fawriel shoved past him and went down the ladder in front of me. Uberbob shrugged, winked at Araches for some reason, then followed behind Faw.
Araches glanced over at me and smiled. "Ladies first, hon."
To the East was the large hole in the wall that Fawriel and L33tz4n had knocked open during their battle the previous night. It led into the hallway. The room I was in was a secret room the Birdclaw Brothers had used to activate locks and traps set throughout the mansion, which were controlled by a computer disguised as a painting. L33tz4n had used it to disarm the traps and open a passage that allegedly led to some other part of the mansion we couldn't reach before, so I guess that's where we were going.</b>

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[Torkell]

Well, lets head there.

And bad Rad, for forgetting the Acupuncturist.

[Dev]

Specification is your friend.

<b>I climbed down the narrow passageway and into the dark, wet tunnel below. The floor, walls and ceiling of the tunnel were made of stone blocks crudely fitted together. Judging from the climb, I had gone down beyond the ground floor of the mansion, and was now standing underground. The tunnel led Westward, though I couldn't see just how far due to the darkness. Uberbob and Fawriel were nowhere to be seen.
L33tz4n and Araches came down the ladder after me. "Where's Uberbob?" L33tz4n asked as she leapt from the bottom rung and landed with a splash in a puddle of who-knows-what.
"He and Faw must've gone ahead," I replied. "Or died. Whichever."
"It's awfully dark down here," Araches pointed out. "I can't even make out your hotness in this light."
Normally I would have threateningly pointed my katana at Araches, but if it was too dark for her to make out my hotness then it was probably too dark for her to make out a blade pointed at her neck. As I pondered this, the unmistakable sound of an old man and his canoe plummetting down a narrow passageway while hitting ever rung of a ladder along the way reached my ears. I could only assume it was the archmage.
"By the might of FOO!" he exclaimed, getting to his feet and situating himself back in his canoe. "Note to self: teach the FooCanoe how to have legs. Preferably the kind that can climb down things."</b>

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[UNKNOWNFILE]

Go west, up the ladder, north, and north again. Ask man there to warp you to Blackraptor's lair.

[Dev]

<s>*is offended by UF's sig banner*</s>

<b>My companions and I traveled West through the cavern. At some point I bumped into something soft and fuzzy, which said, "Ow, that hurt, but I felt breasts touching me so I'll let it go this time." No doubt it was Uberbob. An exasperated sigh from nearby alerted me to Fawriel being present as well.
"There's another ladder here," Uberbob explained. "It goes up. The other one went down. Feng Shui is lost." I considered explaining how a ladder can go up or down, depending on which end you find yourself on, but I didn't want to imply that I was tolerating his idiocy. Instead I shoved him to the side, felt around until I found the ladder, then climbed up. I could hear the others following suit behind me.
I reached the top of the climb and pulled myself out of yet another hole in the ground. As I surveryed my surroundings, I seemed to be standing in a large kitchen, filled with ovens, sinks, and various other cooking crap. After poking around a spice rack for a few seconds I turned to see that my companions had all climbed out of the passage as well, including Fooruman and his canoe.
"How did you climb up the ladder?" I asked the old man, genuinely amazed.
"Ah, my good man," the senile fool began, "I have studied under the greatest ladder climbers of the ages, some of which were already dead before I was even born. Through rigorous training and developement of my mad foo-wizard skillz, I-"
"Nevermind," I interrupted. Ignoring whatever anyone else had to say on the matter, I opened the door in the kitchen leading North. No sooner had I turned the knob when an icy chill nipped at my skin. The door lead back outside, into the bitter cold of the polar terrain. My current lightweight outfit, though excellent for swordfighting, offered very little protection against the harsh elements awaiting me outside. Most of my companions were equally lacking in terms of clothing, yet somehow no one ever seemed to lose a toe or anything while trecking through the snow. I guess we were lucky or something.
I took a deep breath, then went outside and began the journey Northward, for no reason whatsoever. The others followed, for lack of anything better to do. After a few hours of mindless wandering we came to a large, candy-striped pole with a very friendly-looking man standing beside it. A little <i>too</i> friendly if you ask me, and somehow very familiar.
"Hi!" he exclaimed. "I'm DEN-"
"Cut the crap," I declared. "Send us to Blackraptor's Lair."
"Erm... okay!" the man replied. "But first you have to give me a reason to smi-"
"Now!" I shouted. "Or else!"
The strange man glanced at me, then at my katana. After a brief period of silence, he reached into his pocket and threw out a sparkling rainbow that stretched across the sky. "Good luck!" he called out, waving. "And remember, any place can be a wonderful place, as long as you have-" Before he could finish I leapt into the rainbow, and began my very stupid and gay-looking warping sequence to the entrance of the Dreadlord's domain...</b>

And now wait for Radium to return. *dances*

[UNKNOWNFILE]

*is offended by UF's sig banner*
Then do not draw humanoid animals.

Pageclaim in the name of Outpimp.com

[Radium]

<b>We all landed exactly as we had been standing. We were in a dark, stone tunnel of sorts. A metal, handleless door was to our south and the tunnel faded into darkness to our noth. Something about this all felt oddly familiar.
"G'-"
"Cut the crap, Fox," I called into the darkness. The merchant, clad in his usual trenchcoat and holding a roll of papers, stepped forward looking somewhat offended, scowling, then striking a dramatic merchant-esque pose again.
"Shuri, are you okay?" Faw asked, "you seem... meaner. And you're doing weird things."
"Yeah," Uberbob added, "It's like you're PMSing and having visions of the future <i>at the same time</i>."
"That happened to me once," Fooruman commented. An awkward silence followed. "It was a long time ago, though," he added as if to clear something up. Everyone, even Uberbob, looked completely perplexed by this statement.

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[n00b]

Then do not draw humanoid animals.

Pageclaim in the name of Outpimp.com
Jazz is a humanoid animal. Do you hate Jazz?

[Radium]

Guys, keep the Unknownfile flaming to every other thread on the JCF and out of here before Copper or Ducky or someone hits you with a moddingstick.

[Puffie40]

Head north

[UNKNOWNFILE]

Jazz is a humanoid animal. Do you hate Jazz?
Technically, since I'm banned from it

anyways i second teh 31337

[Torkell]

Before we head north, do we want to trade spells?

[White Rabbit]

Let's <s>roll</s> trade.
So, the final decision is:

Lose:
Haste (Shuri)
Poison
Fysics Phailure
Heal (Faw)
Randomtackemanashackle
Bloodlust
Ramming Speed

Gain:
Feat
Biohazard
Disbalance
Defender
Animate Dead
Quantum Squaredance
Custard's Last Stand

?
Do it! :D

[Raven aka StL]

we must keep "heal"

[White Rabbit]

No, we're trading it for Defender, which is basically a Heal upgrade.

[Coppertop]

Behave, so I don't have to repeat Rad, please. *dusts her ModTwig off* And be nice to Unknownfile. K?

[UNKNOWNFILE]

Seconded <!-- because you are (-)ing (-)s -->

[Raven aka StL]

ok, although you'll regret doing so... I guess

[cooba]

ok, although you'll regret doing so... I guessHow would we regret trading a spell regenerating 10HP for a spell giving the target additional 10HP to its maximum amount?

[Fawriel]

Well, we could TECHNICALLY trade in somebody else's spell so Faw could keep both healing spells... wouldn't really know which, though.

[cooba]

Well, we could TECHNICALLY trade in somebody else's spell so Faw could keep both healing spells... wouldn't really know which, though.Meh. We already have Fooruman's +15 Heal, the First Aid Kit and of course Defender. Having a fourth healing spell (which would be the weakest one among all the others) would be a little overkill.

[Raven aka StL]

I agree with Cooba (now)

[Raven aka StL]

u might want to WAKE UP!!!!! :mad: :o

[UNKNOWNFILE]

BUMPED!

OK, where are the commands? Denying this thread will just make our furry friends not be able to pwn blacky.

[MSB3000]

Ask Uberbob if he's having deja vu.

[Raven aka StL]

is this thread dead? :(
...Radium, you're a FAILURE! :(

[Odin]

Radium stated in the original ToU thread that he will stop posting if he regains his sanity. Perhaps it is possible that Radium has met this criterion.

[Odin]

The JCF would be so improved if you followed your own advice for once.

And just as well, it would be a good idea not to reply here unless Radium actually does some progress. Just so this thread is kept "fresh" for a lack of a better word.

Ziploc the thread \o/

[UNKNOWNFILE]

And so, the group of freakin' furries stabbed themselves and Lord Blackraptor, most likely also a furry, won. TEH EDN.

Should this be the official ending? STAY TUNED!!!!!!!!!1

[Risp_old]

It isn't the official ending because I say so and I have more authority over this matter then you do.

Oh, and my semi-official statement on this matter- Radium is doing something else right now. Besides being lazy. I'm hoping he will DM again soon, too, but so far constant nagging has done nothing.

[Coppertop]

People, stay on topic. Your offtopic posts will be deleted, as will any further ones.

This has been a public service announcement from CT. Carry on (without the spam), peeps. ;)

[MSB3000]

Shouldn't Dev be the DM in that case?

[cooba]

Radium doesn't want Dev to be the DM unless the puzzle is solved I... think.

[Blackraptor]

<S>i r WINNAR</s>


there have been breaks in the game much longer than this, people.

[Dev]

Hiya kids. Radium, at long last, agreed to let me DM again. Before the fun begins, I have a few things to say.

1. I'm taking two AP classes this semester, and therefor I don't have time to update as much as I use to. Two or three updates a day is gonna be the norm. Don't complain/argue/protest.

2. This puzzle is hard. Like, really hard. Even after Rad explained it to me, I'm not totally sure I understand it, and he hasn't dug up the solution yet. Luckily for me, there's no way you're gonna solve it any time soon, so we're just gonna wing it until then. Don't worry, everything's gonna be okay. =D


Now then, as for the spell trade, it stands as thus:
Lose:
Haste (Shuri)
Poison
Fysics Phailure
Heal (Faw)
Randomtackemanashackle
Bloodlust
Ramming Speed

Gain:
Feat
Biohazard
Disbalance
Defender
Animate Dead
Quantum Squaredance
Custard's Last Stand

Is everyone okay with that, or do you want to <s>mindlessly</s> argue over it for a little while?

[Ae]

I am completely okay with that.

[cooba]

So am I.

[Dev]

<b>"Ay, ye won' regret it!" said Fox as he enthuisiastically shook my hand. The markings on his pile of scrolls suddenly vanished as new ones appeared on his rolls of blank parchment. I felt the power to perform the Haste spell vanish, but suddenly I felt like I could now jump from one skyscraper to another while wielding a gun in one hand and a sword in the other. As strange as it sounds, the sensation seemed oddly familiar.
"Let's go do stuff now," said Uberbob. "There's adventure to be had, items to be found, and Araches to be fondling!"
Leetzan scowled at him, but he didn't seem to notice, as he was now poking around the large stone door to the North. Mysterious glowing runes lined the sides of its arch, just like the ones we encountered on the one-way door of Unfooruman's lair. I stepped up to the doorway; as I approached, I felt a cold wind on my back. It almost seemed to be pushing me in. I couldn't see very far beyond the doorway, but something was telling me not to go in.
"Let's go in!" exclaimed Uberbob.
"Shouldn't we think about it first?" Fawriel inquired nervously. "This is one of those situations where a second opinion seems-."
"A fine point, my loyal ferrety friend," Uberbob interrupted. "Fooruman, dazzle us with your wisdom!"
"In the end, we are all like Mr. Magoo," the archmage declared. "When we can't see, we call walls 'ma'am.'"
"That sounds like a 'yes' to me!" said Uberbob. Before anyone could stop him he walked through the door. The rest of us weren't so eager.</b>

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[Odin]

Holy (-)! An update.




...No commands from me. :x

[Ae]

Lead the party North.

[Dev]

<b>I decided that we might as well follow Uberbob onward. "Come on," I told the party. "Let's just go already."
The five of us stepped through the mystical gateway, leaving Fox and the handle-less door behind. After walking through the wide stone hallway for a few minutes, I started to notice a faint glow from up ahead. Also, the farther we progressed through the hall, the more frost appeared on the walls. I was getting really freaking tired of ice by now, but I tried to ignore it.
At last, we emerged from the frosty hallway and found ourselves in a huge, dome-shaped room. The top of the dome was at least 60 feet high, and the walls and floor were covered in a thick layer of ice. I could see in a few places where some sort of inscription had been on the walls before they were frozen, but I couldn't make out what it had been. There were three new doors in this room, evenly spaced, leading West, North, and East, though the Northen door was noteably more ellaborate than the other two, and the room of the other side of it seemed to be glowing. In the center of the room was a large fountain, about 20 feet high, with a complex geometric pattern covering its sides and a huge glowing sphere on the top. The sphere covered the room in a soft, blueish light. Oddly, the water in the fountain was not frozen, possibly due to some sort of heating system.
"Pretty," I heard Leetzan mutter under her breath.
Indeed, it did look very shiney and neat, but as usual the moment was soon ruined.
"It's cold as hell in here," Araches groaned, rubbing her hands together to warm them up.
"Hell isn't cold, you know," I said.
"It's just an expression, hon."
All her whining was starting to get on my nerves, but then again, at least she wasn't flirting with me... yet.
"BOO!" Uberbob shouted, jumping out from behind the fountain with his arms raised. Everyone stared at him silently. He laughed to himself and said, "Don't worry, it's just me. Uberbob." He then glanced around the room, shivered and said, "This place feels... uncool. Like something's trying to pull out my soul-" he paused, then added, "through my butt."
Apparently, Uberbob was sensing the same evil force as I was. Considering how weak his magical powers were, anything he could sense had to be very, very powerful. </b>

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[MSB3000]

(Without reading above post)

Attempt to add pants to the Thirdnotestrudel. =)

[Ae]

Try to pursuade Araches to fireball the wall where the inscriptions are under the ice.

[cooba]

Attempt to add pants to the Thirdnotestrudel. =)We los t the strudel a while ago afaik. (That doesnt stop us from making a new one though ;))

Do what AE said and north.

[Raven aka StL]

Dev! I love you! :p
what lies west?

[MSB3000]

We los t the strudel a while ago afaik. (That doesnt stop us from making a new one though ;))

Wait where?! DD=

I TAKE this page.

[Radium]

We los t the strudel a while ago afaik. (That doesnt stop us from making a new one though ;))You never lost it. Uberbob has it right now, and you're controlling Shuri. You could always try to start another, but it would probably end up just being "balled up pants".

[MSB3000]

In that case, abandon all religion and add pants to Thirdnotestrudel.

[Dev]

<b>For some reason, a brief flicker of insanity filled me with the desire to take off my pants and add them to the bundle of useless junk that Uberbob had been carrying around since the day we met. Thankfully, I was able to overcome it, and came up with some slightly more sensible actions.
First and foremost, I looked West. There was an ice-covered wall, with a doorway leading into a dark hallway. Not very exciting.
I then got an idea. "Araches, try slinging a fireball at the walls to melt the ice."
Araches whipped up a fireball out of thin air, and slung it against the wall. Not only did the ice not melt, but the fireball bounced back and nearly fried us into oblivion. It bounced around the icey walls a few more times before eventually landing in the fountain, where it was extinguished.
"That was... different," the sorceress said in a confused tone. "Like the ice is magic-proof."
"A foul power resides within these walls," Fooruman declared, dramatically raising his arms in the air. "A teleportation ward seems to be in place, as well. We're stuck here, much like this beard is stuck to my chin." He gave a sharp tug on his beard, as if trying to demonstrate this point, but ended up pulling out a large wad of silvery-gray hair.
Feeling as though I would surely snap if we stayed in this room much longer, I lead the party through the highly ellaborate northern doorway. We arrived in another dome-shaped room, much larger than the last, with no floor except for a strange glowing walkway. It reached about 30 feet out and met up with an immense icy wall on the other side. There was no visible ground on either side of the walkway; stepping off it probably meant death. The walkway was also the only source of light in the room. Across from us, the walkway dead-ended with the icy wall, though I could see some sort of engraving in its side.
Without even thinking, I walked onto the eerie glowing platform and examined the engraving. It was a poem. Kind of.

<i>time passes as one approaches the end
a step forward can take any form
outside it matters that face of the commands stay constant
there is no reason at all to be on the edge of caution
before you move, the point is simply to face left</i>

Below this was a carving.
http://www.foxmage.com/Carving.gif

Looking beyond the ice wall, I could just barely make out the word "Save" printed on something behind it. The wall wasn't transparent enough for me to get a better view, though.</b>

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[Ae]

Lean over the edge of the platform and try to examine the bottom of it.
Then go back south to the party, tell Faw to write the poem down on something, then lead them west.

[Dev]

<b>I got down on my hand and knees and looked over the edge of the platform. All I could see below me was darkness. It appeared to be your stereotypical bottomless pit.
As I climbed back to my feet I noticed Araches staring at me with a lustful look in her eyes. I raised an eyebrow and said (as threatingly as I could), "Want to make that your last look?"
"I could do a lot worse, sexcakes," she replied with a wink.
I reached for my katana, almost involuntarily, then remembered that she was the only one among us with any real skill in the dark arts, and that it would be best to keep her alive. Also, all things considered, I wasn't so sure I could take her...
Overlooking her sexual harrassment for the time being, I led the group back South into the fountain room.
"Fawriel," I said, "Write down that poem on something."
"What poem?" he asked.
"That poem that was on the ice wall!"
"There was a poem on the ice wall?"
I was about to yell at him further, then remembered that only I had actually looked at the wall. I also noticed that I had somehow become leader again, and as per usual, had started acting more like... someone else.
"Fawriel, go back and write down the alleged poem!" Uberbob commanded. Fawriel shrugged, then obliged.
"You ought to treat him with more respect than that," said Leetzan. "Both of you."
"You're only saying that because he saved you life," Uberbob pointed out. "I saved your life, too."
"Yeah," Leetzan replied, "but that was a long time ago..."
She look down at her tail, letting her hair fall over her face. I couldn't tell if she was angry, or feeling something completely different.
"Back," said Fawriel as he returned, sketchbook in hand.
"WB!" Fooruman exclaimed.
No one even bothered to stare awkwardly at him this time. We seemed to have become immune to his weirdness.
The six of us then headed West, into a completely empty room. It was dome-shaped like the other two, and just as icey. To the North and South were two doors, each with a faint glow on the other end.
"Booooriiing," said Uberbob.
I was about to give him my standard scowl of nonverbal hatred, but something suddenly caught my eye. I thought I saw a huge black figure, moving around beneath the ice like a fish in water, just to my left. I quicky glanced over at it, but nothing was there. That strange feeling of approaching doom was coming back to me.

http://www.foxmage.com/CNE_S.png

[Ae]

Run East, North, touch the poemwall, South, West, then lead the party South.

[Dev]

<b>I suddenly had a brief lapse of obessive compulsive disorder and ran back East and North. I quickly ran up to the ice wall, touched it, then ran back and rejoined my comrades. They stared at me confusedly.
"What was that about?" Araches inquired.
"I just felt like touching that wall again," I replied. "It seemed like a good idea at the time." All eyes remained fixed on me, and in a desperate attempt to break the silence I added, "Now let's go South."
We walked South into yet another icey, dome-shaped room. The floor was glowing, much like the floating platform in the room with the poem and mysterious carving. It was as if we were standing on a giant tanning bed, though the ground was just as cold as the rest of the room.
Peering around the room, I noticed two small, gem-like objects on the ground. Upon further inspection, I saw that one was shaped like a solidified teardrop, while the other seemed to be shaped like a strange, puffy triangle. The edges of it were rounded, but it had three distinct points like a normal triangle.
"Hey, lookit this!" I heard Leetzan call our from across the room.
We quickly huddled around her to see what she had found. In her hand, she was holding a small sales reciept from the Home Depot.
"It was just lying on the floor," Leetzan explained. "We1rd, huh?"
I took the reciept from her and examined it. It merely said: "Door: $1000900.99 QTY: 1"</b>

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[Ae]

Pocket the Reciept, North, North

[Odin]

The price of the door in hexadecimal is 5F740F3. Ask L33tz4n if this is of any significance.

[Dev]

<b>I pocketed the receipt without a second thought, then turned to Leetzan and said, "The price of the door in hexadecimal is 5F740F3. Is that of any significance."
Leetzan stared back blankly. "Maybe?" she replied after a prolonged silence.
I couldn't tell if she had been thinking or confused. Either way, I was getting nowhere. I led the group Northward into the empty room, then North again. This new room had a dome-shaped roof and a glowing floor, exactly like the last one, and it also contained mysterious gemstones. There were four gems this time: two were shaped like tetrahedrons, one was shaped like a cylinder, and the forth was shaped like a cube.
"More shapes?" said Uberbob in a put-off tone. "If I wanted to stare at shapes all day I would have been a geometrist. Where's Blackraptor?"
Indeed, I wondered the same thing. I looked to Leetzan, who seemed to be pondering the significance of the gems as much as I was. Like the rest of us, however, she too seemed stumped. </b>

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[Ae]

Ask Faw to sketch each shape in his notebook, then lead the party south. Send him to sketch the gemstones in the south room, then lead them east, northsavesouth, east.

[Raven aka StL]

I think I figured this puzzle out btw!!! ;)
plz go to the wall with the poem, the go south, west, west, north, west, west, north and examine that room very carefully, plz

[Dev]

Wállácê: That command has them walking into rooms that don't exist. Try again.

<b>"Fawriel, sketch each shape down," I ordered the green weasel.
He took out his sketchbook and started drawing the outlines of each shape, then went back and started to shade each one with ellaborate cross-hatching techniques. After a few minutes he looked at his sketches, frowned, and started to erase them.
"What are you doing?!" I shouted.
"I can do better than that," he replied as he began a new set of sketches.
Not wanting to sit around all day, I snatched up his pencil and sketchbook, quickly drew the shapes myself, and thrust both items back into Fawriel's arms. He seemed offended, but didn't say a word.
I then lead everyone back South, and sent Fawriel to sketch the gems in the next room. "And be quick about it," I told him as he left. In a few minutes he was back, gave a slight nod to indicate that he was done, and went with the rest of us back East.
I went North by myself into the room with the poem and ice carving. I would have "saved," except there was no reachable Save Point in this room, despite popular belief. (That's right folks, the Save sign is BEHIND the ice wall. Don't forget. -Dev)
I went back South, rejoined the group, and headed through the Eastern door. We found ourselves in, believe it or not, yet another dome-shaped and icey room. This room, however, also contained a seemingly-abandoned campsite, and doors leading North and South. A blue tent had been set up in the middle of the room, though it had collapsed. There was an opened backpack just to the side of the tent, surrounded by scattered snackfoods. As I glanced around the room, I also noticed a skeleton sitting in one of the corners. There were several cracks in the ice around it, and there was no trace of flesh remaining on its bone. It looked to have been picked clean.
I seemed to be the only one who had noticed the skeleton; the others were picking through the collapsed tent, looking for items or something. Suddenly my heart skipped a beat as some huge black creature appeared beneath the ice, just under the skeleton, and vanished a moment before I could mentally register what it had been. A chill ran down my spine as I continued to stare forward, unsure of whether or not we were truely alone in this place.

http://www.foxmage.com/CN_WS.png

[Odin]

View sketches

[Raven aka StL]

no, go south

EDIT: or AFTER THAT go south ;)

[Radium]

Or view sketches WHILE going south but being careful to avoid walls!

[Ae]

Grab the backpack before going south while looking at the sketches. Note which corner of the room the skeleton is in.

[Dev]

Just letting you all know that I won't be posting anymore until Saturday. I'm on vacation and I don't have the maps I need on this computer.

Radium, don't you dare try to send them to me.

[Ae]

When I see Dev as having made the last post, I look forward to reading the great little piece of story as I load and scroll down.

[Risp_old]

Are you trying to shame him out of the vacation?

[Ae]

<s>no!</s>

[Dev]

<s>I can't enjoy a week away with my friends without being guilt-tripped into updating ToU? D=</s>

<b>We looked at the sketches. They looked like this:

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v280/devthemagister/Crud/faws_sketchbook.jpg" border="0" alt="Image hosting by Photobucket"></a>

After surveying the sketches I glanced once more at the skeleton, which was in the Northwest corner of the room, then grabbed the backpack (noteably without bothering to see what was inside), and lead the group South. We entered another dome-shaped room with a glowing floor and three more geometric gem things. The lack of originality was slightly annoying. This time the gems featured the following forms: a pyramid, a flat rectangle, and a sphere.
"This is getting old," Araches whined, quickly looking over the gems and nudging the sphere with her left foot. "And how has Uberbob managed to resist snatching up all these gems anyway?"
Araches brought up a good point. We all instantly looked to the grey rabbit, who was digging into the stubby remains of his right ear with his pinky finger. He looked around at us and shrugged. "The voices haven't told me to take or burn anything yet."
We exchanged worried looks; Leetzan in particular. She seemed on edge, though I wasn't quite sure why.</b>

(Note: some of these items were aquired with the bag you found, which is now housing your inventory and does not count as an item.)
Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Chips.gif" alt="Bag of chips"> <img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Chips.gif" alt="Bag of chips"> <img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Chips.gif" alt="Bag of chips"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/PowerBars.gif" alt="Generic bars of what is presumably food"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/sci-fi/startrekobjects_by_iconfactory/FedPadd1.gif" alt="PDA"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/OldstyleBag.gif" alt="Sleeping bag"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/copland3_by_iconfactory/Fortune.gif" alt="Receipt">

http://www.foxmage.com/CN___.png

[n00b]

Love Faw's Sketch. I need to catch up on how exactly BR's lair has it's puzzles designed and I'll reenter the fray of voicing

[Odin]

Ask Leetzan what's wrong. In private of course.

[Ae]

Have Faw sketch the three new shapes onto his paper, and lead the party north and north, after listening to the Odinvoice.

Examine current party members.

[Dev]

<b>Something in the back of my mind told me I should try talking to Leetzan and find out what was wrong. I didn't, of course, because that would be gay.
"Sketch out these new shapes," I told Fawriel. He silently obeyed, though while he was sketching he kept looking up at Leetzan. I couldn't quite read his expression, but he wasn't looking at her in the same way as usual. That said, I was eager to move on and hopefully leave all this emotional crap behind.
I commanded the party to travel Northward with me, and after passing by the abandoned campsite room once more we arrived in another icey, dome-shaped, glowy-floored room. Not surprisingy, there were gems in here as well: one shaped like a needle, and the other shaped like a pyramid.
"Am I to assume you want me to sketch these, too?" Fawriel inquired, with the slightest hint of bitterness in his voice.
"You know what they say about when you assume, Faw," I replied sharply. He scowled, then quickly sketched the two new shapes and slammed his sketchbook shut.
"By the might of FOO!" Fooruman declared, dramatically raising his arms and looking to the sky. "We have indeed given this dungeon the equivalent of a full rectal exam!"
The group was silent.
"And," he added, "in much the same manner, we have found fatty foods and oddly-shaped objects of questionable origin."
The silence lingered on.
"Maybe the rooms with glowing floors are connected somehow?" Leetzan suggested.
Uberbob's ears perked up, he smiled, then said, "It's been so long since she said something smart, I was starting to forget why we let her come with us."
He smiled cheerfully at Leezan. The smile was not returned.
I decided to take this opportunity to examine my party members. My party consisted of me, Araches, Fawriel, Leetzan, Fooruman, and, unfortunately, Uberbob. Araches was staring at me with a wide grin, Fawriel was examining his fingernails for some reason, Leetzan was being PMSy, Fooruman was performing a donut in his canoe, and Uberbob was still trying to dig whatever was in his stub of an ear out. I was doing my best not to kill them all.</b>

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[Odin]

Kick Uberbob in the shin, then think back to any indents in the glowing rooms that gems could be placed.

[Ae]

And look at the wall-puzzle again

[Dev]

@Ae: Compass directions, please.

<b>Seeing as how he'd been asking for it for a while now, I kicked Uberbob in the shin as hard as I could. He let out a yelp, like a rabbit who just got kicked in the shin, then glared angrily at me.
"Araches is the only one who's allowed to give me love-licks!" Uberbob shouted angrily. "That was inappropriate and rude behaviour not befitting a Lady!"
"Shuri, don't do that," Leetzan said, a pleading look in her eyes. "We have enough problems already. We don't need internal strife now."
She made a good point, though the way Uberbob was treating her still made me feel obliged to help in some way. I considered chopping him in half for her, but she would probably have had a problem with that, too. Oh well.
I stopped daydreaming about dismemberment just long enough to search my memory of the dungeon for any indents in the glowing rooms where a gem could be placed. The only indents I could remember were the thin cracks in the ice where engravings had once been in the walls. The needle-shaped gem we had seen was the only one that could possibly fit inside them, and I saw no logical reason to be putting it into ice cracks in the first place. On that note, I suddenly wondered how I had begun thinking about indentations in the first place.</b>

http://www.foxmage.com/C___S.png

[Ae]

I thought we had Faw sketch the carving, oops.

Pick up the needle-shaped gem.

[Radium]

Pick up the needle-shaped gem.He's going to ask for compass directions D=.

[Ae]

The compass directions are North, East, South, and West.

[Raven aka StL]

Go East

[cooba]

Go EastThe only exit is South.

[Raven aka StL]

The only exit is South.
someone said that there are exits in every direction?! :O

...oh well, South ;)

[Risp_old]

That was Ae listing what the compass directions are. He wasn't listing what the exits are.

[MSB3000]

<DEL>Get ye flask.</del>

[Raven aka StL]

That was Ae listing what the compass directions are. He wasn't listing what the exits are.

ah, yes....

thanks for clearing that up :)

SOUTH ;)

[Radium]

The little gold thing that says "exits" (presuming it is visible in your color scheme) lists exits. N, S, E, W, or Dennis.

[Blackraptor]

Attempt to travel Dennis.

Page Clam or something.

[Dev]

<b>I picked up the needle-shaped gem. No sooner had I done so when a long icey spike decended from the ceiling like a bolt of lightning and impaled my foot to the ground. I let out a scream (though <i>not</i> a girly one).
I would have liked to go South, or any direction at that moment, but having my foot pinned to the floor made this somewhat difficult. <s>And there was no flask.</s></b>

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[Torkell]

Get someone to cut through the spike. Failing that, get Araches to melt it (assuming it's an ice spike).

[Ae]

Politely ask the spike to leave you alone.

[Raven aka StL]

drop the gem (and never pick them up again)

[n00b]

Pick up the gem after dropping it

[MSB3000]

Except don't.

[Dev]

<b>I looked to my companions, who were standing off to the side staring at me as sharp, icey pain resonated throughout my leg.
"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SOMEONE CUT THIS SPIKE!"
"You're the one with the sword, hon," Araches pointed out. I would have liked to have decapitated her just then, but unfortunately my lack of foot made this a difficult desire to fulfill.
As the glowing floor beneath me became painted with my blood, Fooruman slid over to me in his canoe and shouted, "By my ARCANE POWERS, I purge this young man of his spikey foot thing!" The archmage whacked the spiked bar with his canoe oar, but the vibration merely intensified the already-intense pain I was experiencing.
"Araches, melt this spike!" I commanded.
The sexually confused sorceress conjured a ball of fire and slung it at the spike. The ice on the outside melted, revealing it to actually be made of solid steel. I was beginning to get upset.
"Mr. Spike," I then said, "please leave me alone."
I'm not sure if it was the pain or massive bloodloss that caused me to say this, but it was my last resort. All attempts at escaping the spike with the gem in hand having failed, I, at long last, let go of the gem. The moment it fell to the ground the spike retreated back into the ceiling.
"Wow!" Fawriel suddenly declared. "Did you guys see that? The blood bounced on the ice!"
Everyone stared at him for a moment, until Leetzan said, "Yeah. Blood does that."
"Oh," Fawriel replied, as I clenched my shattered, bleeding foot. "I didn't know that."</b>

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[Ae]

Eat a bag of chips and stick the receipt onto the end of the needle-shaped spike and sweep it into the sleeping bag.

[Torkell]

*blink* My post appears to have vanished.

Get Fooruman to knock the gem away with the oar.

[cooba]

...touching the gems AGAIN? Haven't you people learnt anything D=

Can Uberbob and L33tzan still use Telekinesis, btw?

[Raven aka StL]

kick the needle gem out of the room (don't pick it up) and keep kicking them all along with you :lol:

[n00b]

I don't think kicking the gem would be any better than picking it up.

[Ae]

Radium or one of his crewmates said they wouldn't let us use telekinesis to solve any more puzzles

[Radium]

Radium or one of his crewmates said they wouldn't let us use telekinesis to solve any more puzzlesI never said anything about U's telekinesis. I'd be careful, though. Shuri dosn't like dying.

[minmay]

Have Fooruman cast a spell to destroy the gem.

[Ae]

or one of his crewmates
!D=

[minmay]

Destroying the gem with a spell is not using telekinesis.

edit: typo'd

once again edit: Nevermind, I guess you were talking to Rad.

[Risp_old]

I don't know it for a fact, but I'd assume that the gems are the same immortal ice as the floor and spikes and walls.

[minmay]

Then EAT the gem. <s>Please?</s>

edit: Also check everyone's inventory, and wonder if the carving (which I will post again for the slower people) is the key:
<img src=http://www.foxmage.com/Carving.gif>

[Raven aka StL]

Where could the "arrow place" be?!

[minmay]

Somewhere else where Shuri will get impaled for picking up important-looking gems, probably.

edit: Oh, and add EVERYONE'S pants (not just Shuri's) to the thirdnotestrudel. If they have pants.

[minmay]

Okay, apparently nobody is going to post until somebody posts some real instructions.

So go South.

[Radium]

Actually, Dev disappeared or something. Risp and I were debating updating ourselves, but decided to wait a bit and see if he came back.

[Ae]

Believe in yourself, Rad. You can do it. You too, Risp.

[minmay]

You CAN do it. You can.

[Radium]

<b>I started trying to think of other ways to get the gems out of the room. "I'm going to try kicking it out," I explained to the party.
"I don't think that's a good idea, Shur. We tried something like that alr-" Fawriel began, but was cut off by Araches.
"Girl, that idea is redarded."
Despite their criticisms of my idea, I kicked the needle towards the door. Frosty spikes swiftly descended from the top of the doorway, blocking the small crystal's escape.
"Hey," I commented, "I didn't get stabbed. We're doing something right"
Fooruman stroked his beard contemplativelty. "I believe, Ms. Ken, that is simply because the gem was never seperated from its beloved floor or forcefully torn from its beloved room. Oh, the woe that must overcome a young popsicle to be seperated from its loving popsicle family."
Araches hesitated a moment. "I think he's more or less right, hon," she said, shrugging.
I considered what she was saying for a moment as I sat on the floor, bleeding. Perhaps due to blood loss, I suddenly got a brilliant idea. "Hey, everyone!" I exclaimed, "let's take off our pants!"
"I agree!" Uberbob shouted.
"Who is pants?" Fooruman asked.
Faw cocked his head. "Wait, what?"
"Our pants," I explained to the healer, "we can add them to Uberbob's pile of junk."
"Shuri, I'm going to heal you now." He placed his hands over my leg, calling forth a bright golden glow and healing my wounded leg. "We should try doing something intelligent, until you start to feel better again," he proposed.

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[cooba]

<img src="http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/5902/brmap3li.png">

That said, I have no idea what to do now. And for the record, we're in NE room now (needle + pyramid, upper right).

[Ae]

<img src=http://www.foxmage.com/Carving.gif>

Try touching the needle and pyramid shaped ice things together while picking them up

[Radium]

There's a minor MISTAK in that map, Cooba.

[cooba]

SECRT REGAN says:
I don't want to execute Ae's command because it'll just end in Shuri getting impaled again, and I don't feel like restarting from the Birdclaws'.

Go South, and West. Examine the fountain a bit.

[Xobim]

Ehrm, that black shape behind the ice could be something under water. The rooms are probably located under the sea level. I think you can reach that black shape by diving in the fountain and ending up under the ice rooms. Just an idea though... ;)

[Raven aka StL]

Throughoutly search the campsite...

[minmay]

Do what Cooba said. Then go West again and North. Now gently push the cube-shaped gem towards where the pyramid-shaped one is, then quickly set the pyramid on top of the cube. If nothing else, this should look pretty dang cool.

[cooba]

Now gently push the cube-shaped gem towards where the pyramid-shaped one is, then quickly set the pyramid on top of the cube. If nothing else, this should look pretty dang cool.If you touch any gem now, we will restart from the Birdclaw mansion again.

So kindly leave the gems for now.

[minmay]

Okay, then, just do what Cooba said.

[Radium]

Later I think you should put those on top of eachother. It wouldn't do anything, but it would look like a little glass house.

<b>Fawriel tried to help me up, but I pushed him away. I could limp fine on my own. I slapped the small crystal away from the doorway with the tip of my sword and the spikes retracted back into the ceiling. I lead the party back south to the deserted campsite.
"I think we're on the wrong track-" I began, but was cut off by Araches.
"You just noticed?"
I scowled at her, but continued. "We've been too preoccupied with the gems. Let's give the fountain another look. I don't see anything else we can do; all we CAN do is look harder."
We went west from the campsite until we were back at the fountain. The fountain room was considerably taller and wider than the others. In the center stood the fountain, its sides covered with symmetric, crystaline patterns. A glowing sphere attached to the top illuminated the room, its white light refracting off the clear water and the intrecate geometry of the fountain.
"Is there anything we're missing?" I asked, implying people should look around. "Uberbob," I added, wanting to keep him out of my hair, "go back and search the campsite. If you find anything dangerous looking, provoke it. And run into one of the gem rooms." The gray rabbit nodded, saluted, and skipped back to the campsite.
"That wasn't very nice," Leetzan commented.
"Shut it and look for clues."
Araches already seemed to have gained an interest in the fountain. She beckoned for Fooruman to lend her his canoe paddle, and thrust it down into the fountain. It went down about a foot before stopping. Araches pulled the paddle out and carefully felt it. Determining there was no danger, she stuck her hand into the water. "It feels like regular water," she concluded, "and it's heated. That's why it isn't freezing. Feels good after all this ice."
"You should wash those wounds off later, Shur," Faw said to me. He walked back to Araches. "Is the water drinkable?"
"We'll know as soon as Uberbob gets back," she responded.
"What about the light at the top?" I asked, directing their attention back on the fountain.
Araches took the paddle and hit the light hard. It made a loud noise, but didn't break or move. "It's connected."
Uberbob, who had just pranced in through the east door, heard this. "Aww. Then we'll have to FIND a way to disconnect it!" he said. Araches rolled her eyes.

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[cooba]

Tell Uberbob to drink the water from the fountain?

[minmay]

Examine the symmetric patterns! And give Fooruman a bag of chips.

[Radium]

<b>"Uberbob, drink that water," I said, pointing to the fountain, "we want to see if it's... cherry flavored."
"Yay, cherries!" Uberbob said, dipping his hand into the watter and bringing it to his mouth. He frowned disappointedly. "Nope. Just regular hydrogen-oxygen salad.
"Maybe," Fooruman began, "given enough years of constant study, I could construct a MAGIC SPELL capable of TRANSMUTATING this ordinary water into CHERRY FLAVORED water... perhaps!"
"Er, that's okay. We might need water, depending how long we're down here." The archmage looked distressed. "Here, take these chips," I added to make him feel better.
He gleefully accepted the bag of chips. "Merci, Herr Shurismo! I shall cherish it and name it Chippy."
While Fooruman hugged the bag of chips, I knelt down by the fountain (my injured leg gave out halfway, but it didn't matter because I was going down anyway). While pretty, something about the patterns told me that they weren't important.
</b>And Radium didn't feel like drawing a complex picture for one red herring.

[Raven aka StL]

I suggest exiting the whole place and looking for the nearest save point

[minmay]

We can't exit. Remember the one-way entrance? Although Fooruman might be able to Megawarp us out. Either way, there is little reason to save now.

EDIT: Oh, and since Wallace didn't claim this page, I hereby claim it. And I also hereby dub my page queen.

[MSB3000]

Inventory check.

ALL HAIL OUR QUEEN, PAGE 75!

[minmay]

Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Chips.gif" alt="Bag of chips"> <img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Chips.gif" alt="Bag of chips"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/PowerBars.gif" alt="Generic bars of what is presumably food"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/sci-fi/startrekobjects_by_iconfactory/FedPadd1.gif" alt="PDA"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/OldstyleBag.gif" alt="Sleeping bag"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/copland3_by_iconfactory/Fortune.gif" alt="Receipt">

...I think. We lost one bag of chips to Fooruman. And that's probably the best thing to do with them.

[Raven aka StL]

Commence eating the bars of whatever

[minmay]

I think we should have Uberbob eat them. They may not be safe, so let's use our guinea rabbit.

[Ae]

Fill up the sleeping bag with water, and see if the water is deep enough for the FooCanoe to swim around in.

[n00b]

Don't know if we already tired this- Use PDA and attempt to get on the internet.

[acid]

Uh, it seems that the party been stuck here for about 4 months. Has this become normal for an Uberbob puzzle, or is it about time for a deus ex machina?

[minmay]

The PDA is broken, n00b.

I'm pretty sure that we're going to be stuck here awhile, acid. So far we haven't made much progress - all we've found is that we're not alone, and that the gems are dangerous but when stacked on top of each other look like glass houses.

[Radium]

Has this become normal for an Uberbob puzzle, or is it about time for a deus ex machina?It's more of a "deus deserit vos" (thanks Risp).

And @ Ae: The Foocanoe can't swim.

<b>I took the generic foodbars out of my pack. I unwrapped one, broke off a piece, and handed it to Uberbob. "Uberbob, eat one of these. We need to see if they're... cherry flavored."
The rabbit happily took the piece and nibbled on its corner. "These are just regular food-flavored bars," he sighed.
"Fair enough," I said. I snapped the remaining piece of the bar in half and handed one to Araches and one to L33tz4n, then unwrapped the other bar, snapped it in thirds, and handed the pieces to Fooruman, Faw, and kept one for myself. "We may not get out of here for a while. If we eat, we can prolong our death from starvation," I explained while eating the Foodpiece. It tasted like something between water and bread. Pretty generic, in other words.
L33tz4n and Faw nodded grimly. Fooruman handed his piece back to me. "Thank you for your offer, sir, but alas, I do not eat food. Only conquest." I had long since learned that understanding Fooruman was an impossible feat, and accepted back the piece of the foodbar.
"Leetzan," I addressed, "do you think you could do anything with the PDA we found at the campsite?"
The serpent girl looked at the broken device and frowned. "I don't think so. It looks badly broken. I could try to do something with it, though."
I handed the PDA to her. "Do that. By the way, guys, I'm going to fill the sleeping bag with water in case we need water later and the fountain is gone." I'm not quite sure where that came from, but so many strange things happened lately that nobody was about to argue with my logic. As I opened up the sleeping bag, however, something heavy rolled out and landed on the ground. I picked it up. It was a angular crystal of some sort, appearing to be made of the same material as the walls or the crystals in the other rooms. I stuffed it in my pack with the other stuff.
The sleeping bag wasn't waterproof. It got very soggy.

Inventory</b>
<img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Gem.gif" alt="Gem Thing"> <img src="http://www.effectivebrand.com/ToolbarImagesDir/CT51752/1530651751EnvelopeYellow.gif" alt="Foodbar Wrapper"> <img src="http://www.effectivebrand.com/ToolbarImagesDir/CT51752/1530651751EnvelopeYellow.gif" alt="Foodbar Wrapper"> <img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Chips.gif" alt="Bag of chips"> <img src="http://www.foxmage.com/u/Chips.gif" alt="Bag of chips"> <img src="http://www.ceder.net/icon/icon_chocolate.gif" alt="Piece of Foodbar"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/mountaineeringgear_by_iconfactory/OldstyleBag.gif" alt="Soggy sleeping bag"> <img src="http://www.geocities.jp/oopage/material/icon/style_wa-katana.png" alt="Katana"> <img src="http://www.iconarchive.com/icon/objects/copland3_by_iconfactory/Fortune.gif" alt="Receipt">

[Ae]

Go E, N, push the crystals into the sleeping bag. And wrap the Foodbar piece in one of the Foodbar Wrappers.

[n00b]

Crumple up the foobar wrappers into little balls, and place them in a pile in the middle of a room.

Feng-shei may help with the situation, maybe.

[cooba]

This reminds me of Notpron (www.deathball.net/notpron). You can make a very elaborate theory which doesn't lead you anywhere.

<img src="http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/5902/brmap3li.png">

Notice how NE and SW rooms are related. SW has a raindrop and a triangle, while NE has a needle and a pyramid. Both the needle and the raindrop have got one sharp edge, and a pyramid is composed of triangles. Same goes for NW and SE: NW has two tetrahedrons which could relate to SE's pyramid. It has a cube, which could also relate to the flat square in SE. NW also has a cylinder, which could relate to SE's sphere. Obviously the crystal from the sleepbag, the fountain water and the carving also have some impact on this puzzle, and it shouldn't be too hard to figure them out...<hr color="000088">Also:time passes as one approaches the endNo idea what this means, will try to figure out later.a step forward can take any form"form" could possibly relate to how this the key elements have the form of geometric figures.outside it matters that face of the commands stay constantAlso didn't clear this one out yet...there is no reason at all to be on the edge of caution"on the edge of caution" could be the edge of a crystal room (the entrance). Go into a crystal room and examine the ceiling if it is fully covered with steel spikes?before you move, the point is simply to face leftSpin (not move!) the pointy edges of figures to the left?<hr color="000088">And also,
<img src="http://www.foxmage.com/Carving.gif">

The three vital points of the carving is the lock, the smaller square (could be a door?) and the pointy thing. It could be very well an arrow, but also it could be tetrahedron or a pyramid (or both?). One thing which doesn't make much sense are the bigger squares, which are abound. Hmm...

[minmay]

Wow. I'm impressed with your puzzle solving abilities.

Uh...spin the crystals so that their pointy edges face not left, but toward the central room with the fountain? Then put the gem thing on top of the fountain or something.

And please don't do the first part of Ae's command because it'll get us impaled.

[Risp_old]

Wow. People are actually beginning to think puzzle-wise rather then 'lolz we can outsmart the DM'-wise.

[minmay]

Or we could align the similar-shaped gems with each other. Or we could make Araches stand somewhere and make them all point at her.

[Ae]

I thought that maybe the sleeping bag would allow you to take the crystals out of the rooms, since there was a crystal in it. The camp people might have figured that out.

[minmay]

I doubt it, AE. That would be tearing it from its beloved floor and room, and thus most likely ending in Shuri-impalage.

[Ae]

Sleeping bags can be beloved too.

[minmay]

But not to gems. Either way, Shuri doesn't like getting impaled very much, and taking the gems off the floor or out of the room is probably not the best way to solve this puzzle.

[Risp_old]

The crystal you found in the campsite was not taken from any of the rooms in the first place.

[Ae]

Risp saves the day!

[cooba]

Pour some of the fountain water over the taken crystal? That's the only thing I can think of just now.

[minmay]

Sounds good.

[Raven aka StL]

Swap the found crystal with the drop shaped one in the SW room and drop that in the fountain.

[MSB3000]

Have Faw on the alert to heal.

And then get jiggy with it.

[minmay]

Swap the found crystal with the drop shaped one in the SW room and drop that in the fountain.

NO.

[Raven aka StL]

... ?! :o
...why not, got a better idea?! ;)

[Torkell]

Actually, just get L33tz4n to summon the acupuncturist if shuri needs healing.

[Raven aka StL]

BOGGY! Welcome back! :p

[minmay]

... ?! :o
...why not, got a better idea?! ;)

Yeah. If we separate the gems from the floor or the room, Shuri will get impaled, and likely die.

Boggy: Shuri would still be in pain, if not as much.

[cooba]

I'm getting the feeling that only me and Boggy are the only people actually thinking how to solve this.

Take a handful of the fountain water, tell Fooruman to dispell it.

[Radium]

<b>I re-wrapped my portion of the foodbar in case I got hungry later and stuck it back in my pack. "This puzzle isn't going to get any more solved unless we think really hard," I addressed the group. I went on, "What do we have? Rooms with crystals, whenever we take something we end up getting stabbed. Well, I do, anyway." I didn't usually like taking command of situations, but I seemed to be the only one willing to try anything dangerous.
"I could summon the War Acupuncturist to h3lp with healing," Leetzan proposed. It sounded like a fair enough idea.
"Do that," I commanded, "also, I've been thinking about the inscription on the wall. The part about forms could refer to the forms of the crystals, and the 'point is to face left' could mean we're supposed to turn all the crystals so they point left. It's not much, but it's a start."
"How do you make a pyramid point left?" Faw asked. I didn't know the answer, so I decided to look like I was doing something important. I knelt down next to the fountain and held the irregular crystal I had found underneath the falling water. The water bounced off and flowed over the crystal's surface, but, much to my disappointment, nothing beyond that happened.
Araches watched my actions with an eyebrow raised. "Hon, what are you tr-"
"More than you're trying," I interrupted, frustrated with the sorceress' criticism and lack of assistance. "Look, we don't know what we're supposed to do, if anything. The fountain might do something special. Speaking of that, Fooruman, try dispelling the water."
Fooruman glanced down at the rippling water of the fountain. "As you wish, sir," he said. The wizard began chanting slowly as he hoisted his canoe paddle off the icy ground. His eyes glowed and a mighty roar of wind rushed through the room. He dramatically brought his paddle down on the surface of the water with a <i>crack</i> noise. The paddle snapped in half and thunder (indoors thunder, I guess) cracked in the background. The water rose from the fountain and let out a demonic scream. Then, everything was silent.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Kin, but this is just ordinary water," the old man explained.
"What about the screaming and the lightning and stuff?" Faw asked, "That wasn't there the last time you dispelled something."
"It was probably just smaller," Fooruman said, providing no further explanation.
By now Leetzan had completed her summoning, and an old man in Arabian attire stepped forward, holding two needles in each of his long-fingered hands. "Whehr ehs my ahssistence neeted, mastehr?" he asked me.
"Nowhere, yet. Probably soon, though," I responded, waiting for another bad idea to hit me.

http://www.foxmage.com/CNEWS.png</b>

I wish Dev would come back soon. I can't do dialogue as fluidly as he can D=. I keep feeling like you guys are going to forget who's in the party if I don't have someone talk for too long. For reference, it's Shuri, Uberbob, Araches, Faw, L33tz4n, Fooruman, and the Acupuncturist.

[Torkell]

*thinks*

<s>Head back to the carving room, and try touching the carving. Make sure the Acupuncturist is ready in case touching the carving results in impalement.</s>

Edit: new plan:

Head north to the carving room. Walk up to the carving. Turn 90 degrees left. Take one step forward.

Edit: even better plan: Summon a Mythslayer, and get it to walk off the walkway instead of us.

[Radium]

<b>A new idea struck me. "Leetzan," I addressed our summoner, "I need a Mythslayer. I want to try something.
She nodded with agreement, but added "Shuri, w4tch out with the summons. We never know when we could b3 under attack and need them."
"Don't worry," I said as she raised her hand, calling forth a green light. The mythslayer, clad in a long black coat and with a sword in his hand, stepped out of the greenness, striking an overly dramatic pose.
"What evil calls for my blade at this hour?" the Mythslayer asked in his usual mysterious voice.
"Puzzles. Follow me." I told the rest of the party to remain there and investigate the room further and led the mythslayer north to the room with the inscription. A deep chasm reached down as far as the eye could see to either side, split by a narrow, icy, luminescent walkway down the middle towards the inscription. "I need you to walk directly towards the carving on that wall, then turn 90 degrees left and take a step forward."
The Mythslayer looked out across the bridge and then back at me. "There's a pit."
"I think it might be fake. There was this cryptic poem thing that says to step off the edge. Like in Indiana Jones."
The Mythslayer hesitated a moment, then reluctantly strode out on the walkway. When he reached the end he looked briefly at the writing for himself. Probably deriving the same interpretation, he turned left, stepped forward, and fell off the cliff. "Ccuuuuuurrrrsssseeee yoooooooooouuuuuu....." I heard him call as he fell, followed by a "..uuu - Hey, I found evil!" and the sound of claws tearing a person apart limb by limb. I thought it would be better not to mention this to L33tz4n.

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[Torkell]

Well, it was worth a try. And we now know what's down there.

Back to the original plan. Walk up to the carving and touch it. Poke it, prod it, look to see if any part of it's loose or reacts to being touch. And then, finally, get Fooruman to taste it.

[minmay]

Fooruman tasted it already.

Tell Araches to Lightning the not-so-bottomless pit?

And I get the 2999th post.

[Raven aka StL]

Rrofl (3000th)

(j/k)

...yes, casting lightning to luminate the pit is a good idea...
After that, go to each gem room and pick up a the gems facing left (east)
then sidestep out of the rooms while still looking left...

[Torkell]

Are you sure about that Wálláce? We don't want more Shuri imaplement.

<small>(3000th reply)</small>

[minmay]

Indeed, we shouldn't pick the gems up.

[Speeza]

ok i won't :s

[Radium]

<b>Eh. I could get Leetzan to whip up another Mythslayer later. In the meantime, I went up to the carving and carefully examined it.

<i>time passes as one approaches the end
a step forward can take any form
outside it matters that face of the commands stay constant
there is no reason at all to be on the edge of caution
before you move, the point is simply to face left</i>
http://www.foxmage.com/Carving.gif

I extended my finger and poked the carving in the lock-shaped part. Then the triangle, then each one of the squares and every letter of the inscription. There was no effect. I ran my hands over the carving's surface. It was ice cold and semitransparent, but completely solid and no different than the rest of the cavern.
A faint echo of something moving caught my ear and I froze to listen. However, nothing followed.
"Araches," I called into the room to the south, "come here." The sorceress complied.
"Hey, hon."
"Lightning down into the pit," I commanded.
She folded her arms across her chest. "That's no way to ask for hel-"
"Do it or I push you into the pit," I interrupted.
"No you won't."
"No, I will," I responded staring her directly in her eyes and internally debating whether I should've just pushed her off and made a point. The others would probably have been angry with me, though.
"I still say you're hot when you're angry," she teased, adding "well, which is most of the time." She waited a moment for a reaction from me and, when one didn't spawn, leaned against the wall and snapped her fingers. A blast of lightning materialized out of the air next to her and shot down into the void below. I stared intently over the ledge. The bolt went down as far as the eye could see and disappeared into the darkness. I did, however, hear a high-pitched reptilian hiss over the sound of the thunder. I hoped to myself whatever made it was dead now.
I nodded, satisfied. "You can go now."
Araches fluttered her eyelids. "Not even a thank you?" I didn't answer. "Next time you want me to do you a favor, I'm going to make you first take off yo-"
"Bye now," I scowled. The scantily-clad sorceress winked, bowed dramatically, and left to rejoin the party.

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[Ae]

Does Uberbob still have the rope? It's been so long I've forgotten a lot of these things.

Bring L33tz4n over and push her off the edge.

[minmay]

I think so, but if we go down there, we'll probably get ripped apart. D=

<font size=-3>But I'm all for pushing Leetzy off.</size>

[minmay]

We already said that, and no using bold. >O

[Radium]

<b>I was beginning to feel quite frustrated with people in general. My party had proved to be incompetent, looking to me for both leadership AND using me as a guinnea-pig for their trap-testing. And there was way too many people in it. Hell, I couldn't remember most of their names, even. It needed a trim, I thought to myself.
"No," I told myself mentally "you can't do what you're thinking. You are succumbing to your impulses. You'll end up like Uberbob." The thought made me shudder. But, then again, Uberbob's impulses had no logic behind them, no reason, and often no effect. I had a clear-cut idea of what I wanted to do and a means by which to do it.
But who? If I were to indeed use this chasm to my advantage, Araches would be too powerful - the last thing I wanted was to be struck by a bolt of lightning as she fell. Even Uberbob had the magic abilities capable of getting back at me if I tried anything sneaky. It was unlikely he would, but I didn't want to take that chance.
Fawriel and Fooruman, well, they were healers. I couldn't risk losing healers, especially here of all places. If I wanted to defeat this Blackraptor figure, I was going to get hurt. Bad, probably. Faw and Fooruman were out of the question.
Leetzan came to mind. I didn't like Leetzan. She whined too much. And she was never very helpful. Sure, the summons were nice and all, but not worth the whining. And her name was spelled weird. Thus, it was settled.

I walked south into the room with the fountain. I felt a bit nervous, but shook it off, faking a shiver. "Leetzan, I need your help with this," I told her.
"With what?" she asked.
"I need your amazing hacking skills for this puzzle." Her eyes lit up a bit as though she would finally get a chance to do something, and she followed me north. I let her walk out on the icy bridge first.
"What did you need?"
I pointed at the puzzle on the wall. "I think there's a screen or something there, in the smallest square. Take a look."
The snake girl peered into the square intently, her glowing white eyes reflecting on the glassy surface of the ice. I quietly drew my blade and walloped her in the back of the head with the handle. Her head bashed against the ice, leaving a mark of purple blood, and she slid off the ice bridge. I watched her fall into the chasm below until she disappeared from view, shortly thereafter followed by the sound of flesh being torn apart by claws.
I smiled, then realized what I just did. I really didn't think this through - it was going to look awfully suspicious the way she suddenly disappeared and a blood mark appeared on the wall. How I was going to explain her disappearance to the rest of the party?

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[n00b]

Go back to the party and admit what you've done, be sure to explain all the hate you had towards L33tz4n, and how good it felt to be rid of her.

[Risp_old]

Write your will first, though. Just in case.

[minmay]

Ask Uberbob to lend you the rope. Then hang yourself.

But we do know the Lightning didn't kill the monster. That's progress.

[Raven aka StL]

LOL

btw, we'll be at the birdclaws if we load!? :s
OMG