Session 17

[Bynw]

19:47 <~bynw> |------------------------------------------------
19:47 <~bynw> |          Session 17 - Imperial Dreams
19:47 <~bynw> |------------------------------------------------
19:47 <~bynw> |
19:47 <~bynw> | The closer they come to the dark tower of the
19:47 <~bynw> | mad druid Chadwick. The more resistance is felt.
19:47 <~bynw> | First the trees had tried to kill them. Then at
19:47 <~bynw> | night a killing fog rolled in. And the following
19:47 <~bynw> | day. It was the vines that creeped up to trip
19:47 <~bynw> | and strangle them.
19:47 <~bynw> |
19:47 <~bynw> | In each case. With the skills of combat of Lord
19:47 <~bynw> | Hagen, the pirate Alianna, and the Anadari
19:47 <~bynw> | Maylda. Combined with the sorcery of Alderic.
19:47 <~bynw> | They have managed to escape and draw closer to
19:47 <~bynw> | the door. Now less than a day's ride away.
19:47 <~bynw> |
19:47 <~bynw> | Already having lost one horse in the first
19:47 <~bynw> | encounter with the trees. They have managed to
19:47 <~bynw> | keep the other 3 intact. But they are weary and
19:47 <~bynw> | battle fatigued.
19:47 <~bynw> |
19:47 <~bynw> | And they are now beginning to be harder to
19:47 <~bynw> | control. Not wanting to go in the direction
19:47 <~bynw> | their riders need to go closer to the tower.
19:47 <~bynw> |
19:47 <~bynw> |------------------------------------------------
19:49 < Alianna> "Damn this horse!"
19:50 <~bynw> *Maylda holds on behind Alianna* "They are really spooked or something"
19:51 < Alderic> ::Looks about him, closely::
19:52 <~bynw> *the forest is as it always is. trees, shurbs, and grass with the winding makeshift trail*
19:53 < Alianna> :: to Maylda:: "No shit! 
19:53 < Alianna> "And I'm not that hot a rider."
19:54 < Alderic> !df 4
19:54 <@ChanServ> Result: ( )(-)(-)(+)
19:54 <~bynw> *Hagen too is having difficulty controlling his mount* "We might do better on foot at this point. Before we get thrown."
19:55 < Alderic> ::Mutters under his breath, his eyes irises seem to gather in the light and glow with a white light ever so slightly::
19:55 < Alderic> "Something is coming."
19:55 < Alderic> ::Drops from his horses back, to the ground::
19:56 < Alderic> ::Pulls his odd staff tipped with 2 foot of steel from his saddle and peers into the forest::
20:01 <~bynw> *Alderic's horse, free of it's rider, begins to pull at it's reigns and back away*
20:02 < Alderic> ??back away from which direction??
20:02 <~bynw> ! back the way you came
20:04 < Alderic> ??How long till we reach the tower??
20:04 <~bynw> !! a few hours on foot or slighly less on hourse

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20:09 <~bynw> 00 T T . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T
20:09 <~bynw> 01 T T . . T T T . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T
20:09 <~bynw> 02 T T . . T T T . . T T T . . . . . . T T . . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 03 T . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . T T . . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 04 . . T T . . T T . . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 05 . T T T . . T T . . . . T T . . T . . . . . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 06 . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T . . . T T . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 07 . . . . T T T . . . T T . . . . T . . . . T T . .
20:09 <~bynw> 08 T T . . T T T . . T T T T . . . . . T . . . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 09 T T . . . T . . . . T T . . . . . T T T . . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 11 . . . . . . . . T . . . . T T . . . . . . T T . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 12 . . . T T . . T T T . . . T T . . . . . . T T . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 13 T T . . T T . T T T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 14 T T . . T T . . T T T . . . . . . T . . . . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 15 . . . . . . . . T . . . . T T . . T T T T . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T . . T T T . . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 17 . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T . . . T .
20:09 <~bynw> 18 . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T
20:09 <~bynw> 19 . . . . . . . T T . . . . T T . . . . . . . . T T T
20:09 <~bynw> 20 . . . . . . . T T . . . . T T . . . . T T T . . T .
20:09 <~bynw> 21 . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 22 T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . T T T . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 23 T T . . M P . . T T . . . . . T T T . . . . . . . .
20:09 <~bynw> 24 . . . H . . . . T T . . . . . . T . . . . . . T T .
20:09 <~bynw> 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T .
20:09 <~bynw>    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z



20:15 <~bynw> * Alderic's horse begins to buck, and the other 2 horses are reacting badly to it *
20:17  * Alianna exclaims "Son of a bitch!" as she struggles to control the horse.
20:17 <~bynw> * several yards ahead of the group ... they come out of the blue ... less than 12 yards away from Alderic. Owlbears ... with more coming behind them*
20:18  * Alianna 's eyes widen.  "Oh, shit!"
20:18 <~bynw> *Hagen's horse panics, nearly throwing him. He barely gets out of the saddle letting the animal run *
20:19  * Alianna turns to Maylda.  "Get off the horse; let it run for its life.  We've got shit to do here."
20:19  * Alianna dismounts, holding the reins long enough for Maylda to do likewise.
20:20 <~bynw> *Hagen picks himself off the ground and turns looking down the trail to see creatures, who have noticed the horses*
20:22  * Alianna draws a pistol from a holster on her belt and aims it toward an owlbear's head.
20:23 < Alianna> "Alderic!  Keep 'em off me so
20:23 < Alianna> I can reload."
20:25 < Alderic> ::Let's go of his horses reins with a snarl that becomes a war cry, that is choked off as a gout of acid streaks from his mouth towards the lead Owlbear::

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20:25 <~bynw> 00 T T . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T
20:25 <~bynw> 01 T T . . T T T . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T
20:25 <~bynw> 02 T T . . T T T . . T T T . . . . . . T T . . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 03 T . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . T T . . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 04 . . T T . . T T . . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 05 . T T T . . T T . . . . T T . . T . . . . . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 06 . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T . . . T T . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 07 . . . . T T T . . . T T . . . . T . . . . T T . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 08 T T . . T T T . . T T T T . . . . . T . . . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 09 T T . . . T . . . . T T . . O . . T T T . . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 11 . . . . . . . . T . . . . T T . . . . . . T T . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 12 . . . T T . . T T T . . . T T . O . . . . T T . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 13 T T . . T T . T T T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 14 T T . . T T . . T T T O . . . . . T . . . . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 15 . . . . . . . . T . . . . T T . . T T T T . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 16 . . . . . . . . . . O . . T T . . T T T . . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 17 . . . T T . . . . . . O . . . . . . T T T . . . T .
20:25 <~bynw> 18 . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T
20:25 <~bynw> 19 . . . . . . . T T . . . . T T . . . . . . . . T T T
20:25 <~bynw> 20 . . . . . . . T T . . . . T T . . . . T T T . . T .
20:25 <~bynw> 21 . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 22 T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . T T T . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 23 T T . . M P . . T T . . . . . T T T . . . . . . . .
20:25 <~bynw> 24 . . . H . . . . T T . . . . . . T . . . . . . T T .
20:25 <~bynw> 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T .
20:25 <~bynw>    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


20:27  * Alianna fires her pistol at the lead owlbear at the same time Alderic spits acid at him.
20:28 < Alderic> !df 4
20:28 <@ChanServ> Result: (+)(-)(-)( )
20:29 < Alianna> !df 4
20:29 <@ChanServ> Result: ( )(-)(+)(+)
20:29 <~bynw> *Maylda readies her quaterstaff, not having a ranged weapon*
20:31 <~bynw> *the lead owlbear is taken by the dual attack .. and lets out a cry that will curl hair ... the acid did far more to it that the shot and it dies* (k16)
20:32  * Alianna doesn't even wait for the owlbear to fall before she starts reloading her pistol.
20:33 <~bynw> *Maylda* "There are more of them coming. I can feel them now ... violent and madding"
20:34 < Alianna> "Shit."
20:37 <~bynw> *Hagen runs up to Alderic* "Get behind me!" *he says while watching more of the creatures appear in the woods"
20:38 < Alderic> ::Moves back to stand next to Maylda and Alianna::
20:39 < Alderic> (23d)

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20:42 <~bynw> 00 T T . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T
20:42 <~bynw> 01 T T . . T T T . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T
20:42 <~bynw> 02 T T . . T T T . . T T T . . . . . . T T . . . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 03 T . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . T T . . . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 04 . . T T . . T T . . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 05 . T T T . . T T . . . . T T . . T . . . . . . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 06 . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T . . . T T . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 07 . . . . T T T . O . T T . . . . T O . . . T T . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 08 T T . . T T T . . T T T T . . . . . T . . . . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 09 T T . . . T . . . . T T . . . . . T T T . . . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . T . O . . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 11 . . . . . . . . T . . . . T T . . . . . . T T . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 12 . . . T T . O T T T . . . T T . . . . . . T T . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 13 T T . . T T . T T T T . . . O . . . . . . . . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 14 T T . . T T . . T T T O . . O . . T . . . . . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 15 . . . . . . . . T . . . . T T . . T T T T . . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 16 . . . . . . . . . . x . . T T . . T T T . O . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 17 . . . T T . . . . . . . . O . . . . T T T . . . T .
20:42 <~bynw> 18 . . . T T . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T
20:42 <~bynw> 19 . . . . . . . T T . . . . T T . . . . . . . . T T T
20:42 <~bynw> 20 . . . . . . . T T . . . . T T . . . . T T T . . T .
20:42 <~bynw> 21 . . . . . H . . . . . . . . . O . . . . T T T . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 22 T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . T T T . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 23 T T . A M P . . T T . . . . . T T T . . . . . . . .
20:42 <~bynw> 24 . . . . . . . . T T . . . . . . T . . . . . . T T .
20:42 <~bynw> 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T .
20:42 <~bynw>    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


20:44  * Alianna has reloaded her pistol and takes aim at the nearest owlbear. (21P)
20:45 < Alderic> "Time to go. Now." ::Yells to Hagen:: "Get your ass back here. Now!"
20:46 < Alianna> "We can't outrun these fuckers without the horses, or did you have some other means of transport in  mind?"
20:47 < Alderic> ::Begins drawing a circle in the dirt around Maylda, Alianna, and himself::
20:47 <~bynw> *Hagen* "Too many of them behind the trees" *he says* "Except for a few" *pulls his pistol and points at another owlbear* (12g)
20:48 <~bynw> *Maylda offers any psychic help to Alderic's working if he needs it, or extra energy too*
20:48 < Alderic> ::yells to Hagen:: "To me, now or you stay here. Alianna, slow them down."
20:49 < Alianna> "Slow them down, aye."
20:49  * Alianna fires at the nearest owlbear and immediately goes to reload.
20:49 < Alianna> !df 4
20:49 <@ChanServ> Result: (+)(+)(-)( )
20:49 < Alianna> (21P still)
20:52 < Alderic> ::Continues drawing in the dirt with the butt of his staff. He drops a salt rock, a bit of water, a feather, on three points of hte circle. Lastly he pulls a twig from his pouch, it ignites in his fingers and he holds it over the final point of the arcane circle around them::
20:52 < Alderic> "HAGEN!"
20:53 <~bynw> *Hagen turns and runs joining the others inside the circle*
20:54 <~bynw> *the owlbear was hit but it just makes it angry*
20:54 < Alderic> ::Drops the burning twig at the edge of the arcane circle::
20:54  * Alianna fires again at the same owlbear.
20:59 < Alianna> !df 4
20:59 <@ChanServ> Result: (+)(-)(+)( )
20:59 <~bynw> *the creature howls but keeps coming*
21:00 <~bynw> (new map)
21:00 < Alianna> "Son of a bitch!  Does nothing kill these fuckers?"

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21:00 <~bynw> 00 T T . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T
21:00 <~bynw> 01 T T . . T T T . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T
21:00 <~bynw> 02 T T . . T T T . . T T T . . . . . . T T . . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 03 T . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . T T . . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 04 . . T T . . T T . . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 05 . T T T . . T T . . . . T T . . T . . . . . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 06 . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T . . . T T . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 07 . . . . T T T . . . T T . . . . T . . . . T T . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 08 T T . . T T T . . T T T T . . . . . T . . . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 09 T T . . . T . O . . T T . . . O . T T T . . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 11 . . . . . . . . T . . . . T T . . . O . . T T . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 12 . . . T T . . T T T . O . T T . . . . . . T T . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 13 T T . . T T . T T T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 14 T T . . T T O . T T T . O . . . . T . . . . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 15 . . . . . . . . T . . . O T T . . T T T T . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 16 . . . . . . . . . O x . . T T . . T T T . . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 17 . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T . . . T .
21:00 <~bynw> 18 . . . T T . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . T T T
21:00 <~bynw> 19 . . . . . . . T T . . . . T T . . . . O . . . T T T
21:00 <~bynw> 20 . . . . . . . T T O . . . T T . . . . T T T . . T .
21:00 <~bynw> 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . T T T . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 22 T T . H . . . . . . . . . . . . T . . . T T T . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 23 T T . A M P . . T T . . . . . T T T . . . . . . . .
21:00 <~bynw> 24 . . . . . . . . T T . . . . . . T . . . . . . T T .
21:00 <~bynw> 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T .
21:00 <~bynw>    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


21:02 < Alderic> ::Sits akimbo at the edge of the circle, rocking a bit, chanting under his breath, his hands clasp before him::
21:04 <~bynw> *Hagen looks at the others* "Damn it" *he pulls out his pistol again and fires at the closest beast (20j)*
21:04 <~bynw> !df 4
21:04 <@ChanServ> Result: ( )(-)(-)(+)
21:06  * Alianna reloads and fires again at the same owlbear.  (21N)
21:07 < Alianna> !df 4
21:07 <@ChanServ> Result: ( )(-)( )( )
21:07 <~bynw> *there is no bang or plume of smoke common with pistols of its type, unlike Alianna's. No this one sounds like a metal whip being cracked. And a red magic missle like bolt of energy shots toward the owlbear .. causing it severe pain but not killing it*
21:08 < Alianna> "Son of a fucking bitch!  Why won't these things DIE?!?!"
21:09 <~bynw> *Alianna's shot hits again, but still does not kill the creature*
21:10 <~bynw> *Hagen* "Don't ask. Reload and keep shooting until you run out"
21:10 < Alianna> "I can't keep this up much longer, Alderic; get us the hell out of here!"
21:10  * Alianna reloads yet again and aims the gun at the owlbear's head and fires.
21:10 < Alianna> !df 4
21:10 <@ChanServ> Result: ( )(+)(-)( )

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21:13 <~bynw> 00 T T . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T
21:13 <~bynw> 01 T T . . T T T . . . T . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T
21:13 <~bynw> 02 T T . . T T T . . T T T . . . . . . T T . . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 03 T . . . . . . . . . T . . . . . . . T T . . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 04 . . T T . . T T . . . . T T . . . . . . . . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 05 . T T T . . T T . . . . T T . . T . . . . . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 06 . T T . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T . . . T T . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 07 . . . . T T T . . . T T . . . . T . . . . T T . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 08 T T . . T T T . . T T T T . . . . . T . . . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 09 T T . . . T . . . . T T . . . . . T T T . . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . T . . . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 11 . . . . . . O . T . . . . T T . . . . . . T T . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 12 . . . T T . . T T T . . . T T . . . . . . T T . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 13 T T . . T T . T T T T . . . . . O . . . . . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 14 T T . . T T . . T T T . O . . . . T . . . . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 15 . . . . . . . . T . . . . T T . . T T T T . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 16 . . . . . . O . . . x O . T T . . T T T . . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 17 . . . T T . . . . . . O . . . . . . T T T . . . T .
21:13 <~bynw> 18 . . . T T . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T
21:13 <~bynw> 19 . . . . . . . T T O . . . T T . . . . . . . . T T T
21:13 <~bynw> 20 . . . . . . . T T . . . . T T . . O . T T T . . T .
21:13 <~bynw> 21 . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . T T T . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 22 T T . H . . . . . . . O . . . . T . . . T T T . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 23 T T . A M P . . T T . . . . . T T T . . . . . . . .
21:13 <~bynw> 24 . . . . . . . . T T . . . . . . T . . . . . . T T .
21:13 <~bynw> 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T T .
21:13 <~bynw>    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


21:14 <~bynw> *Hagen fires at the now nearest creature (21h)* "Whatever you are gonna do. Do it now. These things are moving fast on us!"
21:14 <~bynw> !df 4
21:14 <@ChanServ> Result: (+)(-)(+)(+)
21:14 < Alianna> "Nothing seems to slow these gorram fuckers down.  Get us the hell out of here, Alderic!"
21:15 <~bynw> *a good solid hit, it falls over backwards into the trees. not dead but also no longer advancing*
21:15  * Alianna reloads again and fires at the owlbear she has been shooting.  (22L)
21:15 < Alianna> !df 4
21:15 <@ChanServ> Result: (+)( )(+)(-)
21:16 <~bynw> *it too seems to slow down and stagger some, bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds*
21:17 < Alderic> !df 4
21:17 <@ChanServ> Result: (-)( )( )( )
21:19  * Alianna reloads again and aims at the owlbear's head once more.
21:19 < Alderic> ::The lead owlbear approches looming over him screeches as it claws rears back to strike him down. Then suddenly there is a pop and all four people in the circle are simple gone::
21:22 < Alderic> ::There is a second of feeling weightless in a void and then with a flash of light and a pop of displaced air the group appears on top of the dark tower. The flagstones beneath their feet smoke slightly. The owlbears are nowhere to be seen::
21:22 <~bynw> *the 4 are now standing on top of a moss covered stones. looking out at a valley on one side and a mountain rising directly one the other. black obsidian like stones make up the structure*
21:23  * Alianna swallows hard, attempting not to lose her lunch from the shock of teleportation.
21:23 <~bynw> *vines overlapping the stones begin to move, and writhe lashing out like little whips at them*
21:24 < Alianna> "Maylda, can you do something about these damn vines?"
21:25  * Alianna draws her shortsword.
21:26 <~bynw> *Maylda* "I don't know ... they are controlled by someone else. It's not natural!"
21:26 <~bynw> !df 4
21:26 <@ChanServ> Result: ( )( )(+)(-)
21:26 < Alianna> "None of this shit is."
21:28 <~bynw> *Hagen joins Alianna in cutting the vines with his sword* "I don't see a damn door inside up here ..."
21:29  * Alianna looks over to Hagen.  "Yeah, me neither."  She continues cutting vines as they attack or look like they might.
21:30 <~bynw> *Hagen slashs at others* "They keep climbing up the damn wall. I bet old Chadwick knows we are here now."
21:30 < Alianna> "He's probably known for a while."
21:31 < Alderic> "It's a defensible position. There should be a way up here. Under the vines I'll bet." ::Stands up::
21:32 < Alderic> "Unless Mayla can convince the vines to make a ladder for us?"
21:33 <~bynw> *the vines continue to writhe about, but are not attacking any longer and in fact do form a ladder on the outside of the tower*
21:34 <~bynw> *Maylda breathing hard, her eyes closed*
21:34 < Alderic> ::Smiles at Mayla, and waves his hand to invite 'ladies first' to Alianna::
21:35 <~bynw> *Hagen looks over the edge* "That's a long ways down."
21:35 < Alianna> "Good job, Maylda."
21:36 <~bynw> *Maylda* "I can't believe I'm actually doing it ... I've only heard of a few Anadari who can"
21:37 < Alianna> "Well, ya done good."
21:39 <~bynw> *Maylda opens her eyes and the ladder remains*
21:43 < Alderic> ::Smiles:: "You maybe the difference when we face Chadwick Mayla."
21:44 < Alderic> "Has to be a window or a hatch here somewhere."
21:44 < Alderic> ::Kneels and touches the stones::
21:45 <~bynw> *the stones are covered in a layer of moss, soft and warm to the touch*
21:45 <~bynw> *some of the vines creep along the top of the tower, winding through the moss like rivers*
21:47 < Alderic> "There is a window, just a bit down the ladder."
21:47 < Alderic> ::Stands up and strides to the ladder::
21:48 < Alderic> "Coming?" ::doesn't wait for an answer he begins climbing down to enter the window::
21:49  * Alianna climbs into the window as well.
21:49 <~bynw> *Hagen ushers Maylda down, who goes slowly. And he follows her down*