Mini RPS - Caverns of the Drow

[Swift]

Jafar, Ugly Guard - played by Jafar
Worfie - played by Corsair5
Grit - played by Striker
Verdant - played by Ignus Draconus
Jakchim, Delor - played by Lord Bierhoff
King of Silmaria - played by The Hero


Caverns of the Drow: Chapter 1 (Dude, Where's My Weapon?)


<SorceressSwift>      (ok, you are locked in a dungeon. you have no memory of the last 24 hours, so you have no idea how you got there in the first place. you don't have your weapons with you. the goal of this rp is to find out what happened in the last 24 hours, where you are exactly, who's responsible for this, and get out)

<Worfie>      Ooww..my head hurts. What has happened?
<Grit>      Bloody ######

* Worfie      walks around the dungeon, examining the walls and doorway with his keen Canine vision.
* Verdant      wakes up with a headache

<Jakchim>      I don't know, but this isn't the pub I was in last night
<Verdant>      where are we?
<Jafar>      zzzzz
<Worfie>      Welcome to the wake side, Verdant. Do you have a lockpick with you? I don't think the door is barred. Mine are gone.

* Verdant      pulls at one of the metal pieces on his sleeve

<Worfie>      Brilliant!

* Jafar      wakes up

<Jafar>      Ugh...my head...

* King_of_Silmaria      feels for Cracks in wall
* King_of_Silmaria      finds loose brick

<Grit>      you know what? I'm going to lurk

* Delor      lights a torch
* King_of_Silmaria      pushs

<Worfie>      Does anyone remember what happened? All I remembered was a lot of stars flying in front of me.
<Delor>      let's see what combustible in here
<Worfie>      Then I fell asleep.
<Jafar>      The last thing I remember is....

* King_of_Silmaria      opens passage
* Verdant      whistles star trek theme

<Jakchim>      I... I was in a pub
<Jafar>      ...waking up
<Worfie>      That is little surprise, Jakchim. But I recall you imbibed much.
<King_of_Silmaria>      come on guys over here
<Worfie>      That is probably why you can't remember.
<Verdant>      why?
<Jakchim>      just a wee bit
<Jafar>      Heh

* Worfie      walks over toward the ""King of Silmaria""

<Jakchim>      no and then

* Verdant      picks the lock on the door

<Jafar>      But why don't WE remember?

* Delor      holds light for Verdant

<Worfie>      I suspect we were hit rather hard.
<King_of_Silmaria>      i found i passage
<Jafar>      Or maybe someone erased our memory?
<Jakchim>      hit where? by whom? and who are you?
<Worfie>      With a spell? I do not like spells being cast on me..
<Verdant>      does anyone?
<Jakchim>      nor do I

* Verdant      opens door

<Delor>      I do... somethings. well done Ver
<Worfie>      Which way do we go?
<Delor>      out?
<Worfie>      Through the door, or down the secret passage the King found?
<Jafar>      Out the door, for starters
<Verdant>      um, away from the guards
<King_of_Silmaria>      i found a passage
<Jakchim>      no, let's hit the guards back
<Worfie>      Verdant, I suggest you go through first. You're the sneakiest.
<King_of_Silmaria>      over here
<Verdant>      another, or is this the same one?
<Worfie>      I have a bad feeling about that passage.
<King_of_Silmaria>      it?ll get us past the guard

* Jafar      tosses a rock in the passage

<Worfie>      Canine sense is tingling.
<Delor>      But, that means we can't burn the guard
<Verdant>      yes, past the guard who is listening through the open door
<Jafar>      I don't think I want to check the passage. I'm, uh, claustrophobic
<Worfie>      Jafar, you have paladin thing. Do you sense any danger from the passage?
<Jakchim>      I agree with the kid, we should take down the guard
<Verdant>      I say we throw the guard down there first
<Jafar>      Some danger. Lets take the door
<Delor>      right, so we take the guard than
<King_of_Silmaria>      no
<Worfie>      I wish Uncle Arfy were here.

* Ugly_Guard      lumbers into the cell
* Verdant      punches guard
* Worfie      bites the Guard. Hard.
* Jakchim      tackles guard

<Ugly_Guard>      AARRGH!
<King_of_Silmaria>      i know this passage from somewhere

* Jafar      still has his ring

<Delor>      Can I burn him now?

* Worfie      's claws extend, and he rends the guard's belly open.

<King_of_Silmaria>      no

* Jafar      fires a fireball at the Guard

<Verdant>      now you can
<Worfie>      I think he is dead.
<Ugly_Guard>      Urgh...I.... I...
<Verdant>      since he's already dead

* Worfie      jabs his claws through the man's throat.

<Ugly_Guard>      I'm...not getting paid enough for this....

* Ugly_Guard      dies

<Worfie>      See you in Hades.

* Verdant      throws corpse in passage

<Jakchim>      oooo, that was excessive. we could have interrogated him

* Worfie      tosses Jafar the man's sword.
* Jafar      catches it

[Swift]

Chapter 2 (Worfie)

<Worfie>      I wish I didn't get so carried away.

* Worfie      wipes the blood off his claws with some of the hay.

<Jakchim>      I do too.
<Jafar>      We still need to find our weapons. So lets get moving
<Jakchim>      before we continue I think you should first tell us who you are

* Grit      wakes up

<Worfie>      Eh?
<Delor>      ya, who are you?
<King_of_Silmaria>      with the power of erana and aziza bring us to safety
<Grit>      I don't need any weapons..

* Grit      shakes head

<Verdant>      he seems to know me
<Jafar>      Yeah, Fido. Who are you?
<Grit>      Okay, I'm up.
<King_of_Silmaria>      owwww
<Jakchim>      good to hear, big man
<Worfie>      I am Worfie. An Archer and Artist from Punjabi.
<King_of_Silmaria>      my head hurts
<Worfie>      Did you imbibe?
<Jakchim>      great, more southerner art
<Worfie>      I am not much of an artist. More of an archer. And my claws often get messy with human blood.
<Jafar>      Can't teach an old dog new tricks
<Jakchim>      that's a plus
<Grit>      If your claws get messy with human blood, you must miss a lot as an Archer
<Verdant>      ouch
<Worfie>      Actually, it's more because I sometimes eat the flesh when I get extremely hungry. I can't always get the dried meat.
<Verdant>      great
<Jafar>      Erm...interesting....

* Worfie      Grabs one of the arms and begins to gnaw.
* Verdant      walks into the hallway

<Delor>      right, well, no I'm officially not the most psychotic member of our group
<Worfie>      Human leg, Jafar?
<Verdant>      I already threw him in the passage
<Jafar>      No thanks
<Worfie>      Delor, I would remind you that in Surria, they eat dogs.
<Jafar>      I'm not a cannibal

* Delor      follows Ver

<Jakchim>      ya, and they taste good
<Worfie>      Me eating human is not quite so odd.

* Worfie      slaps Jakchim upside the head.

<Worfie>      Don't make me hurt you.
<Verdant>      I'd still rather you didn't do that here
<Jakchim>      the dogs in Surria don't talk
<Worfie>      Those are like children to us. How would you like it if I ate a baby?
<Verdant>      I don't want to be eaten any time soon
<Jafar>      Hey, I don't like the idea of eating dogs OR humans
<Jakchim>      I would kill you
<Grit>      Babies aren't too bad. They taste better than full grown humans.
<Worfie>      I only eat the ones who I already had to kill.
<Jafar>      But can we save the culture lessons for later?

* Verdant      looks down the coridor outside the prison.
* Verdant      sees another ugly guard
* Worfie      rushes the guard, and bites the man's throat.

<Worfie>      Surrender..

* Ugly_Guard      dodges

<Worfie>      Or I'll tear your throat out!

* Ugly_Guard      tries to stab Worfie
* King_of_Silmaria      casts calm
* Worfie      kicks upwards, claws extended, at the man's belly.
* Verdant      sneaks behind the guard and shoves lockpick up his nose
* Ugly_Guard      dies

<Worfie>      Ugh. You seem to have given him a cerebral hemmorhage.
<Jafar>      Geez, no mercy...

* Jafar      shakes his head

<Worfie>      He's got a bow!

* Verdant      removes lockpick, wipes it on guard's pants
* Worfie      grabs the bow and the quiver.

<Jakchim>      guys! seriously, we need to capture one of these guys, stop killing them
<Worfie>      Okay.
<Verdant>      okay, worfie, no more rushing guards
<Worfie>      I'll just shoot it in his arm.

* Worfie      nocks one of the arrows.

<Delor>      can I take care of the corpse this time?
<Worfie>      Go ahead.
<Verdant>      no more alerting guards either, if you don't mind. burn away

* Delor      ignites the guard

<Worfie>      Oh my god!

* Verdant      takes guard's sword
* Ugly_Guard      is on fire

<Worfie>      He's flambeing it! MINE!
<Jakchim>      I'll take care of the next, 'k
<Jafar>      No! Sit! Stay! Bad dog!

* Worfie      picks the guard's knife up and slices an arm off.

<Worfie>      Mmm..
<Verdant>      that's nasty

* Verdant      turns away
<Delor>      ya, it's so cool. watch how they thrash as their sinews expand
<Worfie>      You should try this sometime. It's good!
<Verdant>      you too are just wrong. just wrong

* Worfie      tears a chunk off and devours it.

<Worfie>      And the bone makes a good bludgeon.

* Verdant      feels ill
* Verdant      walks away from the corpse

<Worfie>      I suggest you all turn your back. For like, ten seconds.
<King_of_Silmaria>      no
<Worfie>      Your loss.

* Jakchim      quietly continues up the corridor
* Worfie      unzips his trousers.

[Swift]

Bob_the_Bookwyrm - played by Ignus Draconus
Orc Pack - played by Jafar

Chapter 3 (They're Coming)

<Verdant>      you are really wrong W

* Grit      stares into space and watches another dimensions

<Worfie>      I am a DOG! I have some priorities. One of which is my bladder.
<Delor>      that you definitely are

* Worfie      takes a leak on the guard's body.

* Jafar      has been exploring
* Jakchim      sees guard

<Worfie>      Ahhh. Much better.

* Worfie      follows Verdant, still gnawing on the limb.
* Verdant      turns a corner of the coridor
* Jakchim      Jakchim charges guard
* Ugly_Gaurad      attacks Jak with a club
* Worfie      looses an Arrow at the Guard's left leg.
* Ugly_Gaurad      stumbles
* Jakchim      catches club in one hand and chops at wrist with other
* Verdant      looks into a nearby door and sees treasure, mounds of it
* Worfie      sniffs.

<Worfie>      Shh. I smell a lot of people coming this way. Pretty much.

* Jakchim      disarms guard

<Worfie>      We had better get away, because we won't stand a chance.

* Verdant      tries to pick the lock on the door of the treasure chamber
* Worfie      dodges away from the King's sword.

<Worfie>      My mistake.

* Orc_Patrol      are coming this way
<Worfie>      I should've known, because orcs are considerably less putrid.
<Delor>      alright, burning time
<King_of_Silmaria>      let them come!

* Worfie      ducks into the shadows.
* Verdant      manages to open the treasure chamber door
* Delor      lights two torches
* Orc_Patrol      grunt, snort, laugh, and smell

<Worfie>      Crud. I haven't taken a bath in WEEKS.
<Jakchim>      I noticed
<Worfie>      I knew I should've bought that spell ""Morton's Cleansing.""
<Jafar>      And I think he has fleas
<Worfie>      I know I do. Shapeirian Fleas, no less.

* King_of_Silmaria      stands at the ready

<Worfie>      Those things, I hear, get up to an inch long.
<Delor>      guy seriously, I think your stenches is what brought the guards on us

* Worfie      nocks an arrow and aims, ready to snipe one of the Orc's heads.
* Orc_Patrol      comes across the group
* Worfie      looses an arrow at the leading orc.

<Orc_Patrol>      Day're escaping!

* Orc_Patrol      charge
* Worfie      let's out a feral growl and rushes them, his dagger in hand.
* King_of_Silmaria      fights of
* Jakchim      dives into the patron his limbs a whirlwind

<Orc_Patrol>      *Leader is hit and falls*

* Verdant      walks into the treasure chamber

<King_of_Silmaria>      GO!!

* Worfie      throws his dagger at the next one.
* Jafar      stabs an Orc
* Grit      stares into space
* Delor      charges behind the others igniting the patrol's clothes

<Jakchim>      one orc, tow orc, three..

* Worfie      ducks back into the shadows.
* Verdant      sees a dragon
* Worfie      grabs one of the orcs and puts his dagger to it's throat.
* King_of_Silmaria      was stabbed
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      booms

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      who dares enter my... oh, it's you

* King_of_Silmaria      is bleeding

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      what do you want this time?
<Worfie>      Clean your rump, then we'll talk.
<Delor>      guy, speaking of getting clean

* King_of_Silmaria      coughs up blood
* Worfie      knifes the last remaining orc.

<Delor>      sick
<Worfie>      Well, Kingy.

* Orc_Patrol      dies

<Jakchim>      too easy
<Worfie>      Jafar, we have an injured ugly warrior guy over here, need's your paladinyness.
<Verdant>      um, I was going to borrow your treasure, but since you're here, I'll go

* King_of_Silmaria>      casts heal
* Verdant      walks to of the treasure chamber
* Jafar      uses Healing Hands on KoS

<Worfie>      Weird.
<King_of_Silmaria>      ah

* Worfie      sneaks by the dragon, then climbs onto its back.

<Jakchim>      what?
<King_of_Silmaria>      I?m a paladin as well
<Worfie>      Hey! Everybody! Look at me! I'm a Dragon Rider!

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      turns his head around and fries worfie
<Delor>      soon to be dragon food
<Worfie>      Hah.

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      but only lightly

<Jakchim>      humm, he's looking better already
<Worfie>      I always wanted that cool look of ""Slightly Crisped.""
<Delor>      ya, far fewer flees
<Worfie>      And it cleaned off all that dungeon stuff I had all over me!
<Verdant>      and your fur
<Worfie>      Singed it.
<Jakchim>      to a golden brown

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      fries worfie again

<Worfie>      And, behold my impressive ability as a Canine!

[Swift]

Dark Wizard - played by Jafar
Dark Wizard2 - played by The Hero
Dragon statue - Ignus Draconus

Chapter 4 (Confrontation!)


* Worfie      re-grows all his fur instantly.
* Jafar      adresses the Dragon

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      get off my back or I will be forced to eat you
<Delor>      hey dragon, could you teach me to do that?
<Jafar>      Hello good sir. May I inquire as to your identity and out present location?
<Delor>      the burning thing

* Worfie      climbs off the Dragon's back.

<Worfie>      No fun.
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      no, I can't teach you to breathe fire
<Jafar>      We regained conciousness in a most unpleasent cell and are unable to recall how we got there

* Jafar      waits for the Dragon to reply

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      I wouldn't know much about that
<Jakchim>      and I haven't found a decnt drink in here

* Worfie      ducks into the Shadows, with his arrow nocked.

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      They have trouble opening the door wide enough for me to get out
<Delor>      soo, can you teach me the fire thing, please please please
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      it's been a problem ever since they summoned me here
<Jakchim>      perhapse we could help you?
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      sure
<Jafar>      Who are they?
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      kill the wizard who summoned me, and I can get out of here
<Delor>      how do you breath fire like that?
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      that's the problem, I don't know who they are
<Jafar>      Blow square breaths
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      breathing fire comes naturally to me

* Jafar      sees a nearby treasure chest that looks out of place

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      The problem with being stuck in here is that there's no room to strech my wings, and not enough books to read
<Delor>      I see, is there any particular way you exhale to do it?

* Jafar      opens the chest

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      I just try not to inhale while breathing it
<Jafar>      My Paladin Sword! I was wondering where they stashed it...
<Delor>      I see, sounds reasonable
<Jakchim>      you might want to take that lad
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      well, if you're helping me, take it, by all means. oh, and Delor, I have a book for you

* Jafar      takes his sword

<Jakchim>      do you have any spirits around here by chance?
<Delor>      or exploses?

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      hands Delor a book titled ""how to breath fire for dummies""
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      hands Jackim a bottle of 300-year-old wine

<Delor>      YOU DA MAN!! er.. dragon.. dragonman?

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      smiles

<Jakchim>      thank you very much, I shall put this to good use

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      hands verdant a shiny set of lock picks
* Delor      starts reading book

<Verdant>      hey, these look familiar

* Jakchim      samples wine

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      mmm hmm, you left them here the last time you came to visit
<Verdant>      oh, yeah, right...
<Jakchim>      you really should be more careful with your stuff, you never know when you'll need them

* Dark_Wizard      appears in a cloud of smoke

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      I don't drink

* Delor      continues reading
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      suddenly turns to stone

<Jakchim>      pity, it's quite nice

* dragon_statue      is stiff

<Jakchim>      ooo, that looks uncomfortable
<Verdant>      hey, look. bad guys

* Delor      is still reading

<Dark_Wizard>      So, you've managed to escape...
<Jakchim>      no, we're still rather caught. I like the decore. you did some very nice things with this cave
<Dark_Wizard2>      you shall not leave here alive

* Verdant      pulls a small rod of metal out of his set of lockpicks and uses it to summon his magic rod

<Dark_Wizard>      It appears the memory wipe spell didn't work properly
<Verdant>      so, uh, can we kill these guys yet?
<Theluen>      Aha.

* Dark_Wizard2      (Plays Sound: evillaugh.au) you fools you will never escape here

<Dark_Wizard>      You may have foiled my plans, but you will not leave this place alive!
<Dark_Wizard2>      i said that

* Dark_Wizard2      summons undead fighters

<Theluen>      Hmmm...

* Verdant      sends an acid bolt at skeleton
* Delor      looks up from his book and tries his new knowledge on the undead
* Dark_Wizard      sends a frost ball at Delor

<Delor>      AHHHHH!!!!!!!! COLD
* Dark_Wizard2      casts nuclear

<Dark_Wizard>      BWAHAHAHHAHA!

* Delor      drops book and shivers on the ground
* Jafar      charges the Wizard
* Jakchim      kicks DW2 as he is casting
* Verdant      casts a small fire on delor

<Delor>      thank you
<Verdant>      no prob

[Swift]

Theluen, Stixlithiegland - played by Kailkay


Chapter 5 (Dungeons and Dragons)


* Theluen      strides out of the shadows slowly, dual blades held to either side of his black-armored form. The flesh you can see on him is a dark ebony pitch, and his ears appear to be pointed. Shocks of white hair stick out from under a dark helm, and a long infinitely black cape swirls about his ankles. He says nothing.
* Delor      lights a pair of torches
* Dark_Wizard2      casts lighting ball on jafar
* Dark_Wizard2      (Plays Sound: evillaugh.au) evillaugh
* Theluen      watches the ensuing conflict with some form of amusement, shaking his head slowly.
* Verdant      casts an acid bolt at DW2
* Dark_Wizard      strikes Jafar with lightning

<Jafar>      AAGGHH!
<Dark_Wizard2>      thx

* Jakchim      jump kicks DW2 with extreme prejudice

* Theluen      strides towards the wizards, glaring from beneath his helm, pinpoints of red showing as eyes, before he straightens up and motions to whomever might not be combatting.

<Dark_Wizard>      Who are you?
<Theluen>      This place is not safe for anyone... Foolish people do not know how deep the cavern you skirmish in really is... Turn now and leave, before it is too late.

* Delor      looks extremely confused

<Jafar>      What are you talkinhg about?

* dragon_statue      makes a grating sound as he struggles to speak

<Jakchim>      love to, which is the way out?
<dragon_statue>      wish... I... could...

* Delor      breathes fire on Dragon to help melt the stone

<Theluen>      End your pitiful combat, and seek ye an exit! You walk in Stixlithie'gland's lair... The guardian black drake of... The Land of the the drow! Turn back now!

<Verdant>      I think bob could kick his butt

* Verdant      looks at statue

<Verdant>      well, under the right circumstances

<King_Of_Silmaria>      sorry about that guys
<Jakchim>      and with a little from his friends, but really, I don't wee why. so let's all go to a nice pub and forget all this
<King_Of_Silmaria>      i found a way out though. This way
<Theluen>      Heed his advice and fly! To dally here is death!

* Verdant      fires a mana spike at DW
* Verdant      follows KoS, sword ready
* Dark_Wizard      is hit

<Dark_Wizard>      Ugh...you...

* Dark_Wizard      collapses

<Jakchim>      argh, did say we'd help Bob

* Delor      breathes fire on DW
* Dark_Wizard      dies
* dragon_statue      slowly begins to crack stone
* King_Of_Silmaria      opens passaage
* dragon_statue      breaks free

<Jafar>      Okay, now lets get out of here
<Delor>      Bob, let's hurrey and get out of here
<Jafar>      I don't know what that guy was talking about. But I'd rather not stick around to find out
<Jakchim>      ya, let's go

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      Begins to thrash against the walls, shaking the dungeon
* Stixlithiegland      roars from the depths; souls wilt at the call of the shadow drake, guardian of the drow territory so deep under the ground...
* Jafar      hears the roar

<King_Of_Silmaria>      here
<Delor>      oh dear

* Theluen      's eyes go wide.

<Jafar>      RUN!

* Jakchim      runs like the wind

<Theluen>      Run while you can, surfacers!

* Delor      tries to run faster, and fails
* Verdant      runs
* Theluen      dips into the shadows, obviously high-tailing it, also.

<Delor>      damn he's fast for an old man

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      begins to break the dungeon walls
* Stixlithiegland      emits another deafening roar, albiet less deafening than the last.
* Jafar      runs

<Jakchim>      which is the way out
<Jafar>      This way!

* Jafar      comes to a rickety bridge

<Stixlithiegland>      Foolish Mortals... Trespassing in MY domain... I can smell you... smell your fear...
<Jafar>      Great...

* Verdant      almost runs into Jafar

<Jafar>      Whoa! Watch it!

* Stixlithiegland      thump... thump... thump... go his eerily slow, heavy steps...
* Jakchim      starts across the bridge
* Jafar      takes a step on the bridge

<Jakchim>      wait, I'll see if it'll hold

* Theluen      appears on the other side of the bridge, coming out of the shadows with a fearful look in his eyes.
<Jafar>      *Plank creaks*
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      breaks a large hole in the doorway, and lumbered down the corridor

<Theluen>      RUN! Use your feet!
<Jafar>      Oh boy....

* Jafar      starts moving across the bridge
* Stixlithiegland      sounds like he's just around the bend...

<Verdant>      run which way?

* Jakchim      goes across fast

<Jafar>      It's not gonna fall, it's not gonna fall...
<Delor>      over here, to the bridge
<Delor>      come on Ver, hurry

[Swift]

Chapter 6 (Run, Heroes, Run!)

<Theluen>      Across the bridge! Hurry, he's nearly there! *draws a sword again, and begins working on the ropes on his side*

* Jafar      makes it across
* Verdant      runs across bridge

<Jafar>      Is that everyone?

* Delor      runs across the bridge
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      lumbers to the far end of the bridge

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      oh great
<Delor>      can you fly, book man

* Theluen      begins chopping at ropes with abandon.
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      lifts off and flies across, narrowly missing the roof
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      lands and fries the bridge
* Stixlithiegland      sticks it's sinister head around a corner, purple eyes flaring as the black shadow drake sees it's prey.

<Delor>      awww I wanted to do that
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      My way was faster.
<Stixlithiegland>      Run, run, mice... You think a chasm will stop me!? Hah!
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      Run

* Jakchim      runs
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      turns to face the other wyrm
* Verdant      runs
* Theluen      backpedals and looks about to the others and dashes off.

<Theluen>      Follow me, and don't fall behind!

* Delor      stands beside Bob
* Jafar      runs

<Jakchim>      ah heck, da kid

* Jakchim      starts running back
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      looses a burs of flame, then turns and runs
* Stixlithiegland      eyes Delor and Bob, licking it's wicked teeth with a venomous tongue.
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      grabs Delor

<Delor>      weee

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      continues running
* Jakchim      sees Bob and Delor
* Stixlithiegland      begins his running with a quickened pace...
* Jakchim      turns and runs back up the hall again
* Theluen      dashes around corners, the tunnels he runs through getting shorter and narrower quickly.

<Theluen>      Hurry! At my heels!
<Jakchim>      I really am getting too old for this

* Verdant      runs faster

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      sees the narrowing opening

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      sees the narrowing opening

<Delor>      uh oh
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      oh crap

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      sets delor down

<Delor>      come on , you can make it
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      run, friend

* Stixlithiegland      slams into a few walls, charging with abandon, ending up stooping and then galloping on all fours.

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      you can go faster here
<Delor>      not with out you book man

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      continues running through the narrowing coridor
* Delor      follows Bob

<Jafar>      How much longer?

* Theluen      slips around a corner and drops to his belly, squirming through a small hole and into a bit of a cramped tunnel, though he doesn't slow.

<Jakchim>      not far I hope

* Stixlithiegland      roars and watches Theluen escape into the tiny hole, snarling and spitting acid everywhere.

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      begins squeezing through as the coridor tightens around him

* Jafar      crawls through the hole

<Jafar>      I'm stuck!
<Verdant>      oh crap
<Jafar>      I knew those chocolates would kill me one day...

* Verdant      pushes Jafar

<Delor>      keep going book-man

* Theluen      turns back with a grimace and begins yanking on Jafar's arms.
* Jafar      squeezes through

<Theluen>      Darn fat surfaceers... You'll be the death of us all!
<Jafar>      thanks

* Jakchim      helps push

<Stixlithiegland>      Mmm... Lunch! Hahahaha...

* Stixlithiegland      (Plays Sound: evillaugh.au) evillaugh

<Jafar>      I'm not fat!

* Verdant      casts a careful set of acid bolts at the constricted tunnel
* Delor      pulls out a pouch of explosives, lights the wick and tosses it behind him hoping to start a cave in
* Jafar      
* Theluen      gets Jafar through the hole and dashes down another corridor, not slowing even though the dragon is on the other side of a rather thick wall.
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      struggles through the too-tight coridor
* Delor      follows
* Stixlithiegland      watches Delor intently, never before seeing such a mechanism in the depths of these deepest caverns.
* Jakchim      leads Bob
* Stixlithiegland      bends down for a closer look at the pouch, plucking it up, obviously intrigued, before it explodes and showers him with tonnes of rock.
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      is squeezed

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      ow

* Delor      looks behind him intently

<Delor>      sooo cool

* Stixlithiegland      is quite buried, and quite defeated.

[Swift]

Note: I'm not sure who played as Mr T. Does anyone remember?

Chapter 7 (Follow Mr T!)

<Jafar>      YEAH!
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      okay. help now
<Delor>      YAAAA who da bad boy. common book man, squeeze
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      Wait! I forget!

* Theluen      stops running down corridors and returns to the group, eying them curiously.
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      shifts to a giant lizard form, which is much smaller than his usual

<Theluen>      What is that rumbling...? What happened?
<Jakchim>      nicely done
<Jafar>      That creature that was chasing us. It's dead
<Jakchim>      now lets run

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      Scurries through the tunnel after verdant
* Jakchim      follows
* Verdant      goes through the tunnel

<Theluen>      The shadow drake? Preposterous... the thing is immortal. What'd you do, bury it in rocks?

* Delor      is only a little behind Bob

<Verdant>      um, yes
<Jafar>      Yeah, pretty much
<Delor>      hey
<Verdant>      buried in a lot of rock
<Delor>      WHO buried the dragon?
<Theluen>      Pah, dumb surfacers... of course you'd believe you could defeat such a thing so easily. You likely only caused his mood to be more irate... We must be going... right through these chambers and tunnels, to the surface... Miles and miles of tunnels.

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      Feels the sunlight on his back and stretches happily

<Jafar>      Miles and miles...
<Theluen>      I am curious as to how you got down here.

* Jafar      looks disgusted

<Theluen>      All of you, even those... magicians.
<Jafar>      We don't know how we got here
<Jakchim>      couldn't tell you
<Verdant>      random luck, probably. that's how it usually happens

* Theluen      removes his helmet and tosses it away, shaking out his hair and sighing, eyes flaring a bright red.

<Jafar>      I think the evil wizards brought us here
<Delor>      bad luck that is
<Theluen>      We had better be running then. The drow are a merciless people.
<Verdant>      okay then, lead on
<Theluen>      If they should find us, we will lose all hope.
<Jakchim>      give an old man a chance to catch his breath and take a wee drink

* Theluen      eyes the caverns looking around a moment, eyes narrowing, as ears flick.
* Jakchim      bends over panting
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      picks up jackim and places him on his back

<Jakchim>      thanks mate
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      come on old fellah. let's not waste that wine of mine
<Jakchim>      fair enough, 'tis very good wine

* Theluen      takes off at a run again, skirting through corridors and slipping by tight squeezes with ease and abandon.
* Jafar      follows
* Verdant      follows

<Delor>      here we go again

* Delor      follows
* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      scurries after the others

<Jafar>      Are we there yet?
<Jakchim>      no
<Verdant>      don't start that
<Delor>      are we there yet?
<Jakchim>      no
<Verdant>      please please please don't start that
<Jafar>      Are we there yet?
<Jakchim>      no
<Theluen>      Fools!
<Delor>      yet?
<Jakchim>      no
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      oh great
<Theluen>      Keep your voices down... there are untold horrors here in the dark of the depths of the underdark...

* Delor      laughs

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      oh, whew. I thought we had another set of evil wizards
<Theluen>      This is an abyss to which you must never return, if you keep with you all sanity.
<Delor>      tell me about it, how hard could a horde or two be
<Verdant>      probably not so dificult
<Theluen>      *shakes his head and keeps running* Foolish people.
<Verdant>      but let's get out of here first
<Jakchim>      Theluen me lad, they have a wisdom of the highest kind

* Verdant      stops to drink a vigor potion, then resumes running

<Theluen>      How do you know my name?!

* Jafar      sees a large staircase

<Jakchim>      they keep their spirits up in the darkest places

* Theluen      draws his swords and glares.

<Jafar>      Up there!
<Theluen>      You are drow agents! No wonder you are so deep here!
<Jakchim>      I know many things. comes with age

* Theluen      turns to face Jafar, and then fallows his gaze and beams, forgetting about his anger.

<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      and too much alcohol

* Theluen      dashes up the starirs.

<Jakchim>      ya, that too

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      follows T
* Jafar      follows Mr T
* Delor      continues with others
* Theluen      bresaks out into a wider, higher cavern and sighs happily.
* Verdant      sees the stairs just in time to see Bob's tail disapearing up the steps, and follows

<Theluen>      Ah... home.
<Verdant>      seems rather dark to be home...
<MisterT>      I pity the foo who called me!
<Theluen>      You are not a drow.
<Delor>      but cheerful

* Theluen      looks about and sits upon a gentle stone.

[Swift]

Chapter 8 (Sleep...)

<MisterT>      What you suckas want?
<Theluen>      Make yourselves comfortable... powerful wards protect this place. Oh, and I'd like to introduce you to my sole companion.Meet my
<Jakchim>      pet dog?
<Theluen>      A djinn by the name of Tiberius. He calls himself MisterT. Rest, though, surfacers.
<Jakchim>      ah, mister T, so this is where you've been hanging out
<MisterT>      Yeah, and if you don't shut up, I get ready to tear you a new one, you pansy ass elf-boy.
<Jakchim>      I haven't seen you in years
<Jafar>      Can he get us out of here?
<Theluen>      Alas, Mirster T is without magical abilities. This is but the first step in a looong journey.
<Verdant>      can we help?
<Bob_the_Bookwyrm>      I miss the sun
<MisterT>      Get into my van, we'll bust outta this joint!
<Theluen>      Help his lack of magical abilities? He brought that upon himself.
<Jafar>      I miss the sun too
<Jakchim>      he did indeed
<Theluen>      Slaughtering innocent chickens. You see, he is what we drow call 'medically and clinically insane'.
<Jafar>      I'm sick of these freezing corridors
<MisterT>      I still have my retro pop culture appeal foo
<Theluen>      I don't know your surfacer term for it. I do not know your surface. Anyhow, sleep, surfacers, as I said it is a long way to the top if you're on this rocky road.
<MisterT>      This foo trying to talk smack?
<Theluen>      Shh, easy Tiberius.
<Jakchim>      I know, so why are you helping us, Thel?
<Theluen>      It is my duty, Sir.
<MisterT>      He's trying to smack, isn't he.

* Verdant      is confuzzled

<Jakchim>      duty?
<Verdant>      what's smack?

* MisterT      bitchslaps Theluen

<MisterT>      That's smack foo

* Theluen      sighs.

<Theluen>      Tiberius... you are dismissed.

* Theluen      watches MisterT disappear in a poof of smoke.

<Jakchim>      that what you called when you set some of my friend packing from this place years ago
<Theluen>      Your friends?

* Bob_the_Bookwyrm      curls up in a tight lizard-ball and falls asleep
* Delor      pulls out his new book and begins studying

<Verdant>      that looks like a good idea

* Jafar      sits down and falls asleep
* Verdant      checks his returned lock-pick set, unsummons his magic rod, and falls asleep against bob

<Jakchim>      aye, a couple adveturers. found their way down here through the hordes only to bump into you and get turned around
<Theluen>      It was for their safety. The drow are a diabolical group which can never be sated their lust for destruction.The drow are a diabolical gropu that will do nothin
<Jakchim>      I see, so why are you with us when you sent them on alone?
<Theluen>      I have duties to maintain on the surface, friend. But enough of this. Sleep, you'll need the rest.
<Jakchim>      fair enough, for now

* Jakchim      meditates

TO BE CONTINUED...