Trinsic:Blind Justice/Chapter 03

From Dead Pigeons Society

Chapter #03: How to dither in 3 easy steps!

(07:30:36) <@BLusk> We rejoin our anti-heroes as they're about to get the Briefing from Gnome 3. Of course, you could interrupt him NOW before he starts talking.

(07:35:59) <@BLusk> Gnome 3 begins his briefing... "...all right, we're currently on the 12th floor. You've taken out the Flaminator II, but that's not the end of your troubles. You can go down the stairs over there to 11, you'll find two squads with Flaminator I's. Those work. And really well. 10 will have at least that many, plus whatever troops are coming up from below in response to the alarm. 9, you'll face the Raging Rhino and two more squads of gnome schlock troops."

(07:36:28) * Rika sighs. "Wonderful.."

(07:36:37) <@BLusk> "OR you could take the fireman's pole."

(07:36:37) <Eralia> "Okay. Keep going."

(07:36:44) <@BLusk> "It goes straight to 8."

(07:37:22) <Eralia> "Alright. And then?"

(07:38:37) <@BLusk> "On 8, there should be only one squad, and they'll be mostly around the storage room. That's where they keep any magical weapons or armor confiscated this week from prisoners. We can cross the hall there and take the next firemans pole down to 4. But, you'll need to distract or fool the squad on 8."

(07:38:49) * Rika looks at Warren, "Do you still have that spell component bag?"

(07:38:55) <Capn_Warren> "Magical weapons and armor? Ooh."

(07:39:08) <Capn_Warren> "Yeah, why?"

(07:39:14) <Rika> "Can I have it?"

(07:39:24) <Eralia> "Is the squad on 8 particularly better then this one?"

(07:39:29) <Dkort> "Couldn't we just smash the squad on 8?"

(07:39:46) <Capn_Warren> "Why?"

(07:40:41) <@BLusk> "Now, if you take the stairs from 8 down, you'll face Jarvis the Spell-slinging Chimpanzee on seven. He'll be backed by two squads of gnome cowboys. Gnomes on the Range, they call 'em."

(07:41:42) <Rika> "Are you sure you need it? Big bad sorcerer such as yourself?"

(07:42:22) <Capn_Warren> Warren glances at the pouch. "...well, I *might* need it. You never know..." He glances at Rika, then the pouch again. "...oh, what the hell. It smells funny anyway." He hands it over.

(07:42:33) * Rika pockets it. "thanks."

(07:42:40) <@BLusk> "Six... six is just wrong. Six is where they trapped every floor with every imaginable trap. I don't know most of the passphrases. I usually just swing on a rope from the window on 7 down to the window on 5. And climb it on the way back up."

(07:44:11) <@BLusk> "Five's easy. It's all low security. Nobody there has anything bigger than a toothpick for a weapon."

(07:44:22) <Eralia> "Eh. I'm still in favor of the poles."

(07:44:25) <Rika> "Same."

(07:44:33) <Eralia> "Is there a pole on 4?"

(07:46:53) <@BLusk> "Four is the prison infirmary and kitchen. The ones that don't make it in the infirmary go straight to the kitchen. You can take the barber pole from 4 to 1. Three and two are easy enough... One is the problem. Not so much because that's the front desk, reception and check out, but because of the PAPERWORK. The "Prisoners Escaping" paperwork is 23 pages alone. And then you'll face the World's Tallest Gnome outside the front door. He's the last defense."

(07:47:25) <Eralia> "Why bother filling out the paperwork? Just smash and grab and leave."

(07:48:14) <@BLusk> "Not my problem. I just sign over my badge and sword, then I go out the door."

(07:49:59) <Eralia> "Not answering my question. What would possibly compel me to file paperwork? Why wouldn't I just *leave*."

(07:50:46) <@BLusk> "As far as I understand it, it's a magical compulsion. You are compelled to fill out the paperwork."

(07:51:22) <Dkort> "Then we'll just jump out the second floor window."

(07:51:27) <Eralia> "Hmmm. Maybe we should just... exactly."

(07:51:32) <@BLusk> "No window on the second floor."

(07:51:36) * Rika looks around nervously "We can figure that out later. Maybe we can just jump out the second floor window.. Can we get moving? Standing around with enemies all around makes me nervous."

(07:51:37) <Eralia> "Third?"

(07:51:42) <@BLusk> "Last one's on the fifth floor."

(07:51:50) <Eralia> "Oh, lovely."

(07:52:01) <Eralia> "We'll blast a hole in the wall on 2 and jump out there, then."

(07:52:04) <Eralia> "Let's go."

(07:52:07) <Capn_Warren> "We'll *make* a window if need be, assuming this blasted field lets up."

(07:52:20) * Eralia begins searching for the "pole"

(07:53:28) <@BLusk> "Hang on..." The gnome heads over to the middle of the hallway, kicking a few bricks until he finds the one he wants. Lifting up, a panel opens in the wall revealing... a bright-red shiny pole.

(07:54:04) <Eralia> "Awesome. Anything in the immediate area of the pole?"

(07:54:04) <@BLusk> There's a long, dark shaft.

(07:54:48) <@BLusk> "Well, it ends in a room about 10 by 10. No lights inside. The door out to the hallway is on the left side of the pole."

(07:55:43) <Capn_Warren> "Well...who's going first?"

(07:55:49) <Eralia> "...Define 'left'."

(07:55:54) <Eralia> "It's a round pole."

(07:56:05) * Dkort goes over to the pole and almost jumps down the shaft

(07:56:43) <@BLusk> "Apparently, he is."

(08:01:15) <Eralia> "Alright, you're next, Gnome. Then Rika, then me, then Warren."

(08:01:29) <Eralia> "No point in standing here."

(08:02:16) <Capn_Warren> "Why do I have to go last? Someone might sneak up on me..."

(08:02:17) <@BLusk> Dkort: You slide successfully down the pole and land neatly at the bottom. In the 10x10 room, there's a variety of posters of a gnome in flashy clothing holding a strange device before his lips. His hair is greased into a huge pompador, and he's wearing unusual shoes.

(08:02:49) <@BLusk> "All right. Oh, and I have a name, you know..." The gnome heads for the pole.

(08:02:52) <Eralia> "Ugh fine. Then go next."

(08:02:57) <Eralia> "And you haven't said."

(08:03:11) <Eralia> "That is, go after Gnome, Warren."

(08:03:17) <@BLusk> "...It's Thuree." He slides down the pole.

(08:03:23) <Eralia> "You got it."

(08:03:35) <Eralia> "Warren, go."

(08:04:21) <@BLusk> The gnome hits the floor, and quickly holds out his hands as though looking for something in the dark. "...somebody must've covered the glow rock in here..."

(08:05:13) <Capn_Warren> Warren sighs, grabs the pole, and slides down it. He lands on his feet at the bottom - but somehow, his prison garb has been replaced by what looks like a strange costume with pointy ears and a black cape.

(08:05:33) <Capn_Warren> "What the...ah, hang on." He slides back up the pole and out of sight, then slides back down, wearing his jumpsuit again.

(08:05:38) * Rika follows Warren, sliding down the pole.

(08:05:50) * Eralia slides down last.

(08:06:22) <Eralia> "Anything of interest here?"

(08:06:36) * Dkort walks over to one of the tapestries and tries pulling it off the wall

(08:06:57) <Dkort> "I think I saw something here..."

(08:07:16) <Eralia> "Cool."

(08:07:25) * Rika closes her eyes and walks slowly in a random direction, looking for a wall.

(08:07:28) <@BLusk> Anyone without Darkvision would be blind... until Dkort yanks that tapestry off the wall, revealing a small stone glowing a pale ivory. The room is now lit, showing all the tapestries of the gnome in flashy clothing.

(08:07:44) * Rika scratches that line out then...

(08:08:01) <@BLusk> There is a door handle here.

(08:08:05) <Eralia> "...Interesting."

(08:08:08) * Eralia tries the handle

(08:08:27) <@BLusk> "Okay, we go out that door, and we'll be in front of a squad of gnome schlock troops. Any ideas before we do so?"

(08:08:42) * Eralia just tests it, doesn't *use* it

(08:08:58) <Eralia> "How many?"

(08:09:19) <@BLusk> It appears to be a handle. The latch works easily and silently.

(08:09:25) <@BLusk> "10 or so."

(08:10:04) <@BLusk> "They'd be the ones to put these tapestries up, too. Bad taste in music, if you ask me."

(08:11:03) <Capn_Warren> "What's a schlock trooper?"

(08:13:14) <@BLusk> "They're awesome. They have this armor that glows, every single one of them has tons of bright jewelry, lots of faux-gold chains and the like. They like calling people "suckas". And they kick butts and take names. They also carry a full compliment of arms and armor, most notably the schlock rifle. Under the combined firepower of 10 schlock rifles, even dragons have been known to fall."

(08:13:33) * Rika stares

(08:13:44) <@BLusk> "I'm serious!"

(08:14:10) <Dkort> "They sound...difficult to crush."

(08:15:31) <@BLusk> "I... must admit, I've never heard of one being crushed. Baked, yes. But not crushed."

(08:15:55) <@BLusk> "He came out all right. Enjoyed the cobbler from the inside out."

(08:16:18) <Eralia> "Hmmm."

(08:16:31) <Eralia> "Baking... not a bad idea," Eralia comments, fingering her necklace.

(08:17:33) <Capn_Warren> "I'd love to roast the little buggers, but I'm still not sure if we're out of the antimagic field yet."

(08:17:36) <Rika> "Are the Schlock Troopers spellcasters?"

(08:18:11) <@BLusk> "No, but they do have a variety of armors that reduce the effectiveness of magic on them."

(08:18:41) <Capn_Warren> "They do? Dammit."

(08:18:55) <Eralia> "Aww man."

(08:19:16) <Rika> "Hmm.."

(08:20:13) <@BLusk> "Well, how ELSE do you make it through being baked in a magical oven into a cobbler?

(08:20:41) <Dkort> "Sheer willpower and toughness?"

(08:20:45) <Capn_Warren> "What *exactly* does their armor resist? Fire?"

(08:20:59) * Rika looks around the room for anything that might be usefuil.

(08:21:06) <@BLusk> "I don't know."

(08:21:40) <@BLusk> The room is covered in Pelvis Brellsford posters. I mean, the posters of the brightly-garbed gnome with a pompador.

(08:22:20) <@BLusk> They're actually tapestries, made of very flexible cloth.

(08:29:05) <@BLusk> "...I could go out there and take a look, if you'd like. Give an idea of how far away they are."

(08:29:47) <Eralia> "How about you stay here and not betray us?"

(08:30:06) <@BLusk> "Just offering."

(08:30:47) <@BLusk> Thuree sighs and looks at the tapestries.

(08:31:27) <Eralia> "Alright. Where IS the pole?"

(08:32:17) <@BLusk> "You basically need to go left down the corridor about 10 feet, then cross the corridor. The door's right there. You kick the third stone out from the door three times to open it."

(08:32:44) <Eralia> "How wide a corridor?"

(08:32:58) <@BLusk> "It's about 20 feet wide."

(08:35:40) <Eralia> "That's what, a 27 foot diagonal? We could make a break for it and probably only take 1 or 2 hits."

(08:37:19) <@BLusk> "Something like that. I was never particularly good with the math."

(08:37:37) <Dkort> "You seem pretty calm for someone who just had their co-workers killed and basically got kidnapped..."

(08:38:15) <@BLusk> "Huh?"

(08:39:42) <@BLusk> Thuree takes his eyes off the tapestry he was examining and looks over at Dkort. "Well, we have a deal. As far as I can tell, you guys aren't going to renege on it. And if I can get out of this gig, it'd be a good thing in my book."

(08:39:54) <Capn_Warren> "What, you don't like it here?"

(08:40:30) <@BLusk> "General Savareth isn't the most benevolent boss. Even when he's not acting weird. And he's been acting REALLY weird lately."

(08:41:44) <@BLusk> "If you guys get me out of here, I'll probably be listed as missing and presumed killed during a prisoner escape. I'll be free to sneak out of the country and start a new life."

(08:42:17) <Eralia> "I'm all for that."

(08:42:34) <Rika> "Me too."

(08:42:43) <Capn_Warren> "Works for us. But, weird, how?"

(08:43:14) * Dkort shrugs. "Fine with me."

(08:45:13) <@BLusk> "I dunno. Ever since this whole Prophecy rumor started flying around, he's been spending all his time with that high priest guy. Shoot, the staff beatings even lapsed for a few weeks! And that was some kind of new type of unprecedented. When a guy's been beating people for two or three hundred years suddenly takes a couple weeks off, you start to wonder just what's going on."

(08:45:35) <Eralia> "He's been living for 300 years?"

(08:45:47) <@BLusk> "That's been documented that I know about, yeah."

(08:46:26) <Eralia> "...Anywho. All in favor of letting Thuree see where the enemy is?"

(08:46:46) <Rika> "I'm okay with it."

(08:47:39) <Capn_Warren> "May as well. The worst he can do is rat us out, and we'll have to fight them anyway."

(08:48:15) <Eralia> "That's a majority of 2 and a half. Since I'm halfway in favor of it. Go for it."

(08:49:23) <@BLusk> "Okay. I'll be back in a minute or two."

(08:50:25) <@BLusk> Thuree opens the door, steps out, and tugs it shut behind him. A few of voices sound out, "Hey, Thuree!" "How's it goin'?" "You still owe me 5 gold from the Gnome Poker tourney last week!"

(08:51:31) <@BLusk> Thuree's voice, "No, you lost it to Hank in Accounting, remember? How's it going guys?"

(08:53:24) <@BLusk> The conversation bandies back and forth a couple times, little stuff back and forth, then he comes back into the room. "No, no... you're the man!" Thuree points at someone that can't be seen and re-enters the room.

(08:54:28) <Eralia> "Alright. So. I'm guessing they're all right there?"

(08:55:34) <@BLusk> Once back inside, the grin drops away. "7 of them toward the far left, 3 toward the far right. The window on the left is open. The 7 on the left are kind of bunched up at their posts, about 10 feet between each of them. The three on the right are separated by 30 feet or so each."

(09:09:26) <Dkort> "All right...I'll pull a few monsters from the lower planes to distract them."

(09:10:08) <Eralia> "Should I open the door just as they appear, or can you make them appear on the other side?"

(09:10:31) <Dkort> "Open the door right as I finish casting the spell. There might not be enough room in here for all of them."

(09:10:48) * Rika stands against the far wall.

(09:11:00) * Dkort begins the casting

(09:11:05) * Eralia nods and pulls the handle, ready to swing the door open.

(09:12:12) * Eralia swings open the door just as Dkort finishes, ready to charge for the pole in the wake of the centipedes.

(09:12:58) * Dkort chants pretentiously in a forgotten tongue, one hand firmly wrapped around his divine symbol as it glows red.

(09:13:20) <Dkort> Then Dkort thrusts both hands forward as the door opens, three ribbons shooting out and expanding into enormous centipedes in the hallway!

(09:14:31) <@BLusk> The reaction is virtually immediate. "What the!? Gargantuan centipedes AGAIN?!" "I swear, if Captain Roald runs ANOTHER surprise inspection like this again, I'll shove my schlock rifle up his... nose!"

(09:15:08) * Eralia looks outside, waiting for signs of distraction prior to advancing.

(09:15:30) <@BLusk> The centipedes split up, two heading to the left, one to the right, their footfalls shaking the corridor. Magic missiles begin flying at the creatures as one or two of them pulls up their weapon.

(09:16:51) <Eralia> "They're attacking. Let's move. Quietly and quickly," Eralia says, pulling out her crossbow and an arrow just in case, although she keeps them pointed down.

(09:17:28) * Rika pulls out her mini-swords.

(09:17:49) * Dkort readies his shield and moves to the designated area

(09:18:00) <Eralia> Eralia advances at point while the gnomes are distracted, trying to avoid getting within eyesight of a gnome.

(09:18:31) * Rika quickly follows

(09:18:36) <@BLusk> Thuree points at the brick that needs kicked.

(09:18:50) * Eralia softly kicks it three times.

(09:19:12) <Eralia> "As soon as this opens, go down, any order, rapidly. I'll go last and hold them off."

(09:19:14) <@BLusk> The schlock troopers are making short work of the centipedes, actually, the one to the right already missing several legs, for instance, and looking REALLY bad.

(09:19:34) <@BLusk> The door swings open right in front of Eralia.

(09:19:58) (Heaven Script Nick Identifier)(tao just said your name on SurrealChat.net in #lakerp <+tao> riku)

(09:20:11) <Eralia> "Go, go, go," Eralia hisses, turning her back to the door and taking a position at its side.

(09:20:18) * Rika runs in.

(09:20:20) <@BLusk> Thuree happily takes a dive down the pole.

(09:20:34) * Rika slides down the pole.

(09:21:11) * Dkort tags along quickly

(09:21:25) <@BLusk> One of the centipedes on the left falls heavily, shaking the floor massively. The second left-side centipede smashes a schlock trooper through the wall. The continuing magic missile fire indicates he wasn't actually unduly put out by the action.

(09:21:45) * Eralia inches her hand to the handle, ready to swing the door closed behind her after Warren goes through.

(09:22:35) * Rika looks around.

(09:23:03) <Capn_Warren> Warren waits until the pole is exposed, then quickly dashes across the room to catch up.

(09:23:10) <@BLusk> The room at the bottom looks like... well, a storeroom closet. A large one, but still, a closet. There's boxes of food and drink all around. And it's a bit chilly.

(09:23:23) * Eralia swings the door behind her as she enters the room, then slides down the pole.

(09:23:52) <Rika> "Now we're on the first floor, right?"

(09:23:56) <Eralia> "No. Fourth."

(09:24:08) <Rika> "Oh. Right."

(09:24:25) <Capn_Warren> Warren reaches the bottom of the pole, this time clad in a bright red and yellow spandex outfit. "Oops." He zips up the pole, then returns, dressed normally (well, normal for a convict).

(09:24:30) <Rika> "We should find a window on the floor to jump out of. I hate paperwork."

(09:24:44) * Rika looks at Thuree "any surprises on this floor?"

(09:25:03) <Eralia> "We'll work our way down to 2, blast a hole in the exterior wall, and jump out."

(09:25:18) <@BLusk> "Actually, this is the fourth floor. Kitchen and Infirmary. This is the kitchen-side cooler. We have to go through the entire kitchen area, cross over into the infirmary, then go into a storeroom over on that side to get to the other pole. Actually, this is one of the easiest floors... it's not uncommon for prisoners to be working in the kitchen."

(09:25:39) <Eralia> "Forget the pole. I don't want the paperwork. Fastest way down to 2."

(09:27:02) <Dkort> "Let's not idle."

(09:27:23) <Eralia> "Agreed. Quickly, Thuree. Fastest way down is...?"

(09:27:32) <Eralia> "Short of the pole, I mean."

(09:27:35) <@BLusk> "Take a right just outside the kitchen, pass through the checkpoint at the top of the stairs, down a flight of stairs. Across the corridor, down another flight of stairs. 2 is administrative offices... no guards, but you'll stand out like a sore thumb."

(09:28:09) <Eralia> "I'm not worried. We won't be there long. We'll run all the way on 2."

(09:28:13) <Eralia> "Then blast."

(09:28:15) <Rika> "I say we blast that hole in the stairway before 2 then.."

(09:28:27) <Eralia> "If it's exterior, sure."

(09:28:36) <Rika> "Yeah.."

(09:28:47) <Rika> "..Wait, checkpoint?"

(09:28:56) <Eralia> "First step's first. Get to that stair."

(09:29:12) <@BLusk> "Um... I don't THINK it is. None of the stairways are really exterior."

(09:29:37) <@BLusk> "Pretty much in the middle of the building."

(09:31:29) <Capn_Warren> "You know..."

(09:31:59) <Capn_Warren> "As long as we're blasting, why not just punch a hole through the floor?"

(09:32:16) <Rika> "I was thinking that very thing earlier."

(09:32:19) <Eralia> "No sense in using a blast we don't have to."

(09:32:20) <Capn_Warren> "Or teleport, for that matter?"

(09:32:28) <Eralia> "Not all of us have teleport."

(09:33:01) <Capn_Warren> "Yeah, but *I* do."

(09:33:56) <Capn_Warren> "If we can get to a point where I can see the ground outside, I can just teleport us all down.

(09:33:58) <Capn_Warren> "

(09:34:01) <Rika> "That would have been nice to know eight stories up.."

(09:34:26) <Capn_Warren> "He points at the gnome. "Even him, if he wants to come."

(09:34:37) <Capn_Warren> "Yeah, well, eight stories ago we were stuck in an antimagic field. But now..."

(09:34:50) <Capn_Warren> Warren grins an evil grin. "..we're not."

(09:35:23) <Capn_Warren> "Somebody just knock a hole through the wall, or find the nearest window."

(09:35:27) <Eralia> "Alright. Let's blast a hole on this level and you'll teleport as many as you can. The rest will jump."

(09:35:57) <Eralia> "Thuree, nearest wall to the outside and how to get there?"

(09:36:40) <@BLusk> "Um... Out the door, turn hard right, walk to the ovens. The ovens are on an outside wall."

(09:37:20) <Eralia> "Sounds like a plan. Any dangers between here and there?"

(09:37:52) <@BLusk> "The Chicken Cordon Bleu. If you look kinda like you're working in the kitchen, nobody will even notice you."

(09:37:59) <Dkort> "Unless you have something, I could call some divine flames to blast the wall."

(09:38:37) <Eralia> "As much as I'd like to Fireball the wall, that's probably a better idea."

(09:39:04) <Eralia> "Alright, let's go now. Unless anyone objects?"

(09:39:34) <@BLusk> The gnome sorts through one of the boxes and grabs a waterskin and some rations. "I'm ready."

(09:39:40) * Rika says "I'm ready." then mumbles "..starting to feel claustrophobic here.."

(09:40:16) * Rika looks at the rations and then looks at Eralia's toolbox "How much more room you got in there?"

(09:40:56) <Capn_Warren> Warren follows Rika's gaze. "Hey, yeah. Let's grab some free food."

(09:41:21) * Eralia opens it. "Uhhh... enough for that."

(09:41:30) <Capn_Warren> Warren scoops up several packets of food, and as much water as he can comfortably carry.

(09:42:09) * Rika throws a bunch of rations and waterskins in it ((10 rations, five waterskins)), she them pockets an additional waterskin.

(09:42:40) <@BLusk> The toolbox is pretty close to full. Small items could fit inside now, but nothing sizable.

(09:44:58) <Dkort> "Let's hurry," Dkort says as he goes on his way

(09:45:26) <@BLusk> As someone pushes on the door... it refuses to open. It's locked.

(09:46:42) <Eralia> "Aw crap. Rika, you got the keys, right? Try 'em."

(09:46:56) * Rika tries the keys she has.

(09:48:43) <@BLusk> Okay! Rika starts working with the keys. There's a lot of them. Rika gets confused as to which key she's on several times before finally finding one that fits into the lock. Unfortunately, it doesn't turn the lock, so several more attempts go by (including place-loosing and retrying a few odd keys) before Rika finally finds the right key and unlocks the door. It swings open.

(09:49:05) * Eralia leads the way out

(09:49:41) * Rika repockets them and follows

(09:50:55) <@BLusk> The expansive kitchen flares out before you, with lots of tables, vegetables scattered here and there, white-coated chefs and orange-clad trusties working away. An entire crew is pealing potatoes. Several prisoners walk by with crates full of packed foodstuffs just like the ones that are in your storeroom.

(09:50:57) <Capn_Warren> Warren follows after, taking a refreshing swig from a water bottle.

(09:51:33) * Eralia leads the way to the ovens like she knows what she's doing.

(09:51:41) <@BLusk> The ovens are visible about 40 feet away to the right. Several pots are bubbling and simmering thereon.

(09:52:11) <Eralia> "Alright, who's blasting?" Eralia mutters quietly to the group.

(09:52:26) * Rika moves tho the side to allow Dkort to pass.

(09:53:33) * Dkort walks over to the ovens and attempts to blend in until he's the only one near them

(09:54:01) <Eralia> "Blast away, big person."

(09:59:11) <Dkort> Once there's no one in the crossfire, Dkort holds up his holy symbol and chants a single word, sending forth a stream of brilliant flames

(10:01:34) <@BLusk> The flames manage to penetrate the stone wall between ovens, blasting the rock and bricks clean out and away, while deforming the two stoves in such a way as to leave a five-foot-wide, eight-foot-tall hole for passage. You see a broad expanse of grass and a wall topped with razor wire in the distance.

(10:03:23) <Eralia> "You said you could teleport, wizard? Do it!"

(10:03:58) <Capn_Warren> "Uh...uh..." Warren glances at the scenery beyond the wall, looking for a good spot to land.

(10:04:05) * Rika grabs Warren's sleeve.

(10:04:55) <Capn_Warren> "Oh, yeah. Everybody hold hands."

(10:05:07) * Eralia holds Rika's hand.

(10:05:34) <@BLusk> Thuree blinks and takes Rika's other hand. An alarm klaxon begins to blare again.

(10:06:26) <@BLusk> The ground seems to shake in a rhythmic motion.

(10:06:30) <Eralia> "Thuree, take Warren's hand. Dkort, take Warren's other hand."

(10:06:33) <Eralia> "And let's go."

(10:06:35) * Dkort reluctantly takes Warren's hand

(10:06:39) <Rika> "Comeoncomeoncomeon!"

(10:06:51) <@BLusk> Thuree grabs Warren's hand, too.

(10:07:03) <Eralia> "GO, GO, GO!"

(10:07:05) <@BLusk> A 40 foot-tall gnome comes into view. He's carrying a tree.

(10:07:10) <Eralia> "HURRY!"

(10:07:43) <Dkort> "We must come back later to smash that guy."

(10:08:20) <@BLusk> It appears to be a great oak. It's 50 feet long if it's an inch... and he's weilding it like a quarterstaff.

(10:08:48) <Capn_Warren> Warren seems to jump a bit at the sight of the giant gnome. "Okay, this place is officially too much for me." He clicks his heels together three times. "There's no place like...uh, one of those rooftops over there." *BAMPF!*

(10:09:35) <@BLusk> *FOOP*! You drop onto the roof of Dae's Chinese Takeout and Coin-Operated Magical Laundry.

(10:10:12) <Rika> "But.. but... We can't end game! My clothes are filty!"

(10:12:18) <Capn_Warren> "You've got a week to wash them."

(10:13:49) <Rika> "Oh. Okay. I'll do it later then."

(10:15:04) * Capn_Warren watches as a flattened pigeon crawls out from under the pile of adventurers that just landed on top of it.

(10:16:04) <Rika> "Aww.. Poor pidgeon..."