Being unable to do anything else, Flint can only contemplate Borimer's struggle from the first row.

ROUND 1
Borimer swings and hits the creature wrapping around his body, sending a swath of water flying away into the hall.  The swing is difficult to make, however, because he is swinging at something that is entwining and enveloping him.

The creature completely envelopes Borimer, its arms wrapped around him and inside itself as it begins squeezing and drowning him.  (14 hp dmg.  Borimer unable to breathe.)

Harak swings, manages to miss Borimer inside the water, and also carves away a large portion of water that splashes to the ground.

Unlike the larger creature, this one seems unable to reanimate its lost water.

Borimer has freedom of movement of one sword arm, but takes all the penalties related to fighting underwater.  He may try again to dislodge himself by making a strength check against an opponent with strength of 20.  (If so, I will roll for the creature.)

Borimer keeps slashing at the moving water that threatens to swallows him.

Harak slashes again with the scimitar.

Kahan readies his shield and smashes it into Borimer. He knows the hardy fighter can handle it, and hopefully the concussive force will free him from the water demon's grasp.

ROUND 2
Borimer makes a solid hit even while caught inside.  Borimer is hurt by the strangling.  (4 hp dmg.)

Kahan slams into Borimer as Borimer swings again.  Borimer drops his sword but manages to pry himself loose as the water creature is concussed by Kahan.

Harak hits twice with his scimitar, and the water splashes to the ground, no longer dangerous.

You then journey forward to 32f (the crystal focus room pointing down from the ceiling) without incident.  There is a door to the east that you have not yet opened.

Everyone listens for noise beyond the east door before Borimer opens it.

You listen and hear nothing at the door.  Opening it, you look in. (See room 31.)

This was some sort of laboratory.  Blackened marks all over the walls indicate an explosion took place here some time in the past, another remnant of Esylia's exploding orbs.  A broken statue of a man litters the floor as rubble.  Amid the other charred remains of the room remains a table against the south wall with several shattered pieces of glass and burnt bits of parchment.

You are not sure if the fire was caused by Esylia, or if the monks at this temple burnt the room with codes written on the parchment to prevent her from escaping.

There are doors to the east, north and west (where you stand).

Kahan hands Borimer his weapon and apologizes for hitting him "It was the best solution to the problem I could come up with." he replies with a shrug.

Borimer grins.

"It worked."

He walks through the burnt remains of an old battle. After everyone has listened at the east door Borimer opens it.

"And i must say I'm thankfull you saved my life, though I feel I have become a burden on you all and I'm sorry for that"

Borimer picks Flint back up on the way to the east door.

"Sorry I had to drop you so fast...evil water and all that.  But you're no burden to us."

You hear no sounds on the east side of the door.  Upon opening it, you find another winch room (33d).



About this time, you hear a thwopping sound just through the north door (of room 31).  It sounds like you have drawn the giant water demon up through the never-ending portal.

Androlus, blind and honed in on his other senses, says, "I believe it must hear our footsteps on the granite floor and the battle we were just in.  The concussions of our feet are probably like roars to a water being."

"Then how do you suppose we move around? We cannot fly, nor float along the ground." Kahan asks, quickly changing the dials to whatever it was they needed to be changed to.

Androlus looks fearfully toward the northern door, even though he cannot see it.  "Outrun it, I presume, if we do not fight it.  Or move lightfooted."

OOC: A rogue character could probably pull off the lightfooted movements with successful rolls.  The group might be able to defeat it in battle--no promises.  Or you could just try to keep ahead of it or distract it somehow.  Those are what came to my mind.

Harak hurries and begins turning the winch to 91 as quickly as possible.  "Let's get this done before that thing blows through here."

Harak manages to get the dial to 91, but as he is doing so, the creature starts banging on the northern door.  It bulges just like the southern one had done and will soon break into splinters.

"Follow me!"

Borimer leads the way through the temple as quickly as the group can travel, not shouting out his plan in case the water demon can hear through its tentacle.

31, 32f, 28, 26, 21, 13

"Go right."

Borimer takes the rear guard as the others flee down the smaller passages.

9, 7, 6, 3, 2

Borimer will stop and guard the others as they run forward, and then follow them at a sprint.

33a, 32a

You make it back to the secret rooms of 32a and 33a.  Your sprinting seems to alert the creature because it stops as you run and then you don't hear anything as you enter the room.  Flint and Androlus slow you down some.

Five out of six of the winches have been changed and the gems were placed in the Time Ark.  The numbers on the transfinite repeater now read:  792348917492

The number you are trying to get them to read is: 792348918392

"Good news, we are here. Bad news, I didn't know we weren't ready to be here. I'm thinkin' we need to get to the southeastern edge of this floor to expore past the pillar room."

(room 17->halls head west?)

"Follow me?"

When everyone is ready and if they wish to continue under his benevolent leadership Borimer sets out to explore...

33a, 2, 15, 16

"Keep going and try to move quietly. I'll see if I can get its attention..."

Borimer heads off as noisily as possible up the stairs.

16, 22

You find that the creature was still lurking around the neverending pit room, extending tentacles out in several directions.  Borimer's stomping feet draw it to the second floor.

The others go to the burnt out library (room 17) and begin looking around.  There does not appear to be a door or anything to the west, just blocks of burnt out granite forming a wall there.

Borimer is in room 22 (the overlook of the Time Ark) and the others are in the library (room 17), which appears to be a dead end.

FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR MAPS FOR YOUR REFERENCE:

LEVEL ONE



LEVEL TWO

This message was last edited by the GM at 22:57, Thu 13 June 2013.

is there a hole between 2 and 18 by the red arrow? is that where we first came in? if so, then the following:

Borimer runs down the stairs to the others.

22, 16, 17

"I've got another idea..."

He grins and keeps running if the others follow, otherwise he stops and waits to discuss the situaion further.

16, 15, 2, 18

Everyone listens at the north east door and if nothing is there Borimer opens it.

The slits demonstrate where cracks in the wall have provided a view between 2 and 18.  You cannot actually fit through the cracks and rubble there.  (This was created when the orbs exploded in the upstairs billeting room, and which you saw in the future when you entered but was a solid wall when you went through the Time Ark until you saw the orbs explode.)

In any case, the way to get down to 18 is through the stairs leading down on the southernmost side of the second floor (at 23).  It's actually not far from where Borimer now stands trying to attract the attention of the water demon.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:48, Thu 13 June 2013.

"Up here!"

Borimer waits for the others to come up the stairs.

"This way."

Borimer quickly leads them to the south west corner and down the hallway south to the stairs that go back to the first floor.