Once Thorg, Aine and Sparky are past the door, Aldous closes it -- HARD -- and wedges the same knife underneath.

"Sed w's bad idee.  Le's git."

OOC: okay, so it's just us four -- Aine, Thorg, Sparky, and me, plus Dagon and his, um, servants...

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 22):

"The magic that locked it was just suspended. So that should hold the muddles. Lets keep going."

In reply to Aine Walsh (msg # 23):

The guards make it to the gate and give it a had rattle, but you are quite a distance from them by the time they arrive (they are wearing chainmail and leather and aren't moving too fast.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 24):

So continue down the corridor?

Yes, back to the last intersection.  Aldous will remember (it's been what, ten minutes?) but the player has forgotten the last turn we took.

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 26):

you head east until you come to the intersection with a downsloped corridor(your passage is slightly elevated. you had come south from the north passage. and had not been south or east.

In reply to Narrator (msg # 27):

Aine shrugs. "Head east?"

"W'r headin' east b'for.  Dunno wher' th' whisp'r guy wen', tho'."

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 29):

you can head south (and down) or continue East (as well as return north and down)

Aldous point his smallsword to the east and raises his lantern.

"'S go."

He leads on to the south

In reply to Thorg (msg # 32):

Aine follows with the light...

Aldous, left standing with his lantern as the others head off in a different direction, shrugs and follows Thorg and Aine.

OOC - I read your previous post " 'S go " and went South ;-)

In reply to Thorg (msg # 35):

you head down the short ramp and to the southern side of the intersection.

the tile on the walls here has been almost completely stripped, leaving a rough surface with raised groutlines marking the  spaces where the tiles once were.
the flooring has gutters about a foot wide on each side, and there is a grate set in the gutter.

Aldous works his way to the front of the group again, behind Thorg.  He furrows his brows at the grated gutters.  "Mi' needa watch f' wata'."

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 37):

Aine follows, oblivious to the discussion...

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 37):

you come to another intersection, where your mild slope levels out- there is a set of grates at the base of the slope, with a gutter beneath that links to the side gutters, as though it was built to keep water from pooling.

Aldous looks down into the grating.  "Mus' g' wet 'n here a'times."

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 40):

Aine moves the light over and looks down...

In reply to Aine Walsh (msg # 41):

the grate looks moveable and she can see something shiny about a foot down...

In reply to Narrator (msg # 42):

"Guys, can we move this grate?"

Is there water below? She pokes her lit jo down to look.

"Thorg?"  Aldous moves to one side of the central grate, sheathes his smallsword, and sets his lantern down, then hooks his fingers around the bars, arms spread shoulder width apart for control; he waits for Thorg.

OOC: Two Handed Lift is 192 lb.
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He sighs... rests his shield and spear against the wall and squats down to assist.

In reply to Thorg (msg # 45):

roll again each of you