At this, Aldous turns back and whispers "R'treat!  Le's go!" then resumes heading for the wedged-open door, now at a faster pace.

In reply to Thorg (msg # 5):

"Did you guys lock this area up?" She asks them.

In reply to Aine Walsh (msg # 7):

she asks Throg or the guardsmen?

In reply to Narrator (msg # 8):

The guardsmen...

In reply to Aine Walsh (msg # 9):

"Hey how did they get in here- ring the bell!"
This message was lightly edited by the player at 16:11, Thu 15 June 2023.

Aldous breaks into a full run, ready to skid to a stop at the door and work the spike loose so the door can close.

Throg lets everyone pass him, then goes on guard and backs away toward the gate Aldous is holding.

In reply to Thorg (msg # 12):

the second orange cloak ducks to the side, and you can hear a bell ringing, and distant shouting.

He just keeps moving back as quickly as he dares, while watching the corridor they are leaving.

Aldous stops just beyond the doorway and puts his lantern down outside the swing of the door, then gives the door a good kick to unwedge his knife before wiggling it free.

"C'mon, c'mon!"  He tosses the dagger alongside his lantern and puts both hands on the edge of the door, ready to slam it shut.

In reply to Aldous Hack (msg # 15):

the two onange cloaks head towards you, one with a torch the othercwith sword drawn.
"Stop right there I say!"

Not Ta Day, I fear.

Thorg gets through the gate.

In reply to Thorg (msg # 17):

"How impolite. Time to go."

She races back for the door...

"Thorg, Aine, de' guys nev' wen' in."  If there's no one else running from the guards, he slams the door shut and wedges his knife under it again from this side.

OOC: haven't seen Sven, Nana, or Sparky in a while -- we lost Sparky's player, IIRC.  Who else was with us besides the necromancer and his two stooges?

No, I am pushed by Thorgs player... Thorg just monopolizes the scene

In reply to Sparky (msg # 20):

"As Sven and Nana's player left with their character sheets, they are full time back at the inn, beyond  the reach of even my necromancy."

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)