Location:
Hidden Tomb on Easter Island
The archaeologist avatar moved closer to
Adamas and waited until the team was reunited!
Black Orchid readied herself to blast if
something comes shambling towards them, trying not to let on that the
description of the undead unnerved her a bit, with unknown magic and sorcery
being polar opposites to the comforting world of science she knew so well.
As the group gathered together, Starbolt flew
forward and said, "Well, that was certainly interesting. It makes me
cautious about what could be next."
Jack and Black Orchid looked into the room in
front of them. This was what they saw.
Once the group is all together, Adamas took
the lead. He listened to everyone's
tales of what they have seen, he was ready for anything.
Moving into the passageway Red Hawk saw the
team scattered ahead of him. Finding Starbolt at his back he said, "Thanks
SB. I don't know what happened. Suddenly everyone was gone and CyberDoom was
threatening to take me and overwrite my programming. I lost it I guess."
Speaking to be team through the amulet,
“I apologize if I hurt anyone. Is everyone okay?"
"Clark,
are we anywhere near you last saw Jacco?"
Thunderhead replied, via the mystical amulet:
"I confronted Jacco in the first
chamber, but now I wonder if any of that was real or just an illusion!"
"How
did you guys make out with the hieroglyphs? Are they any helping finding the
portal?"
Thunderhead told everyone the ancient tale.
“Ten thousand years ago a race of men journeyed here from
a faraway planet. The trip took many generations. There was a colony here on
Easter Island, but when the travelers arrived they found that it had been
destroyed by Earthly creatures. The new people erected the great stone heads in
honor of the previous colony, and they built their own magnificent city around
them. For hundreds of years they prospered, and grew proficient in the occult
arts. Their king in those days was named Cor, and he begged the wizards to stop
their dealings with the demons from beyond. But they did not, and finally they
called forth a great demon which consumed their whole city. Then King Cor fought
the demon and slew it, saving a handful of his subjects. He himself did not
survive the battle. A secret tomb was built for him, guarded by undead spirits
and cursed by the vengeful demons.”
First listening to the brainiacs and arcane
experts Hawk looked into the room. Red Hawk made sure not to enter the room
until the experts in archeology and the arcane gave the thumbs up, but a peek
from the passageway while listening to a report on the hieroglyphs couldn't
hurt could it?
"Starbolt, my sensor suite has highly
advanced detection gear but seeing in the dark isn't part of the package . . .
Responding to Red Hawk, "Sure, no
problem on the light. Would you like it radiating outward from me to light the
area we are in, or directed forward like a flash light?"
“Can you give us a radial illumination? That
way we can take it all in at a glance. I suppose its possible Jacco slipped
past us up above but I'd rather avoid any more nasty surprises of
possible." Red Hawk said.
Starbolt moved his position to gain maximum
effectiveness from the light.
Using his Heightened Senses, Red Hawk
attempted to detect for signs of danger within the room, be it an ambush from
Jacco, falling granite blocks, pit traps, etc
Centurion X stayed in the rear with Starbolt.
He readied his magnetic powers to come to the defense of his teammates.
The young immortal also smelled a trap, but
of a very different kind. Jack feared the ancient corpses were actually sacred
guardians that would rise from the dead should anyone enter this chamber! This
was just the sort of thing his ancient kin would've devised.
He acted to prevent that. ZWOOOOOSSHHHH!!!! A blizzard of ice and snow magically appeared
from Jack's hands and buried the corpses deep!
Chris's thermal sensors sensed the entity
called Jack Frost as he also looked through the portal into the next room. When
suddenly the chill turns frosty and sheets of ice start to form over the piles
of desiccated corpses. "Jack, NO!" Worried the summoned elemental of
winter will trigger an unknown trap, Red Hawk tried to abate the blizzard
already started.
Over the corpses the surface of the massive
ice block was intricately sculpted with loving detail, like a Currier and Ives
print, forming an ice sculpture of a grand fairy tale castle of long ago. Snow
gently fell on the castle, gathering lyrically on its nooks, roofs and window
wells.
Adamas was floating about six inches off the
ground, he was ready to take action, and was prepared to be on the
offense. He was looking to hit anything
coming at them, and hit it hard.
Thunderhead was relieved that everyone was
together, having passed the first test the tomb offered but certainly not the
last.
The two-fisted 1930's archaeologist
adventurer scanned the new chamber of this haunted tomb without entering it,
looking for mundane mechanical traps (ala Indiana Jones).
He did not find any hieroglyphics to translate.
The room was piled high and deep with
mummified corpses. Atop the pile rest three “important-looking” bodies, decked out
in jewelry of great value. Piercing the chest of the central important corpse was
a great rod. Red Hawk can’t see for sure through the ice but he thought it
might be a key. The rod might be brown in color and there might be markings on
it. The ice was too thick to be sure.
On the other side of the room is a statue.
The statue was in the shape of an octopus-headed warrior with tusks and eight
spidery eyes. He stood with his arms folded across his chest. Thunderhead using
his archeologist skills spots a doorway behind him.
Thunderhead recognized the statue as one of
the demons drawn on the hallway. Adamas remembered seeing similar looking
creatures in Occult’s castle in the Domain.
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Battle Conditions:
Adamas Hit Points: 41 Power
Points: 78 Invulnerability: 24
Black
Orchid Hit Points: 30 Power Points:
87 Willpower Defense active and invisible
Centurion
X Hit
Points: 138 Power Points: 99 Magnetic
Defense active
Jack
Frost Hit Points: 24 Power Points:
72 Ice
Defense active, Controlling Weather - Snowfall
Red
Hawk Hit Points: 74 Power
Points: 32 Invulnerability: 10; Vib Def active; Willpower Def active
Starbolt Hit
Points: 34 Power Points: 75 Creation
Points: 45, Used: 0
Thunderhead Hit Points: 28 Power
Points: 77 Height: 6ft, Invulnerability 20
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OOC: Well wasn't that a hoot? I was beginning
to get really nervous. Flashbacks to the Charity Ball and the appearance of the
Destroyers nervous. My email communications skills being so fabulous and all.
<Red Hawk: IC> Gliding back up through
the floor ready to fight his creator, Red Hawk is confused at being alone in
the chamber. Moving into the passageway he sees the team scattered ahead of
him. Finding Starbolt at his back. "Thanks SB. I don't know what happened.
Suddenly everyone was gone and CyberDoom was threatening to take me and
overwrite my programming. I lost it I guess." Speaking to be team through
the amulet. <<"I apologize if I hurt anyone. Is everyone
okay?">> Hearing Thunderhead's call for everyone to regroup at
Adamas location Red Hawk confirmed he and Starbolt were right behind them.
"Clark, are we anywhere near you last
saw Jacco?"
"How did you guys make out with the
hieroglyphs? Are they any helping finding the portal?"
IC: First listening to the brainiacs and
arcane experts Hawk will to look into the room it Starbolt could please provide
some light. Using his Heightened Senses, he will Detect for signs of
Hidden/Danger within the room, be it an ambush from Jacco, falling granite
blocks, pit traps, etc
OOC: Lol. I haven't played a D&D dungeon
crawl in decades. Definitely has the feel of one so far :-) Not to shatter the illusion (pun intended)
but what is our light source down here? I'm sure the combat kit Chris got from
StarCorp has a flashlight or flares but neither much good on the run in a
fight. Of course Starbolt is our best
bet but didn't want to assume too much. Man the last month or two seems like a
year. Sorry if I asked this stuff earlier.
IC: Careful to listen to the advice of the
teams brainiacs and arcane experts Hawk will ask Starbolt to light the room up
and so he can us his Heightened Senses to Detect for Hidden Dangers
OOC: I forget. How is the team seeing
underground? Is Starbolt lighting our way? Hawk might have some flares and a
flashlight from the gear he was provided by StarCorp but they aren't going to
be much good in a fight.
*Zombies? Didn't we have enough fun with
those at Stonehenge? (Lol) Please don’t tell me Jacco is hiding in a pile of
dead bodies?*
Regards
John
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Thunderhead replied, via the mystical amulet:
"I confronted Jacco in the first chamber, but now I wonder if any of that
was real or just an illusion!"
Jeff
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Is the pile moving?
Marc
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No. They appear to be more like ancient
corpses than zombies.
Tom
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OOC: Nobody had asked for him to provide a
light source, but he would be happy to oblige.
IC: Responding to Red Hawk. "Sure, no
problem on the light. Would you like it radiating outward from me to light the
area we are in, or directed forward like a flash light?"
If necessary, he will move his position to
gain maximum effectiveness from the light. Unless this interferes with what
someone else's actions, then he would move.
Jamey
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<Red Hawk: IC> Red Hawk makes sure not
to enter the room until the experts in archeology and the arcane give the thumbs
up, but a peek from the passageway while
listening to a report on the hieroglyphs couldn't hurt could it? "Thanks
Starbolt. My sensor suite has highly advanced detection gear but seeing in the
dark isn't part of the package . . . Can you give us a radial illumination?
That way we can take it all in at a glance. I suppose its possible Jacco
slipped past us up above but I'd rather avoid any more nasty surprises of
possible."
Thanks
John
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Hi Tom,
Another fun issue. Thanks!
IC:
Thunderhead:
Thunderhead was relieved that everyone was
together, having passed the first test the tomb offered. But certainly not the
last.
The two-fisted 1930's archaeologist
adventurer scanned the new chamber of this haunted tomb without entering it,
looking for mundane mechanical traps (ala Indiana Jones).
He will translate any hieroglyphics he can
read, and try to divine the room's original purpose. He will share all he learns with his team
mates.
Jack Frost:
The young immortal also smelled a trap, but
of a very different kind. Jack feared the ancient corpses were actually sacred
guardians that would rise from the dead should anyone enter this chamber! This
was just the sort of thing his ancient kin would've devised.
He acted to prevent that. ZWOOOOOSSHHHH!!!! A blizzard of ice and snow magically appeared
from Jack's hands and buried the corpses deep!
The surface of the massive ice block was
intricately sculpted with loving detail, like a Currier and Ives print, forming
an ice sculpture of a grand fairy tale castle of long ago. Snow gently fell on
the castle, gathering lyrically on its nooks, roofs and window wells.
[OOC: Jack uses his Ice Creation power to
form as much ice as possible to bury the corpses under. He'll use all his ground movement to do this,
generating 100 cubic feet of ice to encase the bodies in, but still leaving an
open pathway for the team to move past them.]
Thanks.
Best,
Jeff
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Adamas:
Once the group is all together, Adamas will
again take the lead. He will listening
to everyone's tales of what they have seen, he is ready for anything.
Adamas is floating about six inches off the
ground, he is ready to take action, and is prepared to be on the offense. He is looking to hit anything coming at them,
and hit it hard.
Jon
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ZWOOOOOSSHHHH
<Red Hawk: IC>
Chris's thermal sensors sense the entity
called Jack Frost as he also looks through the portal into the next room. When
suddenly the chill turns frosty and sheets of ice start to form over the piles
of desiccated corpses. "Jack, NO!" Worried the summoned elemental of
winter will trigger an unknown trap, Red Hawk tries to abate the blizzard
already started.
John
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