[ well HE WILL RUN OVER IN THAT DIRECTION AND TRY TO FIRE SOME FIREBALLS FROM HIS MAGIC FIRE WAND AT THE SKULLS?? since that seems, uh, safer than bombs.
and somehow... this luck streak has kept up and he got a 19, so i guess it's probably hitting them?? ]
Sheila's fist punches a skull, but it turns out to be the wrong skull because it's Bradley's skull, hitting him right on the cheekbone.
That punch is pretty much insult to injury -- the skull clinging to his neck begins to press hard, biting as deeply as it can -- [9] -- drawing blood but unable to get a grip that would allow it to cause really dangerous damage, but it keeps pressing on, cutting Bradley's breath somewhat, a clear warning he's in serious danger if it stays attached to him!
The other skull, though, leaves Bradley alone, lunging at Zuko to tackle him, Sebastian's fireballs intercepting the enemy, the skull falling to the floor for a brief second before flying towards Sebastian, a tad shaky, hovering towards him with the jaws wide open!
[ um. he's ready to fire off another fireball if need be, but it seems like the skulls are maybe under control now between that 20 and 19?? so he's going to catch his breath quick and wait to find out what's up there before trying to pull any more levers... ]
Thankfully, Bradley doesn't get punched again, despite the low roll.
While Sheila grabs the skull and unsuccessfully tries to part its jaws, Zuko slices the other one to dust, the sword cleaving right through, cursed calcium breaking apart! He and Sheila struggle against the skull, slowly opening its jaws, releasing Bradley from it--
--releasing him enough for him to destroy the skull with the butt of his rifle, smashing it to pieces.
There's peace. No more sounds of evil craniums hovering in the air, nor of anything slithering in the area. Just the wind and the motors of Van Medoh propelling the machine.
Nice. Near the three on the ramp a small button pops up from the floor.
What Sebastian sees once he takes a look inside the cubic chamber, is that it's tall and featureless other than the decorations, except for one thing up on the ceiling, near the open end of the cubic chamber. It vaguely resembles a coat hanger, and the base, connected to the ceiling, is shining a deep, beautiful blue. If Sebastian were to jump with all his strength, he would be able to reach it!
The view from where he is, too, is pretty straightforward -- he can see the screen closest to this chamber, set on its rails and framed with metal. The other two probably are identical. Thing is, the wood that forms the mesh of the screen looks...prickly, so to say.
[He holds his neck for a moment, looking at his clothes. He's not in his usual outfit so he starts tearing off a sleeve to use as a bandage for his neck. Probably a bad idea to leave a wound open like that. Nothing to do about not being able to disinfect it at the moment.]
When Sheila presses the button, from the device hanging from the ceiling of the chamber a line of light extends, passing through the screen nearest to it. Since it's a mesh the light can pass across, until it reaches the second cubic chamber at the other side of the walkway, right into its wall.
Looks like this hanging device and the light form some sort of zipline, with its route passing through where all the prickly screens are at. Only one zipline device and it doesn't seem like more can appear, though. Only one person can use it.
Well... it's at an angle, so maybe once it gets to the other side we can just send it back? Or, um, use the levers to move it? ...Well, maybe we need to use those first to move the screens...?
[ he doesn't know wtf he's doing. and he hasn't tried moving a lever since that button showed up, so if he goes back down and tries the right one again now, does anything happen? ]
[Hmm... Sheila glances at where the levers connect.]
There's four of us, one zipline and three levers. Feels like whoever designed this wants us to do the math.
[Zuko or Bradley can take care of the zipline, but Sheila will walk down the ramp to join Sebastian at the levers. This time, she tries the one in the middle.]
...they're still stuck and resisting the attempts to move them. The base is still glowing orange.
Zuko and Bradley, though, they will be able to see there's something unusual about the start of the zipline. They should be able to see what seems to be some sort of sensor at the base of the coathanger-like object. This technology is pretty advanced, for some old relic! The zipline seems ready to transmit some signal once the device is grabbed.
Is that what's going to make the levers work? Do we have to time this out really carefully?
[ tries the right lever again while zuko's hand is on the zipline handle to see if activating the sensor lets them move the screens with the lever?? 'cause if not he's not sure what he's doing here ]
When Zuko tests the hanger up and puts his hand on it, the hanger moves forward a few inches, pulling from him, and at the same time the color in the levers changes slightly, getting dimmer, turning into a strange, indescribable mixture. Upon testing them, the screens slide a bit before returning to the original point, snapping back into place with a loud click.
It seems merely grabbing the hanger up in the zipline won't be enough to enable the levers, but they're on the right track, that much is clear.
Careful, though -- like Bradley wondered before, it doesn't seem there's any place for a new hanger to appear. Only one passenger and one try!
[But if that's how he wants to do it, go on! Bradley will pat him on the back, just a bit too hard, and head down to the lever that is currently unoccupied.
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Why is this place LIKE this?!!
[ well HE WILL RUN OVER IN THAT DIRECTION AND TRY TO FIRE SOME FIREBALLS FROM HIS MAGIC FIRE WAND AT THE SKULLS?? since that seems, uh, safer than bombs.
and somehow... this luck streak has kept up and he got a 19, so i guess it's probably hitting them?? ]
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Sheila immediately runs over to punch a skull, but.
kyuu 🦶 mommy? sorry. Roll: `[5]` Result: 5
This is fine.]
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That punch is pretty much insult to injury -- the skull clinging to his neck begins to press hard, biting as deeply as it can -- [9] -- drawing blood but unable to get a grip that would allow it to cause really dangerous damage, but it keeps pressing on, cutting Bradley's breath somewhat, a clear warning he's in serious danger if it stays attached to him!
The other skull, though, leaves Bradley alone, lunging at Zuko to tackle him, Sebastian's fireballs intercepting the enemy, the skull falling to the floor for a brief second before flying towards Sebastian, a tad shaky, hovering towards him with the jaws wide open!
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[ he even looks cool doing it. next, he moves on to help bradley, trying to grip it and rip it off. with a 9, he gets as far as gripping it ]
You stupid-- get OFF of him!
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[He growls out when he gets punched in the face.
This is awful, actually. He takes the butt of his rifle and attempts to smash (19) it into the skull that's trying to break his neck.]
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T-thanks...
[ um. he's ready to fire off another fireball if need be, but it seems like the skulls are maybe under control now between that 20 and 19?? so he's going to catch his breath quick and wait to find out what's up there before trying to pull any more levers... ]
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[Honestly
kyuu 🦶 mommy? sorry. Roll: `[4]` Result: 4
at this point just let a new skull chomp her as she pulls away, not wanting to punch Bradley again. Help..]
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While Sheila grabs the skull and unsuccessfully tries to part its jaws, Zuko slices the other one to dust, the sword cleaving right through, cursed calcium breaking apart! He and Sheila struggle against the skull, slowly opening its jaws, releasing Bradley from it--
--releasing him enough for him to destroy the skull with the butt of his rifle, smashing it to pieces.
There's peace. No more sounds of evil craniums hovering in the air, nor of anything slithering in the area. Just the wind and the motors of Van Medoh propelling the machine.
Nice. Near the three on the ramp a small button pops up from the floor.
What Sebastian sees once he takes a look inside the cubic chamber, is that it's tall and featureless other than the decorations, except for one thing up on the ceiling, near the open end of the cubic chamber. It vaguely resembles a coat hanger, and the base, connected to the ceiling, is shining a deep, beautiful blue. If Sebastian were to jump with all his strength, he would be able to reach it!
The view from where he is, too, is pretty straightforward -- he can see the screen closest to this chamber, set on its rails and framed with metal. The other two probably are identical. Thing is, the wood that forms the mesh of the screen looks...prickly, so to say.
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We're pressin' the button, right?
[He'd press it himself if he wasn't busy.]
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[ as he's already off jumping to try to reach that pretty blue thing hanging from the ceiling of The Cube and failing because i rolled a 4 ]
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Will you be okay, Bradley?
[Anyway, she's gonna slap that button!]
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Looks like this hanging device and the light form some sort of zipline, with its route passing through where all the prickly screens are at. Only one zipline device and it doesn't seem like more can appear, though. Only one person can use it.
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[ once that's done he'll look at the zipline. ]
... Looks like it can only hold one person. I can go ahead first.
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[He'll move his neck a little to make sure it won't fall off.]
Where's another one gonna come from?
[He's looking at the zipline now. To him, it just looks like the one. Unless somebody magicked this thing together.]
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[ he doesn't know wtf he's doing. and he hasn't tried moving a lever since that button showed up, so if he goes back down and tries the right one again now, does anything happen? ]
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There's four of us, one zipline and three levers. Feels like whoever designed this wants us to do the math.
[Zuko or Bradley can take care of the zipline, but Sheila will walk down the ramp to join Sebastian at the levers. This time, she tries the one in the middle.]
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...they're still stuck and resisting the attempts to move them. The base is still glowing orange.
Zuko and Bradley, though, they will be able to see there's something unusual about the start of the zipline. They should be able to see what seems to be some sort of sensor at the base of the coathanger-like object. This technology is pretty advanced, for some old relic! The zipline seems ready to transmit some signal once the device is grabbed.
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Yeah, so we can try it. There's some kind of.... sensor here. I think it'll know when it's grabbed.
So, who wants to grab what?
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I can go first if ya want.
[Since he's tall enough to reach it without having to do a jump.]
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[ tries the right lever again while zuko's hand is on the zipline handle to see if activating the sensor lets them move the screens with the lever?? 'cause if not he's not sure what he's doing here ]
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[She tries the middle lever again, but. Not expecting it to do anything on account of the orange glow.]
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It seems merely grabbing the hanger up in the zipline won't be enough to enable the levers, but they're on the right track, that much is clear.
Careful, though -- like Bradley wondered before, it doesn't seem there's any place for a new hanger to appear. Only one passenger and one try!
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It's fine. I can go. You're hurt.
[ says zuko with at least one of his legs clamped. he can parkour the zipline!!! ]
So we've got to pull them in a certain order. What should we try?
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[But if that's how he wants to do it, go on! Bradley will pat him on the back, just a bit too hard, and head down to the lever that is currently unoccupied.
He pulls this first.]
There's only so many combos, right?
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