Amalthea/Ometotchli

[soulping]

[Once through the gate, you’re in a dark, dark hall. The only way to go is forward.

Continue?]

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Room 1

[soulping]

[The hall opens up into a large arena. The moon shines bright enough to light it, but there are lanterns around the edge. The arena is entirely filled with deep water, in which….plush sharks appear to be swimming.There are also wooden platforms floating in the arena, fairly far apart. There is one bridge across, but a Minotaur stands in the middle of it, blocking the way forward. He nods to the team, and gestures for them to come talk to him.]

Re: Room 1

[unguilded]

[ THANK GOD I CAN BREATHE AGAIN. At least the roses they're carrying don't smell as strongly.

Taking a close look at the surroundings. ]

I assume the point is to avoid falling to the sharks. So that leaves seeing what our friend on the bridge wants us to do to get across, or seeing if we can somehow use those platforms to get across if he asks for too much.

Though those plush sharks are kind of cute...

Re: Room 1

[science_genius_girl]

... [UNSURE]

Is this really safe...?

[soulping]

[The minotaur stops laughing, after a long while, and slowly, carefully, steps onto one of the wooden platforms, out of the way.]

It has been a great deal of time since I last laughed. You may pass.

[He gestures you onward, down the hall to the next room.

Room 2

[soulping]

[The next room is slick, and slippery--because it’s full of fountains! The fountains themselves are pretty deep, and as before, there’s really only one path forward...which was apparently supposed to be blocked by the small, iridescent dragon chasing butterflies around the room. Looks like it’s really not paying attention.]

Re: Room 2

[lucciola]

[... that's kind of cute]

Re: Room 2

[foulhussy]

Oh. Another lizard with wings. Why are there so many here?

Re: Room 2

[unguilded]

[ He joins the dragon in chasing the butterflies. ]

Pretty!!

Re: Room 2

[science_genius_girl]

[looking around for flowers or nectar the butterflies might like, trying not to slip]

Room 3

[soulping]

[Here the path leads deeper underground, and things are getting colder. There’s no longer starlight or moonlight, but the rose you carry will glow bright enough to light the path. A frozen temple looms before you, quiet as the grave.]

Re: Room 3

[unguilded]

A ... temple?

[ Well, it looks like that's the next goal?

Poking around outside to see if there's anything else, or anything strange about the entrance. ]

Re: Room 3

[foulhussy]

[Stomping the ground in frustration.]

Fuck, why has everything been so fucking cold, lately!?

Re: Room 3

[lucciola]

[inspecting the door/entrance]

Re: Room 3

[science_genius_girl]

... [regretting giving up her coat]

Re: Room 3

[forthemackerel]

[ shivering from the cold+water combination, but just shrugging it off for the game, peering at the temple ]

[soulping]

[Inside the temple, there is a tall, incredibly beautiful woman...frozen to her throne. Around here are shattered mirrors, so watch your feet.

She looks down at them, and chuckles, kind of coldly.]

So this is what counts for a band of heroes, these days?

Room 4

[soulping]

[Coming out of the temple’s back door, you arrive inside a magnificent cathedral. The stained glass windows make the light come in in gleaming, rainbow colors, and there is singing, although the words can’t be made out. At the far end, under the largest and most magnificent of windows, there is an altar, on which thirteen books in multiple colors sit. Behind the altar, there is a pair of magnificent double doors, marked with an ornate rose motif. The cathedral area is gigantic.]

Re: Room 4

[forthemackerel]

[ stares in awe at the rainbow, like it pings something deep in his soul that he doesn't remember, but it certainly resounds as a missing piece of him, but he shakes that feeling off as he walks over to the books and examines them ]

Re: Room 4

[science_genius_girl]

[it's beautiful...]

[moves over to the books, flipping through them without picking them up to see their contents]

Re: Room 4

[lucciola]

[. . . well this is magnificent]

Re: Room 4

[unguilded]

Beautiful...!

Room 5

[soulping]

[There is a ragged, tiny old man with piercing, gleaming blue eyes on an absolutely ridiculously huge throne. His voice is thin and reedy, and a little hard to hear.]

Congratulations. You’ve done well to get here...but before you go, would you indulge an old man’s questions?

Re: Room 5

[science_genius_girl]

... What would you ask of us?

[adds, a little awkwardly] ...sir?

Re: Room 5

[unguilded]

Hello.

I don't mind answering some things. What would you like to know?

Re: Room 5

[foulhussy]

[Oh great, another jerk on a chair.]

What's up, geezer?