BARGHEST

[soulping]

[You exit the parlor through a doorway in your team's color and find yourself in some kind of entry hall. Aside from the one behind you, there are four doors - one on each of the side walls, and two opposite the entrance - each with an image carved into it. They're a bit hard to make out, however, since only one torch on the far wall is lit, lending the place a gloomy atmosphere. What you can see is that the room, once richly decorated, is now a mess; the walls are covered in peeling, royal purple wallpaper, and great swaths of the ceiling are coated with sticky cobwebs. The floor is covered with large marble tiles, inlaid with some kind of swirling design in glittering gold - but sadly, it too is out of shape. The tiles seem to shift a bit under your weight, and some of them are even missing altogether.

If you try the doors you'll find that all of them are locked, and no amount of manhandling can get them to budge.]

[OOC: This game is a treasure hunt/dungeon crawl! Your characters will be exploring the rooms they pass through and facing different challenges in each one. Some rooms will be exploratory, others will have specific rules! The goal is just to reach the end. Teams will be scored on things like teamwork, cleverness, creativity, etc.

Skills are ON, but there will be penalties if you mess up Knut's castle. He lives here, you know!]

Comments

[soulping]

[you make it the rest of the way across without a problem, but you still feel a little dizzy]

[wingtamed]

[ we are off the board so he's gonna. try and move the board, yes. ]

[soulping]

[it moves pretty easily! it's sturdy enough to hold both your weights, as you just saw, but not very heavy]

[remarch]

[What happens if we move the board so it reaches the next platform?]

[soulping]

[It BARELY reaches. It might be a little risky, but you can try it.]

[wingtamed]

Ladies first.

[ that means you, lepus. ]

[remarch]

You should go first, you're sooo much more athletic.

[wingtamed]

But if ya break it, I can just use the ropes.

If I break it, what're you gonna do?

[remarch]

[I hate it when you have good points.]

Fine.

[Going to veeery carefully edge his way across, not looking down.]

[wingtamed]

[ i always have good points. ]


Go, go! Faster! Win!

[soulping]

[Lepus makes it easily despite Mira's distracting taunts. It wobbles as he steps off, but there are no problems otherwise]

[wingtamed]

[ without big heavy wings everywhere it's 80% easier to. you know. make his way across the board. but he's definitely not as careful as lepus. ]

[remarch]

Try not to die.

[HELPING.]

[wingtamed]

Don't tell me what to do!

[soulping]

[Mira makes it across as well. You can now both see that there are five more platforms, each placed some distance apart. You'll be able to jump across from here, though you might need a running start- and be careful, they tilt a little when you get too close to the edge. Don't worry too much about falling though! There are large webs hanging below to catch anyone who stumbles...with massive black spiders circling the edges hungrily. How...helpful.]

[remarch]

[...Takes one look at the web.

Looks at the torch.]

Gimme a second, Mira.

[SHITS GONNA GET SET ON FIRE.]

[wingtamed]

No fires, idiot! None!

[remarch]

There are spiders. Spiders are flammable!

[wingtamed]

I said no!

Just jump it! Don't be a baby!

[remarch]

[THIS SUCKS AND SPIDERS SHOULD BE BURNED.

WHAT IS THE POINT OF A TORCH THAT YOU CAN'T USE TO SET EVERYTHING ON FIRE??

But nevertheless jumping across.]

[wingtamed]

[ getting a running start to follow behind him, yes.


WHILE JUDGING LEPUS. SO MUCH. ]

[soulping]

[You both make it! Lepus clips the edge and causes it to tilt slightly. Below, the spiders are disappointed.

Same strategy for the rest?]

[remarch]

[Yep!]

[soulping]

[The final platform has a zipline rigged up above it. The line leads down to the foot of a military-style wall-climb, about ten feet high.]

[wingtamed]

How much d'ya think ya weigh?