recklessthings | 彡 cora hale

[Cora nods a bit, before taking a step back and leaving the pot where it is. If it's an offering, it's probably best they don't disturb it (wisdom 15).]

Check the walls again? See if there's some kind of switch?

Okay.

[ Off she goes to do that, shining her flashlight around when the beam goes dimmer. She smacks the flashlight in her hand a few times, but there's no improvement. ]

Flashlight's about to go.

[ Which makes for a cranky Granuaile. She doesn't have Cora's keen eyes. But what she does have is the sense she's found something not long after (spot 14). ]

This looks like something.

[ She turns to look over at Cora. ]

This pillar is divided into sections, and see here?

[ She pushes against the carved stone of the cylindrical pillar. ]

Each section can spin. It could be a puzzle.

[Cora nods before dropping down into a crouch so that the cylinder is more at eye level. She tips her head to the side, before frowning.]

Kind of like the combination on a safe.

Yeah! We just need to find the right combination and it's straight to the safety deposit box.

[ Or death. But let's remain positive here! Granuaile runs her fingertips along the carvings, tilting her head in thought. ]

The carvings might line up to form a continuous image. Let's try it.

[Cora nods a bit, crouching a little lower so that she can get her ear closer to the dial. Maybe she could hear the rods falling into place as she turns them (listen 24).]

Go.

[ Granuaile sticks her flashlight in her mouth, the rest of her keychain smacking into her chin. But it leaves both hands free to carefully turn the section of pillar without overspinning it past the correct point. She soon becomes aware that it must have some special balancing system built in, because as she turns it a certain amount, there's some resistance as it slots into place, naturally stopping so she'd have to use a little force to spin it again. It stops a person from just running a hand along it and spinning it until it loses momentum. Ingenious.

And she takes the flashlight out of her mouth to speak. ]

I think it clicks into place with each turn. The carvings don't line up, though. I'll keep going to see if I can find a bit that does.

[ And if they don't, they'll just have to try something else. ]

[Cora nods a bit, before pressing her ear to the side of the pillar. It's true, the balancing system seems to prevent them from hearing where the tumblers fall into place. She pulls back, scanning the pillar for a moment, before tipping her head to the side.]

Do we know what the picture is? Or do we have to figure that out?

I sure don't know. But this lower part has these lines that come up, so we can work on finding the middle section with the lines at its bottom that match up. Then we can look at whatever's depicted on the top of the middle section, and go on to the top section to match that part up.

[ If... that makes sense. She's talking fast and doesn't know if she mixed up any of that. ]

[She shrugs a bit. Not like she can do much else but try. She gets up and makes her way around the sides of the pillar, studying the drawings carefully before she finds the one they're looking for (spot 25).]

Wait, try this one.

[ Granuaile spins the piece a couple times until it matches up with the piece below. Across the room, a wall separates down the middle, as it's actually two doors. They swing in towards the next room, but stop before being open enough for either to slip through. Which means they need to get the top piece in place. ]

Almost there. What matches up to this one?

[ She points to the top of the piece she just turned, her flashlight dimming more. ]

Fucksticks! I hope the next room's filled with ancient triple A batteries.

[She laughs a bit, before her eyes flash.]

It's okay. I've got it.

[She takes a step back, her fingers running over each of the designs as she tries to find the one that matches the rest of the picture, but even with her ability to see in the dark, she's not getting very far. Apparently she never did puzzles when she was a kid (search 6).]

What was on the top of the last picture?

Um, hold on, let me think.

[ Because she really can't see enough now. She closes her eyes, trying to picture the design in her mind. The Druid's mind is carefully trained to catalogue things into different sectors, so nothing crosses over to confuse them. Spells go in one headspace, each language gets its own, etc. So she focuses, but since this is something she's only just saw once, she can only retain a bit of info (concentration 10). ]

There were two lines that curved up and to the top right. I can't remember what was on the left.

[Cora nods and goes back to looking for it, but not only does she not find it, she is becoming increasingly frustrated with the situation as a whole (search crit fail). Any effort to try and get a handle on her temper is just not there, and she lashes out, swinging a hard punch at the pillar (attack 14) which doesn't do a lot of damage but does ... damage the image of the top dial making finding out which one it is all the more difficult.

Her eyes widen a bit when she realizes what she's done, withdrawing her fist and watching as the crumbling bits of stone come away with it.]

Shit.

Oh.

[ Well. ]

I... don't think that convinced it to cooperate.

[ She winces a little, hoping it isn't somehow broken on the inside. Reaching out, she gently pushes at the piece, which still moves. At least there aren't a hundred sides to this thing? She could just keep spinning it until the door opens. ]

I think it's okay.

[No. It's really not okay. Because that punch, while it may not have been hard, was enough to trigger the security system on the lock. There's a heavy thunk!, and one of the panels on the wall furthest from them starts to slowly rise. Cora glances over and her eyes widen.]

Oh, that can't be good.

[You wanted booby traps Granuaile? You got your booby traps.]

[ She takes it back! ]

Crap!

[ She grips her staff and turns her flashlight off, the keychain getting shoved in her back pocket. Whatever's coming, she doesn't want to give them an even better chance of seeing her.

Of course, it could be a trap of arrows, or water will come flooding in. We just don't know. ]

[There's a heavy thunk! that shakes the ground around them and then a rumble as whatever it is starts moving forward and Cora can see clearly enough in the dark that she can make out the large round edges of the boulder that was coming out of the wall. She doesn't think, just reacts, reaching for Granuaile's wrist and tugging her towards the door (reflex save 16).]

Run. Run!

[ Her eyes go wide and she doesn't have to be told twice. She turns and runs, though being in the dark kind of sucks big time. ]

Which way?!

[Thankfully the hallways are big enough that she doesn't have to worry about clipping Granuaile on a corner as she runs. She weaves her way through them as they head back the way they came (navigage 13), not slowing down until they reach the bright light at the end of the tunnel and are back out the entrance.

She skids to a stop once they are up the hill and turns to watch as the boulder that was following them rolls to a stop at the doorway, collides with it hard and and essentially collapses the entrance.]

That was close.

[ Once they're safely outside, Granuaile leans on her staff, breathing hard. Okay, now? Not so envious of ol' Indiana Jones. ]

Yeah. You okay?

[ Once that's determined, she'll let herself be bummed that they didn't find anything cool. They found nothing but trouble. ]

[She nods a bit, checking herself over as she does.]

Yeah. I'm good. Are you?

Yeah, fine.

[ She runs a hand over her forehead and back through her hair, letting out a frustrated sigh. This was a shitty ending to their adventure. But then again, she couldn't expect everything to end up with a win like in the movies. ]

Sucks we didn't see what was at the end. It must be big, to have a security system like that.

[She nods a bit, studying the ruins for a moment and shaking her head.]

Or it could have been something really bad too. Some things aren't meant to be uncovered.

I guess not.

[ But her voice suggests she's the type to want to see those things anyway, just to know. ]

If it's buried that deep, whatever it is can't come up here to hurt anyone. Probably.

[ There could be other exits to this place after all. ]

Well, that's made me really freaking hungry. Want to hit up a food stand?

Yes. I am starving.

[And with that they head off to get some food and enjoy the rest of their day free of booby traps. /scene]

彡 cora hale | teen wolf

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