Standing back up, Matt says to Yaeth. "I think she meant a meteorically a chain not the one over head with the light, but I thin k she is on the right path its likely something to do with that center stone. What all did you discover with your last swim out to it, you where diving down a couple of times."
Izumi can tell there is a greater spell on the crystal over head called "Daylight" a spell often used to to create a light as bright as day with the same benefits for plaints and animals as natural sun light as well the same negatives for undead like beasts.
Alexander walks back to confront Izumi, leaving the cave entrance alone. He takes a deep breath as though calming himself before speaking.
"It is only common courtesy to thank someone when they attempt to help you. I never expected it, but it would have been nice to know that you were grateful before you pounced on me for 'jabbing' at you." He lowers his voice and softens his tone, "There is no need for such aggressive words, we are both civilized peoples, and hurling insults at me is not helping either of us. I am neither a fool nor ungrateful, and you can trust I would be the first to thank someone who helped me, but that is not the point. I will even apologize for my words, though they were never meant to insult or injure anyone's pride. Let's just call it square and move away from this. You have my apology for rash words spoken in pain, and my oath to attempt to not be snide even after being smashed into a wall by a giant monster."
Alexander holds out his hand to Izumi, "I want to be your friend, and I truly meant no disrespect. As you say, this is about team work, and we need to work together to survive."
In Game: Felipe notices that there is a quarrel going on around him, so because of that, he moves to somewhere else to just not get involved and he will sit and relax there for now.
Edited: Felipe on 3rd May, 2013 - 6:19pm
Yaeth will tell them what he saw under the water with the central island. About how it is two mermaids carved in stone holding up the central disk. Maybe there is something on that island that can lead us to drain the pool.
Yaeth will swim back out to the disk and climb out on it and begin searching for anything that seems out of place.
Out of Character: Swim check rolled a 13 +5 = 18 Search check rolled a 19 +4 = 23
Izumi nods to Alexander, "This wasn't about pride. This is about keeping us in shape, including mentally. If we are not at our best, none of us may survive. This 'Trial' has never had a survivor. Your apology is accepted, but in the future a 'Thank you' will most likely come after the danger(s) have passed."
Izumi grasps his arm and holds it a moment while looking in his eyes. Then as she pumps his arm Izumi notes, "That thing had quite a wallop, didn't it? It got me coming up with Matthias in tow."
She looks back to the rest, "Now let's figure this thing out. The piece up at the top has a kind of spell on it to create a fake sunlight. I still think the 'plug' is under water somewhere." After she says this she takes her water skin and begins to dump it out to use as a breather. "Anyone else going in?"
Holly gathers her gear and her wits about her and sneaks off down the passageway to see what she can find and report to the thers when she returns. She'll move at least 50 feet in, maybe 100.
(Hide: 19+12=31. Move Silently: 17+10=27. Listen: 9+8=17. Spot: 16+8=24.)
Out of Game:
Yaeth the center round rock is into flat it is not a disk, it is perfectly round both across and up and down, it is a Sphere. That is why it was so hard to clime on to its also slippery with moss and cut from marble.
In Game:
As you search over the thing you can't find anything on the round rock at fist till you discover scratching at the moss on the rock in places that dead center of the rock is a small slot looking much like a Key hole.
Matt nods no, smiling he takes a seat near Haru and Felipe. Haru is still cutting Meat from the Beast avoiding any weapon damaged bits or questionable areas, he even has the box out and is dropping craps in to it then shutting it once full and opening it up and dumping the new items on to a small pile to sort there later. A metal spoon falls out landing on a pile consisting of a many odd bits at a glace the group sees a yoyo and a couple of playing cards among the small pile of odds and ends being crated by the trimming not worthy of keeping as he cuts the good meet form the huge monster.
Praose responds "No thanks I have had enough swimming too." he pulls out one of the books and starts to read over it thumbing through the pages trying to find the spot he had left off a reading up on the plaints of the grove from the old books sketches.
Holly sneaks off down the passageway unnoticed, about 10 to 15 foot in she finds a chunk of glowing ore on the ground in the otherwise pitch black tunnel. Picking it up she can tell it gives off the same amount of light as a candle.
Slowly moving foreword to see what she can find, she sat bout 100 feet down the passage way till she finally sees something, coins. A couple half buried coins are mixed among the dust of dirt in the passage. Picking the 7 gold coins up she sees they are not the only things on the ground, as sh moves the light for word she finds a skeleton in rags slumped against the side of the cave wall. An amulet still hangs a round its neck but its skull has rolled about 5 foot a way in to the center of the path. As you examines the remains and its belongings you find a small dagger, just the right size for you to use. As you look over the body you realize its of a halfling just like your self from the rags of clothing you think it was hit with some form of acidic attack. You discover a couple more randomly spread out coin near the body. Gaining another 2 gold 6 silver. As you dig in to what is left of the remains you find a peace of cloth with a pocket and in it a key inside as well as a scrap of paper.
The paper reads like a list each of the items marked off a line scratched threw them. As you eyes read over the list you see the only thing not checked off is the word "Magic". As you begin to look at the words with lines threw them you read.
Arrows
Weapons
Strength
Swimming
Flight
Darkness
Light
Fire
Lightning
Magic unlock
The last word being the one unmarked.
As you finish reading over the note you take a couple steps back towards the lite room, but nearly tip in to one of the divots in the pathway, as you take a better look at the divot you quickly realize its a Footprint in the compressed dirt, from the way it is forged you imagine this area must of at one time been mud. As you look at ti trying to figure out what made it moving the small glowing stone over the ground it dawns on you its the foot print of a Dragon or at least so you believe.
"Yes, it did." Alexander chuckles. "Have fun in the water, I'm going to stay up here and stand guard." He strides off to the passageway, obviously relieved to no longer be at odds with Izumi.
Out of Game: Search: 3 + 2 = 5
Spot: 9 + 2 = 11
Does Alexander notice anything Holly did not?