Alexander warily climbs the stairs, prepared for whatever may lie ahead. He uses his shirt sleeve, hopefully dry by now, to cover his mouth and nose as the sulphuric smell intensifies. It fills his nostrils with the scent of blood, but it's better than the sulphur smell stinging his nasal cavities and making his eyes water.
You get to the top of the steps and find your self on a small lower platform, with steps leading up on both sides. Above where the steps you just cam up lead out is vertical wall rising up dividing the room in half. You can hear the bubbling of what by now you have gleamed is likely acid in large pits ether overhead or deeper in to the room. You spot some large glowing orbs hanging form the ceiling as the source of light in this room.
Out f game:
No Alexanders placement can not be seen by the rest of the party there is a large wall splitting down the room, and he is also about 10 foot lower then the level of the platform everyone is on in the acid pit room.
Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 RPG Main Game (Hover)
Alexander takes the left hand stairway, carefully prodding each step with his sword before stepping onto it.
Izumi finishes looking at the book and closes it. She breathes deeply with many thoughts running around her mind. She looks to Praos consolingly, "I am sorry, but I believe your orders elder is dead. He seemed to slowly lose his mind down here. Though at the end he speaks of his death, but with it his God is not trapped or dreaming any more."
Izumi looks around and knows the group is spreading out too much again. She speaks up to Elrik, "Hey, let's get going. The other three are already in the next room."
With that Izumi starts into the next room.
Alexander discovers they are unstrapped, and as you peek up over the pits edge of the pits and the upper level you think you can see 3 people on the far side of the room. Your position is 90% coverage so you have a hiding advantage. The longer you look the more you think one of the 3 people is a woman and the other to are men. They seem to be looking a round possibly searching that side of the room. You can see they have weapons [which] strikes you as odd, but no more odd then the items that magically appeared on yourself upon entering this hell hole only hours a go.
As Izumi walks toward the acid pit room down the steps and dark hallway, the monk and cleric follow behind, one straggling more then the other.
Alexander crouches, sword at the ready. He watches the group of strangers warily.
Out of Game:Hide Check:16+5=21
It is only moments till a 4th, 5th, 6th, and now 7th person appears on the platform at the far side of the room. One appearing to be a teenager, a boy much more youthful in his build then the others, as 2 more men and another woman have entered the room. The 7 strangers do not spot you, but its clear they are moving threw this dungeon in the opposite detection that you started to travel after your fall.
Knowing full well that he cannot go back the way he came, at least not alone, Alexander retreats up the opposing staircase to investigate the other side.
Upon realizing the staircase leads to the other side of the acid room, he decides to take a chance. He steps just into their viewing range and lowers the bloodied sleeve from his face, calling out, " Hail strangers! Might I ask what brings such strapping folks as yourselves into a pit such as this?"
Edited: Oinodaemon on 20th Feb, 2013 - 6:40am