˜”*°•.˜”*°• Layla as Kallista, the Teifling Wizard •°*”˜.•°*”˜
Layla was the most graceful of the four to take a seat, carefully placing the helmet on her head and trying not to mess up her hair. She pulled the visor down and could no longer see the audience staring her. Resting back in her Lazy-boy, her head started to tingle at first, before becoming stronger and more painful. The ringing in her ears didn’t help one bit and she was quickly relieved when it suddenly stopped; she too, was unconscious… sort of.
The first thing Layla saw inside the game, right before Kallista’s eyes, was the solid block text:
LEVEL ONE: FIND YOUR TEAM AND ESCAPE THE MANSION
After the text disappeared, Layla/Kallista saw she was in a very dimly lit small rectangular room. It was 20 by 10 feet, and going width ways were three single beds. However, she saw no door. Only a very tiny window above the middle bed that let a slither of natural daylight in.
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Aԋαɳα αʂ AʂԋႦσɾɳ, ƚԋҽ Vαɾιαɳƚ Aαʂιɱαɾ Rσɠυҽ
Nothing seemed out the of the ordinary in this room. A nicely-made bronze framed double bed with floral sheets was in the room. A polished dresser to Ashborn’s left stood up against the wall and looked pretty empty. The room was 20 feet by 20 feet, with no key for the closed door on the other side of the dresser. The walls were plain, without any decoration, aside from the delicate pastel wallpaper. On the other wall opposite to Ashborn’s corner with nothing more than oil lamp attached to it, closer to the corner. Although, along the wall to Ashborn’s right, toward it’s other corner, he saw a second closed door.
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Layla blinked for a moment, slightly surprised by the change in her surroundings, and looked down at the red hands of her character as she flexed her fingers. She really was inside of a game. A game that was telling her to find her team and escape a mansion. Which sounded simple enough. She looked around her, seeing three beds and a small window in the already small room, but the problem was, she did not see a door. How was she supposed to find her teammates or escape when there was no door? The light in the room was dim, but her character’s dark vision made it simple to see as she started looking around the room more closely.
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˜”*°•.˜”*°• Layla as Kallista, the Teifling Wizard •°*”˜.•°*”˜
The six-foot long beds only just seem to fit the width of the room and only a few inches between them. They had nothing particularly interesting about them, nothing comfortable either. The bed sheets were plain in both colour and pattern, with nothing else in, around, or under them. The walls were empty, but as Kallista turned right to look at the wall behind, she thought for a second she saw something door-shaped but then it was gone.
You’re gonna have to be specific with directions within the room, and then hope your rolls help. (wink)
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The more he looked around, the more clueless he felt inside the room. First challenge, he already had no idea what to do. Great. The initial idea of finding the key was dwindling as he tried looking under the mattress of the double bed. Then noticed the second door, and approached towards it, thinking of breaking out. Ashborn faced turned his shoulder to door and with an inhale, slammed it against the door.
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Nothing seemed to stand out when Layla began looking around. Everything seemed plain and insignificant about the beds and even the walls. Though, that was when she caught a glimpse of something, something that could have been a door, but in an instant, it was gone. She couldn’t be certain what she saw, or where it was. She turned, facing the wall opposite the beds, then walked over to the left side corner to examine closer.
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Opal felt weird being in a completely different environment instantly. It was highly disorientating. But, she gathered her composure and tried to think of a way out. Opal first decided to try a futile attempt to change to a human-like shape so that Dreamseeker could cast the light spell. She’d grab the dagger and orb, casting light onto the dagger held in her makeshift hand. Opal was hoping it’d just be like muscle memory… or cell memory for Dreamseeker to cast the spell. She was still unsure on how this whole thing would work.
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Aԋαɳα αʂ AʂԋႦσɾɳ, ƚԋҽ Vαɾιαɳƚ Aαʂιɱαɾ Rσɠυҽ
As Ashborn’s shoulder slammed into the door, he felt an ache in his muscles instantaneous. It told him that despite his be a video game, he did in fact feel everything that this new character felt and would feel. The door, however, creaked slightly but still remained closed.
˜”*°•.˜”*°• Layla as Kallista, the Teifling Wizard •°*”˜.•°*”˜
Walking past two of the the beds to stand in front of the third, she examined the wall. Nothing was there, she was looking straight at the wall and saw nothing. No door. Yet, at of the corner of her right eye, she saw it again, back at the other end where she had been.
@Littlefeets - maybe think about another type of check you could do? Talk to the others. Where was it you saw something?
O͎p͎a͎l͎ ͎a͎s͎ ͎D͎r͎e͎a͎m͎s͎e͎e͎k͎e͎r͎,͎ ͎t͎h͎e͎ ͎P͎l͎a͎s͎m͎o͎i͎d͎ ͎W͎a͎r͎l͎o͎c͎k͎
It seemed to be just like muscle memory, as the dagger began to glow bright and lit the room up. They could now see clearly that this was a toilet room. The round/square shape to the right was a old-fashioned toilet, nothing like the modern ones Opal was used to. And ahead of Dreamseeker, they saw that the large oblong shape was a thick wooden tall table with a chipped sink on it. The sink was half-filled with a murky watery liquid and there was moth-eaten cloth next to it.
The walls were both tiled and wood panels, and Dreamseeker even saw a closed door behind them.
@Cadborosa - I both laughed and applauded you for this. HEHE. I mean, who needs to roll perception when you can make light. HAHA
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A sigh of relief escaped Dreamseeker. Opal was glad it worked without a hitch, gaining more confidence in this new form. Realizing it’s a toilet room with gross sink water, Dreamseeker held their breath. Her first plan of action was to open that door. Dreamseeker turned around and started for the doorknob, then stopped. She decided to check if the door had a keyhole or a peephole to look through so they could check what was outside.
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мαν αѕ нєямєѕ тнє нαℓƒ-єℓƒ ѕσя¢єяєя
As Hermes cast his cantrip both verbally and with gestures, and plunged the spectral hand into the filled sink. It came back out empty after 20 seconds of searching, nothing was in there. He dismissed the hand, only to walk back down the room and recast it. Standing 20 feet from the table, Hermes could make out what looked like a small spider comprised of a shiny steel shell with eight spider like mechanical legs and a small dome shaped head at the top that appears to be made of glass. It’s head tilted back at him, seemly curious about what he was.
Moving the hand over to the table in order to grab the metal spider but it scuttled noisily out of the way (dex save: 20) and hunched down closer to the table surface, no longer curious about him. Acting so quickly, it was difficult to see where it came from but a small pin flew straight at Hermes and became stuck in his bicep, threw his clothing. (To hit: unnatural 20)
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Ashborn cursed the door under his breath as his shoulder throbbed in pain and in return for utter failure, which besides being locked up in a bedroom was already getting on his nerves. As stared at the closed door, breathing out to calm his nerves, suddenly like a light bulb moment recalled the stuff in his inventory. He quickly searched for the Thieves’ Tools and with them began to try and pick the lock of the door.
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O͎p͎a͎l͎ ͎a͎s͎ ͎D͎r͎e͎a͎m͎s͎e͎e͎k͎e͎r͎,͎ ͎t͎h͎e͎ ͎P͎l͎a͎s͎m͎o͎i͎d͎ ͎W͎a͎r͎l͎o͎c͎k͎
Turning around to face the door, the sound of a couple of bubbles popped up out of the sink.
Looking down at the door and door handle, Dreamseeker couldn’t see any keyhole. There was only a small bolt lock on the inside of the door, showing that it was clearly unlocked and there was no visible traps.
Damn! With a nat 20, I gotta be nice to ya since I feel like it was sorta wasted.
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мαν αѕ нєямєѕ тнє нαℓƒ-єℓƒ ѕσя¢єяєя
The chill touch cantrip came coming… but to no effect. The spider seemed to have immunity to necrotic damage. Although, it did distract it long enough for Hermes to get to the door on the opposite side from the spider. The door was unlocked and he could pull it open. Then as the door opened, the dome detached itself from its legs and flew to the middle of the room.
Aԋαɳα αʂ AʂԋႦσɾɳ, ƚԋҽ Vαɾιαɳƚ Aαʂιɱαɾ Rσɠυҽ
Grabbing the lock picks, he attempted to pick the door. Except, what he noticed was that the door was unlocked the whole time.
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Dreamseeker slightly jumped at the bubbles from the sink. Opal had to make a choice, the dumb one of messing with the sink like a stupid character in a horror movie or the less stupid choice of running out… likely into a spike pit. On second thought, she figured that no option was correct. Dreamseeker turned back into a limbless ooze and started to slide back and forth. Opal wasn’t entirely sure what could be in the sink, but probably nothing good. She decided to suppress her curiosity and carefully open the door after turning into a more humanoid form once more. It was more important that they find their teammates, in which case they could go back to the sink if needed. When opening the door, they first stuck out the dagger so they could light up whatever room they’d find themselves in.
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Just as the realisation hit him that the door he had been struggling with was not even locked to begin with he took a whole minute to curse himself before getting up and pushing open the door.
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Mav had heard of fight flight. He had not, however, known about doing both at the exact same time. Which is what this creepy spider was doing. Not to mention the fact that his cool hand did absolutely nothing to the damn thing. “The absolute f*ckkkkkkk… I thought you could only find those in Australia.” He immediately slammed the door closed, leaving the spider in the other room. Whatever was left in there was absolutely not worth it. He turned to the new room, hoping to see one of his teammates.
@CrazyCaliope
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O͎p͎a͎l͎ ͎a͎s͎ ͎D͎r͎e͎a͎m͎s͎e͎e͎k͎e͎r͎,͎ ͎t͎h͎e͎ ͎P͎l͎a͎s͎m͎o͎i͎d͎ ͎W͎a͎r͎l͎o͎c͎k͎
Outside the door, the dagger showed them what seemed to be a hallway that was 20 feet long and 5 feet wide. But to the right, standing in the middle of the hall, was a small red and furry creature. It giggled out a “Hi”.
Aԋαɳα αʂ AʂԋႦσɾɳ, ƚԋҽ Vαɾιαɳƚ Aαʂιɱαɾ Rσɠυҽ
Looking through the open door into the next room, he saw a simple but large room for a dresser. It was 15 feet across and 10 feet deep. Then there was something else, something that moved in the furtherest corner on the right.
мαν αѕ нєямєѕ тнє нαℓƒ-єℓƒ ѕσя¢єяєя
He heard a buzz get closer on the other side of the door and then a few seconds later, it died down.
Where he was now, turning away from the door, was in a stone hall. To the right was a 6 feet dead end and to the left seemed to be about 18 feet. The hall was about 6 feet wide.
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Ashborn’s stature casted a shadow on the floor of the now revealed room, blocking the poor attempts of dim light from previous room to entre this one. Skeptically he stepped in, but halted at once as something in the furthest corner seemed to move. Is that some creature? - he thought and just to be sure used his darkvision again.
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