[Closed] Mictlan expedition log!

[ding_bots_are_done]

Who: Agatha Heterodyne, Soujirou Seta, Jonathan, Eikichi Mishina, Miss Martian, Ruri Hoshino
What: Exploring the ruins
Where: Mictlan
Warnings: Violence, danger, possibly language








After climbing up to the top of the temple, the group enters Mictlan. The walls are stone and the floor looks almost polished. There is a distinct chill in the air. The only ambient light comes from torches along the wall. Agatha is already glad she outfitted a few of her dingbots with lights. After walking through a short hallway they step through an archway into a large room. The floor is a huge mosaic depicting scene from ancient myth and legend. A briny odor fills the air and the sounds of distant wailing can be heard. There doesn't appear to be anything else of interest in the room, but notably there are 7 different exits. Agatha is looking around warily.

[OOC: So here they are in the first room. Obligatory 'everybody arrives mingle thread' has been cut for time. No thread order for the same reason. As I said in the plotting post, I will be adding at least one 'move things forward tag' per day. But feel free to move things forward on your own too. That said, enjoy!]

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[swordsaintseta]

     "Maybe there's a big boss waiting at the end," he jokes. Soujirou might have tried to push it himself out of curiosity, so he can hardly complain when Eikichi does so- although he tenses either way, not sure what might happen.

[ding_bots_are_done]

{Luckily for Eikichi, in addition to a very lucky roll which allowed him to escape the trap, he also helpfully turned it off for everyone else, so the group is able to pass by unharmed. They proceed down the hall and around several corners before coming to another fork in the path.They can either continue forward, or turn to the right.}

The general lack of anything dangerous has been making Agatha nervous. More nervous than she would have been if they'd encountered a whole army of monsters. She's sure the other shoe is just waiting to drop. When they get to the fork, she stops and puts a finger to her lips.

"Shh... Do you hear that?"

The sound of rattling chains can be heard down the hall to the right.

[swordsaintseta]

     The sight of yet another fork is enough to make Soujirou sigh. In comparison to Agatha, he's a little more bored than nervous. Usually any wandering around ruins meant a lot of monsters to fight.

     He does catch that sound, however, turning to look towards the right. Slowly his hand falls over his sword's hilt. "...should we go and see?"

oh god i completely forgot about this i'm so sorry

[jonathandammit]

"Do we have much of a choice?" Knowing how demons work, there's probably different traps waiting for them down the hallways. Rattling chains, though... "The wind could be reaching that area as well. There might not necessarily be something there."

Though, winds rattling huge chains? That's kinda reaching, isn't it? Let him just... peer into the hallway, first.

[deathboss]

Too bad for everyone that Eikichi is on a roll.

"Step aside babes, just let Michel go in front and take care of any trouble that is coming our way!"

Which is to stay he walked ahead once more like a bit stupid idiot. So far his luck had been pretty good, at least!

[ding_bots_are_done]

Agatha shrugs and follows. If he's volunteering to take point, she won't complain.

"Just be careful. We don't know if there are traps up ahead."

{OOC: While the rattling sound can still be heard, there is no sign of any actual chains. The hallway eventually ends in a room with broken cages scattered around. In one of the broken cages sharp eyes might spy a small chest.]

[swordsaintseta]

     He can't help but chuckle a little to himself. Eikichi reminds him too much of people he's partied with in Elder Tale. In such cases, the best one can do is to let them go and make sure to be there to back them up if they bite off more than they can chew!

     Smiling haplessly, Soujirou follows after the others as they head on towards the direction of the noise. He might be a little disappointed to see that there isn't much of anything in the next room by way of the source of noise. Still, he has to wonder...

     "...I wonder what used to be in those cages..?"

[ding_bots_are_done]

"I'm wondering why we've seen so many cages. Someone was keeping a lot of things locked up..."

Her eyes sweep around the room.

"I don't see anything else though. We'll have to backtrack."

She turns around and heads for the door.

[swordsaintseta]

     "Where are they all now, though..." Soujirou can't help but ask. He begins to nod, turning as well before he pauses as something catches his eye.

     "Ah, what's that?"

     He starts towards one of the broken cages, unable to help but smile a little as he sees a chest. The MMORPG-player in him is still very much excitable for such small things, it seems.