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[GreatWyrmGold]

Gather up Squishy. Talk to James:

"Um, how did you intend to get back up?

You should talk to Jesse about that. He's the one who jumped down with the anchor rope. Not James.

Wait, I thought Jesse was the kobold...darn it!

You heard what I meant!

[Urist McDwarfFortress]

Thats fantasy dungeon design 101: Always put a 1 way exit near the dungeon objective.

Yep. I get so spoiled by this in Skyrim. Almost all their dungeons have one, but every now and then you'll find one that doesn't, and spend like 10 minutes searching the final room looking for the exit before finally realizing you just have to go out the way you came in.

[Harbingerjm]

*Finally finished Worm archive-binge*
Damn you Fuzzy, damn you! I'm never going to nudge you to update again!

Push deeper into the tunnel.

Let's wait for the rogue to give us the all-clear first.

[NAV]

*Still not finished Worm archive-binge*
Hurry up and update! Don't wait for the rogue.

[My Name is Immaterial]

*Still not finished Worm archive-binge*

Same here. Still bloody amazing.

[Dermonster]

((You're welcome.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

*Still not finished Worm archive-binge*

Same here. Still bloody amazing.

I'm still reading it, but have managed to distract myself from it so well that I've taken days to get through the first few bits of Chapter 16.
The mid-chapter interludes breaking up the flow don't help much, interesting as they are.

[FuzzyZergling]

Gather up Squishy. Talk to James:
"Um, how did you intend to get back up?

As SQUISHEE makes his way up to his place as your BEARD, you ask JESSE how he/we intend(s) to ascend back to the surface.

He replies that with two WIZARDS, there should be enough magical power to float at least one person up to the top.
And if that doesn't work, he supposes he could just climb up manually using his hammers. Or throw the STONEFLESH up and have it get help.
And that's assuming the DUNGEON doesn't have a SECRET EXIT near the back, as DUNGEONS usually do.

Push deeper into the tunnel.

You move down the hall, and encounter a rather large number of SPRUNG TRAPS.
Most of the traps display evidence of having been triggered violently, rather than having been passively disarmed. The blood is dried; at least a few days old, probably more.


Further along the hall you encounter a corpse, or at least some of one.
The blood is dried, but the body isn't rotting and there are no carrion-consuming insects. There is a smell that reminds you of mothballs.
A trail of dried blood leads onward.


The trail leads to JAMES, who is inspecting a TRANSPORTATION CIRCLE with his THIEF-SENSE.
There is some light here, which shines from a side path. The light is soft and white.


You turn off your MAGELIGHT and ask JAMES about the circle.
He says thus: the circle was drawn with blood, the same blood as that of the remains behind you; it was charged with only enough magic to power it for a single use; he cannot determine the exact destination point, but it is within six KRTCHUTS of the circle. (You assume krtchuts are a KOBOLD unit of measurement.)

He also tells you that he took the liberty of looting the body, like any good ADVENTURER.
All that he found was a JOURNAL, which he cannot read.


You receive RED-HAND JACK'S JOURNAL.

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Shamed is the man who says he shall update more frequently, and then doesn't update.
I have no excuse this time, my apologies.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Ooh.

Ask how long a krtchuck is.
Try to remember if we've heard of Red-Hand Jack.

[Weirdsound]

Wait for the others to catch up. Ask James to scout ahead.

While you wait for the scout: Ask Charlie about the new journal while you wait, and ask Jesse if he knows any smiths competent enough to work with AETHER as a crafting material.

[Chink]

Ooh.

Ask how long a krtchuck is.
Try to remember if we've heard of Red-Hand Jack.

[FuzzyZergling]

Ask how long a krtchuck is.
Try to remember if we've heard of Red-Hand Jack.

JAMES thinks that a KRTCHUT is something like 650 meters.
He starts scouting the side path for traps.


The name RED-HAND JACK seems familiar. You think you've seen a wanted poster for a DWARF with that name.
From what you remember, he's wanted for loitering.

Wait for the others to catch up. Ask James to scout ahead.
While you wait for the scout: Ask Charlie about the new journal while you wait, and ask Jesse if he knows any smiths competent enough to work with AETHER as a crafting material.

CHARLIE and JESSE arrive.


You ask JESSE if he knows any SMITHS he could work AETHER.
He replies that he doesn't know any personally, but you may have better luck asking the GUILD BLACKSMITH, RONALDO.


You show CHARLIE the JOURNAL, and ask him if he could tell you anything about the owner.


He says that this is most likely the journal of RED-HAND JACK, one of the four original members of THE BLACKJACK PIRATES.
His necromancy wasn't particularly strong, but his sword skills were head and shoulders above the rest.

If he was in this DUNGEON, there must be something (or many somethings) of incredible power.

[Chink]

What is Grand Theft Anima? Also, send Squishy down the corridor to test for traps.

[Dermonster]

I believe grand theft auto would be a reasonable comaprison. Except with a horse.

[Chink]

I was thinking it was the theft of a wizard core, but I want to make sure before assuming so.