Turn 17: The Amalgamation
Jacob, intrigued by the prospect of investigating more mysterious grey goop, ambles over towards
Jerila to investigate her goo-arrow.
[Jerila, -Item: Arrow with Grey Goo]
[Jacob, +Item: Arrow with Grey Goo]
[Jacob, INT: 1]
It's goo. It's kind of grey. It quivers and trembles. He can't really get anything else out of this investigation.
In exchange for the arrow,
Jerila takes
Jacob's shiv-light.
[Jacob, -Item: Knife wrapped in shirt (Glowing)]
[Jerila, +Item: Knife wrapped in shirt (Glowing)]
Passing by
Ardelion, who is frantically scraping goo off of his shoulders, she dives into the purple room. Though the glow from the shiv-light is not strong, she can make out the general layout of the room. The same mud-brown bricks line every surface still, but here there is more of the goo seeping out of every crack of the walls, pooling onto the floor. Some of the goo falls onto
Jerila's shoulders, where it quivers slightly as it hits her flesh. Strangely enough, the goo seems to quiver and slightly pull itself closer to
Jerila whenever she passes near a particularly large pool of it.
With the current light from the shiv,
Jerila cannot make out any sort of exit.
At the same time as this investigation,
Ardelion attempts to brush the goo out of his hair and clothes.
[Ardelion, DEX: 4+1]
Though it seems to have stuck to his skin slightly, he is able to rip the goo off of his skin and onto the floor. Once that unpleasantness is over, he attempts to create another shiv-light.
[Ardelion, Arcana: 5+2]
A searing, blinding light suddenly burst forth from his wrapped shiv, momentarily blinding him!
[Ardelion, END: 4]
Fortunately,
Ardelion was able to quickly recover from the blinding light.
[-Item: Mediocre Shiv wrapped in cloth]
[+Item: Mediocre Shiv wrapped in cloth (Bright Light)]
Finished with inspecting the statue,
Gary next examines his wound.
[Gary, Medicine: 2+2]
The tourniquet still holds, and the flow of blood is still stopped. Possibly, a few medicinal herbs would be able to prevent a future infection. But before he considers applying herbs,
Gary collects some of the dripping goo in his still-attached hand. It seems to stick to his hand, fusing itself to his skin. Interesting.
Finally,
Ae-Hale moves to make a new investigation of the strange grey statues.
[Ae-Hale, INT: 3+1]
The statues are... odd, to say the least. In fact,
Ae-Hale could almost swear one of them is watching him, despite the fact that it lacks anything that would appear to serve as eyes. Slightly unsettled, he next investigates the goo-arrow.
[Ae-Hale, INT: 3+1]
The goop on the arrow appears to be made of the same substance as the statue, except this time it is in a more liquid form. Welp, it's time to start shooting high-velocity metal at things.
[Ae-Hale, Arcana: 5+2]
A hunk of bronze, demonic whispers trailing behind, careens across the room and straight into the closest statue! It plows into the grey substance, and embeds itself inside of it with a wet THUD, specks of grey goo flying across the room. The entire group can hear a low whistling sound, which escalates in volume to become a horrible wail, a terrible screeching sound as the four statues lose their solid state.
Ae-Hale can only watch as they creep into the center of the room, forming into a large pool which begins to start creeping upwards into a vaguely human shape. Deep, throaty moans emanate from the grey mess, as
Ae-Hale steps back slightly.
That was unexpected.
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