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[Parisbre56]

If the bore has been repaired enough to be able to drill:  I say he makes his way east and we drill down to meet him there and make a Moon pool. Better to do this in the isolation the fault line will provide.

If the bore has not been repaired enough to be able to drill: I say have him make his way close to Chamel and then smash a small hole for him to rest in. When the bore is ready, we'll go get him and if there's a problem he can just ditch the loot and come join us.

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Status
Sacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged.

Stats
Str:10
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End: 9
Awa:12
Cun:11 
Kno:12
Ner:11

Skills
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 2
Navigation: 1
Unspent: 1

Inventory
Heavy Crystal Armour
Golden pin (in forearm)
Crystal Friend (with riding harness + Obedience Rod)
Radio
35 fathoms (1% royalty for flame)
Ethral Rifle (scope+bipod) (rifle 3, pierce 3) 6/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 6/7
Crystal Weapon
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Shiny interconnected colorful gems
Grappling Hook + Ethral Silk rope 200 ft
1 Dynamo Lantern (Light 3)
1 Knife (Cut/Pierce 2)
2 Slave Traps
Simple Clothes (with hood)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Notes on insect saddle construction
Ancient Bird-people idols
Ancient Mole-jewels depicting unknown beast
Kara's Diary

In Storage
15 chemical junk
22 mechanical junk
Crystal Tablets (diary about All-Eater and Great Destroyer, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Metal Card with the address of the Gilded Crow (corven Gangsters of Goldshore)
Mechanical Arm (not installed)
Bomb collar (unlocked)
All bomb collar remotes
A large number of shiny gold-like messenger path rocks

[Naturegirl1999]

hey, Adam, what pathways would I take for diving to make it so I can hear the thoughts of the crystal creature I found and the crystal creature hearing my thoughts as well?

[Hotfire90]

Before I try to convince them to join our raid, look up the members of the local government first, find out how they look like and then determine whether they are part of the cult or not.

Spoiler: Alex Wells (click to show/hide)

Name: Alex Wells

Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.

Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.

Stats:
Str: 12
Dex: 11
Spe: 12
End: 12
Awa: 12
Cun: 12
Kno: 12
Ner: 12

Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
3 Skill points

Inventory:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
4 TNT (explosive 4)
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
3 Fathoms
Crystal box of golem limbs
Golem buddy (flat disc and hooks)
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 3/10
Grappling Hook
Moon bladed staff (Cut 4, ?)
Silk shirt (oversized and bloodstained red, activated by injuries going through the shirt. Creates a duplicate of the injuring weapon made from crystalized blood and a blood phantom with even more duplicates. Blood phantom and the duplicated weapon disappear once the wound is treated)
Gas mask
2 lenses
A severed leg
5 ancient human books
20 copied ancient dictionary pages

[piecewise]

Or we can assume going blind and hoping he finds a good place on his own and then you track him down. However, remember that radio doesn't really work without open space or transmission cables. Its not gonna go through miles of solid stone.

Could Adam keep track of him by using wizard eyes? After all, they can look through solid matter and seem to be capable of zooming, right? The idea being that Clate could dig to somewhere below the Silversmith path (but without emerging to stay hidden), then we take the bore and go to him to collect our stuff.

Alternatively/in addition to, could I try to use a dive to put a sort of 'tracker' on him to allow us to easily locate him (or for Adam to know in what direction to look for him)? Or perhaps enchant an item to act as a sort of 'Clate detector'? It doesn't need to be extremely precise, and not even all that far-ranged since we'll know he's somewhere under the silversmith path.

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza
Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.
Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.
Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.
After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.
Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.
Stats
Str: 11
Dex: 11
Spe: 13
End: 12
Awa: 12
Cun: 11
Kno: 10
Ner: 14 
Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Flammenvision!
Inventory

Soldier's chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, currently worn long to hide the black veins
Rubber Suit

1 ethral rifle [10 rounds]  (pierce 3)
2x black flame
2x smoke bomb
1 flashbang

3 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 minor artifact belonging to Rhea
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 crystal construct

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
portal knives design
123 fathoms
   -loaned 40 to Cara (Tiruin)
3 unspent skillpoints

Tons of opals
lenses of telescope that can look through solid matter
slabs with the history of the crystal people

He could, sure. I just want to know where he's going so I can see how hard or easy it would be to get there and what the results of failed rolls would be. If beneath the silversmith path is your goal, thats fine.

Ready to go on your command; I'd just make sure that everyone is ready to run and or play their part because otherwise we might have someone obviously still looting artifacts while this is happening and blowing the entire plan. Or just standing around. Of course we can also just auto them. Whatever works for me since I assume you want to get this done Soon. I do as well.

If the bore has been repaired enough to be able to drill:  I say he makes his way east and we drill down to meet him there and make a Moon pool. Better to do this in the isolation the fault line will provide.

If the bore has not been repaired enough to be able to drill: I say have him make his way close to Chamel and then smash a small hole for him to rest in. When the bore is ready, we'll go get him and if there's a problem he can just ditch the loot and come join us.

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Status
Sacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged.

Stats
Str:10
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End: 9
Awa:12
Cun:11 
Kno:12
Ner:11

Skills
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 2
Navigation: 1
Unspent: 1

Inventory
Heavy Crystal Armour
Golden pin (in forearm)
Crystal Friend (with riding harness + Obedience Rod)
Radio
35 fathoms (1% royalty for flame)
Ethral Rifle (scope+bipod) (rifle 3, pierce 3) 6/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 6/7
Crystal Weapon
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Shiny interconnected colorful gems
Grappling Hook + Ethral Silk rope 200 ft
1 Dynamo Lantern (Light 3)
1 Knife (Cut/Pierce 2)
2 Slave Traps
Simple Clothes (with hood)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Notes on insect saddle construction
Ancient Bird-people idols
Ancient Mole-jewels depicting unknown beast
Kara's Diary

In Storage
15 chemical junk
22 mechanical junk
Crystal Tablets (diary about All-Eater and Great Destroyer, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Metal Card with the address of the Gilded Crow (corven Gangsters of Goldshore)
Mechanical Arm (not installed)
Bomb collar (unlocked)
All bomb collar remotes
A large number of shiny gold-like messenger path rocks

Its good enough to drill. Still has that...thing inside it but its been patched up around it.

Before I try to convince them to join our raid, look up the members of the local government first, find out how they look like and then determine whether they are part of the cult or not.

Spoiler: Alex Wells (click to show/hide)

Name: Alex Wells

Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.

Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.

Stats:
Str: 12
Dex: 11
Spe: 12
End: 12
Awa: 12
Cun: 12
Kno: 12
Ner: 12

Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
3 Skill points

Inventory:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
4 TNT (explosive 4)
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
3 Fathoms
Crystal box of golem limbs
Golem buddy (flat disc and hooks)
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 3/10
Grappling Hook
Moon bladed staff (Cut 4, ?)
Silk shirt (oversized and bloodstained red, activated by injuries going through the shirt. Creates a duplicate of the injuring weapon made from crystalized blood and a blood phantom with even more duplicates. Blood phantom and the duplicated weapon disappear once the wound is treated)
Gas mask
2 lenses
A severed leg
5 ancient human books
20 copied ancient dictionary pages

The big issue seems to be that one of the adherents is the "Minister of Law Enforcement and Ordinances", basically the guy who controls the police and a lot of law making.  There are a few other highly placed individuals but in terms of your biggest issue, it is likely that guy.

[Naturegirl1999]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  Name: Rhea Alcove
Description: A female human with blonde hear. She holds a Hooked Cleaver in her right hand and wears a Mail Shirt for protection. She wears a denim shirt and denim jeans, along with tennis shoes.
Goal: To explore and learn as much as she can

Stats:
Str:10
Dex:10
Spe:10
End:10
Awa:10
Cun:11
Kno:10
Ner:12

Skills:
Weapon Skill(Cleaver): 1
Diving: 1
Unarmed: 1
Persuasion: 1
Defense Skill(Mail Armor): 1
Survival: 1
Biological: 1
Caving: 1
Navigation: 1
Animal Handling: 1

Inventory:Free Clothing
Worm Blood x1
Organic Junk x2
Hooked Cleaver
Mail Shirt
Relic Fragment
Crystal Egg Creature

Follow whatever plan the group came up with while making sure the crystal egg creature is safe

[Radio Controlled]

Personally, I am basically fine with either plan. I think keeping the bore away from the lavatubes is much safer (no chance to accidentally drill too far and plunge in or something), and Clate being close to the path should make it more easy for us to locate and retrieve him (or vice versa) so that has my vote. But I'm not gonna veto the moon pool idea either really.

Either way, as soon as The Heist starts, try to use wizard eyes to keep track of where Clate is going. Be sure to tell him he can put writing on his body and rotate around if he wants to message us at some point. Have a teammate drag me around since I won't have much immediate situational awareness, and to pinch my hand if I need to refocus my attention to the here and now in case the moths get suspicious or whatever.

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza
Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.
Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.
Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.
After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.
Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.
Stats
Str: 11
Dex: 11
Spe: 13
End: 12
Awa: 12
Cun: 11
Kno: 10
Ner: 14 
Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Flammenvision!
Inventory

Soldier's chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, currently worn long to hide the black veins
Rubber Suit

1 ethral rifle [10 rounds]  (pierce 3)
2x black flame
2x smoke bomb
1 flashbang

3 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 minor artifact belonging to Rhea
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 crystal construct

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
portal knives design
123 fathoms
   -loaned 40 to Cara (Tiruin)
3 unspent skillpoints

on crystal drill:
Tons of opals
lenses of telescope that can look through solid matter
slabs with the history of the crystal people

[syvarris]

We are not getting paid enough for this.

Nyw is going to look for other Honored Dead in the city.  This raid is too much for just two adventurers, and if even the head of the head of the police force is controlled, going to the police is very, very risky.  So at this point the only safe options are waiting for the rest of the gang to return, and to look for those who are (the closest to) uncorruptable.

Spoiler: The Unpronounceable Undead (click to show/hide)

Name: Nyw'geuq Otin Sunam; calls himself "The Lords' Child"
Description:

((One murakumo! ))
Goal: Inscrutable, which is code for "Talks like this.".

Stats:
Str: 15 
Dex: 9
Spe:11
End:14
Awa:14
Cun: 9
Kno: 8
Ner: 12

Skills:
Unarmed: +1
Defense Skill: +3 (Full Plate)
Vehicle Skill: +1
Caving: +1
Navigation: +1
Murakumo: +2


Inventory:
Full Plate Armor [Protective 4]
Ornamental Mask of the Child

Extremely crude harness, holding all Nyw's weapons:
Crystal Murakumo [Cut 6, Pierce 3]
----Enchanted to remove fragility.
Giant Guardian Hatchet [Chop 4, ]
Three knives [Cut 2, Pierce 2]
Tungsten Toothpick [Pierce 5] (10/10)
Slave Trap
Three smoke grenades
Tunnel Clearer shotgun [5/5 shotshells] [shotgun 3] [Pierce 3] (5 spare shotshells) (3 spare slugs)
Guard rifle [Pierce 2] (10/10) (40 spare rounds)
Pistol [Pierce 1] (?/?)

300' of silk rope (some of this has been used to tie up a pair of kidnapped cultists, on the bore)
2x Silent Night
2x Black Flame
2x Cave Spider Venom
30x Path markers
~25x Vial of Haze

Followers:
Gus (Young human with minimal training.  Healthy.)
--Equipped with a small iron melee weapon.  A knife or shortsword or something.
--Equipped with a low caliber ethral rifle.  [Pierce 2] (10/10)
Baxter (Young human with minimal training.  Healthy.)
--Equipped with a small iron melee weapon.  A knife or shortsword or something.
--Equipped with a low caliber ethral rifle.  [Pierce 2] (10/10)

Hireling Achievements That Probably Deserve a Reward:
--Catching the runner who was gonna report on Nyw interrogating the Haze-selling chemist.

[Hotfire90]

Go on with convincing the police to join our raid. Argue that the infiltrated government positions are the reason why the raid isn't being authorized, that they're likely to be part of the top leadership of the cult and that one of them might even be their leader.

Spoiler: Alex Wells (click to show/hide)

Name: Alex Wells

Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.

Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.

Stats:
Str: 12
Dex: 11
Spe: 12
End: 12
Awa: 12
Cun: 12
Kno: 12
Ner: 12

Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
3 Skill points

Inventory:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
4 TNT (explosive 4)
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
3 Fathoms
Crystal box of golem limbs
Golem buddy (flat disc and hooks)
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 3/10
Grappling Hook
Moon bladed staff (Cut 4, ?)
Silk shirt (oversized and bloodstained red, activated by injuries going through the shirt. Creates a duplicate of the injuring weapon made from crystalized blood and a blood phantom with even more duplicates. Blood phantom and the duplicated weapon disappear once the wound is treated)
Gas mask
2 lenses
A severed leg
5 ancient human books
20 copied ancient dictionary pages

[Parisbre56]

The Fault. Southeast. No need for him to risk climbing or navigating forks, no need for him to dig. Just float down and go as far east as he can. Then he can just periodically emit radio signals while we dig for him. And we also get to see new places, so that's a plus.

Anyway, proceed with plan "massive distraction". Try to avoid turning it into "massive destruction" or " massive loss of life" though. We're thieves archeologists, not murderers.

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Status
Sacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged.

Stats
Str:10
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End: 9
Awa:12
Cun:11 
Kno:12
Ner:11

Skills
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 2
Navigation: 1
Unspent: 1

Inventory
Heavy Crystal Armour
Golden pin (in forearm)
Crystal Friend (with riding harness + Obedience Rod)
Radio
35 fathoms (1% royalty for flame)
Ethral Rifle (scope+bipod) (rifle 3, pierce 3) 6/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 6/7
Crystal Weapon
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Shiny interconnected colorful gems
Grappling Hook + Ethral Silk rope 200 ft
1 Dynamo Lantern (Light 3)
1 Knife (Cut/Pierce 2)
2 Slave Traps
Simple Clothes (with hood)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Notes on insect saddle construction
Ancient Bird-people idols
Ancient Mole-jewels depicting unknown beast
Kara's Diary

In Storage
15 chemical junk
22 mechanical junk
Crystal Tablets (diary about All-Eater and Great Destroyer, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Metal Card with the address of the Gilded Crow (corven Gangsters of Goldshore)
Mechanical Arm (not installed)
Bomb collar (unlocked)
All bomb collar remotes
A large number of shiny gold-like messenger path rocks

[Pancaek]

Follow Kara's direction for the heist plan

Spoiler: Clate (click to show/hide)

Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: To bring back the crystal race
 
Stats
Str:  12
Dex:  8
Spe:  10
End:  13
Awa:  12
Cun:  8
Kno:  14
Ner:  15

Skills
Natural +3 Caving
Natural +3 Geology
Natural Mute
Natural No clothing
Natural Stonesenses
Natural Stoneshaping

Unarmed: +2
Weapon skill: Stone Blade +2
Stealth: +1
Archeology: +2
Weaponsmith: +2
Navigation: +1
Armorsmith: +1
Chemical: +1

Inventory
Bladed Shovel - handle coated with Pseudomagnetic mortar
Knife (cut2, pierce2)
TNT x5
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10
"Muggy"(skull mug scrimshawed with "can we fix it?" on the side, "No, it's fucked." on the bottom. Has trigger on the inside of the spine-handle that, when squeezed, caused the mandible to open and close)
100ft silk rope
6 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials
1 container of Pseudomagnetic mortar
labradorite/Obedience rod (on loan to Kara)
Silver ethral pendant: small silver pendant in the shape of a compound eye wreathed in white fire
Ethral archive promissory note




443 Fathoms


Crystal Babies
2. 8 sided diamond (looks like  Ramiel from EVA and floats). 8 inches to an edge
5. Pryamid with stumpy limbs
7. snake golem. Its larger than the original by several times and rougher, sort of like a squirming line of uncut gemstones, each the size of a human fist.

Warehouse/bore storage:
Bomb Collar
Slate box
Spool of thermoreactive wire.
Acoustic guitar (Metal + guardbone, totally mundane.)
Mail shirt (Made to integrate directly into the exosuit, protecting surface that houses Shluck including head.Protect 3)
Rifle (pierce2, 6/10 magazine)
Small Knife from crystal barrel
Small bowl from crystal barrel
roll of very thin and flexible stone
small cube of the extremely dense material
sharp pyramid shaped wedge thing
3 structural junk
30 chemical junk
1 gold ingot

1. Dodecahedron, no limbs, rolls. Fist sized.
6. Rolling Orb
3.  Crystal snake. hiss. 18 inches long.
4.  Spiky daddy long legs like Irony has. 1 foot legs, fist sized body.

[Naturegirl1999]

”So,let me get this straight, while I was gone you all are planning on stealing stuff? Sounds like that’s the plan, so I’m in. What do I need to do? Also can someone who knows more about diving please tell me what spheres other than Yengenze I will need, if any, to make it so me and this crystal egg creature can hear each others’ thoughts? I will of course wait until we are done with the heist to do this”

[Radio Controlled]

”So,let me get this straight, while I was gone you all are planning on stealing stuff? Sounds like that’s the plan, so I’m in. What do I need to do? Also can someone who knows more about diving please tell me what spheres other than Yengenze I will need, if any, to make it so me and this crystal egg creature can hear each others’ thoughts? I will of course wait until we are done with the heist to do this”

((Sorry for not responding earlier, I saw the post but couldn't respond at that moment.))

"Well, sister Rhea, we've loaded up what we need and are about to set the plan in motion, so for now the main thing to do is to act surprised and pretend you had no idea what is going on. And to not say anything you're not supposed to to the moths, of course, so watch your words.

While I am trying to keep an eye on Clate I will have little situational awareness, so you can help out by guiding me around, and warning me if I need to focus again on the here and now.

As for your question, I think perhaps Xi could be of use? To summon the thoughts of one of you into the mind of the other, as it were. That said, I would suggest to first have Clate investigate that egg of yours to ensure it carries the spark of life and mind, or there will be little to talk to. And even if it does, we have to consider if its thoughts would even be intelligible to your mind and vice versa! Cause if not, some sort of translation would also be required."

[Naturegirl1999]

”So,let me get this straight, while I was gone you all are planning on stealing stuff? Sounds like that’s the plan, so I’m in. What do I need to do? Also can someone who knows more about diving please tell me what spheres other than Yengenze I will need, if any, to make it so me and this crystal egg creature can hear each others’ thoughts? I will of course wait until we are done with the heist to do this”

((Sorry for not responding earlier, I saw the post but couldn't respond at that moment.))

"Well, sister Rhea, we've loaded up what we need and are about to set the plan in motion, so for now the main thing to do is to act surprised and pretend you had no idea what is going on. And to not say anything you're not supposed to to the moths, of course, so watch your words.

While I am trying to keep an eye on Clate I will have little situational awareness, so you can help out by guiding me around, and warning me if I need to focus again on the here and now.

As for your question, I think perhaps Xi could be of use? To summon the thoughts of one of you into the mid of the other, as it were. That said, I would suggest to first have Clate investigate that egg of you to ensure it carries the spark of life and mind, or there will be little to talk to. And even if it does, we have to consider if its thoughts would even be intelligible to your mind and vice versa! Cause if not, some sort of translation would also be required."

(it’s fine)
”Thank you. I shouldn’t have trouble acting surprised, given I didn’t hear pieces of it, I can help with guiding you. When we get back to the bore, then we can have Clate investigate the egg”

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  Name: Rhea Alcove
Description: A female human with blonde hear. She holds a Hooked Cleaver in her right hand and wears a Mail Shirt for protection. She wears a denim shirt and denim jeans, along with tennis shoes.
Goal: To explore and learn as much as she can

Stats:
Str:10
Dex:10
Spe:10
End:10
Awa:10
Cun:11
Kno:10
Ner:12

Skills:
Weapon Skill(Cleaver): 1
Diving: 1
Unarmed: 1
Persuasion: 1
Defense Skill(Mail Armor): 1
Survival: 1
Biological: 1
Caving: 1
Navigation: 1
Animal Handling: 1

Inventory:Free Clothing
Worm Blood x1
Organic Junk x2
Hooked Cleaver
Mail Shirt
Relic Fragment
Crystal Egg Creature

Guide Adam wherever we are going. If things get dicey, snap him out of Wizard Eyes to help him perceive the threat(s)

[piecewise]

Go on with convincing the police to join our raid. Argue that the infiltrated government positions are the reason why the raid isn't being authorized, that they're likely to be part of the top leadership of the cult and that one of them might even be their leader.

Spoiler: Alex Wells (click to show/hide)

Name: Alex Wells

Description: A middle aged man standing 5'7" feet tall. He has short brown hair and an unkempt beard.

Goal: Exploring the depths and collecting its wealth.

Stats:
Str: 12
Dex: 11
Spe: 12
End: 12
Awa: 12
Cun: 12
Kno: 12
Ner: 12

Skills:
Explosives 2
Mechanical 1
Survival 1
Caving 1
Chemical 2
Geology 1
3 Skill points

Inventory:
Dynamo Lantern
Field Lighter
4 TNT (explosive 4)
Bladed Shovel (Cut 3)
3 Fathoms
Crystal box of golem limbs
Golem buddy (flat disc and hooks)
Black Flame (Cut 3)
Rifle (Pierce 2) 3/10
Grappling Hook
Moon bladed staff (Cut 4, ?)
Silk shirt (oversized and bloodstained red, activated by injuries going through the shirt. Creates a duplicate of the injuring weapon made from crystalized blood and a blood phantom with even more duplicates. Blood phantom and the duplicated weapon disappear once the wound is treated)
Gas mask
2 lenses
A severed leg
5 ancient human books
20 copied ancient dictionary pages

[8]

We are not getting paid enough for this.

Nyw is going to look for other Honored Dead in the city.  This raid is too much for just two adventurers, and if even the head of the head of the police force is controlled, going to the police is very, very risky.  So at this point the only safe options are waiting for the rest of the gang to return, and to look for those who are (the closest to) uncorruptable.

Spoiler: The Unpronounceable Undead (click to show/hide)

Name: Nyw'geuq Otin Sunam; calls himself "The Lords' Child"
Description:

((One murakumo! ))
Goal: Inscrutable, which is code for "Talks like this.".

Stats:
Str: 15 
Dex: 9
Spe:11
End:14
Awa:14
Cun: 9
Kno: 8
Ner: 12

Skills:
Unarmed: +1
Defense Skill: +3 (Full Plate)
Vehicle Skill: +1
Caving: +1
Navigation: +1
Murakumo: +2


Inventory:
Full Plate Armor [Protective 4]
Ornamental Mask of the Child

Extremely crude harness, holding all Nyw's weapons:
Crystal Murakumo [Cut 6, Pierce 3]
----Enchanted to remove fragility.
Giant Guardian Hatchet [Chop 4, ]
Three knives [Cut 2, Pierce 2]
Tungsten Toothpick [Pierce 5] (10/10)
Slave Trap
Three smoke grenades
Tunnel Clearer shotgun [5/5 shotshells] [shotgun 3] [Pierce 3] (5 spare shotshells) (3 spare slugs)
Guard rifle [Pierce 2] (10/10) (40 spare rounds)
Pistol [Pierce 1] (?/?)

300' of silk rope (some of this has been used to tie up a pair of kidnapped cultists, on the bore)
2x Silent Night
2x Black Flame
2x Cave Spider Venom
30x Path markers
~25x Vial of Haze

Followers:
Gus (Young human with minimal training.  Healthy.)
--Equipped with a small iron melee weapon.  A knife or shortsword or something.
--Equipped with a low caliber ethral rifle.  [Pierce 2] (10/10)
Baxter (Young human with minimal training.  Healthy.)
--Equipped with a small iron melee weapon.  A knife or shortsword or something.
--Equipped with a low caliber ethral rifle.  [Pierce 2] (10/10)

Hireling Achievements That Probably Deserve a Reward:
--Catching the runner who was gonna report on Nyw interrogating the Haze-selling chemist.

[11]

Alex manages to convince a dozen or so officers to go against orders in light of the clear conflict of interest he discovered. They get loaded up with armor and weapons and get ready to roll on his go ahead. Meanwhile Nyw does actually manage to find a single other Honoured dead in the city. He is, however, clearly quite old and nearing "Retirement". He's missing an arm and part of his face, a lot of his body is held together with what look like gold plated reinforcements and armor pieces. He walks with a limp that indicates one of his legs is false as well.  He of course agrees to fight, but how well he will do is hard to say.

Follow Kara's direction for the heist plan

Spoiler: Clate (click to show/hide)

Name: Clate
Race: Shluck
Description: To bring back the crystal race
 
Stats
Str:  12
Dex:  8
Spe:  10
End:  13
Awa:  12
Cun:  8
Kno:  14
Ner:  15

Skills
Natural +3 Caving
Natural +3 Geology
Natural Mute
Natural No clothing
Natural Stonesenses
Natural Stoneshaping

Unarmed: +2
Weapon skill: Stone Blade +2
Stealth: +1
Archeology: +2
Weaponsmith: +2
Navigation: +1
Armorsmith: +1
Chemical: +1

Inventory
Bladed Shovel - handle coated with Pseudomagnetic mortar
Knife (cut2, pierce2)
TNT x5
Dynamo lantern
Field lighter
Path markers x10
"Muggy"(skull mug scrimshawed with "can we fix it?" on the side, "No, it's fucked." on the bottom. Has trigger on the inside of the spine-handle that, when squeezed, caused the mandible to open and close)
100ft silk rope
6 Octahedrons - supposedly replicate materials
1 container of Pseudomagnetic mortar
labradorite/Obedience rod (on loan to Kara)
Silver ethral pendant: small silver pendant in the shape of a compound eye wreathed in white fire
Ethral archive promissory note




443 Fathoms


Crystal Babies
2. 8 sided diamond (looks like  Ramiel from EVA and floats). 8 inches to an edge
5. Pryamid with stumpy limbs
7. snake golem. Its larger than the original by several times and rougher, sort of like a squirming line of uncut gemstones, each the size of a human fist.

Warehouse/bore storage:
Bomb Collar
Slate box
Spool of thermoreactive wire.
Acoustic guitar (Metal + guardbone, totally mundane.)
Mail shirt (Made to integrate directly into the exosuit, protecting surface that houses Shluck including head.Protect 3)
Rifle (pierce2, 6/10 magazine)
Small Knife from crystal barrel
Small bowl from crystal barrel
roll of very thin and flexible stone
small cube of the extremely dense material
sharp pyramid shaped wedge thing
3 structural junk
30 chemical junk
1 gold ingot

1. Dodecahedron, no limbs, rolls. Fist sized.
6. Rolling Orb
3.  Crystal snake. hiss. 18 inches long.
4.  Spiky daddy long legs like Irony has. 1 foot legs, fist sized body.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  Name: Rhea Alcove
Description: A female human with blonde hear. She holds a Hooked Cleaver in her right hand and wears a Mail Shirt for protection. She wears a denim shirt and denim jeans, along with tennis shoes.
Goal: To explore and learn as much as she can

Stats:
Str:10
Dex:10
Spe:10
End:10
Awa:10
Cun:11
Kno:10
Ner:12

Skills:
Weapon Skill(Cleaver): 1
Diving: 1
Unarmed: 1
Persuasion: 1
Defense Skill(Mail Armor): 1
Survival: 1
Biological: 1
Caving: 1
Navigation: 1
Animal Handling: 1

Inventory:Free Clothing
Worm Blood x1
Organic Junk x2
Hooked Cleaver
Mail Shirt
Relic Fragment
Crystal Egg Creature

Follow whatever plan the group came up with while making sure the crystal egg creature is safe

Personally, I am basically fine with either plan. I think keeping the bore away from the lavatubes is much safer (no chance to accidentally drill too far and plunge in or something), and Clate being close to the path should make it more easy for us to locate and retrieve him (or vice versa) so that has my vote. But I'm not gonna veto the moon pool idea either really.

Either way, as soon as The Heist starts, try to use wizard eyes to keep track of where Clate is going. Be sure to tell him he can put writing on his body and rotate around if he wants to message us at some point. Have a teammate drag me around since I won't have much immediate situational awareness, and to pinch my hand if I need to refocus my attention to the here and now in case the moths get suspicious or whatever.

Spoiler: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza (click to show/hide)

Name: Adam Blavatsky Darvaza
Description: A young man of slightly pale complexion and eternal 9 o’clock shadow, he was raised in a small village. While the village priest and passing mystics droned with endless sermons of the Church and their teachings, what had always captivated young Adam’s attention more were the stories of his Granny.
Old stories of the world as it once was, before people were forced to flee to the caves and crannies of this damp hell. Of warm days where pleasant green plants tickled your feet as you walked through them and a cool breeze blew through your hair. Where food was plentiful, nature was benign and endless vistas reached as far as they eye could see.
Adam was nominally a card-carrying member of the church, though he mostly did it for the connections and perks that brought. They were powerful and had ancient lore, all things he would need to fulfill his true heart’s desire: to return to the surface, vanquish the madness that tainted their homeland and reconquer paradise.
After his encounter with a Word of God, the edges of his vision are flickering with black flame and his skin is extremely pale with what appear to be black veins instead of the normal blue ones. It also forced him to reevaluate his views on the cthonic church and god.
Goal: Plunge the secrets of the depths below to find an answer to the horrors above.
Stats
Str: 11
Dex: 11
Spe: 13
End: 12
Awa: 12
Cun: 11
Kno: 10
Ner: 14 
Skills
Diving: +3
Stealth: +2
Occult: +1
Flammenvision!
Inventory

Soldier's chestplate
Clothing: simple priest robes, currently worn long to hide the black veins
Rubber Suit

1 ethral rifle [10 rounds]  (pierce 3)
2x black flame
2x smoke bomb
1 flashbang

3 Silent Night
4 worm blood

1 minor artifact
1 minor artifact belonging to Rhea
1 beaker artifact (found in crystal ruins) => in locker
1 crystal construct

Transport mission papers
1 black book copy
1 black book
1 book "Artifacts of Faith"
1 empyrean city map
1 field lighter
1 radio
portal knives design
123 fathoms
   -loaned 40 to Cara (Tiruin)
3 unspent skillpoints

on crystal drill:
Tons of opals
lenses of telescope that can look through solid matter
slabs with the history of the crystal people

The Fault. Southeast. No need for him to risk climbing or navigating forks, no need for him to dig. Just float down and go as far east as he can. Then he can just periodically emit radio signals while we dig for him. And we also get to see new places, so that's a plus.

Anyway, proceed with plan "massive distraction". Try to avoid turning it into "massive destruction" or " massive loss of life" though. We're thieves archeologists, not murderers.

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Status
Sacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged.

Stats
Str:10
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End: 9
Awa:12
Cun:11 
Kno:12
Ner:11

Skills
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 2
Navigation: 1
Unspent: 1

Inventory
Heavy Crystal Armour
Golden pin (in forearm)
Crystal Friend (with riding harness + Obedience Rod)
Radio
35 fathoms (1% royalty for flame)
Ethral Rifle (scope+bipod) (rifle 3, pierce 3) 6/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 6/7
Crystal Weapon
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Shiny interconnected colorful gems
Grappling Hook + Ethral Silk rope 200 ft
1 Dynamo Lantern (Light 3)
1 Knife (Cut/Pierce 2)
2 Slave Traps
Simple Clothes (with hood)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Notes on insect saddle construction
Ancient Bird-people idols
Ancient Mole-jewels depicting unknown beast
Kara's Diary

In Storage
15 chemical junk
22 mechanical junk
Crystal Tablets (diary about All-Eater and Great Destroyer, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Metal Card with the address of the Gilded Crow (corven Gangsters of Goldshore)
Mechanical Arm (not installed)
Bomb collar (unlocked)
All bomb collar remotes
A large number of shiny gold-like messenger path rocks

”So,let me get this straight, while I was gone you all are planning on stealing stuff? Sounds like that’s the plan, so I’m in. What do I need to do? Also can someone who knows more about diving please tell me what spheres other than Yengenze I will need, if any, to make it so me and this crystal egg creature can hear each others’ thoughts? I will of course wait until we are done with the heist to do this”

((Sorry for not responding earlier, I saw the post but couldn't respond at that moment.))

"Well, sister Rhea, we've loaded up what we need and are about to set the plan in motion, so for now the main thing to do is to act surprised and pretend you had no idea what is going on. And to not say anything you're not supposed to to the moths, of course, so watch your words.

While I am trying to keep an eye on Clate I will have little situational awareness, so you can help out by guiding me around, and warning me if I need to focus again on the here and now.

As for your question, I think perhaps Xi could be of use? To summon the thoughts of one of you into the mid of the other, as it were. That said, I would suggest to first have Clate investigate that egg of you to ensure it carries the spark of life and mind, or there will be little to talk to. And even if it does, we have to consider if its thoughts would even be intelligible to your mind and vice versa! Cause if not, some sort of translation would also be required."

(it’s fine)
”Thank you. I shouldn’t have trouble acting surprised, given I didn’t hear pieces of it, I can help with guiding you. When we get back to the bore, then we can have Clate investigate the egg”

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

  Name: Rhea Alcove
Description: A female human with blonde hear. She holds a Hooked Cleaver in her right hand and wears a Mail Shirt for protection. She wears a denim shirt and denim jeans, along with tennis shoes.
Goal: To explore and learn as much as she can

Stats:
Str:10
Dex:10
Spe:10
End:10
Awa:10
Cun:11
Kno:10
Ner:12

Skills:
Weapon Skill(Cleaver): 1
Diving: 1
Unarmed: 1
Persuasion: 1
Defense Skill(Mail Armor): 1
Survival: 1
Biological: 1
Caving: 1
Navigation: 1
Animal Handling: 1

Inventory:Free Clothing
Worm Blood x1
Organic Junk x2
Hooked Cleaver
Mail Shirt
Relic Fragment
Crystal Egg Creature

Guide Adam wherever we are going. If things get dicey, snap him out of Wizard Eyes to help him perceive the threat(s)

Clate gets into the big crystal mover that has been filled with all manner of ill gotten gains and shuts it. This is the point where he begins to wonder if the inside of the mover will remain cool enough to protect the contents. He and the mover will be fine but all this stuff...hopefully its well insulated in here. He settles into the center of the horde of treasure, clinging to the roof, and waits.

Meanwhile Kara gets a good position in the depot and everyone else on the team prepares to move. After mentally figuring out the best combination of movements and commands and practicing it a few times, Kara begins. She rapidly commands each mover to head off in a different direction. Some she tells to just move a short distance and stop, others to just keep moving, others to go to some particular place and stop. She attempts to make it all seem entirely random.  As she commands the last one, and with the depot already starting to crumble as its vehicles smash out through the walls, she joins up with the group and runs for it. The panic is not entirely false as they dodge through the legs of the walkers and try to avoid being crushed in debris.

A little while later and the entire group is standing in an office in front of a every irate Ethral, with about a dozen armed guards on either wall.  Adam has a bandage over his eyes and is being lead around as though somehow blinded -though anyone who watched him carefully would see his head slowly tracking something far below. To most though he just seems to be staring at his feet. 

[5]

Kara is the one chosen to explain the actions of the group and she spins a partially fictious story about getting seperated from the expedition crew, exploring on their own, picking up a few things and then accidently activating the Movers when they entered that building.  She even proffers infomation about about places they found and some artifacts as combination proof and bribe.  The Site manager, who looked like he was close to enforcing capital punishment when they were first brought to him, is talked down to great annoyance instead. He rants at them about the issues they caused, how much paper work it will result in, and how many new tags they'll need to properly organize everything. In the end he bans them from the site and tells them to leave, having them shuttled up the massive elevator and back out onto the streets of Chamel with a wave.

[Parisbre56]

"Well then. I guess that went as well as can be expected."

((My thinking was that the mover and its content would be kept safe by the energy absorbing properties of the crystal material that allowed the buildings in our first expedition to survive being dipped in magma, which is why I asked to test if this was true by using my lighter on one of the movers. Though I guess they might not be made of the same material as the buildings or maybe the heat down there is strong enough that it might get overwhelmed.))

Go help the bore crew find Clate, I guess.

"Hey guys. We had a very productive expedition. I'll let you know all about it later. We just gotta go pick up Clate. Need any help with whatever it is you're doing? Or can we take the bore to go dig him out?"

Spoiler: "Kara" the Corven (click to show/hide)

Name: "Kara" is what most humans call her, though the closest pronunciation would be  Kr'ra-Kax
Race: Corven (advantage for climb, disadvantage for falls)
Appearance: She is a crow-like Corven with matte-black feathers. A bit short. Constantly moves her head around, examining her surroundings. Moves her tail up and down whenever she's excited.
Age: Adult, but just barely
Goal: Wants to find artifacts and experiences that she can use to make an (under)world-famous museum. Wants to prove herself to her mother and piss off her brother with her success (both financially and socially).

Status
Sacrificed left arm to reverse time (eaten by giant Shluck-like thing). Bandaged.

Stats
Str:10
Dex:13 
Spe:13 
End: 9
Awa:12
Cun:11 
Kno:12
Ner:11

Skills
Rifle: 1
Medical: 1
Translate: 1
Acrobatics: 1
Caving: 1
Machine Control: 1
Stealth: 1
Geology: 1
Archeology: 2
Navigation: 1
Unspent: 1

Inventory
Heavy Crystal Armour
Golden pin (in forearm)
Crystal Friend (with riding harness + Obedience Rod)
Radio
35 fathoms (1% royalty for flame)
Ethral Rifle (scope+bipod) (rifle 3, pierce 3) 6/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 7/7
Ethral Rifle magazine 6/7
Crystal Weapon
Field Lighter (Fire 2)
Shiny interconnected colorful gems
Grappling Hook + Ethral Silk rope 200 ft
1 Dynamo Lantern (Light 3)
1 Knife (Cut/Pierce 2)
2 Slave Traps
Simple Clothes (with hood)
Cot
Book (Adventures of Pilgrim)
Deck of Cards
Notes on insect saddle construction
Ancient Bird-people idols
Ancient Mole-jewels depicting unknown beast
Kara's Diary

In Storage
15 chemical junk
22 mechanical junk
Crystal Tablets (diary about All-Eater and Great Destroyer, inventory, obedience rod instructions, construct assembly instructions)
Church Documents (document ownership and events, and recommend favorable treatment)
Metal Card with the address of the Gilded Crow (corven Gangsters of Goldshore)
Mechanical Arm (not installed)
Bomb collar (unlocked)
All bomb collar remotes
A large number of shiny gold-like messenger path rocks