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[Anti-Paragon]

Alright, before taking my full turn, I want to check a few things:

Is the chunk I tossed across the traps still there?
What condition is the goat skin in my backpack?
Is there any trails from the ashes of the fire and/or footprints?
I think I can safely assume the cooked meat is still alright.
How's the weather outside? Still foggy?

Ah hell, I'll just post now.
If the weather is clear and there isn't any signs of intrusion (footprints near the hole/missing offal chunk) chances are I'll attempt to make some obsidian-headed bone bolts and head out the grate to hunt again.
However, if I fail to produce any bolts or there are signs of intrusion in my camp...
* If the chunk is gone (even if the birds took it), I'll gather all my gear and walk out the iron grate, following the wall...
uh... *tries to remember which gate I entered* bah, screw it. Left.
* If I fail at making bolts or there's footprints (that aren't mine) or disturbed ashes at the camp fire, I gather all my stuff, deactivate the traps, and explore the area beyond.
* If everything is off (footprints, chunk gone, failed bolts) I'll take my time to make sure I'm not being observed and if I don't find anything I'll gather my stuff and go beyond the traps, stealthily. Probably following the inner wall right unless there's somewhere that looks like it'd give good cover.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 5, Turn 1: Order: Dragnar (2!), Reece (1!), Ajax (6!), Dwareet'ik (3!); New Order: Ajax, Dwareet'ik, Dragnar, Reece

Ajax-

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(Observation check:1!) You look around carefully after waking up, but you're still groggy and the heavy fog has degenerated into a light misty rain. It's miserable weather to be outside in, but you're used to it, to some degree. Checking on your goat skin you can see it's still fine, though it smells strongly of ... goat. You see no trails of footprints or anything in the remains of your fire but you can't help but notice the chunk of goat offal you had tossed out past the traps is missing. You're not sure why and don't notice anything out of the ordinary but, like the paranoid bastard you are, decide it best to move on. Hey... for all you know there's a hungry smilodon lurking around inside the walls. (They're basically a saber toothed cat of yore)

You quickly gather your things and quietly slip out the hole you came in. If nothing else, it was a good place to spend the night. As you step out you randomly decide to head left and proceed along the wall for some ways for quite some time. The land gradually drops off into the temperate swamp and you're standing on the edge about to head down. It' looks like you're nearing the corner of the wall finally.

The group-

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The kobold is the first to wake and he spends a little bit of time quietly eating and trying to clean himself with his waterskin. (grooming:4!) He manages to get clean most of the affected area, but it's still irritated and itchy. Though with it clean, it should go away eventually.  Unfortunately he used the rest of his water doing so.

By then Dragnar was awake and busy breaking his fast as well. The meat sated his hunger mostly, though it wasn't enough to fill him. The rum tasted excellent going down and he couldn't help sighing in enjoyment at the smooth burning sensation, but the flask was empty too soon and he finds himself still thirsty.

(Reece:Awake:1!) The human slumbers on, oblivious to the commotion around him. (No action provided!)

The dwarf snorts softly at the lazy human and the pair decide to leave him and press on a bit further. The kobold clarifies he knows about a water source and explains their goblin predicament to the dwarf as they gather their gear. Soon they head down further, past the remains of the skeletal creature into the depths. The air gets warmer until they arrive at a closed pair of double doors. They are warm to the touch, but not hot. Dragnar tests one and it opens easily into the room. His eyes gleam with eagerness as he takes in the workroom.

(Observation check:Dwareet'ik:1!, Dragnar:6!,1!)
The room is larger than the storage rooms above it but you clearly note the shaft from those rooms dropping into a shielded area next to the doors. A soft reddish glows emanates from the edges of the room where the ground drops down to a smouldering crust of obsidian over the magma, long undisturbed. Cracks show up occasionally in the cooling rock but there is still plenty of reddish molten goodness that fills Dragnar's heart with glee. There appear to be several workshops in the room, three smelters on the north-west side and north as well as three Magma forges on the east side of the room. One of them appears to be made of Platinum ,one of Brass and the third of Steel. On the south side of the room lie glassworks and in the floorspace there appear to be several bins as well as a pile of bags filled with red sand. (Luck:2!)

On the floor itself there appears to be a significant layer of ash and in the dust Dragnar can easily make out several small footprints, leaving a burned layer of pressed ash behind them. The footprints are reasonably old but you can tell that they come from fire-imps. The tools in the workshops that had wood handles have been burned and only the metal, stone or glass remains. Most of the tools in this place look to have been metal anyways though, and Dragnar has his own tools. It's hard to make out details but the edges of the room at Magma level appear to have been engraved with images. Everything is covered in ash and it's hard to see anything that may have been left. A more detailed search will be needed.

(+1 Observation exp. for Dragnar)

[tehstefan]

Whoops! I wake up, and holler out, wondering where they went. Also, go down the path, seeing if I can't find a torch to light again. Also, I take a swig of water and eat some food, should I be hungry or thirsty.

[dragnar]

Whoops! I wake up, and holler out, wondering where they went. Also, go down the path, seeing if I can't find a torch to light again.

luckily for you, the magma probably emits plenty of light for now.

I'll drink a bit of water, then search this place more thoroughly.
I have got to find some alcohol soon, of else my dwarf will become (horrors!) sober!

[Anti-Paragon]

I don't like this misty rain. Generally I'd look at the fauna but I'd rather follow the wall with haste. I listen for anything following me and try to keep a sharp eye out for anything suspicious ahead. Yeesh, I really am paranoid, aren't I? I'd try to haggle some trait abilities for that, but I I'm not real good with balancing things like that, even if it was allowed.

[Dwarmin]

Actions
Same as Dragnar, search the room, rifle the bins, read the engravings.

[Anti-Paragon]

I posted my turn right? Okay, good.

Appreciative bump.

[Paulus Fahlstrom]

Day 5, Turn 2: Order:Ajax (5!), Dwareet'ik (4!,5!), Dragnar (4!,3!), Reece (3!); (No change)

Ajax-

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(Observation check:4!) You continue along the wall as you travel. There are several smaller animals about, though most don't seem to stray too near the wall. There are several birds, mostly waterfowl overhead and if they'd come closer you might be able to have yourself some nice tasty goose for dinner. You also pass several small ponds or depressions which are water-filled and you see several smaller creatures in them. Frogs, mostly, but some fish as well and even a turtle or two. After some time travelling along the wall south you spot a depression in the wall ahead and hurry along towards it. Soon you are standing in front of large gates leading into the fortress. If you had to guess you would assume this was The entrance. The doors stand slightly ajar and for some reason appear slightly scorched as if a fire had been here recently.

You are thirsty.

Dragnar and Dwareet'ik-

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(Observation check:6!,1 (Dwareet'ik); 1! (Dragnar) Luck:4!)
The pair of you begin searching the room but unfortunately for Dragnar he gets some soot in his eyes and when he goes to rub it only manages to get more of it in there. Soon he's tearing up freely and swearing loudly as he waits for his vision to clear. He takes a swig of water and uses a tad to try and clean out his eyes and waits for a little while. Dwareet'ik has better luck and is soon rooting around the bins in the room for things. He finds very little of true value. Mostly bars of common metal. Iron and even a single bar of steel. In one of the smelters he finds scraps and pieces of a variety of metals but not enough of any to form a whole bar worth. And then, in one of the forges, as if it had been placed there to be worked into something he finds a lustrous brownish-silver bar of some strange sort of metal he's unfamiliar with.

All in all he's found:
7 bars of iron
1 bar of steel
1 bar of (unknown brownish-silver metal)
scraps of copper, silver, brass, bronze, zinc, iron, steel and nickel. Enough for some small crafts perhaps. The copper and silver have intrinsic value as well.

Upon examining the engravings the kobold finds he cannot descipher the scripts around each and so contents himself with looking across the magma at the pictures. Dwarves laboring, dwarves travelling, a bluegill, an elf and a pony, an image of a half moon, a dwarf holding aloft a splendid crown, scepter, flute, statue, throne, armor stand, idol, earring, magnificent platemail and a table (several different engravings), a mule striking down an elf, a dwarf striking down a mule, a human striking down a winged human, a dwarf and a cringing goblin, a dwarf surrounded by dwarves, a crown, a magnificent looking hatchcover, a dwarf surrounded by mushrooms, a winged human withering away, a quern, an elf striking down an elf, a wagon, and a magnificent crown. All sorts of pictures, many of them seemingly repeated several times. There are even a few of dwarves engraving images within the image itself. Looking down he realizes as well that there are engravings in the inner side of the magma wall, where he is standing atop of.

If you want more detail of the engravings you'll have to study specific ones. (You can examine 3 in detail each turn. Though Dragnar is the only one with a chance to understand the writing at the moment.)

(+1 Observation exp. for Dwareet'ik)

Reece-

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(Observation check:4!) (Action:1!) You wake up in an unfamiliar place and panic for a second as you open your eyes to near total darkness. You holler out and hear a call from somewhere beneath you respond. It sounds like the dwarf. You realize then where you are and carefully crawl over to the hole in the room that lead downwards. A faint glow can be seen from it emanating from somewhere below and you re-orient yourself by it's light. You realize you're starving and thirsty and decide to eat breakfast real quick. You eat the last of your food and drink all of your water and can only hope that you find something edible before too long.

You try making your way to the others and carefully make your way out into the pitch-black corridor and towards the stairs down. It takes you forever to make it anywhere since you're unused to stumbling around in the dark but eventually you make it to the doors of the forge where Dragnar and Dwareet'ik are and stumble into the dimly glowing room.

[dragnar]

I'll try to see what that strange metal Dwarmin found is, then read the engravings of 1.the dwarf holding a scepter 2.the human fighting a winged human and 3.the elf fighting the elf.(in that order of priority)

[Anti-Paragon]

Examine for any tracks coming from or into the gate I might be able to identify. Head inside and see if there's anything noteworthy inside. I might as well proceed through this time unless there's someone on the opposite side.

[tehstefan]

Walk over to them and grumble about them leaving me to my doom, then look around for any source of lighting that I could use.

[Dwarmin]

@You guys!:

The forge is nice and all, but we need to eventually fight our way out for more supplies. Either forward through zombies, or back through Goblins. Drag and me are fine, but Tehs, your completely out of food and water-I don't want me and Dragnar to be put in a position to sacrifice out own food stocks for you.

Of course, Drag needs to get hammering out armor and whatnot as soon as possible, we don't know how long this area is safe...on that account, Drag, I would be willing to trade my crown, very valuable, for your skill to make me a light helm and leggings, made of iron of course. This might take 2-3 bars of the stockpiled iron we have here, though.

I need your opinions, guys.

Actions

I'll gather up the larger silver and copper scraps, and whatever else valuable, lying around the room and divide them up among my compatriots equally, though if I find a particularly nice item, like a gem or jewelery, I'll secretly pocket it while chuckling greedily.

[dragnar]

Sure, after this turn I'm gonna reforge my sword, then I'll get to work on your armor.
I'm starting to run pretty low on supplies to: I'm out of booze, gonna become sober soon

[tehstefan]

I only request some sword of sword, so I can actually fight decently.

Then, we should fight our way out, at least for now. I'm sure there's more food outside than in, considering it'll have rotten in here from being so long.

[dragnar]

I only request some sword of sword, so I can actually fight decently.

Then, we should fight our way out, at least for now. I'm sure there's more food outside than in, considering it'll have rotten in here from being so long.

The plump helmet farms are probably massively overgrown if we can find them, and for now there are goblins blocking the exit.