Sorry about the changing tenses and perspectives. I'm typing these up as they happen and, due to slowness of processing cave-ins and liquid flowing, quite some time can pass between note taking.
TAKE FOUR
Now we have Quazo Uddaneni. He was fortunate enough to start in a neighboring town. After wandering around to bit and discovering that the ground was actually solid he decided to head over to this place on The Prairie of Chucking he heard about where the ground undulates like a hula dancer's grass skirt. He decides to enter the town from a tile to the south.
Upon arriving he survays the surroundings. The north/south stream is just to the right. Between him and the stream are bands of gabbro and clay. No houses are in sight. He takes a tentative step. The earth opens up and swallows him whole! But what's this? He survived the fall!
** Starting Adventurer **
You have discovered an expansive cavern deep underground.
You slam into an obstacle!
Your right lower arm takes the full force of the impact, shattering the bone through the rope reed fiber robe!
Your upper body takes the full force of the impact, bruising the muscle and bruising the liver through the rope reed fiber robe!
Your right upper leg takes the full force of the impact, jamming the bone through the right hip's muscle and shattering the right hip's bone!
Your left hand takes the full force of the impact, shattering the bone through the rope reed fiber left glove!
Your right lower leg takes the full force of the impact, shattering the bone through the rope reed fiber robe!
Your left lower leg takes the full force of the impact, shattering the bone through the rope reed fiber robe!
Your first toe, right foot takes the full force of the impact, shattering the bone through the grizzly bear leather sandal!
You are caught in a cloud of boiling magma! x2
You lose hold of the silver short sword.
You are caught in a cloud of boiling magma! x8
You slam into an obstacle!
You are caught in a cloud of boiling magma! x24
You are caught in a burst of clay loam! x2
You are caught in a burst of gabbro!
You are caught in a cloud of boiling magma! x2
You slam into an obstacle!
You are caught in a cloud of boiling magma!
You are caught in a burst of gabbro!
You are caught in a burst of red sand!
You are caught in a burst of loam!
You are caught in a cloud of boiling magma!
You are caught in a burst of loam!
You are caught in a cloud of boiling magma!
You regain consciousness.
You give in to pain.
You regain consciousness.
You give in to pain.
You regain consciousness.
It looks like there was some magma near by, but the stream poured down onto it and dowsed it. While this frequently brought up warnings of drowning, there seems to be enough open space for the water to flow away. Eventually, he wakes up stunned, drowning, and in extreme pain. He struggles to swim to the water's edge, but gives in to the pain again. While the water doesn't seem to subside anymore, Quazo also doesn't seem to drown while unconscious. Lucky! After a few more attempts and reaching dry land and passing out he realizes that he's just 4 z-levels below the surface. All of this water must be cathartic. The pain quickly subsides and, despite his two smashed legs, his crushed right hip, his smashed right lower arm, his smashed left hand, and being bruised inside and out, he starts treading water fairly well.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any lower space for the water to flow to. With the water level at 7, he tries to reach higher ground. While the cavern goes up to the surface, there are no ramps. Just steep ledges. Water pouring down on him, he starts swimming south. After a while he finds and open area with water flowing in over muddy obsidian. He tries to swim up against the flow but the effort is futile. He passes out a few times and nearly drowns, forcing him to turn back.
Just as Quazo is about to leave this part he notices a pair of trousers on a ledge above. He does a quick check. Nope, they're not his. He still has his long skirt on. Without a way up he moves on.
TO BE CONTINUED... (I just want to post this before something makes my computer crash.)