Part One - The RevealThe two teachers waited patiently on the square raised portion of the dungeon lobby. Behind them was a softly lighted marble statue of Morrigan, the goddess. Four of their five pupils were on time, and all six pairs of eyes turned to Zario as he stumbled in late, still stuffing a couple of potions into his bag.
"Sorry - I forgot to buy a bunch of stuff..."
Lasa nodded and started to speak.
"Now that everyone is here, let me start! This is, as you know, a simple graduation test. It isn't anything too hard, so don't freak out. Raynold here..."
Lasa gestured to Raynold, and he held up a piece of paper with the mark of evil and some sloppy letters on it.
"...has created a special ticket to a one floored, easy dungeon. You will mostly meet white spiders, with one giant spider and four red spiders at the end. Now, here is a basic textbook on dungeoneering, just for quick reference."
Five copies of
Basic Dungeoneering were gave out.
"Now, step closer to the square!"
Lasa neatly sidestepped out of the square, while Raynold hopped out.
Every student slowly walked onto the square piece of rock.
Raynold held an arm out, and dropped the ticket, then quickly withdrew. The ticket slowly fluttered to the ground. On contact, the ink on it glowed feverishly red; a rushing was heard; vision blurred and the five disappeared along with the ticket.
"Do you think they'll be OK?"
Lasa asked Raynold.
Raynold grumbled something along the line of 'cat-sized spiders are weak', then walked out of the dungeon.
All five people were dropped into the dark lobby of the dungeon. Morrigan's statue glowed a ghastly white in the darkness. Stairs led into the full dungeon. Grim looks were exchanged, and they stepped forth.
The first room also had a statue in it. The room was hewn out of greenish yet white stone of some kind, with a smoothed floor and rough walls. As they cautiously made their way into the next room (which had a chest in it, looking lonely), the large wooden door behind them rattled close from above, more of a portcullis made of wood than a door. The chest seemed to be the only way out. Another door with a huge blue lock loomed before them, with a non-marked door behind. The room was about twelve-by-twelve meters.
One cautiously flipped the chest open ...
Some gold coins and a log pop out, along with two medium stamina potions with their distinctive yellow shades.
Seven kobolds materialize from thin air around them. Six of them have a round shield and short swords, and are wearing clothes that are threadbare. One kobold has a large metal helmet that looks like a bucket with a visor on, and is holding a combat axe and a kite shield.
For a moment, the kobolds looked around nervously, then the head kobold mustered up the courage to say,
"We are armed and dangerous!"
Silence descended on the room.
Map of dungeon
Map of room
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Topic: The Mabinogion // Part 1.6 : Under the Nose -> Accepting 1 Player (Read 28401 times)