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(Don't know how I missed this, my bad) *The Descent is roughly 3 miles deep, with platforms popping in and out sporadically. Several people are on the way down.*
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(You're good. By the way I have a D&D sheet in case you want me to make any checks or saves.) *I tie the end of a rope to the edge and tie myself to it and then take hold of the ice picks. I begin my journey down.*
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(That is helpful, very, very helpful. I'm rolling here: http://rolldicewithfriends.com/rooms/polypart11 if you want to know) *You tie yourself securely, and begin the Descent. It's roughly 45 feet to the first platform.*
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(That's handy.) *I make my way down to the ledge going slowly but surely. If I reach the ledge successfully I rest for a minute before going further.*
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*You reach the ledge safely, and on the way notice the wall is living, reacting to your movements and shifting.*
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That's interesting... *As I go down I try to cause as little disturbance as possible to the living wall, and I especially try not to hit it too hard with pick.*
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*You continue the descent, and the wall doesn't bother you. There's another platform roughly 50 feet below the first and 30 feet to the left*
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*I look around the shaft to get my bearings, then adjust my course to go to the platform.*
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(Could you roll a climbing/dex check to see if you hold on?)
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(Sure thing. Am I able to do it on that website or just use my own dice (got a total of 21 on my roll)? I'm good either way and I promise to be truthful with dice rolls in either case.)
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(Either works fine!)
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(Awesome! In that case I got a 21.)
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*You succeed, and safely reach the next platform. A few people are climbing down, and you can see the Descendant on a lower platform doing something...*
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*Before going any further, I try hard to see what the Descendant is doing.*
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*The Descendant stops, and leaps off the platform. He quickly disappears into the smoky abyss.*
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*I move to the edge of my platform and start to climb again. Now I try to move down towards the platform that the Descendant leapt from.*
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(Dex/Climbing check!)
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(Unnatural 20!)
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*You hold on, and reach the tiny platform the Descendant was on. A small hole is in the wall, and it whispers...* (female voice) “Why are you doing this to Izu? I... I was told Offtopia was a kind place.” *Sobs*
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*I walk up to the small hole.* I am here to find out what happened to my friends who have caught a virus. I do not wish to hurt anything here, who is Izu, maybe I can help?
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*No response. Sounds of a young girl shrieking come through, sounding desperate and dying. Vines begin to wrap around your feet and up your legs!*
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So be it... *I draw my sword and quickly set to hacking at the vines while trying to withdraw myself.*
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*You kill one, the other survives and continues to wrap your ankle.*
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*I turn my attention to the second and hack its base with my blade.*
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*You kill the vine, and hear a roar echo throughout the Descent. Something woke up as soon as the vine died...*