Author: Vibrato, Posted: Sat Jul 1, 2017 11:49 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

"Hah! Serves you right, you blasted walking contraption!" Gerard shouted, to add insult to injury. However he didn't remember seeing anything that would act as a source of electricity, and had his doubts for a moment. Deciding that he wasn't going to think about this any more, he chose to take this streak of success and run with it. The door was now open and he could smell the fresh air outside. With nothing else to stop him from making his exit, he turned on his heel and made a beeline for the rope that promised a way out. On the way he pocketed a few small items he would later use to bribe the acquaintance he had intended to meet in Endapano, and was inching up the rope. As for the piscine fool down there–she could knock herself out with the treasure room's riches. It was about bloody time he was out of this godforsaken death-trap filled ruin.

Reaching the surface he emerged like a moth finally breaking forth from its cocoon. With a deep exhale of relief he quickly regained his bearings using his map, and ran towards the nearest path he could find. Hopefully he hadn't been detained for too long, or else he would expect the entire island of the elves to be in an uproar over a massive loss of private property. That foolish woman had better not have started her opera singer's debut 'early', otherwise that would open a new can of worms. One of these days, he was going to find himself an enchanted pendant that would automatically bind to and mute the person wearing it and give it to her as a present.

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Sat Jul 1, 2017 10:12 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

Vicyeth stood in front of the contraption that was still wet. Suddenly a ghost like creature popped up from behind the girl who now was suckling on a tube of glue. The spirit looked red and almost like something out of a painting. The outlines only describable as linework was yellow. The spirit began casting some sort of electric spell on the large golem continously. The golem exhibited spastic movements as the electricity flowed through it, eventually the knight seemingly died under the electric pressure. Soon after, the ghost seemingly retracted itself into Vicyeth's spine while she abscentmindedly stared in Gerard's general direction. Behind her a massive door opened with the yellow shine of gold and the light of day at the very end of that same corridor. The path led through the treasure chamber and the exit would be a rope hanging from the roof leading up deep in the forrests.

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:55 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

Gerard was preparing to ice the armored knight further when he saw Vicyeth go flying into a wall. Visibly grimacing at the impact, he was a tad concerned on whether or not she was still…er, alive. Not coherent, as she wasn't even remotely close when sober. He was just about ready to send ice spikes into the metal construct's joints when a wave came out of nowhere and hit him like a wall. Luckily, it caught the walking armor in its wake, and the nokken quickly regained his balance. Turning the rest of the standing water around the area into ice, he jumped on and began sliding around the fallen armor, using a thin layer of water beneath his feet to reduce friction. It was as if he were skating on the surface, and combining hydromancy and cryomancy–he sent a boulder of ice hurtling towards the back of the knight's head as fast as it would go. A clean shot should decapitate the thing in a fell swoop, and hopefully that would render it useless. If that plan failed, he had another up his sleeve to ensure it broke properly. They couldn't leave until it was 'dead', and there were only two choices. Either it died, or they did. And he certainly wasn't letting this ancient contraption stand between him and his exit.

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 10:21 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

The big knight creature seemingly noticed Vicyeth and in a surprising twist it casually held up his arm and flicked the girl off of his shoulder in a surprisingly fluid, human like manner before he went back into a more blocky robotic movement. The girl was flung into a wall and she could possibly be dead as she laid disturbingly still, especially for the moronic fish girl, her laying still ment it was serious. The large knight looked at the girl and assumed it was dead before looking at Gerard as he slowly made his way to him. As he got closer the size got emphasized alot. He was massive. But suddenly a massive wave hit the knight creature, the wave held the mermoron in it swimming forth like an idiot. The massive tsunami sized hit the knight wich made him lose his balance and he fell down…

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:53 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

Gerard held his breath as he saw the armored monstrosity come to life, just as he expected. "No no no no no no no no no no-" He yelled as he started to run. He was not going into a battle, not in this place. He ran back to the spiked pit filled with water and began using his water weaving to move great amounts of it up to where he was. A single hit from that axe and he'd be done for–no second chances. The girl would be fine, as avoiding getting killed seemed to be one of the few things she was competent at. And clearly she would be no help to him either, so he'd have to try to stall it as much as he could before she found a way to break it or it collapsed itself. Nervously re-entering the room, he covered the ground with water and froze the liquid with a snap. When the knight hit an icy patch it should go tumbling down after losing its footing. Gerard had more water at the ready to keep up his stall tactics and to prevent it from coming closer as long as possible. Direct attacks would be pointless with that armor, unless they found something heavier and more damaging than it.

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 9:46 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

Luckily for Gerard, this was the final stretch. She had her tail in her arms like a thick dummy for her to hug. There was a large shut door in front of them both wich no doubt leaded to either the exit or the treasure room with the exit following shortly behind. But first there was a large room with in the middle, a massive knight sitting on a throne. The knight wasnt human sized and it most likely was a sentinel of some sort, it was very old as well. The armor was thickly covered in vines, moss and other plantlife. While it did sit still for now, Vicyeth's loud noises could possibly awake it. "KNIIGHT MAAAAAANNNN" She screams as she bounces to the large knight. Soon, before Gerard could possibly keep her from doing anything dangerous that could hinder him even more she was climbing on the vines and armor of the large behemoth. As soon as Vicyeth had reached his shoulder, two large lights lit up under the helmet and the knight got up. He slowly reached for a massive battleaxe and scanned the room for anything that would need to be crushed…

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 10:29 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

Having watched her slowly pick her way through the climbing wall, he grabbed her hand and yanked her up onto the other side. "Now that's over, onto the next one." He wasn't moved at all when he watched the finned girl shriek and flail when most of the danger had already been neutralized. She would be and was perfectly fine, in spite of her exaggerated reaction. Again, he wasn't going first as that meant getting the full brunt of the traps. Crossing his arms he examined the new area, and looked for anything that was out of place. "Gods' sake…how much further does this ruin go?" The bard grumbled tapping his foot impatiently. Checking the light coming from outside, he knew time was passing, and that was precious time he couldn't afford to waste. If only he had taken a better look at the structure from the outside first, then he'd have a rough estimate on what to expect. But there was no point in dwelling on the past and what could have been, what was more pressing was the present–right now. And right now he needed to make sure the fish-tailed girl wasn't going to do something incredibly foolish. 

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 8:53 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

She took a few steps back and almost began sobbing when she looked down. Slowly though she began to make her way down the ledge and climb down. Of course she often got hit by the water crashing down and she was flushed off. She screamed loudly as she fell and once she reemerged from the water she cried more and loud er than when she fell. She then slowly climbed up and stretched her hand out so Gerard could pull her up.

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:22 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

Oh so now she was scared. She had no fear of being impaled by darts or skewered by spikes, but when it came to jumping down into a water-filled pit she was scared? Either way her antics had helped to reduce the danger of being flushed downwards, so he visually charted out the shortest route of handholds on the wall and took the jump. Grabbing onto the niches acting as places to hang from, he swung over using his momentum to reach the next nearest one. He then waited for a few seconds, and when nothing happened he kept going. Landing onto one he felt the handhold move slightly and switched back as water gushed forth from a spout above where he had just been. Thankfully instead of washing him away, it only served to fill the pit even more. Several minutes later, he was on the other side. He waved his arm signalling for Vicyeth to now cross. He didn't expect her to have paid attention to his progress across the climbing wall, much less remember which ones didn't cause water to start pouring. Well at least she'd just fall into the water and be forced to spend more time coming back up.

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:43 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

She was swimming upstream from the water and wasnt sure on what to do or how to repeat what she did, she just keps swimming circles and tapped the pressure plates on the ground, increasing the amount of water pouring down from the room. The pit soon filled up with water and instead of swimming, she began flopping on the ground like a fish on the dry. The water ran out on it's own and she stayed on the ground for a few minutes, resuming her flopping. Soon enough though she got up and leaned over the ledge, looking down nervously. As if the rampant stupidity wasnt bad enough, she also apeared to be afraid of heights… "Huuhhh I dont want to jump… Im scared…."

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 11:05 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

Listening carefully to the sounds in the room, Gerard got an idea. There was no mistaking the splash of water hitting ground, which meant there was no drainage in the pit. And seeing that there was no discernible way to tell how not to trip off the traps, then they would have to simply keep triggering them until they ran out of water or the pit was filled. And when the word 'they' was used, he mean Vicyeth. Standing in the relative safety of the area behind the pitfall, he shouted to the healer. "Yes, keep up whatever you're doing! Maybe try going back and forth a few more times on them to make it pour faster!" He wasn't a person who complimented others without reason, and his reason being as a motivator in getting the foolish girl to actually do something which wouldn't get them killed. She was simple-minded, but meant well–which made it easier to convince her to comply if she believed it was helping. Keeping an eye on the fish-girl and the sound of the water entering the pitfall, he waited until the pit was now an unnaturally deep pool with spikes far at the bottom. 

Wonderful, now they could just bypass the need to climb entirely and swim across. Or if they chose to take on the challenge, at least they wouldn't be falling to their death. He called to the girl to let her know that she could stop turning the water on. "Alright, that's enough! Get back over here and cross!" He shouted.

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:03 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

"Really?! You want me to help?! YAAAY Let me get a run up first and ill jump!" Of course she had to get a run up behind them in a room that after the doors were opened was filled with pressure plates and as soon as she stepped on one, the aforementioned further ejected water faucets began streaming water fast. For some reason she seemingly changed her mind and began swimming stream upwards like a salmon and did a pretty good job at it, luckily for Gerard, it would soon become clear what had to happen as the water from above the pit became crashing down as well and the impact of the water could be heard on the bottom on the pit, perhaps filling it up would make it safe to jump…

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 2:43 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

"Oh great. A bottomless abyss. What next, a boulder dropping down from the top of a hallway poised to crush intruders flat?" Gerard griped, hearing the water again. It was like climbing a rock wall, except if you did the wrong thing you'd have no chances left to retry again. Tired of having to pull both of their intellectual weight, he decided it was her turn to actually do something useful. Looking at Vicyeth, he motioned with his hand at the obstacle. "Well, why don't you go on ahead first? Knowing you, you're probably itching to have a stab at it so why not?" For survivability's sake, only one of them should try going across at any given time. Especially when she had as much discretion as a rock. And he wasn't going in first, that was for sure. Yes, have her set off all the traps and then make his way through after they revealed themselves. It was the only thing that would work with Miss Eager Beaver over there.

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 9:31 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

Right behind the door there was an extremely deep pit, wich also seemed to be the only way to advance into the ruins. There was mist at the bottom and possibly there were spikes on the bottom or something lethal like that. And Gerard wasnt getting a break either because behind him a loud sis could be heard and upon turning around, all the tiles in the room were lifted upward and the taps ejected further out of the wall, ready to pour out water faster in larger amounts. It was obvious what would happen if they made a wrong move and upon looking down there were holes in the wall that could let them climb down but above them there was another large opening that dripped more water down. Presumably some of the climbing holes would be rigged as well. The whole path ahead was made to flush intruders down into the hole. If Gerard knew anything about what Vicyeth was like with her tendencies to cause trouble from any angle he would certainly at least look in her direction to make sure she's not about to activate a pressure plate, and sure enough, her heavy fish like tail was laying on one…

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 8:32 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

He stared at the 'puzzle', then stared at her, then stared at the door again. Letting out an aggravated sigh, he went to work. It was a simple door mechanism, and he did the routine check for any traps around it before doing anything. The door had a large set of disks set into its surface with grooves and patterns carved into each one. The disks were concentric, so he assumed they needed to be lined up correctly. After fiddling with the positioning for fifteen minutes, he completed the pattern and the door rumbled before opening. That wasn't too hard. The fact certain rings moved others at the same time made it more time-consuming, but it was more straightforward than the altar code. Gerard was sincerely hoping that the ancients had built an alternative exit that would lead directly out after this gauntlet of tricks and traps was over. Again, if he saw an opening that led to the outside he would check if he could fit himself through to jump ship and get back to approaching Mamlak.

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2017 7:54 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

In fact, she wasnt really stuck at all. It just seemed that she has halted all of her mental processes and just kind of crashed mentally… She just stood there making spit bubbles with her mouth for a solid five minutes before she finally 'rebooted' her brain. She blinked once and seemingly tried to remember what she was doing. Shortly after she noticed the bard next to her again. "This puzzle is too hard! I cant figure it out!"

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 7:30 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

"….For the love of-" Gerard hissed as once again, his path was obstructed. Each time it happened didn't make it any less infuriating. It was almost as if there was an invisible, intangible force hell-bent on delaying him as long as humanly possible. Stamping his foot in frustration he turned on his heel back to where he had been. It was always like this. The more of a hurry he was in, the more roadblocks and stalling he was presented with. There weren't any holes large enough for a person his size to pass through that led to the outside, so forward he went. By now he had considered the ancients to be cruel sadists who delighted in the anger and irritation of their victims, dangling the possibility of escape just out of their reach to prolong the suffering. Well he wasn't going to have any of it. He was getting out as quickly as possible, and nothing–not even an addle-brained fool or obtuse riddles would stand in his way.

Turning around a corner he saw the girl idling before a mechanism clutching her prize. "Well what now?" He complained, asking the question more as a rhetorical one than out of genuine concern. It was the door, wasn't it? He could tell, as if it weren't she would've been running along her merry way.

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 10:23 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

Right before the exit though, there was a pressure in front of the door wich when Gerard stepped on, sealed off the way to the entrance again, but it looked like the front door was shut anyway. There was no trace off the girl anymore either. She seemed to have gone deeper into the dungeon of course. Surely though, this would lead to an exit…Right? Going deeper into it she seemed puzzled as to how to open another obstacle this time using a simple door mechanism to open it. She was still holding the piece of treasure like a stuffed animal too and didnt seem to notice Gerard's presence. If he went deeper that is…

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:09 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

Gerard was ready to scream again when he heard the girl take the treasure off the altar. Bracing for the worst, he jumped back from it expecting a hailstorm of poison-tipped darts to skewer them when instead…there was water pouring into the room. "By the gods–oh, wait a minute. It's just water? …This is fine. As long as there aren't any flesh-eating fish coming in with it I won't complain." Even if the water filled the entire chamber it wasn't as if he'd drown. For nokken water was their element, and it certainly wouldn't hurt him. He saw the flashing pattern, and recognized it as the true combination. Sickle, drum, spear, bowl. Easy enough to remember. However as the water level began to rise he realized that if he didn't stop it soon his instruments would all be ruined. Such a thing was completely unacceptable, especially for his precious mahogany-carved violin.

Turning the dials he set them all in order and he heard some kind of mechanism grind to a halt. The water flow began to cease, and he gave a short sigh of satisfaction. "There, it's done. Thank the gods that it dumped water instead of acid or lava in here." The water began to recede through hidden drains in the floor, but more importantly–his violin was perfectly dry. The sound of stone turning against stone happened again, as the door which had closed behind them reopened. "Oh good, just what I needed. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm leaving." 

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:38 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

She stood still right next to the altar. She didnt even dare look at it…for now. Looking at her face, it was easy to tell she was becoming bored and she was looking more and more at the little piece of treasure out of the corner of her eye. She watched as Gerard tried a few times but after he entered aproxamitly 4 times she couldnt take it anymore and took the treasure piece and held it like a plush animal. As soon as the treasure piece came off the altar the room shook, but the statue symbols began flickering in an order: sickle first, drum second spear third and bowl last. But lifting this treasure piece did also have a major disadvantage as two big holes on the side of the wall opened and water began pouring out of it. In more seconds they were both standing kneedeep in the water so there wasnt much time to enter the correct code. Meanwhile, Vicyeth didnt seem to mind the water, she had gills and fins after all… She excitedly jumped into the water and swam around, occasionally splashing some at Gerard.

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:29 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

Exasperated, as soon as Gerard saw her approach the altar to take the item on it he screamed: "STOP! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH THAT THING!" Calming down he pointed at the altar as he continued. "Stay there, and don't move. You hear me? DON'T. MOVE." Having used the simplest words possible to get his point across, he surveyed the room. The door had just closed behind them sealing them in. Clearly touching the altar would set off a chain of unfortunate events, so that was off limits. There was only one thing left to do, check everything.

He checked the ceiling. Nothing there. He checked the walls around the room–there were holes large enough for darts to shoot out of placed strategically so they faced the altar. Of course. He then paid attention to the floor. From what he could tell, there weren't any obvious tiles sticking out above the others. However this did not assuage his concerns. It couldn't be something so obvious. Otherwise, treasure-seekers would've cleaned the place out already. This was one of the few times where he hated when he was right. Searching for clues he took note of the stone figures built into the walls. Each looked different, and held something in their hands. A sickle, a spear, a bowl, and drum. This had to be important somehow. With another look around he noticed stone dials built into the base of the altar. Four dials, four statues. But there had to be a correct order, as using brute force would just lead to them being full of needles like porcupines. Tapping his foot impatiently, he examined the positions of the statues to any markings which would imply what order they were in.

"I'm figuring this out, so don't move anything." He warned the girl, knowing if he took too long she'd just yank the thing off the surface. A few minutes later he still had no idea on what order was the right combination, but he had to make a choice. There were twenty-four possible combinations, which meant he would either find the solution or keep trying until the darts in the traps ran out. "I'm going to try the code below the altar, so prepare for any traps to go off." he informed her. The first combination was decidedly wrong, as he heard the whizzing of darts flying through the air. "Heavens' sake! Ugh…" Groaning in frustration he returned to try again avoiding being hit.

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 12:15 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

She managed to set off every trap by accident. Due to the speed she was moving at none of them really hit her, instead they were more of a threat to someone directly behind her. Eventually she came to a standstill when there was some sort of puzzle in the ruin. "ohhhh no… Hey! You said you could get us to the second floor! Does that mean you can solve this puzzle?" She says with a cheerfull smile on her face as the doors to the entrance closed behind her. But just looking away from her could lead her to do something unpredictable. She went to an obviously rigged altar holding a piece of treasure and wanted to take it.

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 11:23 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

As she was undoing the final knot Gerard was about ready to leave when she suddenly grabbed his arm and yanked him the opposite direction of where he wanted to go. "Let go of me you saddle-goose! Where do you think you're taking me?!" His eyes widened when he saw she intended to take him with her into the ruin, which no doubt was laden with death traps. "No! NO! Stop this at once! I'm not going in there! Unhand me, you loon! You dingbat!" This and many more curses he spouted as he was dragged into the jungle ruins, kicking and screaming. This was not what he had intended to happen at all. 

He was about to bean her over the head with his lute when he saw and arrow fly out from the wall. He dodged, not wanting to injure himself or scrape his instrument. Then came another, and another, and yet another. The two were now dancing a mad tarantella, tap dancing over traps just seconds before their deployment and swerving this way and that. Several times Gerard aimed to clobber her, only to be forced to move out of the way for a trap. "I said STOP you nitwit! I didn't say I wanted to come with you into this infernal death pit!" he screeched through clenched teeth as he worked to pry her fingers off his wrist. Now he would have to find a way out of here, and he surely wasn't planning on going back the way he had came. How could someone be so utterly clueless with complete disregard for safety? This crackpot, that was for sure. As soon as he was in Endapano, that acquaintance of his would be faced with a reckoning the unlike anything she had seen before. He swore that she was a jinx–just like this blue-skinned girl was.

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 10:45 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

The girl looked at the tied bard and walked over to him. "REALLY? You would do that for me?" She unties the knots on his ties as she lacks a knife. But as soon as he got up she grabs his hand and wants to pull him into the ruin. "Come on! It's this way!"

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:52 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

As the uncouth mercenaries fled, they left the two behind. "Hey where do you think you're going?! Get back here and untie me, you rotten scoundrels!!" Gerard shouted as he struggled to free himself from the net. Unable to move from his spot, the most he was able to do was pivot in place. His hands were tangled in a way that he couldn't reach his dagger to free himself, and this made him quite cross. Catching sight of the odd-complexioned girl from the corner of his eye, he called in her direction. "Hey–you there! What was that for?! Now you've gone and made them scatter when I still have a bone to pick with them!" After his third attempt to wriggle free, he gave up and resigned to his least preferred option. 

"Hey, you want to find the second floor do you? Get me out of these sodding ropes and I'll tell." Gerard wasn't planning on waiting for the next person to pass by the area, and hoped to capitalize on the girl's curiosity to convince her to help him out. She was a few drams short of a pint, but even a simpleton should be able to understand what he was saying. He'd have to remember to get that concealed blade sometime should he ever fall into a similar situation again.

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 7:52 AM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

The girl mindlessly hopped past the highwaymen but she was soon grabbed by them and held next to gerard. "Another one for the market! How much will this one bring up you think?" "It's an elf! they stay young and pretty for a long time! they always bring up alot." "Bring up? Where will you bring me up? Does this temple have a second floor that you will bring me too? Thank you!" The little girl looked in confusion and didnt really understand that she was in danger, but the spirits watching over her did. Soon enough thick, sharp roots came out of the ground and wrapped around the legs of the mercenary holding them both. Forcing him to drop them both. As soon as they noticed the girl was dangerous, even if she wasnt but the spirits protecting her were, they ran off. "HEY! Wait! Arent you taking me to the second floor of the ruins?" As soon as they left the little girld sat down for a minute. She had light blue skin, dark blue hair and crystal blue eyes. "Awwwwww how will i find their second floor now…"

Author: Vibrato, Posted: Fri Jun 9, 2017 9:25 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

"Don't make me repeat myself–release me at once!" In the group of mercenaries was a man with locks of raven hair reaching just above his shoulders all dressed in black, from his tailcoat to his polished leather shoes. His hands were currently tied, as were his feet and the rest of his body in a rope net with only his head exposed. From the lute he was holding underneath his bindings, it was clear he was no warrior. Also it was quite obvious that he was being held hostage. His captors were clad in varying portions of leather and cloth armors armed with unsavory looking implements, while decidedly lacking in basic hygiene. "Shut yer trap beanpole! If you don't quit yapping I'll stick yer head underwater!"

The captive musician rolled his eyes and shot back sarcastically, "Oh I'd like to see you try! If you think threatening to drown me is going to keep me quiet, then think again. It won't work!"

Thickheaded fools. If he hadn't gotten lost and strayed from the path, he should have reached Mamlak by now. And this was all thanks to that letter he received weeks earlier. An acquaintance of his had contacted him a fortnight ago speaking of having found the perfect place to kickstart her singing career in Endapano. At the very mention of the sender and singing in the same sentence, Gerard had rushed out towards the island post haste to stop her before she caused another disaster. For all her merits, that woman Lorelei was completely tone-deaf, to the point that she didn't even realize her own singing could shatter glass. She was beautiful and possessed good fashion sense, however it was clear she had no talent or skill in opera. The last time she tried to sing, he lost an entire set of crystal glassware and a full-length mirror. Everything would be alright, as long as she didn't open her mouth. 

And so, he had rushed through the rainforest as fast as he could until he had tripped off a snare intended for unwary travelers than beasts. He had spent a few minutes dangling upside down until he was cut down by his kidnappers, and the sods were under the impression that he would fetch a high price on the black market. As any person would do in his situation, Gerard peppered the highwaymen with an extensive onslaught of insults until they tried to stop his mouth with a rolled-up rag. He then spat it out, and continued his verbal abuse, stating he would not relent until they released him from his bonds and let him go free. He was not aware of the girl approaching the ruins which he and his captors were in front of, as the direction he was facing at the moment prevented him from seeing anything which wasn't in the immediate vicinity.
 

Author: Blessed_healer, Posted: Fri Jun 9, 2017 2:22 PM, Post Subject: Dumb as a rock healer's going on an adventure. (open)

The laeto rainforrests… Home to many native species, ruins and treasures. These things attracted researchers, archeoligists adventurers an- CLANG an-…and healers…. After so kindly interupting the narrator a small elvish woman came into view. She was apparently running through an array of death traps that she did trigger but with them being set for carefull adventurers moving at a slow pace and not a young female carelessly hopping through while singing at the top of her lungs none of them really hit her. She hopped through the ruins at a remarkable speed carelessly snatching things along as she ran past them, wich triggered many more traps that wouldnt hit her anyway. The people that set up these traps expected sentient species to get smarter over the years… After somehow finding a way out without even trying she carelessly sped through the jungle looking for more temples to traverse through. "Adventuring is so easy! And people get hurt during it even! haha, and they call me silly…" She loudly yelled between song lyrics as she hopped through the jungle, catching the attention of a native tribe who's blowpipes couldnt even hit her, her hopping was so erratic. She continued to be incredibly noisy until she came across another temple/ruin that she could go in to get treasure. There was just one difference… This temple had mercenaries in front of them.