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Tells will sit down since math was't one of his strong suit.

"Well that sucks.. You may be right All. So the red in box 2 and the white in box 3 I think. It might just be delayed as well.. Or maybe we need to close the boxes too."

Steals proceeds to do all he is talking about to do.

Yes, see what happens." Naps will remove the white scull from the middle box and place it in box number 3. "Growth-rings? you are,....part tree then?"

TURN 16

The "skull" which has been place on the ground for ease at the moment is kinda staring at Tells but maybe that was just the way it was placed and after a moment moves a little and decides to sit down just out of view. The others begin to question it.

"Can you assure us this is no trap mister skull ?
Cause if it is , I'll have your head ! .... Well you get what I mean !"
"Growth-rings? you are,....part tree then?"

"Yep now you two are definitely following the trend of stupid questions, maybe you're deaf to. Didn't i just say what i'd made of, and to call me part tree is such an insult, Do I look like a fibrous particle snatcher to you! and to be contained within one has been a horror I tell you.."
Song catches the last bit.
"It's right you know, it is no fun being trapped in a chest but are you not happy to be free again?
"I'd only be happy If i was out of this extra-dimensional maze and placed back in the ground and people stop asking me questions, tho at least that question came from well organised molecular structure"
Your not sure but that last bit almost sounded like a compliment.

All tries and takes a different tack.
"So you said people ask you stupid questions. Are you meant to help with this puzzle? I'd like to know about those fluid formations you were talking about, since I'm no good at puzzles. We can have a chat."

"Am I meant to help.. ha .. I'm not even supposed to be here, I was left here, exchanged I suppose so my previous fleshy transportation system could in his words take a skull worth a lot more in value...... As for fluid formations, You really don't get it do you, I am a fluid Formation "

The Party ponders the situation and try to solve the room.
All, Naps and Steals puzzle discuss the issue.
"Well that sucks..
"do you think we need to put the skulls one, two and three in every box before anything will happen with the doors?"
" You may be right All. So the red in box 2 and the white in box 3 I think. It might just be delayed as well.. Or maybe we need to close the boxes too."
"Yes, see what happens." As both her and Steals take a skull each from the chest and place the white skull in box 3 and the rd skull in chest two... after closing all the chest lids there is a heavy pulse in the air and and all three doors become unblocked!

Hooray!

Stats & Loot

.[tabs:First-of-All]
ATT: 2
DEF: 2
HP: 5/5

ITEMS:
Sword (+1ATT)(1 handed)
Old leather armour (+1 Def) (Body)
1 healing potion
Bottle of alchemist fire (1 use only +4 Attack)
A wand of unknown use (tho it has a flame symbol on it.)
speaker stone (whole)
Planarport token (30ft radius planeshift to get home)
1 Anger berries
A Fire Elementals eye (possible crafting component)
+1gp

[tabs:Senor costa fluctuantes]
ATT: 3
DEF: 1
HP: 5/5

ITEMS:
Blood Song (+2 Atkfor this adventure).(1 handed)
Magical Glasses - Allows you to see magical Auras (eyes)
Sharp Fork
Fancy Scabbard-(improves bloodsongs mood)
2 Anger berries
Torch snuffer
A Fire Elementals Heart (possible crafting component)
3 Badger skin

[tabs: Steals the tequilla]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 4/5

ITEMS:
A crossbow (2 handed) (can reload and fire in 1 turn but cannot do anything else)
5 crossbow bolts (+1ATT)
Spear (+1 ATT) (2 handed)
Shield (+1 def)(1 handed)
1 potion of shrink
---4 coloured mushrooms
- red with a purple edge - +1 attack for 3 round
- Brown with darker brown rings - +1 defense for 3 rounds
- white with black and red stripes - heals 1 hp
- yellow with silver specks - gets you really really high and you may see things
Flame shaped gem (Warm to the touch, used to get past strangler mold
Pouch of holding
Bottle of Tequilla
3 Anger berries
Torch snuffer
A Fire Elementals eye (possible crafting component)

[tabs:Tells Bad Jokes]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 4/5

ITEMS:
Mouse Spear (+1ATT) (2 handed)
Druids Cloak
Torch snuffer

[tabs:Naps]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 5/5

ITEMS:
Steel knife (+1 ATT)(1 handed)(on loan from All)
Torch snuffer
Torch (unlit)
1 Anger berries
Badger skin
Badger meat
Badger bones[/tabs][/quote]

"So last time it was "Vowel" that was darker, and door two was right - this time it's "The", so do we think it's door one? Because of the number of vowels?"

All will pick up the insulting skull if no-one else is doing so. "Here, you grumpy fluid formation, since you're grumbling about being brought here and left - I'll bring you out. You can come to our bar. It's nice there. So why were you travelling with a guy who left you behind anyway? How did he come to have you?"

Steals will pick up the 'skull' again smiling with joy.

"I'll get you out of here.. What should we call you though?"

"I think you are right about the doors All."

Steals will walk through door number 1

Steals this better not be a monster again, Costa says followig

Tells will follow the other into door number 1 crossing his finger in hope not to be the wrong door.

Naps will follow into door 1, taking the opportunity to ask even more stupid questions. "You're not a scull, what's you're name?, what were you originally?, what were you replacing in the chest? How long have you been here? who was your treacherous companion? can you still eat?"

TURN 17

With the all the doors open the party discuss which way to go.
"So last time it was "Vowel" that was darker, and door two was right - this time it's "The", so do we think it's door one? Because of the number of vowels?"
"I think you are right about the doors All."
"Steals this better not be a monster again"
"I hope it is a monster sweety you owe me a kill and I want you to bath me in its blood" adds in Song
"I can't say for sure that's the case Costa, but Alls guess seems good enough. And as long as we stick together, we'll be fine besides a few bruises."


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Naps decides to ask a barrage of questions.

"You're not a skull, what's you're name?, what were you originally?, what were you replacing in the chest? How long have you been here? who was your treacherous companion? can you still eat?"
To which the skull replies
"I've told you some of that already fleshbag and some you should be able to work out...sigh..but no you lot are not that smart so i'll answer the ones i can be bothered with as its not sinking in. I am a being made of a mix of crystalline materials that formed deep in the earth from a variety of mineral deposits all seeping together, the longer i was there the more I grew. When the fluids solidified some diagenesis occurred where my minerals different into different rings. "

"Here, you grumpy fluid formation, since you're grumbling about being brought here and left - I'll bring you out. You can come to our bar. It's nice there. So why were you travelling with a guy who left you behind anyway? How did he come to have you?"
"i don't really have a choice of who i travel with you know, well more than a non speaking entity but still, do what you want with me, if you get me out of this place and into some deep earthy cavern i can at least stop the questions. As for my previous fleshbag he obtained my from the man that carved me into this shape and decided i was rare enough he might sell me. However he discovered this place and got to this room where he nab the other 7th skull which he said was made of adamantium and he had had enough of me randomly com...... " the skull goes silent for a brief second and then continues " complaining about everything

"I'll get you out of here.. What should we call you though?"
Don't have nor need a name, the previous owners called me component B32 and skully but I never like those."
Both All and Steals briefly go to pick up the skull with Steals just getting there first

The group having made there decision all go through door number one, one by one. The feel of this transition like falling through water, there is a burning in your chest as if you can not breathe and you feel almost ready to pass out as you arrive feeling slightly dizzy.

Looking about you see there are all 26 letters of the alphabet on the floor in the form of carved stone blocks, there is a painting on the wall of a goblin with two huge fist in front of you and there is writing on the wall indicating a wrong turn. (Ut oh) There is a dark glow coming from the mouth of the painting and a definite sensation of dread tingles through your body when you look at it.

"Well that was a clever move"

Stats & Loot

.[tabs:First-of-All]
ATT: 2
DEF: 2
HP: 5/5

ITEMS:
Sword (+1ATT)(1 handed)
Old leather armour (+1 Def) (Body)
1 healing potion
Bottle of alchemist fire (1 use only +4 Attack)
A wand of unknown use (tho it has a flame symbol on it.)
speaker stone (whole)
Planarport token (30ft radius planeshift to get home)
1 Anger berries
A Fire Elementals eye (possible crafting component)
+1gp

[tabs:Senor costa fluctuantes]
ATT: 3
DEF: 1
HP: 5/5

ITEMS:
Blood Song (+2 Atkfor this adventure).(1 handed)
Magical Glasses - Allows you to see magical Auras (eyes)
Sharp Fork
Fancy Scabbard-(improves bloodsongs mood)
2 Anger berries
Torch snuffer
A Fire Elementals Heart (possible crafting component)
3 Badger skin

[tabs: Steals the tequilla]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 4/5

ITEMS:
A crossbow (2 handed) (can reload and fire in 1 turn but cannot do anything else)
5 crossbow bolts (+1ATT)
Spear (+1 ATT) (2 handed)
Shield (+1 def)(1 handed)
1 potion of shrink
---4 coloured mushrooms
- red with a purple edge - +1 attack for 3 round
- Brown with darker brown rings - +1 defense for 3 rounds
- white with black and red stripes - heals 1 hp
- yellow with silver specks - gets you really really high and you may see things
Flame shaped gem (Warm to the touch, used to get past strangler mold
Pouch of holding
Bottle of Tequilla
3 Anger berries
Torch snuffer
A Fire Elementals eye (possible crafting component)

[tabs:Tells Bad Jokes]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 4/5

ITEMS:
Mouse Spear (+1ATT) (2 handed)
Druids Cloak
Torch snuffer

[tabs:Naps]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 5/5

ITEMS:
Steel knife (+1 ATT)(1 handed)(on loan from All)
Torch snuffer
Torch (unlit)
1 Anger berries
Badger skin
Badger meat
Badger bones[/tabs]

dammit again...

"Well, it's certainly an interesting wrong turn,...Is anyone related to an orange goblin with backwards hands?" Naps mimics the painting on the wall and addresses it. "We come in peace."

((speaking of stupidity, time for more of it.))

"Yep, I have no idea. Could be C, or I, or anything really. No way of telling."

(I do not at all get this puzzle, and I still don't get the picking-the-right-door puzzle, so. I'm just basically tagging along now.)

OCC: Death from being punched by a wall never thought that how I would go. Also maybe it F since the puzzle said "stop him seeing you" which sound weird so add in From would fit in there making it "stop him from seeing you". Or I could be wrong and we die. God these puzzles are murder (no pun intended)

Tells see if he can pick up the letter F, but not to put it in the wall goblin mouth yet if the other goblins have a better idea.

"stop him seeing you" is acceptable English imo.

Steals read the text out loud for himself

"Stop him from seeing you.. It could sound like we should stop him from seeing 'u' rather than us. You think that could be the answer?"

TURN 18

"Dammit again..." are the first words muttered in the new room, but at least this time there is no rush and the party doen't need to spring into action, and so ponder this new puzzle.
"Dammit no monster, honey bumpkins maybe the next one."

"Well, it's certainly an interesting wrong turn,...Is anyone related to an orange goblin with backwards hands?" scanning the letter and not sure what to do Naps decides to try and copy the image but as indeed the hands seem to be the wrong way round he has difficultly unless he crosses his arms. With that he tries.
"We come in peace." just to see if the painting is sentient, but it doesn't respond.


Both All and Steals briefly discuss letters.
"Stop him from seeing you.. It could sound like we should stop him from seeing 'u' rather than us. You think that could be the answer?"
"Yep, I have no idea. Could be C, or I, or anything really. No way of telling."

Tells decides to see if he can pick up the letter F, it is a stone block and very heavy one person alone can just carry it Seeing as nobody has come up with a solution he waddles over the the mouth, the mouth is like a dark ball off mist.
Sliding the Letter F into the mouth with a big push it disappears into the darkness and no sound is heard on the other side. As suddenly as the letter is gone, so is the quickness that the painted fist on the wall becomes 3D and twists and slams itself into Tells (-1Hp). Before retreating back into a flat painting on the wall, only having rotated 90 degrees.
"You guys don't know what your doing do you? Have you ever actually done this before?



Stats & Loot

.[tabs:First-of-All]
ATT: 2
DEF: 2
HP: 5/5

ITEMS:
Sword (+1ATT)(1 handed)
Old leather armour (+1 Def) (Body)
1 healing potion
Bottle of alchemist fire (1 use only +4 Attack)
A wand of unknown use (tho it has a flame symbol on it.)
speaker stone (whole)
Planarport token (30ft radius planeshift to get home)
1 Anger berries
A Fire Elementals eye (possible crafting component)
+1gp

[tabs:Senor costa fluctuantes]
ATT: 3
DEF: 1
HP: 5/5

ITEMS:
Blood Song (+2 Atkfor this adventure).(1 handed)
Magical Glasses - Allows you to see magical Auras (eyes)
Sharp Fork
Fancy Scabbard-(improves bloodsongs mood)
2 Anger berries
Torch snuffer
A Fire Elementals Heart (possible crafting component)
3 Badger skin

[tabs: Steals the tequilla]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 4/5

ITEMS:
A crossbow (2 handed) (can reload and fire in 1 turn but cannot do anything else)
5 crossbow bolts (+1ATT)
Spear (+1 ATT) (2 handed)
Shield (+1 def)(1 handed)
1 potion of shrink
---4 coloured mushrooms
- red with a purple edge - +1 attack for 3 round
- Brown with darker brown rings - +1 defense for 3 rounds
- white with black and red stripes - heals 1 hp
- yellow with silver specks - gets you really really high and you may see things
Flame shaped gem (Warm to the touch, used to get past strangler mold
Pouch of holding
Bottle of Tequilla
3 Anger berries
Torch snuffer
A Fire Elementals eye (possible crafting component)

[tabs:Tells Bad Jokes]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 3/5

ITEMS:
Mouse Spear (+1ATT) (2 handed)
Druids Cloak
Torch snuffer

[tabs:Naps]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 5/5

ITEMS:
Steel knife (+1 ATT)(1 handed)(on loan from All)
Torch snuffer
Torch (unlit)
1 Anger berries
Badger skin
Badger meat
Badger bones[/tabs]

"Hey, that closed one of its eyes, look. Shall we try U next?"

"And if that doesn't work, C next, or we could feed it Mr. Unnamed there just to see what happens, could give him something to chew on for awhile." Naps goes over to the C, but waits for someone to try U before she tries feeding it to the wall.

Steals will try to put the u into the mouth standing on the left side

Tells move back away from the wall goblin so as not to get punched again.

All will also stand out of the way.

TURN 19

"Hey, that closed one of its eyes, look. Shall we try U next?"
"And if that doesn't work, C next, or we could feed it Mr. Unnamed there just to see what happens, could give him something to chew on for awhile."

Naps heads over to the letter C, but waits for Steals try U before her turn.

The letter blocks are made of stone and very heavy so steals place the "skull" down on the ground again so the letter U can be lifted.

Costa, All and Tells try to stand out of the way as Steals slides the letter U into the hole in the Goblin mouth. .

It is obviously the wrong letter as very quickly the hand on the left animates and smashes down, Costa and Naps narrowly avoid the the hand but Steals get partially squashed like a bug under a falling rock(-1hp). Picking up the letter C Naps shifts it towards the mouth and slots it inside again hoping it is the right letter and looking at the hands to try and dodge. This time the hands do not move, for the briefest of moments Naps thinks she might have found the answer, but then.....Glowing rays of green energy shoot forth from the paintings eyes throwing naps back a little and causing her skin to blister(-1hp). "Yep i'm going to be left in this room at this rate,maybe "

Stats & Loot

.[tabs:First-of-All]
ATT: 2
DEF: 2
HP: 5/5

ITEMS:
Sword (+1ATT)(1 handed)
Old leather armour (+1 Def) (Body)
1 healing potion
Bottle of alchemist fire (1 use only +4 Attack)
A wand of unknown use (tho it has a flame symbol on it.)
speaker stone (whole)
Planarport token (30ft radius planeshift to get home)
1 Anger berries
A Fire Elementals eye (possible crafting component)
+1gp

[tabs:Senor costa fluctuantes]
ATT: 3
DEF: 1
HP: 5/5

ITEMS:
Blood Song (+2 Atkfor this adventure).(1 handed)
Magical Glasses - Allows you to see magical Auras (eyes)
Sharp Fork
Fancy Scabbard-(improves bloodsongs mood)
2 Anger berries
Torch snuffer
A Fire Elementals Heart (possible crafting component)
3 Badger skin

[tabs: Steals the tequilla]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 3/5

ITEMS:
A crossbow (2 handed) (can reload and fire in 1 turn but cannot do anything else)
5 crossbow bolts (+1ATT)
Spear (+1 ATT) (2 handed)
Shield (+1 def)(1 handed)
1 potion of shrink
---4 coloured mushrooms
- red with a purple edge - +1 attack for 3 round
- Brown with darker brown rings - +1 defense for 3 rounds
- white with black and red stripes - heals 1 hp
- yellow with silver specks - gets you really really high and you may see things
Flame shaped gem (Warm to the touch, used to get past strangler mold
Pouch of holding
Bottle of Tequilla
3 Anger berries
Torch snuffer
A Fire Elementals eye (possible crafting component)

[tabs:Tells Bad Jokes]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 3/5

ITEMS:
Mouse Spear (+1ATT) (2 handed)
Druids Cloak
Torch snuffer

[tabs:Naps]
ATT: 2
DEF: 1
HP: 4/5

ITEMS:
Steel knife (+1 ATT)(1 handed)(on loan from All)
Torch snuffer
Torch (unlit)
1 Anger berries
Badger skin
Badger meat
Badger bones[/tabs]

"Alright, so...the hands make different shapes based on the letters? Is there a pattern? There must be a letter that makes him form fists in front of his eyes, or palms in front of his eyes. I think C was a booby trap."

(based on my rudimentary knowledge of semaphore, U doesn't look like that, so it isn't semaphore.)