The Sundered Way

[spiderwrangler]

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There is a bit of discussion before Zephyr volunteers to go down the well, and possibly make use of her cloak if it comes to it, stripping out of a bunch of her gear. The cover of the well is thrown back, and Zephyr tied in securely, to be lowered down along with the bucket. ((is Ily going down to give the topsiders info on how Zephyr is doing?))

Zephyr, as you get lowered down, the light shrinks to an ever shrinking circle above, the interior of the stone walls almost immediately growing cooler than the warming desert above. As you go deeper, probably a few hundred feet now, the air starts to take on a more humid feel, and you start to notice a whiff of decay. You can't quite make out the water level just yet.

((Are you working out any signals with the group ahead of time?))

[thinkslogically]

((No point if it's hundreds of feet - we're only connected for 100. But Nem will give Z the light-pebble if she wants it. It can be easily covered if she doesn't need the light, but might be useful if she needs to see colour.))

[Lurks_In_Shadows]

((Yep. Since we don't have a fly spell, anything beyond 100' is out of reach anyhow. Unless someone is wanting to make it a probable one way trip to the underdark. ))

[spiderwrangler]

((You could still dismiss and recall Ily once to get what info he can give of what's down there.))

[thinkslogically]

((Yeah, that's a good idea if it'll work. Nem will send Ily down with Zephyr then. Nem will ask Z to tug the rope 3 times when she's seen enough of the well, and Ily will be recalled (or after 10 minutes, whichever happens first). This'll be different from whatever signals we decide to use to pull Z back out.))

[spiderwrangler]

((There's no distance limit I can see for you to dismiss them, just a 30ft limit to reappear. So you can leave him behind somewhere and recall... might be times that will come in handy...))

[BadgeAddict]

Zephyr will have accepted both ily and and the light stone before going down.

but, retro-actively she'll say. "Here, randy, hold my sword. If it disappears out of your hand, you should send help fast."

Kind of wish there was a way to tie up the sword so that it held a counter-weight, that if zapped into her hand would start raising the bucket...but..that would take some time to whip up.

[thinkslogically]

((cool, I wasn't sure if he'd be able to remember much since he's a weasel, but hopefully he'll remekber enough of an impression to be useful!))

[Lurks_In_Shadows]

Randy nods and accepts the sword. "If it vanishes, I'll be right down." He remains on standby next to the well.

[spiderwrangler]

Down and down Zephyr goes, the water level coming into view first at the edge of her vision, then better illuminated by the light stone. The surface looks a bit odd, though still and undisturbed, but might just be the lighting conditions.

The unpleasant odor grows stronger.

[spiderwrangler]

As Zephyr softly splashes down in the water, she sends ripples across it, and the odd surface is disturbed, revealing itself to be an stinky, oily film that clings to her.

The rope holding Zephyr goes slack, and those of you above stop lowering her and the bucket containing Ily down.

[thinkslogically]

((Is Zephyr floating or standing?))

[spiderwrangler]

((Floating, but up top you'd only know the rope has gone slightly slack. Galt at least it's on rope duty as a big muscle man.))

[thinkslogically]

((Cool, just checking the well wasn't also dry or something ))

[BadgeAddict]

Zephyr, while still holding onto the bucket, tests to see how far down into the water she can stick her body without touching the bottom.

Based on what she finds, she'll tug on the rope to tell them what she found.

(With create/destroy water... Couldn't we just destroy the water till it's gone and then let it fill up naturally?)

[Lurks_In_Shadows]

(( As much rope climbing we wind up doing, I'm going to have to get Randy some gauntlets...))

Up top Randy is still on standby. He's dug out bag to wrap around his hands so he can rapidly slide down the rope without burning his hands.

[spiderwrangler]

No bottom can be felt, Zephyr is tied off to a second rope, while Ily's in the bucket.

[BadgeAddict]

Zephyr tugs on the rope and shouts up the well. "Pull me up"

[Lurks_In_Shadows]

Randy can hear a distant, muffled shout that is largely intelligible, but the meaning of the yank on the rope is clear enough. He turns to Galt. "Pull her up!" He grabs the rope and starts pulling as well.
"Tess! Bring Ily up!"

[thinkslogically]

Nem snaps her fingers and Ily is back on her shoulder, blinking in the sudden sunlight.

She thinks to him: "What happened? What's down there?"

[spiderwrangler]

Ily conveys his perspective of Zephyr splashing down, bobbing down a bit, then resurfacing and pulling the rope.

After a few minutes of hauling, a damp, smelly Zephyr is once again topside.

[thinkslogically]

"...Nothing exciting down there. Just a well with stinky water. Randy, don't throw yourself in just yet, Zephyr is fine"

[Lurks_In_Shadows]

"She didn't summon her sword so, no, I wasn't planning on going down. " He gets a good sniff of Zephyr when she comes up. " I don't think I blame her for wanting to come back up, though."
He turns back to Zephyr. "Better go see Holger and get cleaned up. " He gives a grin. "if he acts grumpy about it, offer to give him a hug."

[BadgeAddict]

Zephyr holds up a hand "wait". "The water down there almost acted oily, I'm wondering if we can determine what is going on with the well based on what this stuff looks like."

[thinkslogically]

"We can fill the bucket for that, love. Up to you, but we can get you cleaned up."

Nem waits for permission, but is happy to help clean zephyr up (prestidigitation).