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My apologies for lack of updates recently. My boss is out sick and I'm working his shifts as well as my own. I hope I can get something up this weekend.
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No need to apologize. I've had shitloads of work to do as of late, myself.
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Bajinga/Manstaff
One by one, the barrel lids clatter to the boards. Only more salt fish, and no further rats.
Sir Puppykicker/Dirk O'Killitwithfire
The gaff hook is fastened to the spear and used to probe the box. You cannot get it very far in due to the curvature and crosshandle, but you can fit it in one eyehole and out the other, and feel around a little. There is neither resistance nor sound, no sign of anything in the box within the limited reach of your hook.
Willie/Dirk von Facestabber
There is no sign of anything on the perch. As you enter the room, the dresser drawer slams shut with a BANG, apparently by itself. Willie cautiously approaches the dresser, and sees that someone has written 'lay my bones to rest' in the dust upon the mirror. Behind the dust, Willie sees some sort of motion reflected from the direction of the bed, as if the curtains were being parted.
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"Well, I don't trust anything that looks like an invitation on that joker's ship, and that stool just about clinches it for me. Unless either of you want to risk taking a peep, I suggest we go explore elsewhere."
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Willie spins around facing the bed, weapon at the ready.

"Dirk, watch out; something's there."
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Dirk will follow Willie's lead.
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Willie/Dirk von Facestabber
When you wheel to look at the curtains, there is no sign of activity. They remain closed and still, as if they had not moved in years.
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Dr_Noface wrote:Dirk will follow Willie's lead.
Good to know both of you are still alive, what with all the spoilerblocks.
Bajinga visually inspects and smells the fish to see if it's edible. Then she puts the lids back on the barrels and goes to inspect the large crate.
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"Dirk, watch out for anything that may come out of that mirror."

If anything threatens mirror Willie, "normal" Willie will attack the corresponding place in "normal" space. I.e. he will fight as if something was there.

If something physically (or otherwise) comes out of the mirror with hostile intentions, Willie will engage it.
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Bajinga/Manstaff
The fish seems unpleasant, but unspoiled. A tiny nibble confirms that impression.

The packing-case is about two yards tall by three yards long. Written on the side in charcoal is:
What has the head of a jungle king,
the body of a hill-climber,
the tail of a legless lizard, and
the breath of a winged hoarder?
The answer's in the box!

Willie/Dirk von Facestabber
You stand for long moments, 'being ware,' but there are no further movements, from the mirror, the dresser or the bed-curtains. Long-honed adventuring instincts tell you that whatever may be in here is waiting for you to act.
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"Agreed," Dirk says. "Let's check out the other room. Same plan as before?" He'll wait for Sir Puppykicker's response before doing anything.
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"Sure." Sir Puppykicker says. "The question is, is it going to be you or me getting in that black doorway....." he grins and claps a hand over Dappa's shoulder to keep him from running. "...or perhaps him?"
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Willie carefully parts the curtains with the point of his weapon.
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"The lion is king of the jungle, a snake is a limbless lizard, don't know about the mountain climber or the bad breath but that says chimera to me."

Manstaff edges away from the crate.
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"Heh," Dirk laughs at Sir Puppykicker's suggestion. "But I have no problem with going in, especially since I doubt our friend here has much interest in the role."
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Dirk watches the bed through the reflection in the mirror!
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Chuckling at Dappa, who's apparently to frozen by fear to give a response, Sir Puppykicker let's go of the apprentice and proceeds to help tie on of his ropes around Dirk's waist to prepare him for the entry into the dark unknown.
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Dirk ties his own rope onto that and prepares to go in. "Before I go, we should probably figure out a signal in case I need you to pull me back out of the room."
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Sir Puppykicker shrugs. "Whichever signal you think you'd be able to make in a hurry when there's trouble. It'd probably have to be something along the lines of giving a certain number of tugs on the rope, since I can't see a damn thing through this door, and we don't know if I'd be able to hear anything through it, either, not where magic is involved."
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Bajinga/Manstaff
If you're not going to interact with the packing-case, the only obvious remaining objects of interest are the stacked smaller boxes on the other side of the hold.
Sir Puppykicker/Dirk O'Killitwithfire
You fasten the rope securely and agree on the standard 'two tugs' signal. Dirk tests the darkness with his spear, which shows no ill effects from passing through the darkness and back, then with a hand, and then finally plunges through himself.
Dirk O'Killitwithfire
Impossible as it might seem, you find yourself in a truly vast subterranean chamber, its ceiling so far above your head that it is hardly visible. Ahead of you lies dense purple shrubland. Beyond that, you can make out four mountainous pillars rising high into the sky.
Willie/Dirk Facestabber
Behind the bed-curtain is a skeleton (or rather, two skeletons), lying upon the bed. The first is that of a human, missing his right leg below the knee; the other is that of a bird, which lies by the first skeleton's shoulder. Both are connected to the bed by cobwebs, and very dusty.
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Willie muses: "Put his bones to rest. Right. But where? If he was a sailor, he should get a sea burial."

Making a mental note to inform the rest of the group when he gets back, he then tries to open the dresser drawer -with the tip of his weapon- to search for further clues.
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Dirk will check out the shrubland, and if he finds anything of note--or of danger--he'll tug twice and relay what he found.
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Willie/Dirk V.
Willie pries the drawer open a crack before it shuts itself again. Then the torture implements fly from the wall at both of you, bruising and nicking you before falling to the floor. Lose 1 STAMINA each. Finally, a single cutlass lifts off the wall and advances towards Willie, spinning aggressively.
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The lurid purple plants are so thick that you would have to hack your way through. You could do it, but the rope is too short to allow much progress in any event.
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Willie tries to block it with his weapon and grab it out of the air.

To save time, if nothing else seems of interest in this room, and if Dirk agrees, we can go to the next room in order.
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"Yeah, that looks like a nope, at least without the rest of the party here."

Bajinga walks up to one of the smaller boxes and tries to lift or, failing that, drag it to the ladder, all the while not leting the chimera box out of sight. Then she opens it, using her knife to pry it open if necessary.
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