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>Derrick: use your magic gloves to shift the stones in the hole around to make a ladder going down.
im pretty sure this is the right way now

Seconded

>Derrick: use your magic gloves to shift the stones in the hole around to make a ladder going down.
im pretty sure this is the right way now

Seconded

Thirded, but adding DO IT QUIETLY!

>Everyone: Go down silently. Use teamwork if necessary. Only use the rope if you are certain it is secure.

Should be left at the next intersection, right at the following, then dangerous stuff. If necessary we can backtrack and take the other tunnel.

Adding my vote to the above wagon.

Also, I'm not sure if this was suggested already or not, but it's worth mentioning.

>Use the Earth magic from the gloves to keep track of vibrations running through the ground beneath you. The whole area is made out of rock/stone, so you should be able to pinpoint anything moving nearby with fairly good accuracy.

Something that might help:

>Lucia: Use a BCS fragment to draw a notepad and pencil so you can communicate in silence. Do not even touch the rope. It might trigger a trap. Tell the others not to touch it either.

Also,

>Derrick: use your magic gloves to shift the stones in the hole around to make a ladder going down.
im pretty sure this is the right way now

Seconding this since it's way better than my idea to have Lucia ferry everyone down using her Ira wings x)

It also gives us a quick way back if things turn ugly :I

Everyone: Go down silently. Use teamwork if necessary. Only use the rope if you are certain it is secure.




You all successfully scale down the hole into the next level of tunnel networks. No one made any loud noises.



You come across a bend in the tunnel after what feels like minutes of walking through. There is a smaller tunnel to the right. It looks uncomfortable...

1. Take the small tunnel
2. Stay on track.

2 sounds like a nice option

>2, because that seems to be what the message says to do.

>2 Because it's way too easy to get stuck in a tunnel like that, then everyone behind you is screwed and you can't get out. Also panic factor once that happens.

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Unrelated to what's happening right now, I made a new song:

https://soundcloud.com/user-578734626-15.../acute-cat

EDIT: New command: >Go down the left tunnel, but do so very slowly and quietly, and make sure you look around in case there is anything there and try not to freak out if there is.

I can smell the song's intensity from here. That's some good stuff!

Derrick: Stay on track



You stay on track, to your own dismay.



You instinctively grasp Lucia's mouth shut, you know how easily scared she gets.

No sudden moves now...

Move back, very slowly. Silently too. When at the nearest intersection, chuck an object the opposite way from where you intend to go.

Move back, very slowly. Silently too. When at the nearest intersection, chuck an object the opposite way from where you intend to go.

seconding. quietly.

i feel like this is my fault, i had a suspicion those two black dots on the cave were eyes (or lack of) instead of the next bifurcation of caves on the road, i could have warned everybody, being paranoid pays off.

>Everyone: go down a darkness level or two to escape.

>Everybody: If you have time to, you should quietly get everybody a level deeper into the darkness levels. Make sure not to leave anybody behind. If you do not have time you should all silently skeddadle the fuck back out of there and hide in the other cave in the intersection. Again, make sure to leave nobody behind.

>Make those Move Silently checks!

>Everybody: If you have time to, you should quietly get everybody a level deeper into the darkness levels. Make sure not to leave anybody behind. If you do not have time you should all silently skeddadle the fuck back out of there and hide in the other cave in the intersection. Again, make sure to leave nobody behind.

Seconded!

Freaking out it's easy to forget we can actually side-stem monsters like that... thank you for keeping a clear head there MA x)

Y'know, given the large drop-off that is visible and which is physically required for Daesdyne to be there in that position, I don't think the next feature of note in this tunnel is a crossroads with an option to turn right. Perhaps we should try the other tunnel at the base of the stairs. Frankly I didn't think it was obvious which one was straight ahead anyway.

>Everybody: If you have time to, you should quietly get everybody a level deeper into the darkness levels. Make sure not to leave anybody behind. If you do not have time you should all silently skeddadle the fuck back out of there and hide in the other cave in the intersection. Again, make sure to leave nobody behind.

seconding

also, when Alice is hitting on derrick; Lucia reacts just like this:

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"Bitchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Everyone: go down a darkness level or two to escape



Lucia slowly and carefully conjures up Black gateway for you both. Since the mirror is blocking Daesdyne's face you feel a spike in anxiety but ultimately calm down a bit.



Bambino paps Emily upside the head, and the reapers fade into the darkness.



You appear on a higher dream level unknown to you. It should be safe for mild communication.

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Derrick: (Are you okay, Lucia?)
Lucia: (No....! What the heck was that thing?!)
Derrick: (Daesdyne, you know the thing we're trying to keep quiet from?)
Lucia: (That was crazy terrifying... I didn't think it would look like that!)
Derrick: (It gets worse.... C'mon.)
???: Is... Is someone there..?
Derrick: ...?!
Lucia: ...?!

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???: What a relief... I was not forsaken...!
???: Please, you two... Let me come with you, I'll do anything..!!
Derrick: (SHHHH. For starters, lower your voice..!)
???: (Oh, forgive me...)
???: (I entered a strange cave eons ago, having the entrance close I was trapped inside..)
???: (If not for the fact this form of mine allows for an advantage in the dark, I'd be food for that wretched thing that patrols these dark halls..)
???: (Please... If you have any good in you, grant me this privilege..!)
Derrick: ......

1.Sure, tag along.
2. Sorry, it's an unnecessary risk.

If what they say is true they'd probably know a good deal about navigating this place. I'd hold off on agreeing to letting them tag along until we can get Reggie to take a look at them though.

> Ira: Sense motive.

>3: Having Ira and Reggie get some information about them would help you make better decisions about this. Try and be polite, even if they turn out to be hostile. Delaying them figuring out what you know keeps things in your favor, and you might be able to navigate yourselves out of a fight entirely.

We should have Ira and Reggie check this new person out. Get an idea of their capabilities and current hostility level.

Here's some plans depending on the results of us checking them out.

If they're not hostile:

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Aside from that, I say we should help them out if they're not hostile. If Ira gives them a pass having more friends is helpful. Especially considering if they've lived here for as long as they say the have they probably know a good deal about this cave.

We should be able to give them a doorway out of here, since we made a BCS door at the entrance of a cave for situations like this. That would make it more difficult for us later on though. If we do go this route we should try and get some info out of them first, see what they know is up ahead.

We can also offer Exorcism. I'd recommend offering it after we get out of the cave, since that way we'd get more help for the duration of the trip, but if we wanna offer it now I'd recommend getting some info from them first.

If they're hostile:

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Try to avoid a confrontation, or delay it until we have an advantage. Sound travels, and we're not sure what it'd attract here. Maybe other monsters, maybe Daesdyne.

We can offer Emily's Exorcism as a way out of the cave and to a better place to try and head off the fight. That'd help us out a few ways if it comes to that.

If it comes to confrontation I think we should be using our silent gear and attacks that don't cause much noise, or we should try and make a smokescreen to disengage and go to another layer of darkness again.

We'll be able to have a better idea what to do once we know the situation better.

>Derrick: tell him that one of your friends has a skill that offers an immediate exit.

>Derrick: tell him that one of your friends has a skill that offers an immediate exit.

I don't think it's a good idea to be misleading about what exorcism does.