Garlain  moves to investigate the entrance and view beyond the open portcullis, “I’ll watch here, and relay what light imparts of the other room. Is there anything remaining in the room the metal eaters came from?” He does not enter it but will move to the doorway, glaive now serving as a walking staff as well.

Jaxx begins to move towards the portculous when a soft green light blinks on near it. Tipping his head to wonder what it is, the portculous opens. The bars that weren't in the Metal Eaters' way slide up into the ceiling while the bottom of the broken bars fall to the ground with a clatter that echos sharpy for a split second before silence swallows the party up.

The room to the north opens up to reveal a large fountain that will have to be approached to see what's in it and rust everywhere, though it looks like it's caking the floor rather than being loose enough for the Metal Eaters' to be able to eat themselves. The smell of the rust is strong, but not pungent enough that it bothers anyone's senses. The light also reveals there is a door to Jaxx's immediate right as well as another door to the north. There is a large cavity that is blocked by a wall that will not be revealed without going around the door.

Garlain moves to guard the opening to the east, but nothing seems to be surring in that area.

Otherwise, the place is quiet and empty.

Baskia paused for a long moment, after the second metal eater fell.  She held out her right hand and watched the long titanium fingers tremble slightly, "That ..." then a pause, "I hate metal eaters."  Somehow her mechanical voice box still was able to portray her disgust, fear, and frustration at the situation.

She fastidiously avoided the corpses of their enemy in this case, simply scanning them with second sight to make sure that there wasn't anything strange or magical about the corpses.  Even if there was, she'd leave the actual retrieval to one of her companions.  Just as she had left the dispatching of the enemy to them.  Her single golden eye moved about as her headunit cast about their surroundings.

Baskia would have to try and make herself useful in other ways apparently.  She moved to down the corridor towards Jaxx, but keeping distance.  "What do you see?" she asked softly.

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[OOC: Second sight (Detect Magic) is back up and searching ...]

"Fountain. A lot of rust. Some doors. Can't see the whole room," Jaxx said quietly.

Garlain also reports , “Even less interesting over here it seems.” After a moment’s pause he speaks into the room, “Hello?”

Sometimes the word did strange things in the wastelands… almost as dangerous as ‘please’.

Treeborn prepares to head into the room if Jaxx sounds out he has trouble. However, stealth was clearly not an issue when Garlain just calls out a greeting. He moves to follow the rouge, ready to back him up if needed.

"Let's go ahead and search that room to the east first. Gerald, stay right here." He has Gerald move into the spot blocking the doorway, and goes to explore the other open portcullis with the others.

Dutifully, as only a construct can, Gerald sets itself in position as Jaxx leaves where the Metal Eaters came from to meet back up with Garlain with Treeborn and Baskia following behind. The gate closes after he walks through it, with the same green light that flashes, though is still has the hole where it was chewed through. The northernmost door above the portculous just leads right back to the gate as a very short hallway, still lined in red lights, leads another door. This one is locked, as Garlain tries to turn the handle.

Jaxx eyes the red and green lights suspiciously. "Before we try to open the door ahead, We might want to make sure the one behind us can't slow us down us if we have to retreat."

In reply to GammaKnight (msg # 179):

Treeborn moves to then area just off to the side of those opening the door.

OOC-Moving to space north of Garlain. XXX24...I think. Its hard to read,

Garlain offers to the team, “ I am comfortable that with this door being locked, nothing is going to readily come through it to hinder us. Should we need to leave from exploring the more northerly route.”

Craning her neck to look over/around the shoulders of the others from her rearward position, Baskia nodded in agreement with Garlain, "Best to scout all the open areas first, before creating portals and areas.  Less surprises that way."

She glanced up at the red lights, positing aloud, "Plus, is this lighting a possible warning?  That may require additional preparations..."

The group heads back to where the Metal Eaters had emerged from. At first the gate doesn't open, but then Jaxx steps close enough and then, again, a little green light lights up and the gate moves into the ceiling. The group then moves so they can see what's there. At first nothing presents itself until the light, and those with darkvision get around the corner, to finally see two huge almost egg looking things that are split open almost straight down the middle. After thinking on it for a moment, the group realizes that the Metal Eaters must have come out of them.

That mystery solved they turn to the door to the north and find it too is locked.

Jaxx examines the door, looking for any visible traps or locking mechanisms.

06:10, Today: Jaxx rolled 12 using 1d20+9 with rolls of 3.  lore: engineering.

Looking over the door, Jaxx sees the standard magnetic locking system that almost all ancient doors possess, even if this is a wooden door. There should be a nearby panel that would have to be accessed, then power cut to it, which should shut off the magnet. Some doors though are made so that when the magnet is turned off, a physical lock that is unreachable will engage which leaves the only option being destruction of the door.

Of course one could just start with destruction of the door, but that will make alot of noise.

Jaxx calls Gerald over, and removes a set of tools from his saddlebags, and begins working on the lock. Before he even realized it, the lock was open! He puts the tools back in the saddlebags, and readies his musket.

10:25, Today: Jaxx rolled 22 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 14.  Thievery
10:26, Today: Jaxx rolled 28 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 20
10:26, Today: Jaxx rolled 12 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 4. (I rolled this one before it registered that my second roll was a nat 20.)

The waste traveler readied his polearm as hostilities were suspected at this juncture but he didn’t want to risk injuring allies with an arrow in such close quarters, “Should I open it or is someone else inclined?” he asks with a chuckle.

Treeborn readies his limbs, prepared to strike from a distance if need be.

Garlain opens the door, if it opens outward he will move with it to the side so as not to stop or even impede the rest of the team.

Baskia hung back, her second sight still active.  Remaining wary and circumspect, she tried to be ready for anything that might be lurking in wait for them; it seemed that encountering the metal eaters eggs in complex had freaked her out a bit.

Garlain opens the door to another room that has an odd animalistic smell to it. In fact a large skeleton can just be seen by those with lowlight and darkvision to the right of a mechanical being. There's actually 4 total creatures. Two have guns for hands as one in the back just looks like a feminine form without the gun. Another robot is in front of the others that looks like a reptoid with a large mouth full of teeth and long spear like weapons attached to it arms. "Halt intruders!" the reptoid says in the language of the ancients, "Submit to being taken into custody or be destroyed." The spear like protrusions, as well as the gun barrels behind it, are all aimed your way.

OCC: Okay, Jaxx may use his last roll for his initiative giving him a 28. Baskia may use either Perception or Arcana for hers. The other two will need to use Perception or make a good case for what they want to use. I have given the Recall Knowledge for the original creatures I reskinned so you may roll either Society or Engineering Lore. An Ancient History check may also me made at +5 to the DC.

They are holding their actions for an answer, they did roll a 17, so combat is determined by what you lot decide to do.






100-50% healthy, 49-25% Wounded, 24-0% Critical

04:44, Today: GammaKnight rolled 17 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 10. – 17

Treeborn raises a wooden arm and prepares to send forth bark-infused damage to anyone who shoots at them.

OOC-Ready to shoot a elemental blast at anyone shooting at us. However, not actually shooting as of yet.

09:44, Today: Treeborn rolled 19 using 1d20+9 with rolls of 10.  initiative . – 19
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Garlain shakes his head looking confused, “No, not intruding. We paid to have rights and access here. We aren’t even in your room… is there someone I can speak to in order to iron out this misunderstanding? I’m happy to go quietly as long as you can assure swift and peaceable process.”

Garlain Kromeel rolled 15 using 1d20+9 with rolls of 6.  Perception for initiative(e).

Baskia kept her Second Sight running as she scanned the four individual robots that were threatening them.  She didn't intend to shoot first.  But, of course, she was ready to start launching projectiles or bolts or something, if they proved as aggressive as they sounded.

She let Garlain do the talking.  All the while, her single golden eye moved to and fro in her head unit.  The gold tinged with purple as she was already exerting her powers to be able to see magical dweomers.

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[OOC:  Um... Knowledge (Arcana) for initiative, I guess - though Baskia is holding her action, letting her Detect Magic last until(/if) hostilities start.  Then she'll let it drop and start shooting... er... projectiling...:

  17:34, Today: Baskia Primavera rolled 25 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 18.  Initiative (Knowledge (Arcana)) check (TN: 17):  vs four robots. – 25]

Jaxx tries to identify the machines while also attempting to remain hidden.

23:10, Today: Jaxx rolled 28 using 1d20+9 with rolls of 19.  lore: engineering.
23:18, Today: Jaxx rolled 16 using 1d20+8 with rolls of 8.  Stealth