Play@YSDC

The group has the following members: Professors Derby and Ling and the students Johnny, Anne and Tobias. They decide to walk to the nearest mound, half a mile. Professor Derby decide to climb the mound (since in the base its all full of mud), and excavate it and make a hole from there.

Vance first walks around the mound, examining it from all sides, then walks up to the top and looks around from the higher ground.

"I'll just be keeping a security lookout like you hired me to do. If you need any help digging, I'm fine with doing some manual labor."

-No, thank you very much. I know we won't need you probably, but it's better to keep it safe.
The work is tedious and takes several hours. Suddenly Johnny screams:
-I hit the rock!

OOC,What does Vance sees when he walks around/looks out from the top during the digging?

Vance peers down into the hole.
"What is it?"

You see mud and ice in every direction, except the city; the walls are too high to see inside.
-Well, now we will excavate to left only the rock that is the roof of the mound; then we will make a hole in the rock and try to enter. But now, it's lunch time! Canned food for everyone. If someone need to make a pee, return to to the base of the mound and leave some distance to avoid to contaminate the ground.
Immediatly, Professor Ling and Anne decide to go both to the base of the mound.

As Vance takes part in lunch, he calls Patrick to ask how the other group is doing.

Patrick answers you call.

"This is Patrick," he says. "What's up?"

"Not much. We've been digging in a mound of soil, and now we're stopping for lunch. I'm going to send you some pictures. So far, it isn't too exciting, so I called to see if what's happening inside the city."

Vance sends some quick pictures of the mound, the dig hole, and lunch over the phone.

"Thanks," says Patrick. "I can use some of these when I send the pictures back to the university. I've taken several of my own too." He transmits the photos he took of the city. "It's been interesting so far. Have you seen any wild animals around? I haven't noticed any at all, and you'd think there'd be some scavengers. We've just found a big building in the center of town. Looks to be some sort of temple." He snaps a picture and sends that too.

"Nope, no animals of any kind. I'll keep an eye out. Even back home there are rats and feral dogs."

Vance studies the picture.

"Thanks," replies Patrick. "I thought it was odd that there weren't any around. Is there anything else before we get back to the exploration?"

"Nope, not a lot happening. We struck rock right before we stopped for lunch, but otherwise things are pretty dull. See you later. "

"Okay, goodbye," says Patrick, disconnecting.

The excavation resumes. They continue to digg the earth and discover that the rock is the roof of the mound; they are made of small blocks. After withdrawing several block, with a rope is it possible to descent. With a lantern it is possible to see the ground: it's about 4 meters.
- Well, I will descent first. Only 2 other persons may descent with me; do you mind to join me after Mr Vance?

"Not at all. It'll be a pleasure to see what waits inside. Mind if I take a lantern?"

Vance intends to descend by seizing the rope strongly but loosely with the fingers of his robotic limb and letting himself slide down slowly. This will leave his other hand free to hold his revolver out and ready to fire. The lantern will be on him, but not in his hand.

-Oh boy! This is quite a discovery- says professor Derby.
The room is completely circular. At the top, in a throne, there is skeleton of a warrior with a helmet, full plate probably bronze, a sword in the hand and several jewels. There are bodies at his feets, and lot's of pottery.
Make a medicine/biology roll.

Vance takes some pictures. His knowledge of biology does not help him understand things.

He puts his revolver away, instead carrying a lantern in his robotic hand and his axe in his other one.

"Impressive. Any field inferences, professor?"