IC-Ep 4-And the Law Won(Elliot Webb only)

[Mr. Handy]

Try as he might, Elliot was unable to make any headway.

OOC,[b]Elliot[/b], you may try again. Regardless of whether or not you succeed, please also roll Listen.

[BenTheRat]

Dex Roll,[dice]0[/dice]

Listen,[dice]1[/dice]

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Just as Elliot felt he might have a chance to get a hand free, he heard something and froze.

[Mr. Handy]

Elliot managed to slip part of his hand out of one of the manacles, but his thumb prevented him from getting it the rest of the way out. In the distance, coming from the direction of the exit from this cavern, came the sound of splashing - and it was moving closer.

OOC,[b]Elliot[/b], you may make one more attempt to free yourself. If you do so, it will be at DEX x 2. Also, please roll Luck, whether or not you make the attempt or succeed at it.

[BenTheRat]

Elliot doesn't like the sound of splashing coming closer. He frantically tries to free himself again.
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dex*2 check,here goes nothing: [dice]0[/dice]

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At last the hands spring free from the cold manacles. They are sore and scraped. but at least he is free.
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Luck,target = 60: [dice]1[/dice]

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Luck still seems to be on his side.
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ooc,tune in next week folks, same bat time, same bat channel. . Deleted the moving to the right. Whenever you are ready.

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,I'll have to pause here while I wait for something in one of the other threads to resolve. The exit tunnel is straight ahead, not to your right, and that's the direction from which the sounds are coming. You barely have enough time to free yourself before whoever it is arrives, however.

[BenTheRat]

OOC:   I'm assuming I'm still waiting

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,Yes, still waiting. Unfortunately, the other player I'm waiting for doesn't post all that frequently.

[BenTheRat]

OOC:   Just checking in, its been another week. I'm ALIVE!!

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,I'm sorry for the continued delay. The other player I'm waiting for had a spurt of posts, and I'm very close to wrapping up what needs to be resolved, but the player has again left off posting for a while. If there are no posts by next weekend, I'll NPC the character and keep going.

[Mr. Handy]

Elliot barely managed to slip his hands out of the manacles, though it was painful. Of course, everything hurt already, so he hardly noticed it. No sooner was he free than he could see the three constables, led by the sergeant, starting to wade down the sloping tunnel leading into the partially submerged cavern. They hadn't seen him yet, but they would in a few seconds.

[BenTheRat]

Elliot Webb
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Holding his breath Elliot quietly submerges into the water crouching against the wall ready to push.
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If they move up to the wall in search of him, he will try and push off the wall and glide past, then come up running. If they turn and run back up the tunnel he will wait there.

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,[b]Elliot[/b], please roll Hide.

[BenTheRat]

Elliot tries to remain as still as he can in the shadows.

hide,target = 65%, [dice]0[/dice]

[Mr. Handy]

Elliot plunged beneath the surface as the policemen entered the cavern, carrying burning torches whose light was visible even through the murky water. After a moment they turned around and went back up the tunnel, thankfully before Elliot had to surface in order to take another breath.

OOC,[b]Elliot[/b], please roll Listen.

[BenTheRat]

Elliot moves quietly to the exit of this horrid pit, trying to hear what the frogmen, monsters, hybrids, whatever the hell they are say.
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Listen,target = 50%, [dice]0[/dice]

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They are plainly not trying to hush their voices as Elliot hears them clearly.

[Mr. Handy]

Elliot could hear quite well what was being said in the chamber above and ahead.

"He's gone!" came the sergeant's voice, sounding rather angry. "You were supposed to be watching this room."

"We're watching the entrance," burbled an unfamiliar voice with a croaky timbre. "He couldn't have get past us that way. And you watch your tongue. We are your elders, and you are not yet fully one of us."

The sergeant sighed in resignation. "We're going to inform Y'Hali. She will know what to do about him - and about you lot. Then we'll search the caves top to bottom. You three keep an eye on that entrance."

Three sets of footsteps moved away and faded into the distance. They were heading upwards and to the left. Soon it fell quiet.

[BenTheRat]

Crap Elliot thinks to himself. Are there any other exits out of the room, cracks, small tunnels, etc...

[Mr. Handy]

Elliot explored the dark confines of the cave, but the upward-sloping tunnel was the only way out that he could find.

[BenTheRat]

Elliot attempts to sneak up the tunnel towards the exit and the guards.
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sneak,target = 70, [dice]0[/dice]

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Trying to be as quiet as he can, but the soaked clothes obviously give him away.
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handy,if there is only 1, I'll rush him and try and hit him. If there are more than one, I'll jump back into the cave.

[Mr. Handy]

Elliot made his way up the tunnel and emerged into a larger, round chamber. The water here was only about two feet deep. It surrounded a raised dais of dry land in the middle, as if it were a moat. On the platform stood a rectangular altar made of obsidian with horns on its four corners. The cavern was lit by flaming torches in sconces on the walls. Three additional tunnels led out of this room. The one in the left wall slanted upwards, rising out of the water. The one opposite and the one in the right wall both sloped downwards, where the water got deeper. Three large Sea Devils stood guard at the right edge of the rocky platform, watching the exit in that direction. They looked like the one that Salem had captured, with long string mesh vests, spears, and large nets. None of them seemed to have heard him, so intent were they on their vigil.

OOC,Just because you failed the Sneak roll did not automatically mean that they heard you. [b]Elliot[/b], please roll Sanity. Sanity loss is 0/1d6. If you lose 5 or more Sanity, please roll Idea. If you succeed at the Idea roll, you go temporarily insane. Otherwise, you may act freely.