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Sat 2nd Apr 2022 09:55

Session 9 - Blacktop's Secret

by Kaito "Oreson" Brinejaw

We manage to defeat the purple worm creature after it manages to knock out Ape and nearly knock down Austar.
 
I start barricading the cave entrance with tables, chairs and crates with Ape, who then suddenly changes his mind to wanting to go down and investigate and deal with the problem. Austar comes over to have a look as I'm asking what Ape is doing and Austar then also changes his mind to want to go down the cave. Austar activates his form which frightens me and I pull back towards the cave. As we enter the cave, Austar suddenly stops feeling the need to push on. as we try to go back, Austar hits a wall of some kind that we can't see and we can't get back through. The others unfortunately also feel the pull to go through and end up with us. The only way now, is to continue on this dark cave. Hundreds of feet of travelling, with a sudden steep decline and a near vertical drop, helped by our use of ropes, we end up in a large cavern type area that seems like was already here, but the floor is less smooth than that of the tunnels.
 
In this room, there is a slight shimmer, and as I investigate, I manage to move it with my Mace to the side like a curtain. Ape see's a giant statue, about 35 feet tall crafted with red stone. The statue is donned in armour and is wielding a great-sword very similar to the one found and used by Ape.
Nearby is some pillars, made of the same type of red stone, and a skeletal figure slumped against the pillar. We have a look around this area and don't see anything.
 
We cross to the other side, as we cross, the strange shimmer is no longer where it was, but I notice more bits of shimmer as we see an identical set up of a statue and pillar. We re-trace back to the centre of the room and move forward. I notice another bit of shimmer on my left 10 feet away, I let everyone know and we continue on where we see steps with tiered platforms and we make our way up to the highest platform. Ahead of us, is a ledge which juts out and if we turn around, is a stone table at waist height. Slightly chipped, and completely stained in a dark brown.
 
At the top, we all hear a low guttural whisper which none of us understand. Ape then notices a figure rising out from the centre of this Whirlpool with rubbery tentacles lashing around it.
50 feet behind this creature, is a gargantuan statue much bigger than the others.
 
We also finally see the source of the shimmer thanks to a yellow orb, which is floating jellyfish style creatures with these long dangling tendrils.
 
The yellow orb as we adjust, looks like an eye, that connects back to the creature, feelers then reach out and surround Ape, and after a few seconds, a loud crashing sound as the creature screams out and lets go off Ape as he has a weird multicolour to him, and we start to try and defeat this creature.
 
The battle is long, and as we get a sense of getting closer to defeating this creature, and then it starts to descend into the water with Ape holding on at the top of the shell.

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  1. Session 1 - New Beginnings
  2. Session 2 - Drunk and Disorderly
  3. Session 3 - Crossroads and Giants
  4. Session 4 - Lorger's Thicket
  5. Session 5 - Pentareach Beginnings
  6. Session 6 - Pentareach Rumble
  7. Session 7 - Friend of the King
  8. Session 8 - Forgotten Ruins and Mystery
  9. Session 9 - Blacktop's Secret
  10. Session 10 - Depths of the Blacktop
  11. Session 11 - Morgan's Mystery
  12. Session 12 - Visions and a Cleansing
  13. Session 13 - The Long Road
  14. Enemies
  15. Session 14 - Laelos Arrival
  16. Session 15 - A Royal Mistake
  17. Session 16 - Revenge and Truth
  18. Session 17 - Trouble and Research
  19. Session 18 - Lonely Toad and Proposition
  20. Research
  21. Session 19 - Vellsten and Disappearances
  22. Session 20 - Wear-wolves, bears and rats?
  23. Session 21 - Heroes of Vellsten
  24. Session 22 - Raven Queen's Champion
    12th of Morne Yowa
  25. Session 23 - Revelations and a Chaotic Victory
    14th of Morne Yowa
  26. Session 24 - The Manor and Word
    15th of Morne Yowa
  27. Session 25 - Isaiac's Maw
    15th of Morne Yowa
  28. Places of Interest
  29. Allies
  30. Session 26 - Manor Gains and Desert Travels
    22nd of Morne Yowa
  31. Session 27 - Hashal and Partha
    23rd of Morne Yowa
  32. Session 28 - Hashal's Rift Ki
    23rd of Morne Yowa
  33. Session 29 - Sol'Partha
    24th of Morne Yowa
  34. Session 30 - Partha's Mystery
    24th of Morne Yowa
  35. Session 31 - Odror Partha's Fall
    24th of Morne Yowa
  36. Session 32 - Odror's Sentinel VS The Paragon
    1st of Yoweth
  37. Session 33 - Asgorath Revelations & Beast Rescues
    1st of Yoweth
  38. Session 34 - An Exotic Rescue
    1st of Yoweth
  39. Session 35 - Demonic Beast and Desert Travels
    2nd of Yoweth
  40. Session 36 - Malaphor's True Self
    2nd of Yoweth
  41. Session 37 - Triumphant Winnings
    3rd of Yoweth
  42. Session 38 - Sailing the seas and Chankata
    6th of Yoweth
  43. Session 39 - Asgorath's Chosen United
    7th of Yoweth
  44. Session 40 - The Doyen's Teachings
    1st of Uthwix
  45. Session 41 - The Ninefold Rise
    1st of Uthmix
  46. Session 42 - The Ninefold Scatter
    3rd Uthwix
  47. Session 43 - Troll's Denthoum
    3rd of Uthwix
  48. Session 44 - Denthoum's Spectator
    3rd of Uthwix
  49. Session 45 - Talona's Plant
    4th of Uthwix
  50. Session 46 - Diege Entities & New Headings
    5th of Uthwix
  51. Session 47 - Poacher's & Mystery Dice
    5th of Uthwix

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