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And that concludes the Resh Hour trilogy. With this, Renci is in position to do her intervention with Elaiza to get JT out of the dark spiral she went down. That intervention was played in the final session of our original Desert Rose Solutions campaign. Also, Renn is resolved to spend his time taking care … Read more
Renn keeps them moving as long as Renci allows, unwilling to assume anything about what forces Dr. Pramine still has at her disposal. They conceal their trail as best they can. But it was a long day and an exhausting one, and after a couple hours of hiking, Renci realizes that it is growing quite … Read more
Renci hovers. Oh my… Renn is screaming at Torthal, clubbing away at him. Yeah, he probably deserves it, Renci thinks, but that’s not the person who shot you. She loops around, jetting toward Renn. She has seen him distraught before, has seen him frustrated and overwhelmed and in pain. But this… this seems uncharacteristic of him, to lose … Read more
With the crystal in front of him disabled, Renn turns his attention to the sconce directly north of his location. He glances into the darkness beneath him and considers climbing down, running across, and climbing up, then dismisses that idea as requiring too much time, particularly since that stone statue is headed his way. He … Read more
As Renci approaches the center of the room, dodging from column to column, she sees that the red light up ahead is stronger and projects from closer to the ceiling. It comes from elaborate candelabras mounted on ornate columns at least a dozen meters tall, a far more fancy setup than around any of the … Read more
Ka’thazar comes to life, and Dr. Pramine gets a clue. Just not the right one.
Gomarr walks down the hallway, vibroaxe clutched tightly in both hands, constantly looking left and right, forward and back. Even up and down, ever since they passed that hole in the ceiling. In front of him, Dr. Pramine strides purposely forward, confident that the tomb is just ahead. I just need to finish my dissertation, he … Read more
Renci and Torthal step through an elaborate archway into an overwhelmingly large space. “Oh,” Renci says. This might take a while. She had expected a small, private crypt where she would just leave Torthal to poke around on his own, but this cavernous room looks like it takes up almost the entire footprint of the ziggurat, … Read more
Renci and Renn finally reach the same room as each other. But it’s a very large, dark room.
The exit from the conservatory leads to another hallway. As Renn moves into the dimmer space, away from the cloying incense, the intensity of his migraine subsides to a dull pain, not pleasant, but far more tolerable. He begins examining the walls, periodically pressing them, trying to find an access panel to the maintenance space … Read more
Leaving the tunnel behind, Renci and Torthal travel through several hallways past other rooms. Eventually, Torthal announces that they have reached their destination and gestures for Renci to lead the way in. She looks through the doorway into a stately room. The floor is carpeted, the walls draped with luxurious cloth and lined with cushioned … Read more
Torthal leads Renci to the music room, which turns out not to be a total waste of time.
The long, slimy chute dumps Renn out onto a shakily stacked pile of junk that topples when he hits it, sending refuse in all directions and him down into the filthy liquid below. That turns out not to be too deep, fortunately. He shoves aside floating detritus and pushes himself up to sitting so that … Read more
Torthal extends his vision beyond the floor, hoping to see from that perspective what this collector is doing. She has made a hole in the floor and through that of the maintenance area immediately below. Some sort of gel is dripping from the edges of the hole and continuing to burn whatever it falls on. … Read more