The Danger Gang Polishes Off That Same Hall Of Ancients
After a quiet night resting, the Danger Gang feels up to a little more hacking. Karp has gotten a head start on the day and gone down to the end of the hallway. He finds a few more doors on the side of the hall, and one at the end. He reports this back and everyone seems anxious to check this one out. They Knock open the door and on the other side they find...copper! A mountain of copper pieces! All the copper they could ever want and more! There are even a few other types of coins to sweeten the pot. Ramble is instantly excited. Martialis notices that there is a bit of honey at the top of the pile of coins. "This is where the cup from upstairs goes," he proclaims. Ramble volunteers to sort the coins so that each man can get their fair share. Arben consents on the condition that he can borrow the clord while he takes care of this.
The fun and excitement of this room doesn't stop there, though. There is another door in the room. While they fear there's trouble up there that will need every man, Ramble is too enchanted by these coins to join them. They open the door revealing a five by five room. Arben gives a quick listen at the door and hears a bubbling sound, not unlike a happy fish. They open the door, but there is no fish to be found. There are only two half columns on the east and west walls. Everyone is a little nervous about the sound, though. Arben grabs a few copper coins and tosses them into the room. Nothing. Martialis casts Dust Devil, but strangely, the Dust Devil quickly dissapates. Everyone is disturbed by that. Martialis casts Detect Magic, but there seems to be nothing magical in the room. It's then that everyone accept Can notices a small paw emerge from the floor and grabs one of the copper coins. That freaks everyone out a little bit. It's decided that Arben will climb along the walls and see if he can read the inscriptions on the columns and find out a little more about this room. He climbs first to the one to the west, where he reads the following to his companions:
"In Guinneth I met a king with birch spears. First came the king, then the birch, then the spears."
Although he knows that Guinneth is a kingdom in Wales, nobody has any idea what that is about. Arben sidles over to the other pillar which reads:
"The nagas say the sun shines by day because, being a woman, she is afraid to venture out at night. But I say the sun shines only at night, for otherwise in the brightness of day we would never even notice its feeble light"
Once again, everyone is clueless. Arben tries to leave, but then he loses his grip and falls to the floor.
(to be continued)
