Everybody (who's a monster in Samothrace) Must Get Stoned
The Danger Gang wakes up early in the safety of Can's Secure Shelter. Martialis feels this is as good a time as any to find out what's up with Beau, so he casts Speak With Dead. He asks the following three questions:
1. Is it scary being dead?
No, I get to hang out with all those shapey gentlemen.
2. Do you want us to Ressurect you if we can? Nah, magic is for wimps.
3. What do you want us to do with your body? Bury me on the mountain.
Everybody shrugs their shoulders. Arben feels like he has to start covering himself with Kotrag around, so he pulls out his old priest collar and tries some of the old razzmatazz. He doesn't try too hard though, cause this never works. It doesn't this time, either. Kotrag doesn't quite seem to buy it. In any case, they all press on. Abner had previously warned them that he had heard some extra large footsteps. Martialis figures its probably a Cyclops, continuing the classical ancient Greek theme. He's right. They enter a big old room and there goes a big old naked cyclops, crying out [{Auxieros]]. That big old eye gets a big old eyefull of the Medusa head, turning it into stone. Everyone laughs and laughs. High fives are all around. They look around the room a little bit. There are cracked open Cabiri bodies, the meat sucked out. They also find a large picture of a Circle emitting all types of crazy ass monsters. "The Circle is the symbol of Auxieros," Arben reminds everyone.
"Hey, wasn't Auxieros really great?" asks Can. Everyone agrees for a second, then shakes it off. They give a quick listen and hear a growling to the north. They figure they can handle it with the trusty old medusa head. The head north and run across a big old Hydra. This baby has nine heads; two of which are quickly turned to stone. Everyone goes after the monster. Zahrah lops off one of the heads, Marty Poisons another. Even old Abner gets ahold of one. Can keeps shooting spells that do no good. Arben convinces him to help him cauterize neck wounds to keep heads from growing back. Abner chops off the last head and they burn closed the remaining neck holes to be on the safe side.
They look around the room and find some runes running around the walls. Arben starts to read them, but then makes a save roll and decides to stop. The only words he could recall were Auxieros and Sanctuary. They then hear some small children calling out, "Auxieros". Everybody down here freaking loves Auxieros. That's when three Leucrottas come from a side hallway. Medusa head and Color Spray take care of them fairly quickly. Same thing with some Cabiri and a Two-Headed Dog. There sure are a lot of monsters in this Dungeon. They find a secret door leading back a chamber where they previously were. This place is ridiculous.
