It Lies Underground (Closed)

[Strangerdanger101]

The mist that Delmar was on evaporates.

Some of it is still there, and it happens to be right below where Webber was falling.

Delmar attempts to open the intact thulecite chest to see if there are any supplies remaining.

Despite the fact the mist is no longer producing light, fireflies are all over the room. It is actually kinda pretty.

The fireflies mainly fly around Webber, but a few fly around Delmar instead. They seem attracted to something.

[Silentdarkness1]

Webber landed on his head, and yelled out in pain. He now had a fresh bump on his head. Pained tears in his eyes.

[Percival]

The thulecite chest doesn't flip open, the container locked.

 

There was some indication to what opens it, though; the front, or what appears to be the front, of the chest has a circular depression, innate carvings in the depression.

[Strangerdanger101]

As the fireflies fly around Webber, they emit a even brighter light, which slightly heals Webber. Webber, have you ever seen a chest like this?

Delmar examines the carvings.

Edited May 23, 2014 by Strangerdanger101

[Silentdarkness1]

"Thanks......and no, I don't."

[Percival]

The carvings depicted a worm-like creature linking itself around the tail around the circle, a small circle protruding from the creature's head. The center shown a fragment of thulecite risen high above the heads of an organization. The four cardinal edges have strange symbols, unintelligible and untranscribable.

 

What was odd, however, was that details that should be thrown into relief are instead depressions, hills that should be poking out dips in the material.

[Strangerdanger101]

Uh... Webber, why don't give it a try and try to open it?

[goldfish911]

Serenei was very confused at this point, having gone with the group into the cave. He snatched a firefly with his hands and stuck it in his satchel. Hopefully, after this, the insect would still be intact for study.

(I dunno what to do...on a side note, I was typing this in the dark, and just murdered a fly buzzing around the luminous screen with a book. So PRO!!)

[Silentdarkness1]

Webber walked over to the chest, and tried to open it.

[Strangerdanger101]

The rest of the fireflies fly away very fast in fear. Delmar tries to help, trying everything he can with the carvings while Webber also tries to open it.

(ITS MY CATS BIRTHDAY! She is one year old now)

[Percival]

The chest still didn't open, a mechanism still locking the chest.

 

However, the carvings in the circular depression rotated slightly, but didn't rotate in a full circle.

 

(Try looking around.)

[Strangerdanger101]

Delmar gave up on the chest itself, and began looking around for maybe some kind of key or something to open it.

[Percival]

(I'm waiting on Silent.)

[Silentdarkness1]

Webber sighed, and angrily kicked the chest.

[Strangerdanger101]

Webber, maybe there is a key or something laying around. Delmar keeps looking around.

[Silentdarkness1]

Webber looked behind the chest for the key.

[Strangerdanger101]

Delmar eventually searches the entire chamber. Maybe its a puzzle?

(@)

[Percival]

The only thing that could be found around the chests were bits of thulecite, scattered everywhere. Not surprising, since a few of the chests were shattered into oblivion.

 

A fair distance away, though, were larger pieces of the orange material, which was unusual; the chests seem to have crumbled with age, and the broken pieces of thulecite wouldn't have traveled that far from the chests.

[Strangerdanger101]

Delmar moves over to where the larger pieces of Thulecite were. Hmm. That's strange. Something must be down here and it moved these. Hopefully its friendly.

Edited May 23, 2014 by Strangerdanger101

[Percival]

The pieces varied in their sizes; some were the size of a Deerclops' eye, others were the size of a palm, and others still were eyesized.

 

Interestingly, they all seem to have carvings on them that, miraculously, haven't eroded from the rock with age or magical damage.

[Strangerdanger101]

Delmar examines the carvings on them, hoping it will be different than the other one.

[Percival]

The pieces seperately had no meaning behind them, as unintelligible as the cracks in the stone floor.

 

(COLLECT ThE PIeCeS!)

[Strangerdanger101]

I used to collect big bits of these for good luck. The depths worm begins collecting the pieces.

[Silentdarkness1]

Webber gathered up the pieces he could manage to carry, putting them over by some of the larger pieces.

[Percival]

As the pile of ancient rubble grew, so did similarities; the pieces seemingly had no resemblance, but it was apparent that there were more circular shapes than the chunky squares, and some of the pieces had rough edges that linked with each other.