The Eye of Anubis: Book Ten

yalenusveler · Post by **yalenusveler** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 6:59 pm

It was rather obvious that Andre was taking Kuzan's suggestion to heart, beginning to pour over the area with less of an eye for religious significance, and more an eye for little things like pressure plates or hidden switches.

OOC:23 on a search

Nathan of the FoS · Post by **Nathan of the FoS** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:35 pm

Charles has been having a bit of a rummage himself, tapping randomly selected points on the floor with his everburning torch to see if anything rings hollow, and doing the same along the back and sides of the temple.

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NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:19 pm

The Temple of Osiris, Muhar, Har'Akir
August 27th, 761, 11:25 AM; Day 163 of the Menetnashte Expedition
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There was a secret door, it turned out, as discovered after a good bit of searching. The panel of Set and Horus, the beast-headed god and the falcon-headed god battling for dominance, swung open after some effort. There was a hidden catch in the side of the panel, one that activated when pushed strongly enough.

As the panel swung open, you were greeted with a narrow passageway, one that turned to the left and immediately became steep stairs leading... somewhere below. The flicker of candle-light gleamed from the unknown basement chambers, but otherwise, it was silent.

There was, however, an enscription above the entrance, usually hidden by the panel of Set and Horus battling. In the ancient tongue of Har'Akir, it read, Proclaim the Victor, and enter.

yalenusveler · Post by **yalenusveler** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:26 pm

Andre blinked rapidly as the panel slid away, moving to stop anyone from entering. "Everyone..wait. There's a fairly potent abjuration in place, Forbiddance if I'm not mistaken." Andre peered at the inscription above the entranceway. "Mythologically speaking, Horus is the victor. Shall we make the proclamation and progress, or Kuzan, do you want to take a stab at bringing the warding down first?"

Kaitou Kage · Post by **Kaitou Kage** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:48 pm

Kuzan shook his head. "Go for it," he said to Andre, "I'm not ready for this sort of thing."

The Whistler · Post by **The Whistler** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 11:53 pm

Otto scribbles down a few sentences in his notebook--having seen more secret doors on this trip than at any point previous in his life, he felt it wise to take *something* down about their design for posterity. Very least, it'd be useful next time I'm renovating the wall safe.

One thing's for sure, though--if Kuzan isn't touching the thing, then it's more than a few levels above my pay grade. Don't know how perverse it is to *hope* that the priests of Osiris went in for a Hammerschmidt Spring-Loaded Property Defense System for the basement, so that I could break out the #5 socket wrench...no, scratch that, it's *very* perverse. Besides: old Hammerschmidt was *way* too good at concealing his tripwires.

DocBeard · Post by **DocBeard** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:33 am

Tomas blinks, and freezes up, being very careful not to move...though he does breathe a little.

It's kind of funny, or it would be, if not for the peril.

yalenusveler · Post by **yalenusveler** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:51 am

"Alright, here goes nothing..." Andre said, though the fact that he took a moment to reinforce himself with the power of the amulet he wore spoke rather well to how confident he was. "Horus." And with that declaration, Andre chanced the secret door.

OOC:Amulet of tears active!

NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:28 pm

The Temple of Osiris, Muhar, Har'Akir
August 27th, 761, 11:31 AM; Day 163 of the Menetnashte Expedition
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Professor Theroux stepped through the dark portal, into the demesnes of this odd, secret passageway within the Temple of Osiris. The faintest flicker of energy flowed over the academic's skin, and if one peered intently, one could make out the lambent blue light with which Andre glowed.

The password hung in the air, and then the magical defenses... attacked.

It was a subtle attack, to be sure, though Andre felt it. A sudden stabbing pain in his forehead, which then shattered into a myriad little aches and pains as wounds opened inside of his skull, a laceration that would certainly have killed a weaker man.

Then it passed, and Andre was inside.

26 Damage, Will DC 22 for half.

yalenusveler · Post by **yalenusveler** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:36 pm

Andre let loose a few words which quite frankly, honestly had no place coming out of the mouth of an academic of his standing. But when one is being lashed by the energies of a potent warding, a little profanity can be forgiven between comrades.

"Apparently, the mythologically proper answer is NOT the correct answer...though it galls me to say so, try invoking Set's name instead.." Andre said, looking more than a bit disgusted by the thought.

OOC:21 on the save. Meh..missed it by 1

DocBeard · Post by **DocBeard** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:52 pm

"Maybe." Tomas frowns a little, not liking the idea of evil winning the day himself. "Maybe it means that Osiris or Isis won, since their son avenged them in the end. Isis seemed to have benefited the most, since Osiris stayed 'dead'."

yalenusveler · Post by **yalenusveler** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:21 pm

"Actually, it would be Anubis who won since he got the primary role as psychopomp, but that's really immaterial right now. Just invoke the damn god of evil's name, and walk through the stupid warding." Andre said, getting assaulted by magical warding making him a bit testy it seemed. "If it comforts you any, Set does protect Ra from Apep after the sun sets, but we really don't have time to enter into discussions of comparative mythology!"

DocBeard · Post by **DocBeard** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:33 pm

"Hrm." Tomas isn't the expert Andrei is, to be sure. But he knows stories. And this story doesn't have all that much to do with Set-this story is dominated by the shadow of Anubis.

So, if he were writing this, he certainly wouldn't make the secretly unexpected password some guy they never had to deal with before.

And what's a little electricity, really?, Tomas's frightened inside insists, even as his body moves forward, and his voice says, "Um, look, if anything's out there listening to this, I'm trying to get through the door, okay? No offense. I mean, you guys may be the psychic gestalts of the sentient urge towards certain emotions and attempts to understand life, but that doesn't mean you don't have feelings, right? And who wants to hurt someone's feelings for no reason?"

Tomas feels like a fool, for once, instead of simply being a fool and okay with it. He's looking at the ceiling because it seems like an 'up' sort of situation, and lets out a sigh. "Here goes nothing. Aaaaaanubis!" Tomas reaches forward, bracing himself for hot, magical death in the very likely circumstance that he's wrong.

NeoTiamat · Post by **NeoTiamat** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:44 pm

The Temple of Osiris, Muhar, Har'Akir
August 27th, 761, 11:33 AM; Day 163 of the Menetnashte Expedition
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DocBeard wrote:"Here goes nothing. Aaaaaanubis!" Tomas reaches forward, bracing himself for hot, magical death in the very likely circumstance that he's wrong.

Tomas was wrong.

48 Damage, Will DC 22 for half.

DocBeard · Post by **DocBeard** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:50 pm

(OOC: Why do I buy all these saving throw enhancing things when it only means I roll eights instead.)

"Aaah!" Tomas exclaims as he's electrocuted! Well good to know the gods don't care if you hurt their feelings, he thinks, trying to tug away while stumbling through the portal.

He gives Andre a 'don't say a word' look, grumbling to himself in the way of his spiritual ancestors.

Café de Nuit

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