The Eye of Anubis: Book Ten

[Rock of the Fraternity]

"I could, had I not already expended my prepared spells of magic detection," Lia replies with a shrug. "I had to check the door to the temple, as well as that infernal music box, after all. The onus lies with you, Andre or Charles, I'm afraid."

[Isabella]

Tomas frowns, stepping forward. "Hallo?" He tries to get a better view of the source of the tears. "I'm sorry to interrupt your grief, but I feel it prudent to announce my presence, as surprises can be unwelcome out here."

The weeping behind the door seemed to get louder, as if in response, but Tomas was unable to make anything intelligible out of the heavy sobs.

[Rock of the Fraternity]

"Tomas, please wait!" Lia urges, stepping forward to seize the Lamordian by the elbow. "One trap per day is more than enough already. In fact, it is too much." Looking back at the others, Lia repeats: "Please, won't someone check the door for traps, both magical and natural? I can open it, no matter what holds it closed, but I'd rather know we won't all be blown sky-high if I do."

[Kaitou Kage]

"Okay, okay," Kuzan sighed a little. He closed his eyes and murmured a word: "दर्शन." Then, he opened his eyes and scanned the sarcophagus.

Detect magic, invoking the word "sight" in Hindi. Taking a 10 on any Spellcraft checks to identify auras, for a total of 20.

[The Whistler]

Otto already has his tongs out--and it looks as if he's added a drop-down magnifying lens apparatus to his welding mask. While it *did* take cannibalizing two of his spare sets of spectacles to kludge the thing together in the field, he still felt that it was a good investment. Besides, he had had to find *some* way to occupy his time, over the distance between Karman-Quse and Muhar; doodling in the margins of one's notebook only entertains one so much.

"Aph ur thuphuth athav", says the gunsmith; then pauses, remembering that the welding mask covers his mouth. He turns to Lia, gives the universal "thumbs up" sign, then ratchets the magnifying lenses into place and goes to work.

OOC: Taking 10 on a Search to find traps, for a 26 total; that should hopefully take care of anything non-magical.

[Nathan of the FoS]

Charles has his rapier out; he has been near silent since the conversation with Kheldun, as if lost in thought. He glances at Menetnashte--perhaps eventually he'll learn to penetrate the facade...or perhaps not--just to see if, by chance, she is showing some kind of reaction.

"Well, m'sieurs, m'selle, after all this we find ourselves in a tomb after dark again...it seems to be our fate. Let's hope it doesn't come to blows, but if it does...Benedicite."

Going on a hunch here and casting good hope. This will affect all PCs and NPCs up to and including Kheldun...Menetnashte will have to fend for herself, I fear. Lasts for the next 11 minutes.

[The Whistler]

"Mrfg hr th--"

Otto pauses, exhales with brief frustration, and actually remembers to flip up his welding mask.

"Nothing here that I am seeing. The door is even being unlocked."

[Kaitou Kage]

"There is a magic on the disc," Kuzan observed, pointing at the inscription, "It is strong, but no stronger than anyone here could create. But I don't know what kind of magic beyond that."

[yalenusveler]

Andre let out a soft prayer, and began to examine the door, with the sort of sigh suggesting some small degree of exasperation. "If this is another Alarm, I do think I will say some very unkind words to the world in general. None of you, mind, simply at the world itself. I doubt it'll hear, but one never knows."

And with that, Andre began to peer at the inscription, as if trying to find some fault with an undergrad's final exam.

OOC:25 on a spellcraft..hopefully at least get me school

[yalenusveler]

"Well...it's Abjuration, and moderately powerful. And focused right at that whole delightful bit about leeches." Andre barely suppressed a shudder. "I can try to bring it down, but I've no idea what it actually DOES, or if trying to undo it will just trigger it. I'm open to suggestions, everyone."

[DocBeard]

This all is a few miles over Tomas's head.

"First off, I need to see whoever it is to Look at her, Lia." Tomas maintains, activating his Sight anyway in case this is a swirling vortex of elemental evil and they missed it. "Second, you've fussed over the door-is it trapped or not?"

[Kaitou Kage]

"All we know is there's magic on it," Kuzan replied, stepping quite a ways back in case something did happen.

[Nathan of the FoS]

"Very well," Charles says. "If I am the unlucky recipient of the plague of a thousand leeches, and none of you apply the salt shaker in time, tell Mother I died in the line of duty."

So saying, he steps forward and throws open the door with his left hand, rapier in his right.

[yalenusveler]

Andre opened his mouth to say that that was a "BAD IDEA" but instead nothing of substance issued forth, since Andre was too busy getting back AWAY from the door, and calling to mind certain incantations in case things went TREMENDOUSLY bad, as he had the sinking feeling they were about to.

How Andre managed that kind of impressive dive for cover, however, was a question that would go down as one of the great mysteries of the age.

[Rock of the Fraternity]

"Oh, blazes-" Lia swears, and rushes after Andre, one hand already flung out towards the door, the words of a spell hurtling through her mind.