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[frogmonkeys]

lmao this time I'll go with the majority! cave time!

[Showsni]

I kind of hate this cave. It wasn't kidding when it said you risk getting totally lost. Like, it's almost worth drawing a map as you go. Anyway...

36

It isn't a cave at all - more like a tunnel of some sort. And once you've gone more than a few feet, it starts to descend quite sharply. Maybe this leads into the Castle after all, some sort of subterranean entrance that comes up through the hill.

Or there again, maybe it's a crypt full of vampires. You never know with places like this.

But it's a bit too late to be worrying now. You're well into the tunnel and, in any case, now facing a sort of tridentine fork, with the tunnel continuing northwards, but two branch tunnels driving off to the north-west and north-east.

This could get a bit confusing, Pip, so keep your wits about you. North takes you to 33; north-west to 41; north-east to 46.

Who likes mazes?

[Sir Deimos]

The safest way to navigate (non lethal) mazes is to pick a wall and follow it. North east.

[Steel Samurai]

I'm with Synile on this one.

[canas is back]

I will voice dissent and say we should move west and north

[Showsni]

Majority says North-East, so...

46

The tunnel ends in a blank wall to the north-east while leading south-west to 36.

So we head back to where we started, and I guess I'll follow canas...

41

The tunnel ends in a blank wall to the north-west, while leading south-east to 36.

Well that was useful. I guess we're going down the middle.

33

A vague touch of déjà vu here, as the Gauls like to say.

You are now at a sort of tridentine fork, with the tunnel running northwards, two branch tunnels driving off to the north-west and north-east and a passage running south.

This could get even more confusing, Pip, so keep your wits about you. North takes you to 44; north-west to 49; north-east to 53; south to 36.

So, which way should we go?

[Sir Deimos]

North east again. Stay methodical and we'll be fine.

[Steel Samurai]

Or die horribly. But yeah, NE.

[frogmonkeys]

any way works for me! should we be trying to remember the order? 36, 33? tried 41, 46? sounds like a freaking maze jeesh.

[Showsni]

Just so long as you don't double back to the same number you've been before. (I might cheat a little at a certain point.)

Northeast!

53

The tunnel ends in a blank wall to the north-east.
South-west leads to 33

Back we go, then...

33

A vague touch of déjà vu here, as the Gauls like to say.

You are now at a sort of tridentine fork, with the tunnel running northwards, two branch tunnels driving off to the north-west and north-east and a passage running south.

This could get even more confusing, Pip, so keep your wits about you. North takes you to 44; north-west to 49; north-east to 53; south to 36.

North, or North West?

(Maybe give two directions to go in case we hit another turning)

[canas is back]

West young man

[Steel Samurai]

North. Then northwest.

Edited by Steel Samurai, 13 October 2012 - 06:38 AM.

[Sir Deimos]

I must echo Steel's suggestion.

[Showsni]

So, North then West?

44

A crossroads - how exciting. Tunnels lead north, south, west and east.

North leads to 57; south to 33; west to 65; east to 71.

We go west, then...

65

The tunnel, which runs east/west ends in a blank wall to the west and a crossroads to the east at 44.

Back east again!

44

A crossroads - how exciting. Tunnels lead north, south, west and east.

North leads to 57; south to 33; west to 65; east to 71.

North, south, east or west?

Edited by Showsni, 17 October 2012 - 08:25 PM.

[Steel Samurai]

North!

[Showsni]

57

You have reached a small, open chamber with exit passages running north and south. On one wall of the chamber (the east wall to be exact) is a small level with a neatly enscribed notice reading:

PULL LEVER TO TELEPORT

What an interesting find. If you pull the lever you will be instantly transported to 41.

If you leave it alone, you can take the northern passage to 86 or go south to 44.

Feeling tempted?

[Sir Deimos]

Yes.

[canas is back]

Oh so much

[Steel Samurai]

Do it.

[Showsni]

Mwahaha! You have fallen into a trap! (Protip: check the number of the paragraph the teleporter is sending you to.)

41

The tunnel ends in a blank wall to the north-west, while leading south-east to 36.

Yeah, we've been here before. Back to 36, I guess...

36

It isn't a cave at all - more like a tunnel of some sort. And once you've gone more than a few feet, it starts to descend quite sharply. Maybe this leads into the Castle after all, some sort of subterranean entrance that comes up through the hill.

Or there again, maybe it's a crypt full of vampires. You never know with places like this.

But it's a bit too late to be worrying now. You're well into the tunnel and, in any case, now facing a sort of tridentine fork, with the tunnel continuing northwards, but two branch tunnels driving off to the north-west and north-east.

This could get a bit confusing, Pip, so keep your wits about you. North takes you to 33; north-west to 41; north-east to 46.

Oh look we're back at the start.

Give me directions!

[Sir Deimos]

Do what we did last time. But don't pick the trap this time. XD

[Showsni]

Okay, we head back to the lever room and go North to 86 this time.

86

The passage reaches a dead end to the north, while to the south it opens into a small chamber at 57.

There is, however, a pit trap along here. Roll one die. Score 3 or more and you avoid it successfully. Score below three and you'd better fall to 66.

We roll a four! So we head back to 57, and then back to 44.

44

A crossroads - how exciting. Tunnels lead north, south, west and east.

North leads to 57; south to 33; west to 65; east to 71.

Whence? Whence!?

[Sir Deimos]

NORTH AGAIN! No lever this time!

[canas is back]

WE ARE GOING WEST NOW!!!

[Steel Samurai]

Back to the lever room and go south.

[Showsni]

We've already been North of the lever room and West of the crossroads! So I'm following Steel's suggestion of back to the south.

Here's a map of our progress. Red splodges show rooms we've visited.



The only Southern room we haven't visited is 49, so...

49

You have entred a small, open chamber. A corridor runs south-east and another due south.

The south-eastern corridor leads to 33: due south to 59.

I guess we'll go to 59, then...

59

The tunnel angles north and east. At the junction, your eagle eye spots the entrance to a secret crawlspace running north-east.

North will take you to 49, east to 80, while the crawlspace runs north-east to 36.

Okay, so do we head east, or crawl to the north-east?

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[Steel Samurai]

Crawlspace.

[canas is back]

Yes let's!

[Sir Deimos]

Ditto. Thanks for the graphic!

[Showsni]

Really? Okay, sure.

36

It isn't a cave at all - more like a tunnel of some sort. And once you've gone more than a few feet, it starts to descend quite sharply. Maybe this leads into the Castle after all, some sort of subterranean entrance that comes up through the hill.

Or there again, maybe it's a crypt full of vampires. You never know with places like this.

But it's a bit too late to be worrying now. You're well into the tunnel and, in any case, now facing a sort of tridentine fork, with the tunnel continuing northwards, but two branch tunnels driving off to the north-west and north-east.

This could get a bit confusing, Pip, so keep your wits about you. North takes you to 33; north-west to 41; north-east to 46.

Yay, we're back at the start!

...

Ahem. I'll assume you want to go back to 59 and try the other passage now...

80

The tunnel agnles north to 61 and west to 59.

So, onwards to 61...

61

You have entered a small open chamber. Passages leads south, north, north-west and east. On one wall (the west wall to be exact) there is a lever and a neat little notice which reads:

PUSH LEVER UP OR DOWN TO TELEPORT

How intriguing. If you push the lever up, you will teleport to 57.

If you push it down, you will teleport to 71.

If you leave it alone, you may go south to 80, north to 101, north-west to 97 or east to 90.

And remember, you can check the numbers on the map to be sure if we've already visited one or more of those locations!