#32
Post
by SanguineAngel » Thu Sep 20, 2018 5:45 pm
[OOC: Heh, I probably wouldn't have made you roll for this - but absolutely, you can use your Advantage to locate a couple of torches. A little extra info for your keen eyes too.]
Raven, the trek over to the mine passed in a daze for you - your mind was elsewhere. It took considerable effort [2 strain] but you tapped into the future once more. Your vision tunnels down into darkness. You fall helplessly, as you might on waking from a dream but with it you feel invigorated, powerful. But another lurks out of sight, a mighty presence prowling in the inky blackness. You land with an impact like hitting plascrete but continue to plunge. You come to, gasping for air, to find yourself standing beside Bardax inside the cave.
[Raven, the presence you felt was deeply unsettling. I need you make an Easy (P) Fear Check if you would please.]
Daylight does not intrude far into the cave entrance. Cool air brushes your faces and there is an unsteady dripping that echoes around you. Bardax notices a string of, most likely, antiquated lighting attached to the ceiling of the cave. As it is a natural formation here, the ceiling is uneven and in places quite low. The ground has been levelled and worn. There are more definite rail tracks through the ground here leading from outside further into the cave.
The lockers that line the wall of a small recess by the entrance are entirely dilapidated. It is only the strength of the mineral deposits coating them that likely keeps them standing. The torches you find inside are little more than bulky powerpacks with a handle attached to the top and the light source at one end (Encumbrance 1) but they are still working after all this time and powerful too. You can see significantly further than the lightsabers would illuminate.
The floor is slimey with mud and other deposits. In the torchlight you can make out the tracks of someone moving through the cave recently - though the tracks are irregular, as if stumbling or with a severe limp.
You know from the map that there is a larger chamber ahead, through irregular passages. The rail tracks proceed through the largest passage, dead ahead. Although the language of the map was indecipherable, and you were therefore unable to identify and key areas, you know that there are five levels in this mine before you reach the long mine shaft. The five levels were comprised mainly of regular, man made passages and there were several 'rooms' on each level. These could be explored with some thoroughness if you wish, though that may considerably slow your progress. [A Hard (RPPbb) Survival check with 2 boost from your map knowledge. And I would flip a Destiny Point.]
(OOC: Otherwise, if you wish to look for something in particular, or to head for a specific location, let me know. No check to reach any particular location from the map. If you want to look for something else in particular - a location not previously identified for instnace, that may require a check depending on context.)