Duty Session 153: Spinner's Deep

After the efforts of many Adventurers to finally clear out the creatures from within the mines on the Isle of Beginnings, the Landers are finally able to return to their work. However, the first miners have reported an unusual room within the first levels of the mine.

The room seems to be the source of the previous infestation, but now shows a strange glowing arcane circle that refuses to allow them to pass. The Landers have reached out to the Hunter's Guild, seeking capable Adventurers to find out what lies beyond this strange device.

What is certain, is that the spiders in the mines now known as Spinner's End, had to have come from somewhere. Danger lies on the unknown path ahead. Are you brave enough to face it?

Difficulty:    Moderate
Rec. Party:    3+
Rewards:       2
World Rewards: None

Wisteria
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

    Wisteria is doing it again, running the same dungeon over and over and over hunting for diferent paths, different bosses, different drops, and glitches, easter eggs, or other things that don't fit. She's hanging out by the Hunter's Guild with an open party invite calling out to Adventurers who look less than busy.
Setsuna
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0


    Setsuna was at the hunters guild throwing notes and things around in frustration, as he finally drinks the rest of his cup of tea and begins to pack up and heads out. As he exits the hunter guild he sees Wisteria standing around, " Hunting something? If the answer is yes I'm in. " He needed to get away from the books and notes and all that stuff.
BlackRose
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

Spiders may be spooky to some and icky to others, but to BlackRose, they're nothing more than a nuisance to be carved up with her sword.

"So, going hunting for spiders are we?" BlackRose says with a slight smirk. "Count me in! I could use a little action right about now."
Estelle
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

Estelle is working through various things... and is now in that liminal spot where she's waiting to hear back from people, waiting for others to finish up what they're doing. Which means she's open to passing the time in a constructive manner; and someone calling for help with a dungeon run is certainly constructive, especially since it's one she's unfamiliar with. So the astral fox takes a moment to study the albino were - and then gives a shrug. She makes her way over, steps and stance open and easy. Especially as she sees a somewhat familiar face. "Hello again... Setsuna? And good day you, miss. Not familiar with this run, but I can lend my aid and the blessing of the stars."
Wisteria
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    The tall albino girl grins "Great, I'm currently mass running this hunting glitches and stuff... sooo know that the teleporter is broken, the tunnels are unstable, there's lots of poison." she shrugs "So it's a good time all and all." she grins "And there are lots of folks trying it out so don't be surprised if we bump into other Adventurers." she streeeeeeeetches and bounces on her toes. "So if every one's ready lets get marching." she says brightly, like none of those things were an actual concern.
Setsuna
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     The necromancer gives a nod to Estelle and the tanned lady before he gestures forward to Wisteria, "Lead on." Setsuna would follow along and glances at the group for a moment letting them all walk in silence before he asks, " So giant spiders, with collapsing tunnels and dangerous venom. I mean I haven't been attacked by spiders yet, I suppose. " Looking at the astrologer, " So hopefully the stars shine favorable on us."
Estelle
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"I will do my best to guide us through the darkness, like Polaris through the night." The vixen confirms, giving the necromancer a wink as her tails swish behind her. "Though their blessing may be strained, with all the stone in the way. Still! If our leader has been running it as much as she suggests, we'll have some key clues for what could happen." A beat, where she glances to Wisteria for confirmation. "... and I do have spells to try and ward away poison, as well, and ease its bite. They fall under Monoceros' aegis - the Unicorn." One hand gestures skyward, though the constellation wouldn't be in view right now.
Wisteria
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    Wisteria leads the way to the mine and down past the miners, waving to some of them and saying hello to others. The tall albino girl happy enough to just trundle on down to the level locked area. "So yah, when we get to the end there's another level lock so don't worry about that, it is sometimes a pain to get back out but I know a couple paths, just the easy one is prone to collapsing."

    Wisteria nods to the walls "Enjoy the creepy art, sometimes it's got useful clues for the teleporter arrangement. You can carge it up with magic, or if you sing the right notes you can light up the right runes to get it aligned and working." she says pulling out a notebook she has details in and compairing the art with the runes with her notes.
Setsuna
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    If there was one thing Setsuna had it was an ample amount of magic, as he reaches out and touches the teleporter and begins to feed it magic. " So if Icharge this up then where are we going?" He asks as he looks at Wisteria , it appears he is just dropping a good amount of magical energy steadily into the teleporter.
BlackRose
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

Onward and inward...

Into a disused boss chamber. Apparently the boss has been demoted.

But there are still strange runes adorning the room, obviously meant to be some kind of clue written in a bizarre language that only an archaeologist would know.

Fortunately, BlackRose knows her cryptography and is able to decipher the runes rather quickly. "Let's see here... hmmm... I've got it!" It doesn't take her long to figure out what the runes mean. "That was too easy!"
Estelle
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

"Song, you say?" The vixen muses, ears flicking this way and that as she listens to the chamber's harmonics - and studies what the other two are doing. The way Rose follows the patterns in the runes around the room, the way the teleporter responds to Setsuna's magic. She pieces it all together slowly, considering what she knows of music, and then opens her mouth. She isn't the /best/ singer, but she has a clear voice, and a good tone; good enough to follow along with the dungeon's needs, helping smooth out the necromancer's work thanks to the exemplar's cunning. Both of them get agreeable nods as she does it, tails fanned out behind her.
Wisteria
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

    Wistera continues using her note book to help align the runes. "Hmmm? Ohh to what we think is a pre Scrapped Princess gnomish city overrun with spiders." she says like some Albino Laura Croft causually dropping clues of some Atlantian ruins like it's a walk to the corner store.

    Wisteria looks around "Mmm this is a new output." she checks her notes next to runes she wrote down that BlackRose found. "Hmmm yah a new valid control setting, good job." she says and looks around "And not in a tunnel that wants to fall on our head, a better setting even." she grins brightly and pats Rose on the shoulder. "Ooh yah.... the spider people... this is definately new, haven't run into this alter yet." she says and starts sketching it. "Looks like we need to sacrifice something on the alter so maybe some resource drops? Rare herbs from the festival or maybe some gems or meat drops or something?" she says with a hmmmmming as she keeps sketching details, she'll dig into her pack once she's done.
BlackRose
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The teleporter activates and they head through until they reach a strange looking statue with an extended arm. "Sacrifice..." BlackRose bites her lip.

A pause as BlackRose remembers that it's just a game. "Maybe I can find something within the dungeon to sacrifice?" She looks around... and comes up empty handed. "Hmmm... what to do now?"
Estelle
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

"New terrain? Wonderful." And the fox means it. Her tails are flicking and curling in excitement, ears perked as she listens for every sound in the tunnels. Out somes her own paper and pen, and she jots down some notes of her own. Even as she investigates, taking in the look of things... including a rough outline of the statue in front of them. "Some sort of priest, I wonder? The representative of some worshipped thing, or higher caste?"

SStill, the need for sacrifice is obvious. But she doesn't have much to offer up - she does take a look around, though, and spies something that might be valubale? She's not experienced with raw minerals. Still... "Caelum, lend me your edge, help us gather forth a pledge. By the chisel's piercing bite, let us finish this sacred rite." Her chant is even, the strike of her magic swift and smooth. And when she examines the geode she broke free, all she can do is give an awkward laugh - and place some quartz upon the altar, feeling like it isn't exactly a 'proper' offer. Nowhere near one. "... Hope and pray?"
Setsuna
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    Setsuna steps into the teleport and smiles, "Beam me up." His chuckle can be heard as he reappear on the other side and steps out. "A sacrifice?" He opens his inventory and withdraws a stone from his inventory. He looks around and throws the stone as it seems to nail a rat in the corner of the tunnel. How the spider like people had missed it he doesn't know. However he takes the rat and the rock and begins to take a moment to harvest the rat. The rat disappears and the meat perfectly cut appears in its place. "Sometimes the game works in my favor." He mvoves to deposit the meat on the alter slowly watching the spider people.
BlackRose
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

That didn't go so well, but onward anyway.

The party continues on and through the tunnels until they reach a small chamber... and an Adventurer resting against a wall looking not too well. Apparently they were bitten by a spider, which is rather painful sounding, both from the bite and the poison that goes through you as well.

"Take it easy," BlackRose says as she accesses her inventory and takes out an antidote. "Here you are, this should help." She says as she hands the Adventurer the cure to the poison.
Wisteria
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    Wisteria hmms "Well not like sacrifice, like you don't need to kill something here just put some drops on the alter." she says and hmmms looking through her inventory. She tries dropping some of the herbs she gathered in the vanishing forest to the offer of a rat meat steak and quartz geode. Whatever value they need to sacrifice seems to JUUUUST be met or maybe they confused it with three different kinds of sacrifices. Something seems to have worked as the alter swings like a door to let them into the tunnel beyond.

    The tunnel continues on getting less well worked until they come to a room that lots of Adventurers have been using as a rally point. "OOoh hey." she says to the adventuer when they ask for help due to spider bite. "Yah the potion shortage has kind of been a real pain for everyone." she says "Anyone got a potion, or a cleansing spell? Otherwise we're gona need to carry them out, we managed it last time we found someone hurt down here and well if I end up the one out of potions hiding here I hope someone else coming through is willing to help me." she says to the party.
Estelle
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

The fox is a little... put off. The air around the statue, even as it opened, was surly and judgemental. IT felt like there should have been more... But.

"... You're going to need more than just an antidote for that, I think." Estelle comments, even as Rose moves to help the adventurer, while giving her own Inspection and diagnosis. "But, as I said above, I have a blessing against poison; together, we should be able to purge the toxin from him." She steps over, twirling the silver length of her wand, and rests her free hand on Rose's shoulder. She makes some quick gestures with the implement, chanting softly; "Monoceros and your healing horn, defend us from the ills you scorn. Make hale and hearty of the ill, you healing light I know instill."

Starlight drifts from the opal on the wand's tip, seeping into the injured adventurer and working alongside the potion he'd been offered. "There. You should be feeling fine in moments; this will repair some of the damage it did, too."
Setsuna
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0


    Setsuna follows behind as the spider people glare, they weren't to happy with the rat meat it seems. Walk walk walk walk and then they are in the potion room as Setsuna's eyes fall on the hurt adventurer. Really the only thing he tries to cast is a small light spell to look at the wound , just a small light spell. He however seems to activate the spell and then it fizzles. "Sorry I guess I can't be of much help here." He offers the adventurer, at least others could be.
Wisteria
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

    Wisteria nods her head "Thanks girls, I'm all out of potions and well Shadows aren't really a healing class." she says with a grin. When the adventurer is back up on his feet she gives him instructions to the new path out. "That way you don't have to worry about if the tunnel collapsed." she says and nods to him. "We need to get on."

    When they approach the 'farm' she gestures for people to be quiet. "Okay. These spiders are pretty smart, they use a bit of tactics and they know how to farm grunties." she shrugs a little. "This is just a strait fight try to avoid poison bites and we'll get on through."
BlackRose
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

The spider farm, eh?

Not something BlackRose would want to be taking care of.

Nevertheless, she readies her sword and smiles a little. "You want a piece of me? Come on!" The swordswoman wields her sword with skill and efficiency as she prepares to fight off the various arachnids.
Setsuna
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    Setsuna starts to feel the sticky webbing under his belt as his eyes meet the hungry spider eyes. "Straight fight you say?" He looks at the web as he smiles, " Yes a straight path indeed. " He leans his staff down and touches it to the web. " I wouldn't be allowed to be a Scale mage if I couldn't even solve a problem with fire. " He grins as he looks at the spider, " Spirit of fire I call on you trace this web back, burn all the way back to the source." Flames jump from his staff to the web and begin to travel along but it is moving a bit slow and a bit small. Its definately no big fire spell.
Estelle
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

"I don't like the look of this, no." The Astrologian agrees with their Leader, looking out over the farm... and firming her grip on her wand, when one of the spiders turns their way. Still, something trickles to mind - especially as she sees Setsuna cast his spell. "... Hey, Setsuna. I remember you using some powerful flames against the dead. That seems a little... underwhelming? But, here. Let's see if the Stars can help."

And then she starts casting, in another of her clear chants; "Vela, the wanderer's sail, I call upon the winds you jail. I turn them to a mighty gale, and loose them with freedom's wail." Her dress and cape billow with the sudden wind that picks up, but not nearly as much as the light-speckled 'storm' sweeps across the grass - and leaps upon the burning webs, feeding the flame and urging it onward. No slow burn, the wind has caught it, hurling the mix right at the beast blocking their way... and, perhaps, spreading a bit of chaos amongst its fellow.
Wisteria
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

    Wisteria dives into combat, the girl bouncing from air rune to air rune in one of her normal tactics, and then the wind hits and there's fire everywhere. The albino girl takes several burns, showing a red wireframe as she does her best to continue helping. When the fight ends she brushes herself off... "That's embarassing didn't see the fire coming." she shakes her head but her hitpoints haven't fallen TOO far.

    When they reach the drips of acid the werefang shifts, her fluff appearing and long ears, muzzle pushing out and her pink eyes turning a more malicious red. "Well... that's unfortunate." she grumbles "This boss is a bit of a pain, but it isn't who I was hoping to find." she says and shrugs "Well that's okay, I'll just run it again. This boss teleports so be careful, you want to keep track of who has agro, watch for it appearing and then take your shot. Rinse repeat and we should have her down in no time... oh and don't fall in any of the acid."
BlackRose
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

"So this is the boss," BlackRose says. "Looks like I'm gonna have to use a little magic on this, as my sword isn't going to be enough." She comments as she attempts to cast a spell.

But nothing happens.

"Looks like it's on my sword instead..." She says with a sigh.
Estelle
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

"... Ah. A teleporting boss with aggro issues." The vixen gives a sigh, but then firms herself in the wake of it as she takes in the glowing, giant arachnid. She firms her grip on her wand, and then starts chanting as the encounter begins. "Horologium, keeper of time, help us with a foe most prime. Ebb and flow, speed and slow, help us match it blow for blow." The silver light stretches out, sweeping across those in the chamber...

But, well, she's not used to teleporting bosses at all. Or acid-filled chambers. Even as she does her best to support the others, she has difficulty when the thing comes her way - and there are going singes in her fur and hair, and a considerable chunk of her HP gone when they come out of this.
Setsuna
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    Setsuna looks over at Estelle and raises an eyebrow, " Me? Giant fire spells? Not I said the necromancer. I appreciate you helping my spark grow by the way. " As Wisteria lands he winces, he hadn't meant to burn the leader. As Wisteria lays out the plan for the boss he nods his head. "Righty-O." He takes a deep breath as a magic circle appears under himself, " Spirits of those who have fallen. I offer you this chance. Take yoour revenge upon that which upon that which fed on you. " Skeletons rise out of the ground as they spread out as well. Ready to attack when the opponent moves around the area, also to possibly help to pull aggro if needed.
Wisteria
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

    And now everyone gets to see Wisteria in real action, not to mention pushing it for a boss. Her sword is out, and then she's rushing bouncing from air rune to air rune as she starts to work a pattern up. The blade of her katana sparks into life, black light arcing along the blade. She slashes in, the blade connecting and the black magics sinking into the boss and causing it to freeze momentarily opening up hits for the rest of the party. Then she's bouncing off again. Her plan seems to revolve around moving fast enough to tag the boss, let her enchanment lock it up long enough for the team to take some hits. Then move on again. Once the boss is down she opens the chest and passes out the crystals "See... more level locked content." she says kicking a rock at the wall of light.
BlackRose
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

"That wasn't my best battle," BlackRose says with a sigh. "But at least we made it through." She smiles at her blade then looks to Wisteria. "Level-locked content... well, more incentive to level up I suppose?"
Estelle
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

Estelle is looking a little... ruffled, at the end. But she straightens herself up, brushes her dress down, and accepts her crystal with curiosity, poking and peering at it, turning it this way and that as she considers what it is and can be used for. "That we did, and without any apparently serious problems." She tucks trhe crystal away, and lets out a relieved sigh. Though the kicked wall of light does get a curious look, the vixen interested in whatever secrets lay beyond it.

... still, she looks to Setsuna. "And that wasn't you, with the blast of fire back in the Dominion, then? Sorry about the mistake. Everything was a little chaotic, especially with the arrow barrage." She does have an apology to give about mistaken identities, her pale cheeks dusted with obvious pink at the mixup.
Wisteria
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    Wisteria grins, and for those who're seeing it the first time it can be disturbing. Cute fluffy bunny face, mouthfull of trianglular razor shark fangs in multiple ragged rows. "Hah you thought he was Doc." she says with a playful tone. "No they're both hairy but Doc's a cait sith, and not so tall... lots and lots of fire and well he's a doctor." she nods her head.
Setsuna
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    Setsuna watches as his skeleton warriors get in some hits on his behalf as the boss eventually falls. He looks over at the door of light and shakes his head, " A shame really, I think we could of taken the next level. " He takes the gem from Wisteria and nods his thanks. "However I am glad there was success. " He smiles and looks at Estelle as Wisteria corrects the case of mistaken identity. " Yeah , the doctor likes to solve things with fire. I prefer to sit back and let others help. " He motions to the skeletons who are doing some funny little idle routine, mimicing some classic slap stick comedy. " Ok boneheads , away you go." He taps his staff on the ground twice dismissing the spell as they fade away.
Estelle
Overworld - 7 - 0 - 0

"The 'Doctor' did stand out afterwards, I'll admit. I've run into him since. I just must've gotten mixed up with who was doing what during the fight." The two chiming in like that does nothing to help the vixen's blush, but she bears through it and patches herself up with silver glows. "Still, best we not hang around too long. I don't like the look of the acid in here, and I'll admit I have no idea what boss respawns are like these days." She pauses a moment, a turl curling around a leg. "Still, you were a good party. I wouldn't mind trying another delve some time."