Duty Session 163: 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
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Setsuna had been here looking for people to help him hunt down an undead warrior who can cast magic. It had been dead end after dead end, so when something comes up that can be a distraction. "I volunteer!" The man shouts before looking around, and then approaching Wisteria, "What is it I just volunteered for again?"
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Mizuki is cat napping while Wis seeks out additional party members. As people approach, her ears twitch, and she uncurls and stands up, stretching. "Did you find anybody? Oh, good! I hope we don't get stuck down there again... Maybe it'll be different this time..."
She looks to Setsuna. "Remember the spider-filled mines? Turns out they're connected to... someplace. So we're gonna go there and see if it's the same place every time."
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"Oh those mines, yeah I remember. I think I just finished picking the webbing out of my boots." Setsuna jokes before looking at the bottom of his boot to make sure and then looks on to the rest of the group as he listens to Wisteria warn about whats coming. " Of course if nothing else fire solves all problems. At least so I hear a lot of people say. " A particular doctor comes to mind.
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" Oh right the fun part where I get to play battery. " Setsuna approaches the teleporter and lays his hand on it, channeling a constant flow of magic into it. "Steady now..." he says to himself, as if he was trying to balance a house of cards or something. After a moment he looks up, " So I think I managed some power in if someone can manage the rest."
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"Looks the same so far..." Mizuki observes as they enter the mine. "Not that I remember the exact layout." Once they get to the former boss room, she starts messing with some of the symbols. "I believe last time the trick was to pick out the sequence like this..."
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"Yeah, it's not the exact same puzzle, but it's the same principle, see..." Mizuki tries to help Wis along. Only for them to end up in the collapsing tunnel. "Oh great, this again..." she squats low, then stands tall, making an upward sweeping gesture with her hands as she uses earth magic to form support pillars from the ground to hold up the ceiling. "Not this time! I'm not getting trapped down here again!" She looks suitably satisfied with that. "Ha!"
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Setsuna kneels and touches the ground, " I call upon the spirit of those who have mined their life away. I give you back your dust and ash, come back and continue your work." Out of the dirt rise several skeletons with bone pickaxes and shovels going to work on the tunnel. Looking at the party he comments, " Don't let these guys slouch, they will absolutely take twice their lunch break if you let them."
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Setsuna dismisses his summon when the work was done as he looks at the overs , "Good job everyone. Next we should take our little construction crew and put a pool in at one of the starting towns. I don't know how we will add the water, or the chlorine...maybe we turn it into one of those skate parks." The human runs his mouth as they walk, it was how he kills time in dungeons. Coming across the man in need of medicine Setsuna begins to scramble to look for things. "I'm sorry I don't think...no wait. Ah Ha. " He produces an antidote , which he must of gotten from Prophylaxis or something and hands it to the man. "Drink up, it will do you well."
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Mizuki nods at Wis's words, adjusting her earth magic. Then she follows on. "It's... different this time. The tunnel wasn't so long, before..." And there's a convenient rest room? "This is definitely new..." and it looks like they're not the only party here! "Oh man, that sucks. Let me see if I have any of Uta's potions left..." She opens up her inventory and scrolls through. "...Dammit... I'm sorry... I guess we need to farm the culvert for more mats again..."
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Heading further into the tunnels she looks around as the jungle foliage appears she shakes her head "It's the poisoned land... don't touch the liquids, avoid the glowing plants, and if you have to fight a spider... don't let it bite you... they are nasty."
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Setsuna heeds the warning as he feels the thickiness of the webbing on his feet and begins to keep his eye peeled as the giant spiders with that unearthly shine. "Spirits of earth, sink there feet, drain their pools. " He bangs the end of his staff on the ground as the earth under the spiders turn to a gooey mud, while the poisons drain into the earth. "Hopefully that will slow them down till we are out of sight."
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Mizuki nods at Wis's words about escape being open to the adventurer. "Or you could join us..." seems he's not up for that, though. Soon the tunnel widens out into the poison underground jungle. She nods, "This bit's the same... Let's try to just sneak past..."
Gilligan cut to a herd(?) of spiders drinking at the watering hole all turning on the adventurers.
"Aww, hell no." Mizuki raises her hands. "Still waters, break your silence and attack! FROST DIVER!" She swings her hands forward as... nothing happens.
"Wait, shit. Strip away the ground with glistening blaaaagh shit!" Mizuki ends up tackled by a spider, drawing one of her daggers to stab at it and rake at it with her claws, "Get off me!"
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When they get into the area with dripping acid the albino looks around "Awww man... I swear I will see the other boss down here..." when she sees the boss room however she grins "Ooooh it's just the same room, different boss... hey spidey... I need some of that armor." she says fluffing out long ears growing. She gives her usual intimidating fighters grin, made all the more terrible by razor fangs in ragged uneven rows.
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Mizuki blinks up at Wis who just knocked the spider off her. Ears reddening a bit. "Well, I didn't get bit..." she stands up. "Thanks to you..."
She stays a bit closer to her friend as they make their way through the rest of the jungle... to be confronted with a familiar boss room. "IS it a different boss? I thought it was also a drider before... more talkative last time though..." she begins to sneak around the room, waiting for the tanks to draw aggro so she can tear into the boss while it's distracted. Charging her daggers with dark element and executing her usual pounce-doublestab-rake combo before leaping away and waiting for her next chance. Lather, rinse, repeat!
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The human tries to distract the spiders as they move out of the room and into the boss room. " So same room, different management? " He asks Wisteria as he looks at the giant spider-man wanna be. "Damn spider man wanna be, such a menace. " However he doesn't get to continue his joneson impression as he has to quickly toss a shield up to deflect an incoming attack. "Is that all you got?" Setsuna tauns back trying to give others the opportunity to get in attacks.
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Once the boss falls she smiles "See... and now I have the last bit to finish my armor... only been gathering bits for it since what... the week after the black wave Mizukichi?" she says smiling at her friend. She kicks a rock at the level gate. "Stupid level gated material..." she sighs softly "Ah well.. we'll get there, then come back for more spiders." she chuckles.
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Setsuna sighs relief as the boss is defeated and then yawns. " One day we will have the levels to look into the next room, " gesturing to the path that the stone bounnces off. " Glad you got what you needed though, imagine having to farm this over and over until you could go into that room. " He smiles and then looks at the others , " So should we get out of here ?"
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