The Forgotten Castle
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Re: The Forgotten Castle
Sliding down the wall beside the fireplace, Rynn rested her head against the stone and closed her eyes. She took comfort in the warmth, while the crackling of the flames filled her ears. With hand resting on the grip of her sword, she listened to what happened around her.
She could hear the ghouls smashing into the next room before they calmed to the point where Rynn had trouble hearing them over the wind howling outside and the fire just beside her. It seemed the creatures were hunting for her. The fire would protect her in here, for now, but for how long. Morning was still quite some time away.
A) Go East to the Dining Hall
B) Examine the unexplored door to the East
C) Head back out into the main hall and make a dash upstairs
Sliding down the wall beside the fireplace, Rynn rested her head against the stone and closed her eyes. She took comfort in the warmth, while the crackling of the flames filled her ears. With hand resting on the grip of her sword, she listened to what happened around her.
She could hear the ghouls smashing into the next room before they calmed to the point where Rynn had trouble hearing them over the wind howling outside and the fire just beside her. It seemed the creatures were hunting for her. The fire would protect her in here, for now, but for how long. Morning was still quite some time away.
A) Go East to the Dining Hall
B) Examine the unexplored door to the East
C) Head back out into the main hall and make a dash upstairs
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She couldn't just sit here and wait. Rising to her feet Rynn looked towards the door she hadn't explored yet, sword in one hand. Putting her hand to the door she pushed gently, but found it locked.
"Good thing I got the keys... I think," she spoke to herself, mostly to try and get some human voice out into the stillness of this room, to go against the monstrous shrieks of the ghouls just on the other side.
As she moved to get the keys from her hip, she pushed harder against the door with her motions. There was a wet crack, and rotten wood broke away from the latch within the wall and door, and the portal merely swung open.
A dank musty smell rushed up a set of stone stairs, and Rynn looked down into the darkness of the basement, but could see nothing. Moving back she grasped a flaming stick, another impromptu torch, and held it down the staircase before her.
Light bounced off stone walls, glistening in a few areas where rivulets of water had worked their way through the masonry over the years of decay this small castle had seen.
Letting out a small breath, Rynn started slowly making her way down, mindful of her footing as some stones shifted beneath her feet, and some were slick with moss that had grown across their surface.
Nearly at the bottom she saw the staircase open out into a room, still unseen from her angle, but she could hear something scurrying about. Her fingers tightened around the grip of her sword, and she moved further down, she would not run from this fight.
As her foot left the last step, and Rynn plunged into the room, she frowned in disappointment; the scurrying sound were nothing but rats chewing into old bags of seed and grain, nearly empty. Rotting casks of wine and whiskey were stacked along the wall on the right, and shelves of moldy food lined the left. A single iron door at the far end more than likely led to a freezer of some form. There was not much down here, though the freezer could hold something.
A) Kill some rats for food
B) Check out the Freezer
C) Go to the lobby and check out the stairs leading to the second floor.
She couldn't just sit here and wait. Rising to her feet Rynn looked towards the door she hadn't explored yet, sword in one hand. Putting her hand to the door she pushed gently, but found it locked.
"Good thing I got the keys... I think," she spoke to herself, mostly to try and get some human voice out into the stillness of this room, to go against the monstrous shrieks of the ghouls just on the other side.
As she moved to get the keys from her hip, she pushed harder against the door with her motions. There was a wet crack, and rotten wood broke away from the latch within the wall and door, and the portal merely swung open.
A dank musty smell rushed up a set of stone stairs, and Rynn looked down into the darkness of the basement, but could see nothing. Moving back she grasped a flaming stick, another impromptu torch, and held it down the staircase before her.
Light bounced off stone walls, glistening in a few areas where rivulets of water had worked their way through the masonry over the years of decay this small castle had seen.
Letting out a small breath, Rynn started slowly making her way down, mindful of her footing as some stones shifted beneath her feet, and some were slick with moss that had grown across their surface.
Nearly at the bottom she saw the staircase open out into a room, still unseen from her angle, but she could hear something scurrying about. Her fingers tightened around the grip of her sword, and she moved further down, she would not run from this fight.
As her foot left the last step, and Rynn plunged into the room, she frowned in disappointment; the scurrying sound were nothing but rats chewing into old bags of seed and grain, nearly empty. Rotting casks of wine and whiskey were stacked along the wall on the right, and shelves of moldy food lined the left. A single iron door at the far end more than likely led to a freezer of some form. There was not much down here, though the freezer could hold something.
A) Kill some rats for food
B) Check out the Freezer
C) Go to the lobby and check out the stairs leading to the second floor.
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Placing her hand on the metal handle, she could feel a chill coming through the door. Whatever techniques, or magic, kept this freezer cold was still working very well. Pulling the door open, she could feel the frigid air rushing out and washing over her face.
The room was dark, only a faint amount of light spilling in from the cellar itself, most of which was blocked by Rynn's frame. She took a minute to allow her eyes to adjust, until the black began to turn to shades of gray, and the outlines of hanging beef became clear.
Stepping within, she looked around, trying to find something out of place, and almost missed it in the shadows. The outline of a body slumped into the corner, huddled into itself. As she neared, Rynn overlooked the corpse: a young man, wearing too light of clothing to survive very long in this room. His hair was coated in ice, and his skin had turned black from frostbite. But there was nothing else significant about him.
Getting to her feet, and about to leave, Rynn heard shivering behind her. Spinning on her heel she brought her sword to bear, the tip pointed directly at the throat of another young man. How had she not seen him already?
He looked up at her, and she could see through him. This was the same man blackened by cold behind her.
"This place will be the end of you," he said with sympathy between teeth that looked to be chattering but made not a single sound. He still huddled against himself, clutching at his form.
A) Talk to this ghost
B) Head back to the kitchens
Placing her hand on the metal handle, she could feel a chill coming through the door. Whatever techniques, or magic, kept this freezer cold was still working very well. Pulling the door open, she could feel the frigid air rushing out and washing over her face.
The room was dark, only a faint amount of light spilling in from the cellar itself, most of which was blocked by Rynn's frame. She took a minute to allow her eyes to adjust, until the black began to turn to shades of gray, and the outlines of hanging beef became clear.
Stepping within, she looked around, trying to find something out of place, and almost missed it in the shadows. The outline of a body slumped into the corner, huddled into itself. As she neared, Rynn overlooked the corpse: a young man, wearing too light of clothing to survive very long in this room. His hair was coated in ice, and his skin had turned black from frostbite. But there was nothing else significant about him.
Getting to her feet, and about to leave, Rynn heard shivering behind her. Spinning on her heel she brought her sword to bear, the tip pointed directly at the throat of another young man. How had she not seen him already?
He looked up at her, and she could see through him. This was the same man blackened by cold behind her.
"This place will be the end of you," he said with sympathy between teeth that looked to be chattering but made not a single sound. He still huddled against himself, clutching at his form.
A) Talk to this ghost
B) Head back to the kitchens
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