Slither: Session Three

Last Session... Jelle and Kiva had fought a few skeletons and scraped off some gold. They swam under a statue. Oh, there's some malevolent force that knows they're there. No big deal.

The following was kindly written by Will, the player of Jelle and... well.. you'll see in a minute, won't you?

Jelle and Kiva swim to an opening in the chamber that is narrower than the one they entered the chamber in, as they squeeze through the passageway and pass through the threshold. Kiva steps into the room first and she notices the gem-like ceiling and the marble-like floors and walls. Her gazing is interrupted by Jelle shaking off his fur to get dry and in the process soaks her even more. she glares at Jelle for getting her wet.”What?”, he asked.

 Out of nowhere a man with long dark hair and muscles that were about the size of Jelle's head and scars that suggests he was a seasoned adventurer. Jelle, paralyzed with fear, doesn't say a word. Instead Kiva questions him. He states that his name is Desarim and he was down here with another party but they all died in a large pit farther up the chamber. Kiva questions his sanity and trustworthiness, but invites him to join them.

 

They progress down the chamber and see serpa statues that overlook them as if they were formerly worshiped as deities and covered in gold, because of their buffed metal appearance. They walk closer to the pit and noticed a very foul smell coming from it, it reminded Jelle of sewage, because of the solid organic objects floating in the liquid. Desarim shutters with a paralyzing fear as they walked by the pit. Upon further review it appears to them the chamber is an octagonal shape that has five passageways, four of which look like they were sealed with the finest masonry of the time, but are currently worn and overgrown with algae and large roots. The only passageway that seems available is a door on the opposite side of the chamber.

Kiva prepares to use astral projection to scout ahead but as she begins to project, she feels that same malevolent presence she felt at the entrance, it appears to be coming from behind the door. She tells Jelle this and suggests that they loot fast and not go through the door.

 Jelle burrows under one of the sealed passageways, he is successful tunneling through the marble-like stone but as he enters the small sealed chamber the tunnel collapses and traps him in the room. Meanwhile in the main chamber skeleton hands emerge from the pit. After a moment in the tomb Jelle gets his bearings back and realizes there is a serpa with an axe that wants to kill him. Jelle attempts to fight him but he runs into a wall that knocks him off his feet and the last thing he sees is the handle of the axe and the feel of the blade against his neck.

 

Meanwhile Desarim fights off the skeleton hands and fends off one with his grappling hook but the other hand grabs him and pulls him into the pit, the skeleton begins to attack him. Kiva makes a lasso to pull the skeleton and as she pulls the skeleton off of Desarim she gets thrown into the pit. Desarim shoots his bow from a safe distance at the skeleton and kills it, dissolving it and it sinks to the bottom of the pit. Unfortunately Desarim broke a bowstring in the proces, rendering his bow a fancy walking stick at the moment.

 

Then a woman emerges from the pit in a very provocative manner as she gets out of the pit. She shoots a glance at Desarim saying “Hey babe”. There is a pause in the action as the woman fixes her hair and checks her nails. She states her name is Pella. Kiva, repulsed by her, asks Desarim why he brought that kind of woman down here and she's a disgrace to dungeoneering women everywhere. Desarim looks on in disbelief.

 

Seeing as she was getting no response about the new woman, Kiva pushes forward on her original goal, she searches the bottom of the pit for loot and finds a gold chain. The bodies of Desarim's friends start floating to the surface and he loots his friend Alfonzo's body. He finds a map that describes how to open the door a special way. Pella examines the chamber with a mirror she had brought and finds a beautiful bright emerald that she thinks would look great for a ring.

Then the axe wielding Serpa busts through the sealed passageway chasing Pella. She jumps the length of the pit; she clears it but not before she's nicked by the axe. She checks her nails as the serpa jumps into the pit with Kiva and Desarim. Kiva wields her sword and kills the serpa, who dissolves into a pile of bones that sinks to the bottom of the pit.

 Kiva gets mad with Pella and almost draws her weapon, while stating that Pella is worthless. How dare she lure that thing into the pit and then not help fix her mistake. She mutters to herself “Oh sweetie this isn't the place for you” and explains she'll be the first to enter the next room. When Pella gives a look of not caring at all, Kiva grabs her by the arm, she marches off furiously with Pella by the arm, she glances back at the passageway the serpa had come from and wonders for a moment what happened to Jelle.