PrP Tunnel Trip: 2nd Tour

[Circe]

Narration: The Lost are easily able to follow their prior path through the tunnels. The guidance of Cassandra's map makes it easy enough. Crossing the ditch is simple thanks to the new rudimentary bridge present. It is even wide enough for wheel barrels to be moved across it. Which has already been done.


The Lost find themselves in the gallery where they previously stopped. A new tarp holds their prior cache of construction supplies, with the wheel barrel now holding more construction materials.

Tarp Supplies

sledgehammer, shovel, hoe, trowel, float, electric lamp, 50lbs concrete, 3 gallons water, 10 plastic slats, a half dozen small wooden boards.

Wheel barrel

Electric lamp, 4 gallons of water, 10 plastic slats, battery operated hacksaw, power drill, box of nails, airtight marine access hatch with 1 square foot opening.

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Circe:
Circe wasn't too thrilled about the supplies she'd gotten. Oh she was sure it'd get the job done but it was more about the gear for making the job easier. Despite a certain game of phone tag on the job, the Summer Queen couldn't scrounge up any proper gas masks.


No, she'd just have to make do with the paper kind and some flowery facial lotion to supress the stench up ahead. For know, the blueberry elf in sweats was working to get the lamps lit in the gallery. It'd make things easier.

On Circe

Metal helmet WWII [2/2] with lamp. Thin Kevlar vest. Knife. Hedgespun Multitool. Hedgespun Glasses. Colt with suppressor, 2 clips, box of 12 rounds. 3 small chemical break lights. Tool belt with hammer, pliers, and wrench. Shoulder holster. Water bottle. Cheap flashlight, small bottle of lavender facial lotion. A half dozen paper filtration masks.

Sorry this was late. Storm problems whilst typing and connecting. Cassandra , Liam , and Seraphina can decide if they are already present setting up the work space or are arriving into the stone gallery. Equipment can be worn or added to the supply cache.

[Liam Gelt]

Liam once again found himself inside the Funderland tunnels, though now he was less concerned about elbow room and more thankful that these underground routes had no dead hands reaching out of them.

The Giant's getup wasn't too different from his last trip down. He was dressed in a t-shirt and jeans worn with time and weather, which had been his usual attire in the weeks he'd been down here with his tunnel-buddies: the rats. He'd put in long hours sitting by the ditch he and Circe had barely crossed last time, gradually using his Contracts to get the critters to view him as a caretaker rather than a threat. In lieu of talking to the rats and/or training them into a fighting force, it at least meant the rats wouldn't try attacking anyone while HE was around. Maybe other Lost with similar powers could eventually ingratiate themselves with the tunnel denizens in similar ways?

As Liam enters the gallery he waves to Circe. "Hey Circe! Ready to go further down and further in?" Or was it further up and further in? The quote was a bit jumbled in his mind, but the sentiment was still there. He was ready for adventure!

Liam Equipment: battery-powered lamp; first aid kit; protein bars (4); canteen (water, 2); backpack; 3-4 Goblin Fruits (Dream-A-Dupes); smart phone

[Seraphina]

Sera had been preparing for the second venture into the tunnels. A couple days before hand, she had moved some of the battery powered lights into the tunnel. Some where ones you could pickup and move, while some could be hung from walls or whatever. She also had a watertight container that had extra batteries in it, as well as a gauge to test batteries. Some were rechargeable as well. Like a rechargeable flood light, can never have too many lights.

Walking into the area, she wore a pair of old jeans and steel toed boots, along with a t-shirt. Her long hair was up in a bun on her head. She had a messenger bag over one shoulder which contained the research she was able to do, along with photocopies of the various maps and sketches of those she couldn’t get copies of. Some people are very particular about what historic documents you could touch and photocopy!

Walking in. “Hey guys!” a small wave, “What’s on the agenda today?” sliding her bag off her shoulder, "I got lights! Including some headlamps that might come in handy!"

Sera has bottled water(2), trail mix, notebook and pencil, research, first aide kit, two flashlights, three headlamps, handheld GPS, cell phone on vibrate

[Circe]

"Down and in? Nice Liam, oh ho ho ho!" The laughter echoes. "Just so long as we don't go down ta goblin town," Circe jests as she starts digging into the wheel barrel, "Tolkien's tunnels are always bad places," Circe quips as she retrieves to hip flasks to attach to her belt, just in case. Then Seraphina arrives. "Ah, how illuminating Sera," Circe smirks, "And my own vote is we check out the stench. Quicker ta remove."


Circe jerks a thumb over her shoulder towards the North tunnel, the source of the bad smell. The Summer Queen rummages through her plethora of pockets to retrieve a few things. A bunch of face masks and a purple bottle of lotion, "And I got something ta help with the stink. Maybe, depends on how bad it is. Uh, nobody is allergic ta lavender right?"


After a pause, Circe looks towards the entrance everyone had come buy, "Either of ya seen Cassandra yet?"

Forgot what Goblin Fruits Circe has for this season . She has 2 flasks of Dream-A-drupe upon her person at this time.

[Cassandra Reeding]

Cassandra makes her way through the Funderland tunnels, rushing a bit because she knows she is late. Didn't she make a joke about this a while back? She knows she isn't perpetually late. In fact, normally she is very punctual, but when it comes to Lost events, she always seems to be last to show. She adjusts her hair, pulling her ponytail a little tighter. She's in a pair of black athletic leggings, a dark green racerback, sleeveless top, and running shoes, ready in case they have to do any weird jumping or climbing again.

She brings with her a copy of the original map, the other one heavily encrypted in an online file and the original hidden in the Winter Hollow's library.

When she catches up with the group, overhearing Circe she says, "Lavender is nice. Hey, sorry I'm late. Brought the power washer and we're good to go with the map." She sets the washer inside of the wheelbarrow for ease of carrying. "The sooner we are done with the stink, the better, honestly. Hopefully we don't find anything irreparable."

On Cassandra: Running shoes, 2 days rations, 2 water bottles, change of clothes, first aid kit, bowie knife, LED lantern, notebook and pencil, map of Funderland Tunnels
For the wheelbarrow: portable power washer, 2 gallons of water

[Liam Gelt]

As the party grows, Liam waves to each new addition. "Sera! Cass! Good to see ya!" Their little crew had made some great progress so far, and Liam was excited to see what the next stretch of tunnels would bring their way. He graciously accepts one of the headlamps if offered, and begins strapping it on. Thankfully most of his bigness was height rather than width; and his pine needle hair didn't cause too much trouble. "It'll be nice to have both hands and eyes free down here."

Circe mentions the stench down the tunnel and wrinkles his nose. "That power washer will certainly come in handy, Cass. Sure beats shoveling any gross stuff out by hand." What could possibly cause such a stink? Sewage? Rotting plant matter? Rat corpses? Maybe all of the above. At least this time the tunnel muck was mundane. He walks over to the wheelbarrow, ready to push when the group is prepared to advance.

[Seraphina]

Shifting her messenger bag, she nods to Circe, “Sounds like a good plan. We don’t know what’s causing it, so the sooner we tackle it, the sooner we can figure it out.” Cause it could take ten minutes or a week.

Shaking her head, “Nope, no allergies here.” At least none she knew of.

Smiling and offering a wave, “Hey Cassandra! Good to see you, and no worries, I just got here myself.” When the map was mentioned, “Oh! I wanted to show you what I was able to find at the historical society! There was a lot of information, and I hope it can line up with what you’ve mapped out!” she takes out a few folders and offers them to the Winter.

Copied and Pasted what Origins sent me

_{The map shows a large number of hidden ports for entering the tunnels, but as with most tourist trap maps it is lacking in detail.
More detailed is a academic document someone submitted to the Historical Society about the tunnels in the 1970s. Included in great detail is the usage of hidden entrances in speak easy basements, boat houses, and personal homes to gain access to the tunnels. It is good on the details of how the tunnel network was set up, expanded, and operated. It is less specific on actual locations.
Seraphina is able to find map fragments in each of her searches, incomplete and without proper context these maps are effectively looking at a puzzle through a keyhole. They show naught near Funderland, these fragements are useless on their own without additional fragments to piece together.}

“I hope we can use the information.” If not, then she spent a long afternoon at the dusty historical society for nothing. But if she was being honest, it was fascinating.

Looking to Liam as she slips one of the headlamps on as well, “That was my line of thinking! At least until we can get the lights figured out more.” Sure, they had some now, but in other areas, they would need both hands.

[Circe]

Nar:
There is a weak sound of some kind that briefly comes from the North tunnel. It is followed by the stench temporarily wafting in from the tunnel. As if something exhaled to push the stench further in.


Circe:
"Glad ya made it Cass, that'll help lots." The smile she is sending Cassandra fades as she gags at the smell that has oozed over, "Gah, yuck." Circe starts nodding her head, "Yup, yup, getting rid of that would be best," she puts down her nose protection on the tarp. Than starts preparing with it.


Circe dabs the lavender onto her nasal labial trough and on her jaw just above the lips. The elf quickly covers herself in one of the white filtration masks. "That should help," and grabs a break light as she begins toying with her helmet light, "Right, searching. If it is, like, a tidal stench thing than this'll be daily. Can fight anything, we're awesome, but no point in fighting the battle every day fer no gains."


Circe clicks her head light on as she heads towards the North tunnel. The stink is worse at the archway then in the room, it is clearly going to get stronger.


Nar:
The North Tunnel entrance, now illuminated, shows more of the dusty greyish floors and walls as before. It looks pretty much the same as everywhere else they've seen down here. The Lost will need to proceed further to find the stench.


After entering more then 15 feet in, the smell gets worse. It is clearly going to keep getting worse.


Roll stamina plus resolve with a +1 equipment bonus if you character has any covering over their nose and mouth. Then roll Perception.


Roll Stamina + Resolve. Add a +1 equipment bonus if using any form of facial covering is used.

Sniff sniff, 4 suxx

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-08-31 22:17:04	Circe rolls 6 to Stam + Res + Equip (10 Again)	10, 7, 4, 9, 6, 3, 10, 10, 2	4 successes

I spy 2 suxx

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-08-31 22:17:14	Circe rolls 6 to Perception (10 Again)	8, 8, 5, 6, 2, 5	2 successes

[Liam Gelt]

The fact that the stench seemed so active worried Liam. He knew they weren't in the Hedge like he'd been with the Handy Child, but he'd hoped that there would be just one tunnel expedition without a stinky monster at the end of it. ​Then again, who knows? Maybe we'll be the stinky monsters at the end of the tunnel by the end of the day...
Liam takes one of the filtration masks that Circe brought and straps it on after adding one of Sera's headlamps. Now quite bedecked, the Giant takes up the wheelbarrow and begins pushing it down the tunnel after his friends.

2 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-09-01 12:22:45	Liam Gelt rolls 6 to Endure the Stench (Resolve + Stamina + Equipment: Paper Mask) (10 Again)	7, 3, 9, 5, 8, 2	2 successes

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-09-01 12:23:10	Liam Gelt rolls 5 to Tunnel Perception (Wits + Composure) (10 Again)	5, 4, 6, 9, 6	1 success

His Ogreish constitution certainly helped endure the initial wave of muckiness...and then the next wave after that. Under the mask Liam grimaces. I wonder if that power washer can be scented? Lavender scented water did sound appealing in this circumstance. He focuses on the path ahead, careful not to scuff any Fairest heels that walk in front of the wheelbarrow.

[Cassandra Reeding]

Cassandra smiles at Sera, taking and looking at the map she was given, "Oh, this will be perfect. I'm glad you got ahold of it." And she was. It might help offer more explanation for what they are seeing.

She steps in further and scrunches her nose tightly, "Oh god..." she makes a face and quickly puts on the mask and uses the little lotion Circe had brought as well. She feels like she could have been knocked out by it if she weren't prepared. Thank goodness she was. If she had thought about it harder, she'd have gotten a better mask or something.

As she gets her bearings, she takes a good look around, trying to see what she can spot, considering at the same time anything that might line up with what she was seeing with Sera's map.

Endure the bog of eternal stench - 1 Success

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-09-02 22:34:42	Cassandra Reeding rolls 5 to Endure the bog of eternal stench (stam + resolve + equip) (10 Again)	4, 6, 7, 9, 3	1 success

Perception - 1 Success

1 success

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2021-09-02 22:35:14	Cassandra Reeding rolls 5 to Perception (Wits + Composure) (10 Again)	6, 7, 4, 6, 9	1 success