11.22.2006
Three More Doors
"Inspectors, huh? Sure, whatever. I don't care. Just as long as you don't try to go down this hall, we're cool."
"I guess if you really wanted in that other dome, you could swim out there and see if there's a hatch. I don't really know. I was just summoned here with the charge to not let anyone down this hall except... well, I can't tell you who's got the exception, let's just say it's the Bosses, alright?"
The demon steps over the runes and into your room. You all exchange a rapid set of horrified glances, and prepare to fight, flee, and/or die. The demon doesn't attack though- he just leans casually against the wall and picks his teeth.
"Aw, ha hah! I fooled you pretty good, huh? Actually those runes have nothing to do with me, they're part of this automated alarm system or something. 'Magic runes binding a demon' is like only the biggest cliche in the book, you know? My charge is just to kill anyone who tries to go down the hall, glowing blue runes be damned."
"My name is Ezekiel. Call me 'Zeeks' if you want. A buddy of mine used to call me 'E-Z Kill' for obvious reasons, but that's not really appropriate between you and me, right? Zeeks is fine. 'Zeeks the Demon'. Sounds pretty nice."
"That floating squid thing? Pretty creepy, huh? It just stares and stares. The eyes follow you, it's weird. Been here the whole time I have. I dunno if it's the glass, or the water, or it's weird alien brain, but my demon telepathy crap doesn't work on it. Doesn't eat or sleep or even blink. I guess if you live in the water though, you might not have to blink. Hmm."
"Anyway, short version: enter the hall, and you're dead. Sorry, but it's the way things gotta be. Come back when you've got some magic weapons and it'll be more interesting. Right now it just wouldn't be funny, I'm not trying to brag or nothing, it's just that I'm way, waaaay overpowered for the rest of this module. Your DM does that a lot I hear."
...
'Zeeks' the demon seems talkative enough if you want to discuss things further. Other than that, I'm guessing your search entails you moving on through the iron door deeper into the 'Subsea Station'.
The door opens into a hall, with three other metal doors off of it. Each is closed, and labeled:
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES -Authorized Employees Only-
HOLDING TANKS -Authorized Employees Only-
MASTER'S CHAMBERS -No Admittance-
"I guess if you really wanted in that other dome, you could swim out there and see if there's a hatch. I don't really know. I was just summoned here with the charge to not let anyone down this hall except... well, I can't tell you who's got the exception, let's just say it's the Bosses, alright?"
The demon steps over the runes and into your room. You all exchange a rapid set of horrified glances, and prepare to fight, flee, and/or die. The demon doesn't attack though- he just leans casually against the wall and picks his teeth.
"Aw, ha hah! I fooled you pretty good, huh? Actually those runes have nothing to do with me, they're part of this automated alarm system or something. 'Magic runes binding a demon' is like only the biggest cliche in the book, you know? My charge is just to kill anyone who tries to go down the hall, glowing blue runes be damned."
"My name is Ezekiel. Call me 'Zeeks' if you want. A buddy of mine used to call me 'E-Z Kill' for obvious reasons, but that's not really appropriate between you and me, right? Zeeks is fine. 'Zeeks the Demon'. Sounds pretty nice."
"That floating squid thing? Pretty creepy, huh? It just stares and stares. The eyes follow you, it's weird. Been here the whole time I have. I dunno if it's the glass, or the water, or it's weird alien brain, but my demon telepathy crap doesn't work on it. Doesn't eat or sleep or even blink. I guess if you live in the water though, you might not have to blink. Hmm."
"Anyway, short version: enter the hall, and you're dead. Sorry, but it's the way things gotta be. Come back when you've got some magic weapons and it'll be more interesting. Right now it just wouldn't be funny, I'm not trying to brag or nothing, it's just that I'm way, waaaay overpowered for the rest of this module. Your DM does that a lot I hear."
...
'Zeeks' the demon seems talkative enough if you want to discuss things further. Other than that, I'm guessing your search entails you moving on through the iron door deeper into the 'Subsea Station'.
The door opens into a hall, with three other metal doors off of it. Each is closed, and labeled:
EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES -Authorized Employees Only-
HOLDING TANKS -Authorized Employees Only-
MASTER'S CHAMBERS -No Admittance-
