Post by Rina on Dec 1, 2018 10:37:46 GMT -8
The gem slotted itself in place, complete with the telling *CLICK* sound. Schezo tried the doorknob again, noticing it was able to turn, allowing the door to swing in and towards the chamber. Looks like the gem was indeed a keystone! Peering in, there was a chest with a lock of the same shape of the door, prompting the dark wizard to pluck the gem from its previous place and into the lock of the chest. The same *CLICK* sounded, loosening the lid and allowing him to peer into its contents. What was inside it?
"Ah-ha!"
It was a key! An actual key!
Schezo took out the key, showing it to Arle and Rulue. With the key on hand, Schezo referred back to the map, wondering where the key goes...if there was any sort of locked door found to begin with, anyhow. He circled the doors with his finger, those that have yet to be investigated and are worth checking.
"We have yet to explore through these. Any consensus as to which first?"
Key Items: Dungeon Key x1
"Ah-ha!"
It was a key! An actual key!
Schezo took out the key, showing it to Arle and Rulue. With the key on hand, Schezo referred back to the map, wondering where the key goes...if there was any sort of locked door found to begin with, anyhow. He circled the doors with his finger, those that have yet to be investigated and are worth checking.
"We have yet to explore through these. Any consensus as to which first?"
Key Items: Dungeon Key x1
Arle was momentarily stupified as Schezo's idea, which she frankly hadn't expected to work, did so! ...Huh. Arle couldn't help but feel like she'd been overthinking a really simple puzzle. She supposed it had been a while since she'd done any proper dungeoneering. Maybe her head just wasn't in the game right now... She silently resolved to try and step back a bit next time. Listening careful to what the group had to say, Arle quickly relented to Rulue's idea. "I guess one door is as good as any other, right? We can try the door Rulue recommended... I wonder if we'll find anymore strange locks and keys like that." Arle replied. She then hesitated a moment, glancing up at Rulue. "What makes you think it's on the edge of the map anyway?" Arle asked somewhat curiously, turning to try and make her way back out to go around and check out the doors highlighted by Rulue.
While Schezo looked puzzled, Rulue looked both puzzled and frustrated. It was just one cryptic thing after the other, with no actual payoff to the puzzle-solving in sight whatsoever. Her left eye twitched and a vein very briefly popped up in her forehead. "I would ask if I could just punch our way through the treasure, but I've a feeling whoever made this has probably already thought of that possibility." she said, sounding like her patience was starting to give. Still, after that, she drew a long, deep breath, in an attempt to recompose herself.
Arle thought about this for a moment. It was easy to try and read what appeared to be text, but if she couldn't make sense out of the result, what purpose did it serve? “...Maybe! I'm not really getting a read on what it's actually trying to say, though.” Arle replied. She slipped back into her thoughts, at least until a strange scent graced her nostrils. She paused for a moment, leaning down to try and get a better look at the underside of that paper, or more accurately hone in on that smell.
Arle thought about it for a bit before a thought occurred to her. “--Oh! Maybe it's for the map!!” she offered. “I remember this game called battle ship where people called out a letter and a number that each square on the board was marked with to tell the other player where they were attacking.” Arle explained. She wasn't sure how to apply that to a map, but it was about the best guess she had for what E5 might mean.
