Lucius Cypher

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

As you offered your hairpin the small spirit stood up and the crab extended his claw towards you to allow the spirit to receive your hairpin. It hugged the hairpin as it vanished, causing the pin to fall into the water. But when it did, what floated up was a strange feather-like charm. It looked like a small nut or acorn with ten tiny bird feathers on it. The crab simply went back into water and wouldn't disturb you as retrieve the gemstone. "It looks like it accepted your trade Sylvia. Though it was small, I wouldn't have wanted to risk fighting it here. Nature spirits can be very deadly in their natural habitat." Pylia said as she made sure the rope was secure.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

The spirit’s little head twisted in a strange fashion before suddenly rattling. The crab lifted its claw and shook it side-to-side as if to say no. The creature didn’t seem to want a throwing knife. Shortfang shouted from above down to you when he saw the trade fail to go through. “Give shiny! You got shiny?”

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

If you want you can Roll insight or a nature check.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Pylia extended her lantern over the edge to get a better look at what you were talking about. However she shook her head. "Sorry, but I've never seen one of these before! It must be some sort of spirit, has it tried saying anything to you?" Shortfang was just quiet and continued to look, ready to fight at a moment's notice. As for you, as far as you know the crab is simply defending itself from you, as you've gotten too close for it's comfort. But the spirit was hard to read. It didn't help it's face, or whatever it was, didn't really show any expression and it's body language was fairly neutral (sitting on a crab). It did look down at the gemstone eye then look back at you. "Maybe you need to trade something? If this spirit is fey, that's how they usually operate. An item for an item of equal value."

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Do a quick insight check for me please.

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

As you climbed down and touched the water, it was a very strange feeling. It was almost like walking on snow or sand; your feet sand in a little yet it still felt solid. When you out your hand through there's a bit of resistance at first, but as you kept pushing your hand easily goes into the water like... Water. But before you could reach out to grab the gemstone you see something in the water move, before it stood up and revealed itself! It was... A GIANT CRAB!

Giant relative to crabs at least. Still it was pretty big, about as big as a large dog. It didn't seem hostile however, though he did hold his claws up ready for a fight. It seemed that you have entered this crab's territory. But as the crab stood up and it's top poked out from the water, you'd notice something odd on it's shell. A little white humanoid thing, just... Looking at you. It said nothing and just stared. Seeing something move Pylia and Shortfang had their weapons at the ready. "Sylvia, are you okay?"

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Shortfang excitedly got to the edge of the cliff and tossed his line into the water. He let it sink to the bottom of the water and tried to scoop up the hand holding the eye, however he was having a lot of difficulty. His net was rather big, causing it to get caught up random water debris, but at the same time it lacked the mass or weight to pull out. In the end after ten minutes Shortfang sighed and pulled his small net out. "Ugh... Shortfang no do. Sorry boss..." Pylia in the mean time had set up the piton and rope. "Since you have that magic ring, see if you can't get close enough to maybe grab it out of the water. We'll be here in case anything comes out."

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Pylia and Shortfang came over and seeing the corpse, they started looking through their bags. Pylia brought out some rope and pitons. "We could hammer some stakes into the ground and tie the rope to it so you can climb out." Shortfang on the other hand took out his fishing tackle, and even quickly constructed a rod with a strange hook at the end. "Shortfang have just the thing! Small fish net on fish stick! Fish eyeball out!" Pylia seemed impressed at first but shook her head. "I'm not sure how you plan to get the net underneath the gemstone. It's a safer idea I'm sure, but letting Sylvia swim down there with the rope will be faster." Shortfang shrugged but kept his rod out. "Dunno what in water. Fish stick safer! If monster, only stick break, not boss."

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Between looking for danger and looking for clues, Pylia and Shortfang didn't find much. As for you, looking around you didn't seem to spot much either until you take a closer look into the water. It was dark, and there were water weeds in the way, but you could see... Another corpse down there. Sunken at the bottom, stripped to the bones. But there was something reflecting light in his hands. Dare you go investigate?

Keratia: Tales of the Arisen One

Once more the group settled forward through the small hall. This part seemed to be natural or at the very least, lacked the stone brick structure of the main hall. However before too long the party would reach a rather large open area with some sunlight pouring from a hole above. It provided some much needed illumination to the room, but not so harsh that Shortfang couldn't bare it. Additionally about ten-to-fifteen feet below was a large pool of water, seemingly flowing somewhere as the water was somewhat clear though there was a lot of plant growth in it. The path seemed mostly clear and lead to another cave hall at the end of the path, though Shortfang and Pylia were still on guard. "Very open area. Let's be careful here though." The two took a moment to look around, though they didn't spot anything of particular note that wasn't obvious already. "We should move on." Pylia mentioned.

Rolls and Info

Shortfang (20/20)
Sylvia (14/15)
Pylia (16/17)

Shortfang perception check = 12

Pylia's perception check = 10