The Let's Play Archive

Adventure

by idonotlikepeas

Part 26: Chapter 26

TheClassyRobot posted:

Full speed ahead!

>jump down pit

What, there's water down there right? Should be safe enough.

This can't possibly end badly.

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>jump down pit
I only understood you as far as wanting to jump.

>jump
You jump on the spot, fruitlessly.

Now that's odd, because later on you CAN... uh... ahem. Never mind.

Avenging_Mikon posted:

Assuming we're not dead now, I'd have suggested feeling around the crack before walking down the steps.

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>feel crack
You feel nothing unexpected.

>look inside crack
You find nothing of interest.

>put hand in crack
You can't see any such thing.

Looks like that's a bust too. Let's see what's downstairs.

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>d

In Hall of Mists
You are at one end of a vast hall stretching forward out of sight to the west. There are openings to either side. Nearby, a wide stone staircase leads downward. The hall is filled with wisps of white mist swaying to and fro almost as if alive. A cold wind blows up the staircase. There is a passage at the top of a dome behind you.

Rough stone steps lead up the dome.

[Your score has just gone up by twenty-five points.]


Finally, choices about which direction to go in!

This is an important area, so let's burn a little space showing a big picture of it. (This is an actual picture of the real room in the cave, although you can't see the north and south exits easily.)



A dome is a hemispherical section of roof that has collapsed into the cave below. It can also refer to the top of a chimney (which is what you call a pit like the one we just climbed down when you're looking at it from below) or the top side of a hemispherical formation, which is what I'd guess we're talking about here. (So, a big round thing with stairs once you get on top of it.) Well, guess we'd better decide which way to g...

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A threatening little dwarf comes out of the shadows!

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DAMMIT, SPELLCHECK! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?