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You make the long climb up the stairs and collapse at the top, in front of the large door adorned with a skull of some kind. You barely notice these details, however, exhausted beyond any point that you have ever experienced before.

>>2410712
>no audio in this image ;_;

>>2410761
Check on our Diamond Dog friend.

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>QUESTING WITH AUDIO
awww yeeaaaaah

Take a gander at this here if you need help.
[music]

>Headphones: Equipped

>>2410761
There's no water in here, so we don't need our underwater spell on, if it still is.

Check on our companion.

>>2410761
Have a rest for a moment, we must be exhausted.

See if our diamond dog friend is feeling any better aftewards.

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>>2410845
>>2410925
You scoot over to check on Saffron to find that she is still unconscious, but thankfully still breathing. Your scuba spell has collapsed and left you with an enormous headache that keeps on pounding.

>>2411067
Check our inventory.

>>2410815
So wait, did anyone get audio in that image?

>>2411093
<No, was just using that as an example for those unfamiliar with the script.>

>>2411111
Oh, ok, just wondering.

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>>2411093
This is what an image with audio is like.

[nostalgia]

>>2411067
Check on her injury

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>>2411090
>>2411165
You have a Marshalltown trowel (sharpened), a spade, a brush, a tiny ball peen hammer, a pick, a bundle of writing utensils (one pencil, two charcoal, one crayon), a stack of blank papers and one ship itinerary, and your room key.

Saffron has a small book, her room key, and a dog biscuit.

Her injury seems to be doing much better, the blood already clotting around your makeshift scarf-bandage. You touch your nose to hers to find it warm and wet, with her breathing slow and steady. It looks like she'll be okay.

>>2411271
Leave her a note saying that what'shisname made it to a lifeboat, and that we have left to look around and she should yell if she needs us.

>>2411271
Hnnng, medical boops.

Take a quick look around, peer into the doorway etc, but don't actually enter.

If everything looks safe for the time being, go got some water to try to wake her up.

>>2411271
What is the book?

also we should take a quick look around, don't wander off but just kind of get a feel for the place

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>>2411308
>>2411433
You write a note on the back of the ship's itinerary and tuck it under Saffron's arm. You so desperately want to look around and explore your strange surroundings, but your body is aching and you can barely move. The headache isn't helping either.

>>2411530
You'd rather not go snooping any more than you have to on your unconscious friend, you note that you can always ask her about it when she wakes up.

>>2411576
Peek through the doorway.

>>2411576
We can at least examine the entrance without straining ourselves.

>>2411576
This reminds me of my penmanship

also yea, peek through the doorway

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>>2411609
You manage to crawl to the doorway and lie down in front of it. You glance up to see the doorway is shut with a massive stone door, with three stone discs on it, adorned with bronze. You try to stand up to get a better look, but your legs fail you. You try again, and your vision fades. Your head hurts.

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"....."


"...w...."

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"BALDWIN"
[audio01]

>>2411726
ded

>>2411926
2SPOOKY4ME

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"And are you ready to commit to that which is asked of you?"

>>2411985
What was asked of us?

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>>2412018
"Eternal service."

>>2412041
Nope.

>>2412041
No, then

>>2412041
Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck no!

>>2412041
I'd remain free and alive, thank you very much.

>>2411926
Sorry to interrupt but is this one of those recordings of the "sounds" a planet makes?

>>2412081
I think it is.

>>2412110
How so?

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>>2412065
>>2412066
>>2412070
"YOU CANNOT RESCIND YOUR BLOOD OATH"

>>2412145

You seem upset.

>>2412145
I never made a blood oath.

>>2412145
Lies!
I never made one!
Leave me alone!

>>2412194
>>2412182
is this thing talking to us... renne? or whoever baldwin is?

>>2412220
It thinks we are Baldwin.

>>2412220
It wants us to believe we are Baldwin!
We are Renne!

>>2412238
but do you remember the first dream with baldwin? he said yes to the darkness.

>>2412268
fuuuuuuuuck

>>2412297
He never told us what we were saying yes to. I'm sure he is a perfectly reasonable pony that will realize his mistake and let us go once we explain this.

Oh man we shot ourself in the foot before we even left the gate. I guess it was either us or an NPC though.

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>>2412182
>>2412194
"We have offered you a throne."

"We have offered you servants."

"We have offered you life eternal."

"Only for your cooperation."

Your mind is racing. You want to scream NO! NO NO NO! Your mouth will not open, and your body stands stolid in front of the darkness.

>>2412401
Let me go...
I'll do anything, just let me go!

>>2412401
What good are all those things if we don't get to be ourself?

>>2412401
Explain what you want. I'm not saying I'll do it, but I'm not saying I won't either.

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>>2412422
>>2412431
>>2412432
You struggle to speak, you try to open your mouth, but it remains shut. Through the eyes of this stallion, you look forward and see nothing but vague shapes and mist in the darkness that speaks to you with such a booming voice. Your voice wells in your throat.

>>2412603
Ask what it thinks we agreed to do?

>>2412603
Calm down.
Stand tall.
Calm down.
There is nothing to worry about.
Just calm down.

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>>2412624
>>2412631
You try to ask, but your voice does not exist. You try to move, but this body is not yours. Your mouth opens slowly, and you once more try your hardest to be heard.

"Yes."
[audio02]

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>>2412688

>>2412704
Welp we ded

>>2412704
Oh dear

>>2412704
IT HAS ENDED

>>2412704
But you have so much to live for!

>>2412704
Quest over

>>2412704
>Continue.

we ded ;_;

we ded?

>>2412968
god dommot

>>2412968
Shit that scared me

>>2412968
Well that was interesting.
Better curl in the fetal position and cry for a few minutes.

>>2412968
Are we awake now?

Look around, check on Saffron

So... game over?

>>2412968
I totally missed the .gif

>>2412992
I second this motion.

>>2412992
That could be a lot of water, better put on a life jacket first

what the fuck am I reading

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>>2412968
Can anyone read this?

>>2413073
Just a moment.
I knew I saw it in the gif, I just couldn't extract it.

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"Ren? Ren? Wake up please..."

Saffron is shaking you awake. Your eyes dart up to her and her expression lights up.

"REN! You had me so worried! You were screaming and... and I couldn't wake you up, I tried so hard..."

>>2413141
Hey, not even dead

>>2413141
Ask her how she's doing.

>>2413073
it's not working for me

>>2413141
"My head is pounding ever since I found you unconcious, missed the lifeboats, and saved you just to trap ourselves in a mysterious undergroung cave... And how are you?"

>>2413073
I've never seen such a sparse one, could it be like, a chunk of one?

>>2413205
Maybe?
My barcode scanner couldn't break it, nor could online ones I tried.
LK is getting sneakier

>>2413228
>>2413205
i am legit scared
i don't know if i want to know what it says this time

>>2413205
>>2413228
Spotted it, screenshotted it from the gif and went to find a site that'd convert it and... Internet connection dead. Curiosity was killing me the last 10 minutes waiting to be able to try it. Looking at it, perhaps we're going to have to overlay it with some others later? It's 21x21 pixels, which is a valid QR code size.

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>>2413153
>>2413201
You sit up, a blubbering mess. You hang your head and try to make sense of everything that has gone on thus far, and it doesn't seem to be working. You tell her everything that has happened so far. The noise, the stone spires, getting Remnant to safety, sinking, and now ending up here. You manage to ask how she's doing through the sniffling.

"I'm fine, don't worry about me. Your bandage worked great, and I only have a headache left. I remember the noise on the boat, but not much after that..."

Saffron looks around and frowns, and then looks back to you.

"Do you know where we are?"

>>2413389
Well I flipped and rotated 90 degrees 3 times and captured each one, then flipped horizontal and vertical, didn't get anything, unless its borked its gotta be a piece

>>2413451
at the bottom of the sea

>>2413451
Tell her that we're in some underwater temple. The entrance was a giant skull so this is probably a bad place to be.

>>2413451
The place where we are going to die.
Seriously, we are trapped underwater, no way we can get out of here alive.

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>>2413466
>>2413472
>>2413483
You tell her that on the way down in the half of the cruise ship, you saw what looked like an enormous... diamond dog skull... and light was coming from the mouth. You tell her that you're worried you won't make it out of here alive, that you are far to weak to attempt a scuba spell again, and even if you did you have no way of floating to the surface.

"I kinda noticed it was a diamond dog temple... and underwater... I got a chance to look around, and the only thing here is this platform, the door, or the water."

>>2413616
Time for doors

>>2413616
Ask her if she saw anything that caught her eye and if she thinks this is somehow connected to the dig we were going to.

>>2413616
Can't you open the door with your understanding of the cullture of your own species?
You might as well try and be useful since I saved you and all.

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>>2413642
>>2413644
>>2413655
"I just had a look at it. I recognize some of the glyphs, but I was honestly more worried about you. When I woke up, you were shaking and talking in your sleep."

"I can't really say if this is related to the dig or not. There was no land in sight when were... attacked, so this must be in the middle of the ocean somewhere. And the markings here are much older than anything I've ever experienced. Maybe even older than the dig site we were going to."

>>2413889
>more worried about you

aw

appreciation, etc and then lets look at dis door

>>2413889
Thank her for taking care of us then get up and check out the door.

>>2413889
Well, we're boned.
Do you think we will die of starvation or thirst first?
And... Diamond Dogs don't eat ponies, do they?
Because if they do, could you at least wait for me to die before eating me?

>>2413935
Cut that out.

>>2413987
Everyone has a pessimist, sarcastic side.
I'm just doing that for Renne.

>>2413935

See I TOLD you guys we should have packed some dried meat.

Can I get a quick brief of what's happening? I'm too lazy to read what's happened already and I want to participate.

>>2414024
On ship going to place, ship gets fucked, we're now at bottom of the ocean in a temple

Also QR codes

>>2414006
Go drink the elixir.

>>2414043
second

>>2414043
What elixir?

>>2414075
It's an inside joke.

Check out those torches.

Maybe they're part of some mechanism

>>2414097
I was afraid I was missing something

>>2413935
We don't die here. Where's your spirit of adventure? We might have a pounding headache, and we might be washed up and half drowned, and we might be waterlogged and really fucking hungry, but we're in our element. There's a mystery afoot, we're in some place no one's ever seen before!

Let's explore. Anywhere forward is better than sitting still. Are those torches? Let's dry and style up our mane and invite Saffron to do the same while we talk. Wet dog can't be a good smell for her.

What's keeping the torches lit? Do they show any signs of having been changed recently or handled, or are they the dusty, old, endlessly burning sort? Can we salvage one for our explorations?

>>2414182
Yeah, a magical adventure!
I'm sure this place is VERY friendly and welcoming!

>>2414253

We dig up and sift through dead bodies for a living. Everything about what we love to do is a testament to the passing of time and eventual decay of the world. Sometimes the people we study ended violently, other times they waited out eternity watching over some dead guy's wooden cup. It's bound to happen to us someday, but surely we've dealt with enough death in our lives that we've come to terms with the fact before. The sense of the macabre and the element of danger are just parts of our destiny, and we can only cry for so long!

Dry our tears and check out those torches.

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>>2413931
>>2413911
You thank her with a smile, and nod your head towards the door.

>>2414102
You look at the torches, and they are simply normal torches. You pull on them and observe them, but the door does not budge. The door itself is adorned with three discs, covered in etched bronze, with what looks like some sort of snake design on the door itself.

>>2414110
It's from Jr's Raisin Quest. An important part of the most recent one was an elixer that gave you tons of energy, with some side effects. There was one anon who, at every opportunity, suggested we drink it: In trouble? I think we need a pick-me-up! successfully completed something tricky? Let's celebrate with some elixer!

>>2414024
>>2414042
Elaborating a little, we're an archeologist. We were on a boat with two coworkers headed to the site of some old diamond dog ruins. Since we came aboard, we've started having nightmares like you saw upthread. About a day's travel by boat out from our destination there's a huge noise, and stone spires start jutting out from the ocean impaling our boat. Our pony coworker escapes on a lifeboat, we go back to get Saffron, our diamond dog coworker who got knocked out. The ship goes down, us with it. Our room remains waterproof for a while, we see a giant diamond dog skull with light spilling from it's mouth outside, eventually the window cracks and we use our scuba spell to bring ourselves and Saffron to where we are now. Also, you really should read the backlog later, it's only two sessions, I think.

>>2414355

switch the two small disks.

Then turn them so that they make a single continuous line.

>>2414355
She evaded the pony eating question.
That's suspicious.

The door looks like a primitive puzzle.
Ask our companion if she could rotate the disks so that the body of the snake connects.

>>2414382
You tug on the discs with Saffron, but they will not be removed. You can turn them though, it seems.

>>2414407
Turn those disks,. line dat shit up

look at this, i didn't know we had another quest here

Would someone please explain how these linked files work?

>>2414407
I hope you don't want us to give exact degrees.
Ro-ro-rotate your disks.
For science.

>>2414439
>>2414355
look, they're notched together, dude. small one on the bottom is easy, and the top ones can only successfully rotate in certain increments.

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>>2410856
>mfw I got none of that

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>>2414487
<It's instructions on how to listen to the sounds that I embedded in some of the images. Not necessary, really, just for ambience.>

>>2414439
>>2414473
Given that the small one on the bottom is easily rotated, that just leaves Big and Small. How many notches would you like to rotate each disc, and in which direction?

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>>2414355
SPIN IT

Top one 180 degrees to the left, middle one 180 degrees to the right

>>2414527
3 notches for big.
No, not that way, the other way, so it meets with the small one and the other faces the upper disk.
2 for the small disk.
Pray to whatever God I believe in that nothing will jump out and kill us when we finish.

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>>2414527
bam

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>>2414527
2 clockwise for the small, 3 counterclockwise for the large.

>>2411162
I heard that song nearly 4 years ago

I tried finding but to no avail

Thank you kind sir....
thank you

>>2414683
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQAKRw6mToA

>>2414527
wait do we just need to rotate the two slabs or do we have to line up the little nibs just right, cause that'll take a bit more doing

>>2414626
>>2414593
The piece linking the large circle to the bottom one doesn't seem to line up properly. For that matter, the piece linking the top circle to the snake on the outside doesn't line up properly either. Using the upper circle, we can exchange move and exchange the pieces as necessary.

Attach ourselves to Saffron's back and use our combined skills to surmount any obstacle before us.

>>2414593
>>2414626
The two of you rotate the discs, and wait. Nothing happens, the door does not budge.

>>2414795
Ok so now I gotta work of their templates?

>>2414795
Great, I told you we are going to die here.
We need to adjust those little thingies...
Can we rotate or remove them?

>>2414795
What else can we move around the door? Can we spin the inner and outer slabs separately?

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Okay so I numbered the notches, we need to line them up a bit better, probably exchange a couple of them between the two disks.

>>2414795
Put them back as they were to begin with, so we can work off the first picture with this guy's numbers.
>>2414854

>>2414795

1. Rotate the top disc once anti-clockwise, moving the needed edge piece onto the wheel.

2. Rotate the large wheel 2 notches clockwise

3. Move the top disc one notch clockwise, returning it to its original position.

>>2414854
So we know that the piece at 5 is where it needs to be. Which numbers do we need to move to positions 3 and 9?

>>2414854
I think 1 or 9'd work for connecting the big disc to the lower small disc.

man rotating pieces are hard to visualize

>>2414854
By moving the small disk, we can "store" one of the tiles in order to switch it with another. Using this method, we should switch tile number 3 with... some other one that will line up better. I'm thinking number 2, since that one seems to line up rather well with the bottom disk when rotated. Also it looks a little like number 8 may work better for connecting the upper section to the top disk

>>2414854
Which pieces do you think work the best, then we can work on the rotations for there

I've been screwing around with this in Gimp for almost an hour now and I can't figure it out.

Good luck you guys.

>>2414854
Assuming 10 successfully connects to the upper snake, and 1'll connect us to the lower disc:
larger disc: 1 clockwise(c)
smaller disc: 1 counterclockwise(cc)
large: 2 c
small: 1c
large: 1cc
small: 1c
large:1cc
small:2c
large:4c
Let's hope I didn't get lost there somewhere. This'd be SO MUCH EASIER if I could actually move them.

>>2415013
>>2414854
i think the pieces in 5 and 9 are in the right spots. what if we rotate the big one three times clockwise and the small one twice. can someone shoop that quick?

>>2415073
9 looks messed up when you rotate it

>>2415060
So does this not work, then?

I seriously can't into this kind of stuff

I'm off to work, you guys better have solved this by the time I come back

>>2415073
Agree with 5, but if you look up at these fellow's mockups, 9 looks a bit iffy.
>>2414593
>>2414626

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yes?

>>2415212
I can but it's really hard to tell which ones actually line up without having something to actually move and I cannot into photoshop/gimp etc

>>2415232
top one definitely looks iffy

>>2415060
Explaining it a bit more so it's not just a series of numbers
large: 1c -puts 1 onto the smaller disc so I can reposition it's position on the larger
small: 1cc -moves 1 off larger disc so I can reposition the larger disc to match up with it and puts 10 on the larger disc so I can change it's position on the smaller disc
large: 2c -puts bottom of large disc's snake up against smaller disc
small: 1c -puts 1 back on the larger disc, this time connected to the bottom of larger disc's snake
large: 1cc -move 1 off of smaller disc so it doesn't get shuffled around
small: 1c -puts top of small disc's snake up against large disc
large: 1cc -puts 10 back on small disc up against top of small disc's snake
small: 2c -puts small disc's snake in position
large: 4c-puts large disc's snake in position

>>2415234
...why not just print out the picture and cut of the pieces to fit them together?

>>2415232
<You got it. Apologies for the confusion, it's kind of hard to make this look good with SAI, I should have used photoshop instead.>

>>2415301
I don't have a printer that currently has ink in it

>>2415304
okay so we're good

>>2415314
Ah, OK. Next time something like this comes up, I'll print the thing out and try my hand at it, autistic as that may be

>>2415304
At least we got it.
Now you can unleash whatever horror is awaiting us.

Hun i thought raisins quest and Rusty's quest were the only active quests on this board

This looks fantastic though...

Also does anyone know where scrubble bubbles or whatever has been?

>>2415347
He'll be on tomorrow for part 45/ continuation of part 44.

>>2415347
ded

>>2415347
He got tired of putting up with idiots that find him when he quests on /mlp/ and found a more traditional place to quest.

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>>2415232
As you spin the discs into place, a loud creak is heard, along with the sound of stone grinding against stone. The door pulls back a bit, then flies open.

>>2415382
>>2415366
waitasecondareyoutryingtocheatmeagain.png

>>2415347
>i thought raisins quest ... were ... active
Wait, Raisin quest isn't running yet, is it? I am going to be so annoyed if I find out I've been missing the adventures of rock filly.

>>2415395
You first!
You are the Dog, after all!

>>2415410
Nope, Quest 3 was concluded on April 23. Jr. may do Quest 4 soon.

>>2415395
Its hella dark in there.

>>2415395
Bring and equip torch.

>>2415431
Ah good. Was worried that I'd somehow missed all the announcements for the start of round 4 somehow. Thanks.

>>2415395
can we into that torch, or a light spell maybe?

This whole thing looks familiar...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=sjqSs20-Xfo#t=172s

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>>2415382
wut

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>>2415412
>>2415444
>>2415452
>>2415472
You try your best to let Saffron go first, and levitate a torch from the doorway down to her. The two of you walk down a small hallway to find yourselves in a room rather well lit by other torches.

>>2415512
Grab all the torches

>>2415512

Examine the tablets along the walls.

Also is there anything along the bottom wall?

>>2415512
Inspect room.
Look around.
Is there any trace of traps maybe?
I don't really want to die down here.

>>2415512
Grab at least one other torch, because a backup is always a good idea.

Do we know any magic that could light one if it went out?
Which door did we come in?
Is there anything on the wall we can't see?

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>>2415395
She does .gifs too

Bravo this is one of best quests ever to hit /mlp/

>>2415554

>LK
>she

oh my

what aren't you telling us LK?

>>2415512
What's the circular thing on the floor?

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>>2415543
>>2415545
>>2415552
>>2415620
You inspect the room carefully, and there are no tripwires or anything similar. You grab one of the torches on the east wall and douse it with a bit of magic. You're sure that you can generate enough heat in a small location to light it again if need be.

There is a dark open doorway to the north, and an open doorway to the west that leads to another lit room. Inspecting the circular design on the floor, it looks to be simply a round flat stone as part of the floor.

You and Saffron inspect some of the markings on the wall. They are entirely foreign to you, and you cannot recognize any of them at all.

>>2415658
hit it with magic

>>2415658
Ask Saffron if she can read it.
Meanwhile try to lift that little circle slab.

>>2415658
Fucking Puzzles!

>>2415658
Levitate a lit torch into the north hallway.

>>2415669
>>2415677
>>2415684
That may just be a map showing us what level we are on.

>>2415692
Well, then we need to figure out where we are.

>>2415658
>They are entirely foreign to you
Is Saffron included in that "you"? If not, ask her opinion.
Give it a prodding, see if we can interact with it in any way, and if not just keep it in mind while we explore the other rooms. Let's head to the lit one first.

>>2415704
If my guess is right we are on the second notch.

>>2415704
The markings either side of the doorway up here
>>2415512
look like the bottom two symbols on the "map" combined together. Buggered if I know what that could mean, though.

Welp... we are gonna die in this place.

>>2415750
Told you.

>>2415658

copy that design on your paper. It looks like a map with floor levels. If we figure out which floor we're on we might be able to decipher the numerical system.

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>>2415669
>>2415707
You would rather not try anything too extreme, neither of you fully know exactly where you are, besides being underwater in a temple topped with a gigantic skull.

>>2415677
You ask Saffron, and she cannot read it either. She says that it's reminiscent of an ancient diamond dog script, but it is something that she has never seen before.

>>2415840
oh shit I forgot we had writing stuff, definitely copy it down

>>2415858
>>2415840
hell, why don't we just draw a map of the room, too? we already have two places to go, there may be more

>>2415882
>start making a map of the structure

Do this do this

>>2415854
see
>>2415686

>>2415854
Ask her where she learned about her culture.
Make mental notes to write a letter to said university about their crappy education if we ever get out of here alive.

Cautiously explore the lit room to the west.

Freak out a little, because this doesnt look good at all.

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>>2415692
>>2415704
>>2415720
>>2415731
>>2415840
>>2415858
You pull out a sheet of paper from the stack and start copying down the symbols on the wall. Given that it looks like an indication of which floor you're on, it might come in hoofy.

>>2415959
DOHOHO

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>>2415840
>>2415882
>>2415895
And while you're at it, you make a diagram of the room that you're in.

>>2415959
>>2415977
we are the best adventurers

>>2415977
Check out the north hallway with a levitating torch.

>>2415977
Look up at the ceiling too, who knows what could be up there!

>>2416113
time for giant spider

>>2416137
NOPE

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>>2416021
>>2415686
>>2415905
As you approach the northern doorway, you can hear a dripping sound. Besides that, there is no other noise coming from inside the room. You pick up a torch with your magic and start to send it into the room.

>>2416190
inb4 torch disappears

>>2416209
no, sirm I don't like it

>>2416228
This is the worst hell

>>2416228
h-hello?

>>2416228
Look at the red dripping stuff. Just look at it.

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>>2416286
You gasp and drop the torch. You can feel Saffron's paw gripping into your shoulder.

H-hello?

You call. Your voice echoes, but there is no answer, only the steady dripping noise.

>>2416316
I think we should take our chances with the ocean

>>2416316

panic

>>2416316
Give Saffron our sharpened trowel and the levitate another torch into the room.

>>2416316
grab that torch back up, we need to know what we're dealing with

>>2416316
GET READY.

BATTLE ROUTINE SET
EXECUTE

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>>2416360
>>2416340
You tell Saffron to grab the sharpened trowel out of your saddlebag, and attempt to pick up the torch once more. You manage to levitate it again, and pick it up, shaking. You hold it for a moment, but there is never any movement.

>>2416430
No! Not dirt guy!

>>2416430
oh ok

I hope that isn't/wasn't whatsisname

>>2416430
Set the torch down and bring in more until the figure is lit up.

>>2416430
fuuuuuuuuuck

>>2416430
Looks like an impaled pony