Tuesday, July 6, 2010

SoI Episode 2

Episode 2 - Riddle me Timbers

With great courage, Steve covers his mouth and enters the smaller of the two holes. The passageway was roughly four feet in diameter, meaning he needed to get on his hands and knees. He kept his torch in front of him and shuffled into the hole, grunting as he wiggled through.

To his surprise, the ground in front of him fell away sharply, leading to a small chasm in the rock wall. Steve leaned out a bit and aimed the torch out of the other side of the hole, seeing that the drop was roughly eighteen feet onto hard limestone below. Thankful that he chose caution over haste, Steve let out a sigh of relief.

Still, without a rope or pick, there was no safe way to reach the bottom. Cursing himself for being foolish enough to not bring a rope to an epic treasure hunt, Steve realized that he must brave the stench of the cave entrance once more.

After a deep breath, Steve backed his way out of the hole and ran as quickly as he could toward the trail of bones leading downward. As he neared the first of the bones Steve's failure at breath-holding became suddenly relevant. He was forced to take in a short breath, a rancid burst of oxygen that stunned him so badly that afterward he lost his balance and went head over heels down the tunnel.

Aside from some minor bumps and bruises, Steve was alright. Any pain he felt from the fall was eclipsed by his relief from the stench above. Once he got his bearings, he found himself in a small chamber with four candelabras burning brightly. The room was musty and had an eerie sense of silence. Almost like he was being watched...

Steve fell backward as a skeleton with a pirate hat approached him from behind. He realized immediately that the skeleton must have been made from the very bones he'd tumbled over.

"Yar, an intruder from the keep wakens a pirate from the deep....yar."

Red eyes stared at him, freezing him in terror. With a strange undead grace, the pirate paced in front of him. "Yar. Too many souls have I killed, most much more skilled. I'd rather a test than to puncture your chest. Yar."

Knowing his feeble fighting skills were no match for the skeleton, Steve could do little but try and best the skeleton pirate with his wits. He did his best to nod in agreement to the proposal but still found himself afraid.

"Yar...two sisters share a tree, their ages six and three. The little lass aged six was named Daisy Dix, but how was she born secondly?"

Your choices:
1. Answer the riddle(preferably in spoiler form)
2. Steel yourself and attempt to attack the pirate

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