>>244021
((Rat's POVs are somewhat exaggerated))

Why were they digging? Were they treasure hunting? Can we come?

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/10/15(Fri)21:34 No. 244046 ID: 80bb9a
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>>244029
Sometimes we have to dig out new tunnels. I think this one was for quick travel between the house and the gathering place in the forest.

He's managed to help the other one up, and is looking for the source of the voice. I don't think he's seen me. They look somewhat familiar...

>>244046

They're holding lutes so clearly they're no threat to anyone at all, being bards. Squeak out to them again!

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/10/25(Mon)21:55 No. 248253 ID: 80bb9a
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Yeah, lutes... hey, wait a minute! That's Tune and Melody!

"Hey! Tune! Melody! Up here!"

Tune responds.
>"Huh? Who's that? What are you doing up there?"

"What are you doing down there? I thought no one had explored this cavern!"

>"We only come to this part. Come on down, let's get a better look at you."

"Down? Are we looking at the same sheer drop?"

>"Yeah, yeah, just climb down, it's not that hard."

test your grip. if it does feel climbable then try it.

Complete that action, person of questionable sexuality!

If they climbed down with lutes, then it can't be all that hard.

>>248253
>that image

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/10/29(Fri)23:53 No. 250046 ID: 80bb9a
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UH.

I'm not entirely sure this is a good idea guys.

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/10/29(Fri)23:53 No. 250047 ID: 80bb9a
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Hey what is Scars doing.

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/10/29(Fri)23:54 No. 250048 ID: 80bb9a
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...Well now I feel like a mouse.

>>250048
You are a rat so act like one and be all tough and grr.

If Scars can do it, you can do it!

If you're really worried, just have Scars catch you to cushion your fall.

omg ask Scars if he is still alive.

Jump down already, you sissy.

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/14(Sun)13:37 No. 256281 ID: 80bb9a
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Arrrgh fine stop calling me names.

Oh cheese.

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/14(Sun)13:38 No. 256282 ID: 80bb9a
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Oof!

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/14(Sun)13:40 No. 256284 ID: 80bb9a
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256283
Melody looks vaguely bemused as Scars and I get to our feet and brush ourself off.

>Melody: "Short end of the stick as usual, eh, Scars?"

>Scars: "Yes, ma'am."

Tune turns his attention to me.

>Tune: "Who're you, then? Do you have a name yet?"

>Melody: "I don't think so. He looks like a houserat to me. Probably his first time out of the burrows. What're you doing here, anyway?"

you are on a quest to become awesome so you can woo the lady rat and win her heart.

>>256284
You are Sticks. Brandish thy match.

>>256287
Hmmm... match... Match? Call yourself Match.

I am Matchy Fire Fire McMatch!

If you get to make your own name, I'm totally seconding Sticks.

If not, I guess we'll roll with it.

Sticks sounds good, did you bring the matchstick with you?

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/14(Sun)19:59 No. 256452 ID: 80bb9a
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>>256287
>>256289
>>256290
>>256295
>>256373
"Sticks! Match... Fire. Matchy Fire McMatch. No, wait, Sticks. Yeah, Sticks."

>Melody: "That's not how it works. You don't get to choose. You do something, or are something, or have something, and you get named for that."

>Tune: "We don't have time for this. I'm not naming him. Can we just go?"

>Melody: "Hold on, Tune. Why are you here, Scars? Did he bait you here?"

>Scars: "He's my friend! He said we could go on an adventure. I asked him to."

>Melody: "Oh, very well. Whatever you do down here, be careful, alright?"

>Tune: "Touching. Can we go back up now?"

say okay and head on down with scars.

Watch them go up first. If Tune and Melody are that experienced, you should be able to learn from them just by watching them.

Rat!0/AdVIjbvU 2010/11/15(Mon)17:48 No. 256777 ID: 80bb9a
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>>256535
Down? You mean in the pit? I know that's a good deal steeper than the other drop.

>>256538
They threw some sort of string with a hook on the end up until it caught. Then they climbed up it.

>Tune: "Is it secure?"

>Melody: "Yes, yes."

stay with scars.

Can you climb back up if necessary? If not, better ask if you can borrow that from them when they're done. Or think of making one yourself. Unless you (or Scars) know of another way to get back.

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/15(Mon)21:55 No. 256894 ID: 80bb9a
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>>256778
Okay.

>>256799
"Hey, can we borrow that?"

Melody tosses it down to me.

>Tune: "Hey! Why did you do that?"

>Melody: "We don't need it right now, and we can make more if we do."

>Tune: "If you say so. Come on, let's go."

They both disappear from the opening in the wall, and I follow Scars across the bridge and into the large, human-sized tunnel.

be ready to show scars the power of your stick.

This stick is starting to seem less and less cool as we find out more of this interesting place. Maybe you should wait until you're near a lot of dry organic matter like wood or paper in order to have maximum dramatic effect.

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/21(Sun)15:25 No. 258752 ID: 6d4402
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>>257002
Yeah, probably.

I trail Scars down the darkened hallway, until we arrive at a stone room with a single flickering torch. There's a door straight ahead and one to the right that seems to be blocked by a large hunk of stone right in the doorway.

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/21(Sun)15:27 No. 258754 ID: 6d4402
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We could check out the hole, or the other doorway, or try and get up to that thing by the door somehow. I get a bad feeling about the hole, though.

test that hook you borrowed on the thing by the door.

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/22(Mon)08:26 No. 258981 ID: 6d4402
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>>258756
Alright. Heave ho!

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/22(Mon)08:27 No. 258984 ID: 6d4402
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Nope. Doesn't stick.

darn, so close too. okay then other door.

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/23(Tue)20:57 No. 259369 ID: 6d4402
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A roaring sound grows stronger as we walk down the hall, until a raging torrent of water comes into view. It's moving pretty fast... I think if I fell in I'd be swept away in an instant.

Is that a torch on the wall? Oh well, look around, and into the tunnel (with someone holding onto you so you don't fall in just in case), what can you see?

Don't forget to check the other doorway too; there may be a gap where you can at least see what's past the rock.

>>259463
By other doorway, do you mean the mousehole?

>>258754

Maybe? I'm a bit confused. You said:

>>There's a door straight ahead and one to the right that seems to be blocked by a large hunk of stone right in the doorway.

I thought you meant we were looking at the door ahead (the one with the thing next to it) and that there was another door (blocked by rock) that we couldn't see. Were you in fact looking at the blocked door (with a thing next to it) and there was an open door to the left?

At any rate, yeah, at least take a peek in the mousehole; if you have a bad feeling, well, don't get so close that you could get ambushed. If that doesn't turn up anything useful, we'll have to decide between fording the river and finding some way up to that thing.

I have an idea in that regard, actually; can you throw the hook completely over the thing from one side, then move the string so the hook catches it and you can snug a loop around the thing?

>>259602
The door ahead was blocked by the rock. I went down the darkened, unblocked doorway.

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/24(Wed)20:56 No. 259679 ID: 6d4402
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We retrace our steps to the mousehole. As we approach, a rat steps halfway out.

>???: "Eh? Who's there? You just stay right there, mate."

Rat!cVniujosyk 2010/11/24(Wed)20:57 No. 259681 ID: 6d4402
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Obediently, I stop for a few weeks.