From the journal of Havarti Quickquill:
Our new companion, John Roquefort, had run back to the tunnel entrance. He grabbed some dirt and threw it on the red line. This was despite Jasper noting that the map said do not touch the line! We heard some clicks and then the sound of spiders coming down the tunnels in front of us.
Biaquick yelled to hurry back to the entrance - there would be space to get out of the way instead of being constricted in these Forerunner tunnels. Except that jumping meadow mouse instead pulled out a pistol, to shoot the first spider as it came scurrying down the tunnel to us.
I'll admit I was among those running back. Stories my mum told me of spiders stealing young Mouselings to never see them again always shook me, and I was not going to be one of those lost Mouselings! We hurried back along the tunnel, John firing off more shots that I beleive missed more than he hit.
Once outside, I ran around the corner to take cover. Pinky, our ornithopter pilot, jolte dout of his hammock as we came tumbling out, the sound of pistol shots loud in the mountain air. Vishy started climbing up the rock face about the tunnel - apparently Bisquick thought that perhaps he could lasso a spider and make it crash somehow. Finster, our Mole, went to the other side of the tunnel entrance, his pickaxe hefted over a strong shoulder. Though I did notice he was squinting a fair amount - he pretty much can't see much beyond the end of his nose I don't think. Jasper actually grabbed me and jumped partway back to the ornithopter, surprising me a great deal. But it did put us closer to Pinky, who had grabbed some rifles from his craft.
Bisquick seemed determined to keep the spiders attention - he put his cloak on his staff and was waving that about. Jasper and Pinky were aiming rifles, John was firing a bit more then moved to the side of the entrance. Some shots and the 1st spider was killed, smoke pushing through the bullet holes. The 2nd spider got lassoed by Vishy, who jumped off. But the spider was too heavy for the Sugarglider, so he jumped towards us, the rope taught and tried to keep the spider off-balance. I helped by grabbing on to the rope.
The next spider was coming out and Bisquick actually peed in the dirt - we know he is old but we did not imagine he was also incontinent! But he took up the mud and rushed at the next spider, throwing it on its eyes to try & blind the mechanical beast. Pinky was yelling that he had a cargo tarp and "that old Rat is going to be sitting on that tarp on the flight back!" as he shot again.
John was almost caught by one of the spiders as a net came shooting out. Bisquick was actually caught but we managed to kill that spider as well.
The fight ended finally with Finster making a mighty hit on the last spider, actually breaking it in half. We took a few minutes to breath in relief. We took the spider pieces and loaded them into the ornithopter - they would fetch a good price later as Forerunner technology is always in demand. Probably why Pinky allowed Jasper the use of one of the rifles for the rest of the trio, and also sold a ammo belt to John at cost apparently. He was muttering only living clients paid their bills as he heated up the fire. He was not going to get the boiler to full strength, but he was concerned we may have to take off faster than expected. Apaprently it takes a bit to get that steam boilder hot enough to power the ornithopter.
We went back into the tunnels. This time John did NOT throw dirt on the line, and Finster rapidly dug under the line a hole big enough for Biquick and Vishy to get under the light line without touching it. Moving up the corridor we saw the map was marked to have spider remains, yet there were none. The spider trap door was still wedged shut with a bit of spider claw. We got to the grate leading to the great room and started looking around.
To be continued...
okay, somehow we spent about 2 hours just covering that battle. Well, that and talking a great deal and I had to walk my dog a bit as well. We used Owlbear for the battle, and I had scanned in a map I made up.
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| Bucky & Miss Fay's Map |
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| end of battle. there was a Y junction above but all we needed was a guide. plus it loads faster |
They will hopefully explore more of that map - I actually have a page of notes about all that.
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