1999-08-01: The ever-so-popular 3-4-1-5
The ever-so-popular 3-4-1-5
| Author: Unknown author | Published: August 1, 1999 |
- tap tap tap*
Tai looked down to where the tapping on his waist was coming from and saw a small boy. Wordlessly, the small boy handed him an envelope and ran off. Tai opened the envelope.
Tai,
Must find....wise men.
Lead to Anhk.. must go... Covetous. Liche
-Auldrek
Tai rushed to gather his warrior equipment, and after some wandering looking for Covetous, he arrived to a baffling sight.
On the west wall of the room was an Ankh. Auldrek was stumbling around with his eyes bulging. He was panting, then laughing maniacally.
"Danu pleeese!" Auldrek screamed in pain.
"Stand back!" Auldrek yelled, as Tai rushed to hold him. "I have cursed myself."
"Why?"
"I am stronger this way."
KEF Trigg was there, seemingly unfazed by Auldrek's curse. Trigg was pondering the Ankh. A ghost, named Janissary, was also there.
"ooOOooOO" Janissary said.
"Greetings Tai", Trigg said cheerily, continuing to stare at the Ankh.
Tai turned his attention from Auldrek to the Ankh. The Ankh spoke the following words:
"Long ago he dwelled within these Halls. Upon his throne he acquired vast Knowledge. He kept the secret Near to himself. Kragen alone knew the Way. He kept the secret Near to himself. The observant may yet find it hidden nearby."
The four went into the next room. A ruined painting was there. There was something odd about the frame. Tai stooped and peered closer to the frame, holding his candle close to get a good look. A small plaque at the bottom read "3-4-1-5".
"There must be levers" Auldrek said, coughing. "This is the order of pulling, perhaps".
"o ooOo oOoO OOO ooOoO OOoo" Janissary said.
The next room had a maze of steps. The group entered it, tried climbing each section, and each falling to the ground as they attempted to solve the puzzle. They felt the walls for levers or clues and found nothing.
The room with the steps led to a larger room. This room was filled with liches, skeletons, and wraiths, which the group cleared out with no problem. At one end of the room was a stone throne. There was a small piece of paper wedged beneath the throne. By getting on ones knees and twisting ones head, it was possible to read the note. "3-4-1-5" it said.
Going back through the room with the stairs, the group noticed 5 rooms lined up on the west side of the hallway. They searched each room, and found a lever in room 2 (numbering from South to North). They flipped the lever, and investigated the impact on nearby things. Nothing noticeable happened.
By this time they were joined by DoomFyre and Fenwulf.
Trigg laid out communications crystals, and they decided to each take a door. Auldrek, door 1, DoomFyre 3, Trigg, 4, and Tai 5. Fenwulf manned the switch. The opened the doors -- 3, 4, 1, 5. Opened them and closed them, opened them and stood in them, switch up, switch down, numbering S to N, then N to S. Nothing happened that they could find.
A man named Vasilias joined the group, and they searched the library, downstairs, and rest of the upstairs for further clues, and found none. At wits end, they called it a night.
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