Expedition: White Plume Mountain

"Do you think the cat can move the earth around the gate, maybe loosen it from its anchor?" Boide asks of the group. He then turns to Eithne and says, "Oi cat! You think you can move the earth around the gate, maybe loosen it from its anchor?"

Eithne understands what the he-dwarf wants with her but she is puzzled that he would call him a cat when her features are clearly canine. Two-legs are funny. Except Tassarion. The old elf had never been funny.

Eithne touches the tunnel wall intending to carve a hole big enough for the pack to squeeze past the turnstile...

"I'm sorry, lass," says Boide. "Found someone that would have made a good meal for ya, but he was a vampire. Do you eat flesh golem?"

"Understandable," says Boide, though inwardly he doesn't really understand. Far be it from him to question a sphinx, though. The dwarf votes to enter the middle passage this time.

Ohica nods in agreement with her fellow dwarf. "Yes, let's continue following the left wall." At the blank looks, she waves her right hand. "See? I always make sure to follow the wall on my left whenever I go into a dungeon." Then she looks a little worried, and whispers to Boide: "...wait. Is this my left or my right? I get them confused..."

Tolvaj rolls his eyes as the dwarf can't seem to figure out left from right. "Middle passage it is then." he says as he enters the passage.

"Damned water!" Tolvaj mutters as he finds the circular room. He'll wave to others to join him, if they haven't already.

Boide peers over the edge, into the water. "You think that valve drains the pool, or fills it up?"

"There's only one way to find out. Um, I think." Always impressed with Tolvaj's ability, Ohica once again volunteers him. "You look like you swim well. Care to check it out?"

"In what way do I look like I would swim well?" Tolvaj asks bluntly.

"You're much more streamlined, for one," says Boide.

"And either of you would sink to the bottom better, which is, coincidentally, where the valve is located." Tolvaj barbs. "Besides, if the valve were to drain the pool, one of you would be less likely to get sucked down a drain. Although, you'd probably still die when you plug up the drain and the water has no where to go."

"That's a lot of air in your lungs for such an eloquent explanation," Boide remarks casually.

Letting out a long sigh, Tolvaj starts to hand Boide his weapons and pack. Muttering a curse in Drow he turns and dives into the water where he will attempt to investigate the valve. "Drowning would be more productive than arguing with a Dwarf..."

Completely oblivious to the tension in their dialogue, Ohica looks on happily as Tolvaj once again demonstrates his wide range of abilities. She knew he was the best one for the job, and she's never understood why drow get such a bad reputation. She honestly doesn't know what they'd do without Tolvaj. In her simple mind, he's like family.