((All right, it's been more than 24 hours.  Let's hit this.))<br/><br/>((Tentacle declares it's going to try and yank Chay down the hole; we'll resolve him as the last action.  Koh, not being able to see what's going on, but knowing there's something down there, suddenly has a "my friend's in trouble!" moment, and does something semi clever.  He dives for the other vertical shaft, dropping feet first and spinning in mid-air so that he can grab the rails with his feet and hands and slide down them like people can slide down the sides of a metal ladder.  He doesn't have Climbing/Jumping built up, but he does have Acrobatics at 5D, which I'll allow for the leaping, spinning, and using the rails to slow and control his fall.  Also, sticking the landing.  To save time and effort, I'll lump it all under one roll; a Difficult roll.  Koh rolls 2, 5, 3, 6, 5 = 21, so he hits the shaft, his boots squeal down the rails, and he lands easily on the floor of the passage below, even rolling to the side to kill momentum and make himself less of a target.  I'll be nice and figure he drew his weapons earlier, and he can do that stuff while keeping a grip on his blades, so he's on his feet and armed by the end of the round.  Since this won't directly affect the others, I'll just count him as resolved.))<br/><br/>((Chay's Perception is higher, so he's supposed to be resolved first.  There's no such distinction as a "gaze" attack in this system, as this isn't D&D, so it's just a Dexterity roll to use, but it's also very short range, so difficulties are low.  Chay rolls 4, 2, 5, 2 = 13, quite more than enough to hit.  Damage roll is 3, 5, 2 = 10, but I'm keeping the tentacle's Strength resistance roll secret for now.))<br/><br/>((Cersei is employing Energy Bolt, which uses both Energetics and Procreatics.  Her Energetics skill is 2D + 1D amulet +1D wand +2 ritual -1D for using 2 skills = 3D+2.  Procreatics is the same.  Energetics roll is 4, 5, 4 = 13 +2 = 15.  Just enough.  Her Procreatics roll is 4, 4, 6 = 14 +2 = 16.  Difficulty to hit at this range would normally be Easy (around a 10), but Chay is rather blocking the way and hasn't made any effort to allow a clear shot, so the difficulty is Moderate.  The Energetics roll still clears it, though, and the damage inflicted is 16.))<br/><br/>Chay's goggles spout a jet of flame, flaring bright in the darkness, which stabs against the fleshy tendril below his leg and spreads down the length of it.  The thing below starts to shriek in an unearthly tone that sound almost disturbingly human, and the tendril around his ankle flexes tightly, feeling like it's almost about to dislocate the ankle.<br/><br/>Then a blast of light barely misses Chay's head as it flashes down the shaft, exploding against the base of the tentacle as the flame jet reaches the same point.  That's enough to sever the horrible appendage, leaving it swinging from Chay's ankle, a surprisingly heavy weight that threatens to drag him down anyway, as the whole severed length convulses and constricts.<br/><br/>Koh moves silently, and Cersei is distracted, so neither of the others realize the thief flashes down below to help.  He slams to the ground and rolls, bringing his blades into a better grip, just as fire and magical light explode from the base of the other tunnel.  He looks up, and illuminated in the blast he sees a horrible, distended face of something, almost human, but stretched impossibly wide, the cheeks and brow marred by smeary black lines that seem painted on.  It opens up a mouth with too many sharp teeth and shrieks, and in the reflections from the fire and exploding energy bolt, he glimpses what seem like other grafted-on faces down the thing's massive sides, also seeming to blindly scream from their places amid a skin made of roiling tentacles...<br/><br/>((Koh has no special Willpower rating, and his Knowledge is 2D.  Luckily, he rolls a 6, 6 = 12, plus re-roll is 3 = 15.  He doesn't suffer a mental stun or other damage from seeing such a vision of maleficent squirmy terror.  He's as shaken as anyone might be, but he can think and move normally.))