<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/LrgvaJb.png)</div>Joli tossed Druk one last look as she pulled the hatch closed over her head.  He was already wriggiling trying to break the weakened bonds around his wrists.  She knew he'd be able too, but thought that it might be a while.  Part of her hoped he would get free before any vermin began giving him a problem, but honestly, another part didn't really care.   She did wish that she could see the look on his face and the way the rest of his tribe greeted him when he returned, disarmed, nude, and covered in his own jizz.<br/><br/>She smiled as she began slowly descending the shaft.  Not only did she press her back against the opposite wall, but she also pressed one foot against it, using her whole body to wedge into the space.  It felt more secure, though she was startled when she heard a woman's voice shout.  Her ears rang in the following explosion and since her thighs were spread, she couldn't help but feel a whiff of air caressing her slightly raw, freshly fucked cunny.  Her outfit after all offered absolutely no protection from below and she stopped in the shaft and waited till the ringing in her ears faded.  She looked around, having not a lot of room to see below her, but confident that she wasn't about to be attacked from below.<br/><br/>Only after a few moments did she continue to descend, wishing she had that dark vision that some races had.  She'd feel better if she held a weapon in her left hand, and not just a torch.  She'd heard of magical headbands or circlets that could grant a wearer dark sight, but she'd never come across one, nor, she knew, could she afford one if she did.  Doubtlessly those were prohibitively expensive, though she honestly had no idea.<br/><br/>She was slightly despaired when she reached the bottom of the shaft and felt only open air below her.  She looked around below her and realized that the shaft ended at the ceiling of the room below.  Sighing she tried to figure out if she should climb back up, but knew that it was too far a climb and that going forwards was the best choice.  So she dropped the everburning torch into the room below, then allowed her legs to dangle into the free air.  Lowering herself as much as she could with only her arms clinging to the rock, she did a hanging drop into the room.<br/><br/>She stood, a few feet from her torch on the ground and whipped out her scimitar, scanning the room for the woman's voice she'd heard.  But instead she saw a snake and she sneered.  Snakes, she didn't like snakes.   She didn't hate them, but she certainly didn't like them.  One of the things that the meaner elven children would do would be to put harmless garden snakes in her hair when she wasn't looking.  So she had a poor association with them.  The problem is she knew too little about snakes to know much about this one.  It might be passive, or it might be very territorial.  It might attack her if she turned her back, or it might attack if she stepped close.... worst of all, it might be poisonous.<br/><br/>She decided to play it safe, a dead snake was a safe snake... plus then she could check out those ingots.<br/><br/>Holding her scimitar in her off hand, she drew her dagger and gripped it by the tip of the blade.  She lined up the shot and threw it at the snake.  But her aim was off and she missed.  Fine... the old fashion way then.  She gripped her scimitar in both hands and prepared to close, but was wary that the dagger toss might enrage it and cause it to rush her.<br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">ooc dice rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll Result: rhev rolled: 1d20, adding 2to the total<br/>Comment: <strong>Jolis knowledge check</strong><br/>Result: 6, <br/><strong>Total: 8</strong><br/><br/>Roll Result: rhev rolled: 1d20, adding 1to the total<br/>Comment:<strong> Initiative roll</strong><br/>Result: 12, <br/><strong>Total: 13</strong><br/><br/>Roll Result: rhev rolled: 1d20, adding 5to the total<br/>Comment: <strong>thrown dagger to hit roll</strong><br/>Result: 4, <br/><strong>Total: 9</strong></div></div>