<div class="floatright">(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C9-CE08XcAAqKMd.jpg)</div><strong>Chains (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=276392.msg13591820#msg13591820)<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong> Maya, Sparrow, Mei, Anahita, Alexander<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong> low leather bustier, tight pants, and hood all in grey<br/></strong><hr/>The passage of time going down the elevator gives Chains an opportunity for two things; to ensure that she is ready and set up and to take a glance upon her party.  She surveys them carefully past heavily lidded eyes, their deep orange seeming almost incandescent in the low light.<strong>"Down we go,</strong>" she purrs out as the elevator begins it's descent, her weight shifting subtly to remain balanced.  Delicately, like feathers over fine china, her hands touch over her own body, making necessary checks and adjustments; her blade clicked out of it's scabbard's lock, a knife tucked a tiny bit deeper into her boot, a thin stiletto blade adjusted along her bodice line, her tongue moving in her mouth to adjust the capsule tucked behind her teeth, and most of all her chains.<br/><br/>The metal moves smoothly as she ensures that it is clamped to each of the D rings in her armor, the softest sound of metal against metal being adjusted as she straightens them.  The black lichen and oil rubbed over them keeps the sound muffled well enough that it could be any whispering sound in the deep dungeon.<br/><br/>They are also, of course, a hindrance when the running begins.  Chains moves quickly, impressively, acrobatically.  She hurls herself through small spaces, hops over obstacles, and keeps near the others.  As she runs, she gently takes the hands of her allies if they show a moment of flagging, but releases them again the moment they become a burden too great.  When she comes to a stop though, she's pushed through her reserves.  The elf gasps and pants, hands on her thighs and ebon breast rising and falling.<strong>"Closer than I'd prefer to start out,"</strong>she mutters as she adjusts her top to ensure it doesn't slip down too much further.<br/><br/>She surveys the signs and clicks her tongue,<strong>"Can it be a trap when it's so obvious that it is one?  Could be something mechanical about the path...  Would you like me to..?"</strong>As she asks this, she steps forward with graceful, careful steps, allowing one of her dainty hands to place upon the back of Maya's shoulder and rub over it as she moves forward.<strong>"I'd love to keep you and that shield of yours between me and any threats, but I've got to be close enough to see,</strong>" she teases out with an affectionate smile that drops the moment she's past the warrior.  After all, now it's game time.<br/><br/>Chains begins to move slowly, her steps on the very balls of her feet.  It's a sinuous, slow movement as though she is balanced on a beam or a rope far above, but in truth she is simply walking a tiny bit ahead, lowering her body after the first ten steps, eyes darting and moving as one of her fingers teases and touches at the visible knife at her side.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Trap Expert</div><div class="spoiler_body">When you spend a moment to survey a dangerous area, roll+DEX.<br/>*On a 10+, hold 3.<br/>*On a 7–9, hold 1. Spend your hold as you walk through the area to ask these questions:<br/><br/>Is there a trap here and if so, what activates it?<br/>What does the trap do when activated?<br/>What else is hidden here?<br/><br/>At 2017-10-19 17:32:36, Nastara (uid: 56500) rolls: 2d6a2 Result: 11 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=109039)<br/>Woo!  Three hold!  <br/>I would like to ask if there is a trap here and if so, what activates it!  If there IS a trap (and in the interest of keeping things moving!) I'll also ask 'What else is hidden here?' at the same time!<br/></div></div>