<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>ROUND NINE</strong></span><br/>of the Sunless Citadel<br/><br/>Time:  Two weeks prior to the Summer Solstice.  7:43 a.m.<br/><br/>Current Objectives:<br/>Acquire the fruit for Prof. Tiddlewinkle;<br/>Locate a party of adventurers for Kerowyn Hucrele<br/><br/>Party Order<br/>1.  Tevi (Init: 16)<br/>2.  Derek (Init: 15)<br/>3.  Darrin (Init: 15)<br/>4.  Rowena (Init: 13)<br/>5.  Stella (Init: 6) (Torch)<br/>6.  Alfie (Init: 6) (Hooded Lamp)<br/><br/><hr/><br/>GM Interjection:<br/><br/>CHULANOWA has some issues going on in RL, and will be unable to post.  KATHADON, please NPC Darrin's actions (though not his character) until Chulanowa returns.<br/><br/>The game will continue now.<br/><br/>Tevi remains standing where she is at, closer to the top, staring at the compacted rubble beneath them.  It looked precarious indeed.  One slip, and one could possibly fall for a long distance below, probably to never be seen again.<br/><br/>Derek begins to sketch a layout of the courtyard.  That's... smart.  We shall have him sit towards the edge so that others can move around him as they descend the steps.<br/><br/>Stella lit a torch and worked her way through the rubble, slowly and carefully.  It wasn't so bad if you were patient and crossed cautiously, methodically, considering almost each and every step before and after you took it.  She reaches Alfie's side, with the young man offering to assist the lady with a sweaty palm (as he was mortified, though it didn't show otherwise), and the pair each held a source of light.<br/><br/>Rowena remained on the steps as well.<br/><br/>Stella has a torch and Alfie has a hooded lamp.  Does anyone else have a source of light?<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://i.imgur.com/0vVdUqF.png)</div>