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Let me know if there were any additional supplies you wanted to pick up before going cave-exploring again. Extra flashlights? High-powered electric floodlights? |
Another night of rest and treatment from Dr. Alexander and Brad and Eric are ready to resume the mission. Dr. Alexander and Linda remain at the motel as backup, promising to keep an eye on the Seeker while the rest of you resume your exploration.
Setting out early in the morning, you have no difficulty returning to the mysterious Whispering Cave and making your way back to the large room with the lanterns.
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To refresh your memory, here's the room description again: The wide stairway descends into an immense domed chamber. Seven short tunnels branch from the room in all directions. At the terminus of the north passage, opposite the entry stairs, a thick chain dangles from an unseen high ceiling. A bright green lantern dangles from the chain. The green lantern is lit by some object inside and casts a weird, murky light about the room. Countless chips of glass and shiny metal inset into the chamber’s domed ceiling reflect this light, giving the impression of starlight and falling snow. Thanks to the green light, you won't need your flashlights in the center part of the room, although you might if you decide to explore any of the other branching passages. The dome of the chamber starts about ten feet off the ground and reaches an apex about thirty feet over the center of the room. There, below the dome’s peak, a long dais holds what appears to be a marble sarcophagus. A milky white bas-relief of a humanoid figure is set into the sarcophagus lid. Unlike the entrance area upstairs, this room is completely silent. Down the alcoves, counterclockwise from bottom right: 1. A violet lantern hanging from a chain, unlit. 2. An empty chain with no lantern hanging from it. 3. A blue lantern hanging from a chain, unlit. A skeleton lies in a heap beneath the blue lantern in the middle of a circle carved into the floor. Forty feet up in the northeast wall is the passage that leads to the carved face that caused you so much trouble last time. This is the only one of the seven alcoves you've explored in great detail, I think. 4. A green lantern hanging from a chain, lit and shining light throughout the room. 5. A yellow lantern hanging from a chain, unlit. 6. An orange lantern hanging from a chain, unlit. 7. An empty chain with no lantern hanging from it. |