"What the heck are those?" Roy asks, pointing to the cat people.. "We don't know!", Responds Duplar. Hank's day has been strange enough that he doesn't react overmuch to the cat-people. Very little will suprise him for a while... Once the others have moved out, Ryzar waits until Dharak signals him it is time for them, too, to fall back. However, just as he starts to leave his place of concealment, his eyes fall back upon the control console for the so-called "mirror". Frowning, Ryzar looks back to the tunnel from which the footsteps were heard, then back to the console. With a sly grin on his face, Ryzar brings upo his dartgun, and snaps open the handgrip -- removing the clip of solid darts with his last, precious clip of flamedarts. Snapping the handgrip closed, Ryzar quickly brings his handweapon to bear on the "mirror" control console, and fires of a pair of the precious flamedarts into the device. **Now use THAT, Kolder scum!** Ryzar thinks to himself, as he follows the others out. The control panel explodes in a shower of sparks, and a tongue of orange flame emerges from somewhere within. There are no obvious signs of living targets; perhaps whoever they heard had decided to retreat in the face of superior firepower. [Do the party leave the prisoners tied and bound? I'm assuming they do] The party retreat along a side tunnel, much lower and narrower than the large chamber they'd been in before. After about thirty yards it emerges into a second large diameter tunnel, running parallel to the previous one. Hank addresses Reylorna in the clearest tones possible: "Are we safe here? If we are, I have some questions I'd like to ask." "I think so, but we'd better not stop until we're outside", she replies, pointing towards the light at the end of the tunnel. "Keep your eyes and ears open", Jaldaric says softly, "And let's keep our voices down, we know there are more of them about. We won't be safe until were well clear of this place. The tunnel reminds both Hank and Roy of a subway tunnel, only rather bigger. Both notice the tunnel is circular, and lined with some form of concrete. -- Tim Hall, http://www.kalyr.com Read my blog! http://www.kalyr.com/weblog
