Collegia Supernal -- Chapter 1

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"Sure, but we're up a blueprint. Let's see if we can puzzle out whatever the hell it means?"

Chaucer chuckled. "I'm no electrician," he said. "But I think that'll take all day to look over."

The male theurge continued to talk, yet Athena found her attention wander as she caught a glint of something from the corner of her eye. A moment's glance in that direction showed only more of the same empty corridor, only now a chill ran down her neck.

"Athena?" Looking back at Chaucer, Athena saw her fellow mage staring at her, brow furrowed. "You okay?"

"I thought I saw something down the hallway, but now I just have a chill down my neck. Want to go deeper or cut and run?" she asked nervously, taking a step away from the hallway.

"Heh?" Chaucer followed Athena's line of sight, eyes narrowing on the hallway. "Oh come on," he said. "Maybe it's the box monster. If we catch it, we can totally show it off to the deans."

"...Box monster?" she asked, confused.

"You know, the box! I mean, it's gotta be a cryptid, right?"

"Ugh, fine, but if we get eaten I'm blaming you for this. Now let's see if I can get this assignment done, yeah?"

Chuckling, Chaucer crept shoulder-to-shoulder with his colleague. Yet when the pair turned the corner, Athena heard the sound of hammers--no, a sledgehammer emanated from behind. Chaucer must have felt it, too, for as one the theurges turned around just as part of the floor rose up and blocked the way back.

"What the-" Chaucer didn't finish. Again, hammers clanged and pounded at Athena's attention, this time from ahead of the two. Ceiling panels dropped, warping in shape as they fell. By the time they reached the floor, they did so on spider-like appendages, their bodies animated by clockwork mechanisms. "Jesus Christ!" said Chaucer. "The hell are those?!" As if in protest, one of the creatures leapt forward, lunging towards the mages with a snapping maw that whirred with miniature sawblades.

[Roll Dexterity + Athletics]

2023-10-06 09:39:23   Athena rolls 6 dice to Dex + Athletics   4,10,6,7,4, 2,6 (1 success)

*Rollz*

React though she did, Athena couldn't move fast enough to dodge the mechanized horror. The creature slammed into her forearm, biting at it as sawblades carved at the surface!

[Take 2 Bashing.]