The marionette fire giants become taut and they spring into action. The game starts again. They battle against the marionettes and are getting some good practice. The buzzer sounds again and they announce the move onto the next part of the dungeon simulator. A buzzer goes off, the door on the far side of the room unlocks. They move into a room with a giant red button in the middle of the room. They hear a disagreement over the loud speaker. It’s a little more dangerous than they first planned.
On the wall in gold letters lights illuminate the wall. They see a message that says “Sometimes things are not what they seem and sometimes they are.” There is a 30 second timer and the pillars are filled with arrows. The countdown starts, no spells allowed. The pillars spin, there are rumblings of motors readying themselves. Lia runs over and hits the button, the timer resets and starts to go down. There are arrow holes all over the room, not on the gold disc. They all jump on the gold disc and try to hit the red button, it resets.
The lanterns have burning candles inside glass. The arrows are poking out of the ceiling and the pillars. Miss Moss punches the wall. Gunther pulls the button. The voice over the loud speaker says “That was a good idea. But no.”
Finally after much discussion they agree (except Leshanna) to let the counter run out. 30…29…28….3…2…1…. then silence. “Well Done!” says the voice. “And now for the next puzzle.”
The move on to the next room, there are two crates. One crate has nothing written. The other, in giant letters, “Bees”. The box marked “Bees” has a very loud buzzing noise coming out of it. Miss Moss goes over with her animal handling and her tragic history with Bees and she understands them. She has a love hate relationship with them. She feels very certain that the box has a lot of bees in it. It is a box full of bees. Gunther goes over and makes buzzing noises at the box. Miss Moss checks the other box. There are no bees. Gunther opens the crate with no bees in it. The door opens. They hear over the loud speaker, “Well Done, you must always look at puzzles carefully”
There is a giant size desk, 6 chairs. A giant potted plant and rug. Behind the desk sits a more sophisticated model giant. It has the face of a fire giant, roughly.
“Welcome, this is the final part of the test, this is the giant automon, our pride and joy. It is programmed with the knowledge of giant scholars. Your job is to answer the questionnaire with no tools.
Question one: What is the name of the deity of the giants? The All Father
Question two: Who is the ruler of the Fire Giants? Zolto
Question three: What is the natural enemy of giantkind? Dragons
Question four: What do fire giants eat? They don’t know the answer they were hoping the adventurers
Question five: What do storm giants eat? No one knows
Question six: What is the name of the Collosus? Vonnedad
Question seven: Who won the thousand year war? It was a draw
The door opens, they wander out.
Esme and the Marshon are there. Leshanna is given a spell scroll — Ice storm – and she should be able to track down another one from their sources. Lia is given a cursed, forbidden item that is hugely powerful. She opens the box to find a ring. She puts it on and immediately disappears. It is the ring of fake invisibility. Everyone else can see her.
They prepare to move towards the Firegiant lord to retrieve the conch, via Everlund where their horses (and bird) are.