X-Men Evolution: Rogue Evolution

Nightmare 8.1

"Alright, Zerzer, as you open the door, you find a room similar to the gathering hall of a Nordic long-house. In the center of the room is a long table scattered with crude dishware and, what looks like, half-eaten chunks of meat." Evan cleared his throat, turned a page in his notebook from behind his colorful folding privacy screen, and continued in his theatrical Dungeon Master voice. "A walkway surrounds the top of the room like a crown, and at the opposite end of the room is a throne with a thorny wreath resting on the seat."

Kitty touched her top lip with the pads of her fingers. "Oh dang."

Kurt adjusted his tricorn hat that insisted on wearing during D&D sessions. "There is no way it's that easy. We haven't seen anyone since the base of the mountain."

"We could try to stealth our way up to it and run?"

"Maybe, but I feel like it's probably a trap, right?"

"...yeah. Plus Galloway's stealth isn't very good."

Kurt leaned forward on the giant spool they used for a table in the 'Whispering Woods' AKA their attic hideaway, and touched the little figure representing his character. "I could try just running to the crown and snatching it."

"You'd be really exposed, though." Kitty looked at Evan. "Can I look around but stay in the doorway?"

"Make a perception check."

Kitty plucked one of the dice she had in front of her in a pile and gave it a little roll in her hand before dropping it on the table. "Uh... shoot - 12 with my proficiency."

Evan shrugged. "Hard to tell anything else from where you're standing. You just see what Zerzer sees."

Kurt looked at Anna. "Does Galloway have any ideas?"

Anna, who'd been staring at the colorful map Evan had laid out on the table, blinked the crust out of her eyes and got around to pointing them in Kurt's direction. "Sorry, what was that?"

"What do you think we should do with this room? It could be trapped."

Anna adjusted the pillows she had been sitting on so she could shift her weight and sit on her knees. The room's long yellow and red rope lights, as well as the comfortable warmth from the heater Kitty had brought up, was nearly enough to make her doze off. "Um," She tried focusing her bleary eyes on the map whose sole illumination was a desk lamp Evan had taken from his room. The grid map was detailed with smooth little rocks that Evan had brought from the beach below the cliff and miniature trees he had sculpted using tiny branches and clay.

"Sorry, where are we?"

Kurt dropped his finger on a small gray figurine frozen in mid-flex holding a warhammer. "Your guy is here, behind Zerzer and Babish."

"The room is in front of us right?" Anna blinked her eyes again. "Alright, I want to look in the room."

Evan glanced up from under the hood the silk black cloak he insisted on wearing during the game. "Are you walking inside, or do you want to look from where you are?"

"Where I am is good, I think." She looked down at all the strange shapes sitting in front of her. "I roll a die to do that right?"

"Right, D20."

"Which one is that?"

"It's the one that most looks like a ball."

Anna picked up one of the dice and immediately dropped it, "11."

"Is that with your modifier?"

"My modifier?"

Kurt scooted up next to her and gandered at the sheet of paper sitting in front of her. "You have a +2, so that's 13. That's pretty good for a barbarian!" He looked at the dice in front of her. "Oh, was this the dice you rolled?"