On A Roll

Scarlett Rushes In

Chronologically, this takes place before the first chapter. It's also what sparked this fic in the first place, I figured that I'd post it here because it looks like a few more short scenes from this are on their way, and hey. why not make it a collection, huh?

Does this mean that I'm going to go through the Adventure Zone completely, picking out every single scene i think is funny and doing a terrible RR riff on it?? i have no idea. maybe. probably.

"Okay, so you've just reached a large wrought-iron door. You can hear faint screams coming from behind it, and there's also the sound of rushing water."

"Well, we gotta go through," Del said, with the air of somebody stating the obvious.

Clancy pulled a face. "Aw, there's people screaming back there, don't you think we could just-"

"I- sorry, Adaira pushes open the door," said Red.

"It's locked," Elliot reported. "It just kind of rattles a bit."

"Adaira kicks the nearest wall in exasperation, because she's completely out of spell slots and she can't do anything," Red said, crossing her arms and slumping down onto the table with a slight huff.

"Roll to kick the wall," Elliot said.

Red wrinkled her nose, but did so. "That's a 4."

"You try to kick the wall, but miss and end up stubbing your foot on the ground. You take, ah-" he quickly rolled some dice. "-2 points of damage."

"Ruby- um, I mean, Scarlett- could pick the lock," Mouse suggested quietly, getting the adventure back on track. "You're a rogue, right?"

"Sure am," said Ruby, grabbing a d20. "Okay, I do that."

"That's gonna be hard, it's a really hard lock to pick- you can tell it's super strong just by looking at it-"

"Nat 20!" Ruby whooped, grinning widely. "The door's open, and you know what that means...."

"Oh no." Clancy covered his face with his hands. Del made a similar noise of exasperation, but Red looked expectant and

"That's right- Scarlett rushes in!"

"And absolutely nobody is surprised," said Del flatly.