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Night 55: Room of Earth

Apr 08, 2011 22:28

[from here]The rumbling got louder as soon as they set foot in the room. Indy hung back by the door for a minute, holding an arm out to keep anyone from rushing ahead until he could get the lay of the land. First he found the exit: a door directly opposite them down the length of the room. The place's shape suggested a giant clay vessel, with red ( Read more... )

two-face, indiana jones, peter parker

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unheroed April 9 2011, 17:57:29 UTC

With the other half of their entourage taking the left door, Harvey didn't hesitate in following Jones through the right. He had no idea what to expect, although the sound that had come from behind it had given him more than enough reason to be concerned.

At first he thought they'd just entered a room that was oddly-shaped, but he wasn't going to be naive and assume that was all. When the first set of boulders suddenly came rolling down in succession, cutting a crushing path across the room, Harvey felt his shoulders tense. He and Sangamon had been right, then; this was the side that held the physical challenges.

He didn't know if the weapon room that Depth Charge had described would have been any better, but part of him was feeling jealous at that moment. He narrowed his eyes when Jones let out an exclamation, though he was glad that none of them had rushed forward yet. They needed to plan their way across carefully.

"Again?" he snapped. "I thought you hadn't been this far before!"

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its_the_mileage April 10 2011, 16:07:27 UTC

"Yeah," Indy agreed with Peter's assessment, a little distractedly--he was busy watching the boulders. He waited until one of the first boulders to appear had rolled back across to its original position twice to give his opinion on the kid's other point: "Yep. If there's a pattern, it's more complicated than we have time to figure out ( ... )

unheroed April 10 2011, 17:51:51 UTC

A history with boulders? What the hell did that mean?

Harvey turned to Jones for a second, searching for an explanation, but he was watching the moving rocks with the intensity of a man in his element. Harvey didn't get it. He was from the 1930's and taught at a university. He was an archaeologist. Why would he know anything about this sort of stuff, let alone be used to it ( ... )

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