The group descended and Tal tapped his fingers against his thigh with nervous energy as the stone walls closed in. Boreal rumbled happily at Noah's pats and Alys's scratches, ambling between the two for attention and occasional giving Deimos her best big dragon eyes for the cadging of treats.
It was a welcome distraction for the courier, and soon enough they reached the first obstacle.
"Hey, that kinda looks like a hand mine," he said to Noah, pointing to the first picture on the wall. "An' that third one's a wine spider..." They worked their way down the pictures, everyone chiming in to identify one or another, and then they sat there staring at the numbers until someone pointed out that there were six numbers, and six pictures and maybe they were connected?
They took the second letter of Hand mine, the fourth letter of Moonshroom, the fifth letter of Winespider and worked their way down until they had their answer.
Tal's nose wrinkled and he rubbed the back of his neck. "Huh. What're the chances?" But he stepped forward and took out his dagger, carefully scratching the word "ANSWER" into the blank space beside the door knob.
The answer to the riddle is "Answer"!
It was a welcome distraction for the courier, and soon enough they reached the first obstacle.
"Hey, that kinda looks like a hand mine," he said to Noah, pointing to the first picture on the wall. "An' that third one's a wine spider..." They worked their way down the pictures, everyone chiming in to identify one or another, and then they sat there staring at the numbers until someone pointed out that there were six numbers, and six pictures and maybe they were connected?
They took the second letter of Hand mine, the fourth letter of Moonshroom, the fifth letter of Winespider and worked their way down until they had their answer.
Tal's nose wrinkled and he rubbed the back of his neck. "Huh. What're the chances?" But he stepped forward and took out his dagger, carefully scratching the word "ANSWER" into the blank space beside the door knob.
The answer to the riddle is "Answer"!
