[Dennis] I see your light.
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[Dennis] Brandon, did you hear me fight from where you are?
[Brandon] No, did you win?
[Dennis] Would I be regaining health if I hadn’t?
[Brandon] Good point.
[Dennis] The thing is that Silver made it pretty far and still heard it. I think you ended up in a completely different branch of this dungeon. I don’t know if just going forward is going to lead to us joining up.
[Helen] But going back only leads to us meeting up at that blocked tunnel. Unless you’re thinking we try a different branch system and hope for the best?
[Dennis] I’m more wondering if there’s any chance the dungeon opened it up, since we moved away from there.
[Brandon] I guess that’s a possibility, but we moved pretty far from there, and to go back and hit that wall. I think we’re better off continuing forward for a while more, and if we don’t meet up, then go back and see if it’s open. Worse case scenario, you two can exit while me and Hel look for the way around it.
[Dennis] We aren’t leaving you behind.
[Brandon] It wouldn’t be leaving us behind. It would be camping at the entrance until we make it out. Trust me, we’re going to have to end up really deep before the dungeon throws anything at the two of us that will be a problem.
[Dennis] Okay. We’ll keep going, but while you might not have to worry about the monsters in here, those centipedes nearly had me, and only two of them were level nine.
[Brandon] Just take it slow. Retreat if you have to until they stop chasing you. It’s not a hundred percent, but most monsters in dungeons at linked to an area. Once you’re out of that, they forget about you. Just don’t run into another monster while retreating.
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[Dennis] Brandon. Do you see my flashing light?
[Brandon] No, why?
[Dennis] We just came out of a cave with already dead centipedes, and I thought the light ahead of us was you.
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[Brandon] Daylight?
[Dennis] It’s too far to tell. We’re going to check it out.
[Brandon] Be careful. This far down, there shouldn’t be any daylight. It’s probably a trap.
[Helen] Wait for us.
[Dennis] I don’t think we have that kind of time.
[Silver] I think we know what killed those centipedes.
[Dennis] Makes one of us. What was that?
[Silver] Birds. I made a perception check just before they burst into the tunnel.
[Dennis] Then that is outside?
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[Dennis] Brandon, how much rope do you have?
[Brandon] Twenty meters, why?
[Dennis] I might have a way out, but it requires running up a wall and I can’t carry anyone. I figure if we have enough rope, I can run up, secure it and the rest of you can climb it.
[Brandon] Dennis, if you want to leave the dungeon, you just have to backtrack to the entrance. Me and Hel can make our way back. I’m not going to hold—
[Dennis] Brandon, is everything okay?
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