Always Ascending

[Nihtgenga]

"Nice find, Oric."

Retiaria looked up at the cliffs. "I guess I could climb up and have a look around. It'd suck if we were going away from a town or whatever."

Stowing her weapons in her satchel, she approached the cliff and tried scaling it. Obviously she wasn't going to be able to reach the top, but with some effort maybe she could get high enough to have a better vantage point, at least. Her tail helped balance her, and with bare feet she was able to get an excellent grip on the rock...

[Athletics 18+5= 23]

Once up as high as she could get, she looked around for any signs of civilisation...

[Perception 20+1= 21]

[darlingng01]

Oric:

I cautiously bring the satchel closer to myself and then slowly open it, holding the opening away from me. Once I'm sure nothing is coming out I bring it closer and inspect the contents.

[Ryuforce]

The dragonborn pondered over Naethra's point, looking around the beach. "Water rises around here.. huh... um.. maybe could try to climb up but... that seems pretty darn high up.. you think we can get to the top?" she asks quite curiously to the tiefling only to see the other one, Red have no problem scaling up a bit to try to get a good view of things.

[Dichotomy]

I'm certainly relieved that I'm apparently not needed to dive into the dark ocean, "I'm confident that we're not meant to just walk to either direction... but" I turn to stare up the cliff "Didn't the serving woman mention something about ascending?"

[Ordos]

"I don't think it's quite that literal," Naethra said to Lou.  She kept her eyes on Red, wondering how she could get up there herself.  She didn't have Red's upper-body strength. 

"Do you have a rope you could throw down from the top?" she hollered to Red.  Turning to Duran, "we could probably scale that... if you use your slimming food, before our Gracious Hostess decides she doesn't want you to have the option."  She remembered the pills Oric abused.

Then she turned a weary eye towards the former dwarf.

"Be careful with that.  It's probably a trap."  She took a step away from Oric, just to be safe.

[Alice]

Climbing up the cliff face doesn't strain red too much, even thought it is a difficult climb. She looks out no signs of civilization in any direction.

Oric opens the pack. It does not explode. Inside are several glass bottles. One of which contains a rolled up paper.

[Nihtgenga]

Well... darn it, that was disappointing.

Slithering back down the cliff, Retiaria jumped the last nine feet or so, landing in the soft sand and coming up in a roll. Walking over to the others, she said "I got nothing. Just miles and miles of beach and sea..."

[darlingng01]

Oric:

Curious. I pull out the bottle with a piece of paper in it and attempt to extract what I hope is a note. perhaps it will give us some hint of what needs to be done.

[Alice]

The note in the bottle simply reads, "I've found my kingdom. Drink and join me there."

[Dichotomy]

Assuming Oric shares the note, I frown, sighing, and nod. "Of course. So we are to be getting wet. They must be potions of water breathing. I suppose that was to be expected, since the whole theme of this awful plane is to get you wet."

[Ryuforce]

Duran shook her head to Naethra. "Not unless you want to wait til tomorrow. Something bout the think doesn't give me the other piece until a day has passed." She explained only to blink when Oric found a note. She looks over it as well but govies a shrug, looking down to the ocean water. "So.. we drink that?" She asked, pointing to all that water.

[Nihtgenga]

"Uh... I don't think even you could drink an entire sea, Duran. Maybe we just drink what's in the bottles if you're thirsty..."

[Ordos]

Naethra groaned.

"We're stuck on a narrow band of sand between cliffs and an ocean.  There's a half buried bag with potions and a vague, unhelpful note not twenty feet from where we arrived.  The way I see it, we have three options.  We can start walking down a beach and hope it leads somewhere.  We can drink the mysterious potions, which is exactly what our Fulsome Hostess wants us to do.  Or, we could do something unexpected and work out some way to get up those cliffs."

[Nihtgenga]

"...Can you fly, Naethra? What about the rest of us? Because unless we all suddenly grow wings," Retiaria paused, looking around. A few seconds later she was sure that wasn't going to happen. "There ain't no way we're climbing that cliff. I'm no professional climby person, but I'm sure we'd get exhausted before we got to the top. We'd need specialised gear to get up that thing that we just don't have. So I vote we drink the bottles."

[Ryuforce]

The dragonborn ponders herself on what to do. "Well I figured it meant we drink a bit... but wait the bottles have something to drink?" She didn't actually have a good look at them as she looks towards the bottles then at the massive cliff. "Hmmnn.. I mean.. we could try to climb... there's least this soft ground and water below us..." The dragonborn isn't quite sure herself as she ponders what they should do.

"Maybe drink up then if climbing is so hard?" She shrugs. "We could least test out the bottles to see if they even work."