ALL NOVEL Chapter 18: Torture
Schmorge starts to pull out planks from his inventory at a rapid rate to attempt to block the door from the guards getting in.
Guard: Stop them!
Guard: "FREEZE SHARD"
Ariya was hit by the Freeze Shard and cannot move.
Padoru: ill cut them off from those three
Padoru: "FIREBALL"
Schmorge: Damn it!
Padoru: shit
Ariya: Ugh.
Padoru: Schmorge grab her
Padoru: we gotta run
Ariya: I can't move.
Ariya: Just leave me.
Schmorge slams and smashes a window with his sledge hammer.
Ariya: This was all my fault anyways.
Schmorge starts to construct a ramp to the window and a ramp down to the ground from the window.
Padoru: nobody gets left behind
Schmorge: Slide down the ramp. It might give you splinters, but it's the best way.
Padoru: good plan
Ariya is literally stuck to the floor.
Padoru: Schmorge help me get her up
Schmorge: Fireball her leg? She's frozen to the floor.
The guard tackles down the blockade in one swoop.
Padoru: perhaps i could use a small, controlled fireball to defrost it?
The guard stands in between Pad and Ariya.
Guard: You're not getting away.
Pad slams his fist into the guard's chest. The guard catches his fist before pad's fist could even reach his fist.
Padoru: 
Schmorge: "LANDMINE"
The mine explodes leaving a big smoke screen between the two parties. The guard drags ariya away in the confusion. Pad and Schmorge coughed through the smoke.
Padoru: ariya nooooooooooo
Schmorge: There's no time! We can't do anything now.
Padoru: we have to save her
Schmorge: We do, but we don't have the strength.
Schmorge: Live to fight another day, or die doing nothing.
Once the smoke clears, the guard and ariya is nowhere to be found.
Schmorge: Which do you choose?
Padoru: if we leave her here then we just traded a life for a life
Schmorge: And if we stay here, we'll lose 3.
Padoru: FUCK!
Schmorge: Those fuckers move fast.
Padoru: im heading after her
Padoru: i won't let anyone be left behind
Pad runs back into the mansion to save Ariya. Schmorge is left alone.
Schmorge: I've got no offensive spells, just defensive, and my only weapon is the sledgehammer.
Schmorge: I'm a fucking support, dammit!
Schmorge: Fine, fuck it!
Schmorge chases after Pad back into the mansion. After a while, Schmorge manages to catch up to Pad because Pad doesn't know where they took Ariya.
Padoru: schmorge we run in, grab her before anyone notices, and sprint the fuck out of here
Schmorge: Hey, I've got these graphite rocks, throw these as you cast Fireball. They'll burn very hot.
Padoru: thanks, i'll keep that in mind
Schmorge hands over ten graphite rocks to Pad.
Padoru: thank you
Padoru: damn that fucker was quick, where could they be
Schmorge and Padoru stopped at the end of the hallway which leads into the basement.
Schmorge: In here, I guess?
They enter the basement slowly and instantly get hit with the smell of dead fish.
Padoru: this smell
Schmorge: Fish?
Padoru: it's terrible
Schmorge: Worse than me.
Padoru: that's saying something
As they approach the floor of the basement, they look around their surroundings. Pad can spot a jail cell-like structure with iron bars.
Padoru: iron bars, i could use that as a weapon perhaps
Schmorge: If I can crack off a section of rusted bar, we might be able to use that as a spear.
Padoru: good idea
Guard: (in the distance) And stay right there!
Padoru: shit schmorge
Schmorge: hide!
Padoru jumps into the nearest barrel he could find. Schmorge doing the same.
Guard: Can't wait until your pretty face gets chopped off.
The guard locks the basement door from the outside and walks up the stairs. Leaving both of them trapped in the basement.
Padoru: it looks clear
Schmorge: looks like it is
Schmorge: See any rusted bars?
Padoru: none ... fuck
Schmorge: No spear, then.
Padoru: whatever, let's just get in there and take her out.
Schmorge: I'll lead, I seem to be faster and will be able to escape if there's anyone left over.
Padoru: good plan
Schmorge whacks his sledgehammer into the basement door, hoping to break it down. The sledgehammer breaks instead.
Schmorge: Fuck.
Schmorge: Graphite reinforced fireball?
Padoru: perhaps
Schmorge: Any other options?
Schmorge: If you've got any lock picks, I might be able to open it up.
Padoru: i dont know that i do
Padoru: shit what do we do
Schmorge: Think I can use landmine to explode the door?
Padoru: but that would alert the guards
Schmorge: eeyup
Schmorge: See any sewer grates?
Padoru: hmmm
Schmorge: That'll be our way out.
Padoru: perhaps a light explosion will do the trick? something not too loud
Schmorge: Hey, could you stand back a bit?
Schmorge: Need room to run.
Schmorge runs and tackles the basement door down, falling flat on his face.
Schmorge: ow
Padoru: looks like we got through
Schmorge and Pad sneaked around the floor looking for Ariya.
Schmorge: Ariya!
There was no response.
Padoru: shit
The pair could spot some objects around them like a scalpel and some scissors on a wooden table. There was also a chair that had metal cuffs on its arms and legs. Also some pools of dried blood gathered on the floor in puddles.
Schmorge: What do
Padoru: we have to do something
Schmorge: Think they took her out?
The pair hears faint crying in the distance. Curious, they both follow the noise. They can hear a voice behind a half wall.
Ariya: I'm such a failure.
Padoru: Ariya?
Padoru: where is she
They both examine the half wall. It is about nine feet from the ground and blocks the whole corridor off. Schmorge touches the wall carefully and realizes that there is a weird substance on the wall. He starts taking damage. They realize the wall is poisoned.
Padoru: do u have something we can throw at it
Schmorge: No, but you do.
Schmorge: If it's a cement wall, heat will break down the limestone in the cement.
Padoru: could the rocks break it 
Schmorge: What's your strength stat?
Padoru: four
Schmorge: Higher than mine.
Padoru: do u think this could work
Schmorge: Dunno.
Ariya: I'm so dumb.
Padoru: let's try then
Schmorge: Maybe we could crawl on the ceiling? I've got decent dex.
Pad throws some stones at the poisoned wall. The stones bounce back at Pad.
Padoru: shit
Padoru: we go for your plan
Schmorge is looking around for anything to climb upon.
Padoru: could we move the torture tables and stand on them
Schmorge: Let's try.
Schmorge: This is a puzzle if I've ever seen one.
Padoru: yup
Schmorge: I'll touch the pointy bits.
Schmorge: If one of us has to.
Schmorge starts to move the tables around towards the poisoned wall. He starts to take damage from the pointy spikes on the table.
Schmorge: Health is nice to have... but it still hurts.
Schmorge: Ow.
The pair hear a clicking noise from above them.
Schmorge: shit
Padoru: what was that
Schmorge: a lock
Schmorge: Where'd the click come from?
Padoru: hmmm
Padoru: see anything?
Schmorge: With any luck, that click was the wall dropping or something.
Padoru: hopefully
Padoru
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Class: Elementalist
Level: 0
Skills: Fireball
Inventory:
10 Graphite Rocks
Schmorge
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Class: Bombardier
Level: 0
Skills: Landmine (Skill book from Volk)
[Whoops forgot this one too, my bad.]
Inventory:
5 Wednars
1 Yellowroot Flower
1 Durbock Root
1 Exetit Flower
1 Broccoli
1 Red Roxy Flower
1 Vixen Flower
1 Love Passion Fruit
1 Birch Stick
1 Brownfly Flower
1 Pineapple
55 Graphite Rocks
1 Fox Fur
1 Nizs Flower
1 Daisy
1 Moonfly Flower
1 Cat Liver
10 Fir Logs
126 Fir Planks
30 Limestone Rocks