Curiosity did what, now?

[lurkingkobold]

The kobold's research cave is coming along nicely, after her previous adventure - the floor carefully flattened (by teleporting stone out) and softened (by teleporting sand in); the permanent portals to Deva and the cavern's exit, currently closed to anyone who doesn't know the passwords, but marked off, with spaces set aside for several more portals; her experimenting supplies tucked away behind further portals in her workspace; a small cache set up for her new translation necklace and any other magical items she might happen to find in her travels.

And, now, another portal, leading to another new world. She double-checks that she has her traveling gear - translation necklace, teleporting ring, twine - completes the spell, and peers through.

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[lurkingkobold]

Dusk considers for a moment, looks around, glances at the sky where the pinkness is deepening, and declares "wait."

Then she heads off toward the stables, gesturing for him to follow.

[last_one_out]

He follows along, glancing frequently at the sky.

[lurkingkobold]

A few minutes spent saddling Dusk's lynx, and she's ready to go.

(That sure is a giant tiger over there. It's asleep right now, but the giant crows aren't, and they watch Elarron curiously from their perches.)

[last_one_out]

The giant crows are slightly alarming - most of Elarron's associations with large flying animals are negative - but it's obvious that they're not actually going to eat him, at least not right now, so he's more amused than worried.

[lurkingkobold]

And then she leads the way out. She keeps to a comfortable walking pace, but heads purposefully out of the village and a little way along the main path leading to it. When they come to a side path, she takes it, and after a few seconds it lets out into a midsized clearing, where she dismounts and starts unpacking the trap from where she'd stowed it behind her saddle.

[last_one_out]

Elarron waits.

[lurkingkobold]

It doesn't take long for Dusk to get the trap unpacked and set it on the ground. "Trap," she explains.

[last_one_out]

"Okay... and, uh, how does it... trap?"

[lurkingkobold]

She nods an acknowledgement of the question, then walks across the trap, demonstrating that it doesn't currently do anything. Then she turns, whistles a short tune, steps back onto it, and is pulled steadily toward the center of the circle.

[last_one_out]

He eyes the trap, gauging the diameter of the circle and the speed with which it's pulling her in.

"...And that works?"

[lurkingkobold]

...yes?

She demonstrates how attempting to walk out doesn't work; she makes a little more headway running, but the trap appears to notice that she's doing so and redoubles its efforts to keep her in place.

"Trap."

[last_one_out]

He studies the trap and the elf. Yes, okay, but...

"What happens if you try to jump out?"

[lurkingkobold]

She considers this for a moment, and then declares "too far."

[last_one_out]

"Huh."

[lurkingkobold]

"Password," she says, and waits to be sure she has his attention.

[last_one_out]

She certainly does.

[lurkingkobold]

And here is the password; it's another whistled tune, and she walks demonstratively off of the trap once she's shared it. "Secret," she adds. "Not sure if... permission."

[last_one_out]

He nods. "Thank you, then."

[lurkingkobold]

Grin.

"Other thing..." she kneels by the trap and folds over the edge to indicate the under side, which is made of a slightly different material. "Mine, safe. Other, not safe. Password, same, safe - careful."

[last_one_out]

He nods thoughtfully. "Not safe how?"

[lurkingkobold]

"Magic. Electricity." She touches the underside of the trap and mimes jerking her hand away from a shock.

[last_one_out]

He smiles slightly and nods understanding. "All right then. Thanks. ...Just for my curiosity, can you turn it back on so I can see if I can jump out of it?"

[lurkingkobold]

She nods and repeats the activation tune, more slowly this time, then stands back, grinning.

[last_one_out]

Elarron grins back.

He steps onto the trap, and tries walking and then fast walking and then slow running and then faster running; none of these work, although the fast run gets him pretty far.

Then he lets it drag him back to the middle, crouches, and springs for the edge. That works. He hits the ground just past the edge of the cloth, rolls, and lands in a giggling sprawl safely outside the trap.

[lurkingkobold]

Heeee.

Dusk offers him a hand up, giggling herself.