[ they're in a long, sterile hallway with very few doors, although at the far end of the hall are two very large ones. jack lands down beside her, tugging the rope after himself and then takes a moment to look back and forth as if orienting himself. ] We're going to have trouble making it to the roof, but it's our only way out. [ he starts to head towards the double doors, when there's a hideous clanking sound that issues from behind them, shaking the ground beneath their feet.
there are more doors down that way, after all. fifteen foot tall doors that are now opening, revealing a hulking figure behind them that has to duck to get through. it's hard to tell what they're looking at at first. it stands about 18 feet, its rocky body flecked with brassy deposits, looking very much like an earth elemental might. except it also has flames flickering in its eyes and maw. the hulking mass of stone and brass surges forward, puffs of acrid smoke leaking from its gaping mouth. intense heat radiates from its surface, and smoke rises from where it treads.
jack cranes his neck to stare up at it as he draws his own sword, and he all but sighs as he says: ] ... Naturally.
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there are more doors down that way, after all. fifteen foot tall doors that are now opening, revealing a hulking figure behind them that has to duck to get through. it's hard to tell what they're looking at at first. it stands about 18 feet, its rocky body flecked with brassy deposits, looking very much like an earth elemental might. except it also has flames flickering in its eyes and maw. the hulking mass of stone and brass surges forward, puffs of acrid smoke leaking from its gaping mouth. intense heat radiates from its surface, and smoke rises from where it treads.
jack cranes his neck to stare up at it as he draws his own sword, and he all but sighs as he says: ] ... Naturally.