Pietro quickly brought Wanda up to speed on the events of the game thusfar,
and then continued the story.
"You come to the gate of the castle," he said. "It's a typical gothic-style castle, with large towers and gargoyles perched high up on the roof. The doors are made of thick iron. How do you proceed?"
"I rip the doors off!" said Fred.
"Um, maybe we should look for a back door, yo?" suggested Toad.
"Ah, let him. Best way in is through the front," said Lance.
"I really don't think that's such a good." Wanda started.
"Too late," said Pietro as he revealed what lie in store for the party. "As Fred knocks down the door, the ground you are standing on collapses. You fall down a tunnel and land in a dark basement,"
"Idea," she finished.
"I told you we should have tried another way in!" said Toad.
"Ok, shut up! We'll find a way out of here,"
"Are there any torches on the wall we could use for light?" asked Wanda.
"No," said Pietro. "The only light is coming from the hole way above your heads,"
"Great," said Wanda. "Alright, I'm a witch, so I cast a spell to light up the room,"
'You raise your hand and chant a few words, and a ball of light appears in your hand. It is sufficient enough to light the room,"
"What all can we see?" asked Lance.
"The room is empty. There is a staircase at one end, with some runes carved in the wall next to it,"
"Can Wanda read them?"
"Yes. They say, 'Dungeon, downstairs',"
"That must be where the X-geeks are," said Lance. "We go downstairs,"
"You walk down the twisty staircase. It opens into a very large room. From where you are, you can make out a long row of iron bars at the far end of the room,"
"That must be the X-geeks," said Fred.
"Ok, we might as well break them out. We walk over to the cells," said Lance.
Pietro grinned. Lance could always be counted on to be impatient and direct. He sprang another trap on them.
"As you take walk across the chamber, you step on a strange looking tile in the middle of the room. The tile sinks into the floor and you hear a loud grinding sound as the walls start to slide together,"
"Oh no!" cried Toad. "We're gonna be squashed, yo!"
"I try and keep the walls from crushing us!" Fred said.
"Ok, we need to do a strength check. "Roll," Pietro said, handing Fred a die.
Fred rolled and came up with a four. "What's that mean?" he asked.
Pietro shook his head glumly. "Sadly, even a giant's strength isn't enough to overcome this trap. The walls come together, crushing you flat,"
"Well, that's over with," said Lance, starting to get up. "Who wants to go to the drive-through?"
"Sit down!" shouted Pietro. "The game's not over yet,"
"Hello genius, you just killed us!" said Lance. "What else is there to do?"
"Believe me, as much as I'd like to kill you, the point of this game is for you guys to learn a lesson in teamwork and strategy. Clearly, we still have a long way to go. Now, let's try this part again,"
Lance rolled his eyes; this could take all week.
"Ok," he said irritably. "We check the room for traps this time,"
Pietro nodded. "You make your way over to the cells much more carefully, and are able to avoid setting off any traps,"
"Who's in the cells?"
"There are four cells, one person in each one. The first has a man in leather clothes, wearing a mask over his eyes. The second has a woman in a long cloak with red hair. The third has a small girl in green tights, and the fourth has a man covered with blue fur and a tail. None of them have any weapons or armor. They see you and ask you to let them out,"
"Well?" asked Wanda. "I don't suppose we have a key?"
"No," said Pietro. "You don't see any way of unlocking the cells,"
"Guess I'll have to break them out," said Fred.
"Hang on, there could be more traps," said Lance. "Wanda, check and see if there are any spells on the doors,"
"Good, you're learning," Pietro said. "Wanda checks the cells, but they're clear of magic,"
"Ok, Freddy, let them out,"
"Fred rips off the cell doors and the prisoners walk out. The man in the mask walks up to you," Pietro said, and then shifted roles. "Thank you so much!" he said, almost groveling. He quickly changed his voice to that of a woman's. "I thought we were never going to get out of here!"
Fred, Lance, Toad, and Wanda all looked at Pietro, slightly disturbed by his skills at vocal mimicry. Finally, Fred spoke up.
"Wow, Pietro, you sounded just like Jean!"
"Yeah, pretty good, ain't I?" grinned Pietro.
"So is that why you keep a dress and a red wig in your closet?" asked Lance.
"WHAT?" yelled Pietro, his eyes tripling in size.
"Yeah, we found them in your closet a while ago while we were, uh, straightening up the place," said Toad. "We kinda figured you were dressing up like her or something,"
"Listen, I don't know what you're talking about!" said Pietro frantically.
"Well, we always did wonder what was going on when we heard you and her having those discussions late at night," said Toad. "We would have asked you about them, but it sounded like you were having too good a time pretending to be her,"
"I've never seen those before in my life! Somebody's trying to frame me, I tell you!" Pietro shouted, his secret out.
"Relax, Pietro," said Lance, chuckling at this tidbit of information. "We promise we won't tell Magneto that his son likes to dress up and pretend he's one of his arch enemies,"
"Especially THAT one, yo," said Toad.
"Uh, thanks guys. I think," said Pietro, slowly calming down. "Let's uh, just get on with the game, shall we?"
"Whatever you say," Lance said.
"You come to the gate of the castle," he said. "It's a typical gothic-style castle, with large towers and gargoyles perched high up on the roof. The doors are made of thick iron. How do you proceed?"
"I rip the doors off!" said Fred.
"Um, maybe we should look for a back door, yo?" suggested Toad.
"Ah, let him. Best way in is through the front," said Lance.
"I really don't think that's such a good." Wanda started.
"Too late," said Pietro as he revealed what lie in store for the party. "As Fred knocks down the door, the ground you are standing on collapses. You fall down a tunnel and land in a dark basement,"
"Idea," she finished.
"I told you we should have tried another way in!" said Toad.
"Ok, shut up! We'll find a way out of here,"
"Are there any torches on the wall we could use for light?" asked Wanda.
"No," said Pietro. "The only light is coming from the hole way above your heads,"
"Great," said Wanda. "Alright, I'm a witch, so I cast a spell to light up the room,"
'You raise your hand and chant a few words, and a ball of light appears in your hand. It is sufficient enough to light the room,"
"What all can we see?" asked Lance.
"The room is empty. There is a staircase at one end, with some runes carved in the wall next to it,"
"Can Wanda read them?"
"Yes. They say, 'Dungeon, downstairs',"
"That must be where the X-geeks are," said Lance. "We go downstairs,"
"You walk down the twisty staircase. It opens into a very large room. From where you are, you can make out a long row of iron bars at the far end of the room,"
"That must be the X-geeks," said Fred.
"Ok, we might as well break them out. We walk over to the cells," said Lance.
Pietro grinned. Lance could always be counted on to be impatient and direct. He sprang another trap on them.
"As you take walk across the chamber, you step on a strange looking tile in the middle of the room. The tile sinks into the floor and you hear a loud grinding sound as the walls start to slide together,"
"Oh no!" cried Toad. "We're gonna be squashed, yo!"
"I try and keep the walls from crushing us!" Fred said.
"Ok, we need to do a strength check. "Roll," Pietro said, handing Fred a die.
Fred rolled and came up with a four. "What's that mean?" he asked.
Pietro shook his head glumly. "Sadly, even a giant's strength isn't enough to overcome this trap. The walls come together, crushing you flat,"
"Well, that's over with," said Lance, starting to get up. "Who wants to go to the drive-through?"
"Sit down!" shouted Pietro. "The game's not over yet,"
"Hello genius, you just killed us!" said Lance. "What else is there to do?"
"Believe me, as much as I'd like to kill you, the point of this game is for you guys to learn a lesson in teamwork and strategy. Clearly, we still have a long way to go. Now, let's try this part again,"
Lance rolled his eyes; this could take all week.
"Ok," he said irritably. "We check the room for traps this time,"
Pietro nodded. "You make your way over to the cells much more carefully, and are able to avoid setting off any traps,"
"Who's in the cells?"
"There are four cells, one person in each one. The first has a man in leather clothes, wearing a mask over his eyes. The second has a woman in a long cloak with red hair. The third has a small girl in green tights, and the fourth has a man covered with blue fur and a tail. None of them have any weapons or armor. They see you and ask you to let them out,"
"Well?" asked Wanda. "I don't suppose we have a key?"
"No," said Pietro. "You don't see any way of unlocking the cells,"
"Guess I'll have to break them out," said Fred.
"Hang on, there could be more traps," said Lance. "Wanda, check and see if there are any spells on the doors,"
"Good, you're learning," Pietro said. "Wanda checks the cells, but they're clear of magic,"
"Ok, Freddy, let them out,"
"Fred rips off the cell doors and the prisoners walk out. The man in the mask walks up to you," Pietro said, and then shifted roles. "Thank you so much!" he said, almost groveling. He quickly changed his voice to that of a woman's. "I thought we were never going to get out of here!"
Fred, Lance, Toad, and Wanda all looked at Pietro, slightly disturbed by his skills at vocal mimicry. Finally, Fred spoke up.
"Wow, Pietro, you sounded just like Jean!"
"Yeah, pretty good, ain't I?" grinned Pietro.
"So is that why you keep a dress and a red wig in your closet?" asked Lance.
"WHAT?" yelled Pietro, his eyes tripling in size.
"Yeah, we found them in your closet a while ago while we were, uh, straightening up the place," said Toad. "We kinda figured you were dressing up like her or something,"
"Listen, I don't know what you're talking about!" said Pietro frantically.
"Well, we always did wonder what was going on when we heard you and her having those discussions late at night," said Toad. "We would have asked you about them, but it sounded like you were having too good a time pretending to be her,"
"I've never seen those before in my life! Somebody's trying to frame me, I tell you!" Pietro shouted, his secret out.
"Relax, Pietro," said Lance, chuckling at this tidbit of information. "We promise we won't tell Magneto that his son likes to dress up and pretend he's one of his arch enemies,"
"Especially THAT one, yo," said Toad.
"Uh, thanks guys. I think," said Pietro, slowly calming down. "Let's uh, just get on with the game, shall we?"
"Whatever you say," Lance said.