Lee was laying there dead as....a rock. Well not quite dead but...certainly rock like in almost every respect.

"We cannot hope to, drag him along he is, too big for all of our, arms." Said Urk, striking a dramatic pose.

Helm looked towards the Western exit. It was time to move on. She stepped forward anyway. There was no telling what was going to happen with their bulky friend. She pressed the door release and moved back to the West.

Nothing had changed here. The door to the South was still shut tight and the red stairs were still exactly as they'd left them. Helm passed the time by looking down at the tower room below. Occasionally shades moved around in there. But most of the time it was empty. For his main tower, it was hardly well defended. She pondered it for a while, wondering about the strange creatures and what they represented. They were a part of a world she didn't know and would have spent her entire life not knowing.

It was a fascinating and scary thought, knowing how things had developed after she had died. Even scarier was the thought that she may die here...well after her allotted time. But no. It didn't do to dwell on such things. She let out a deep sigh and looked towards Boone and Marek over at the door.

"Is Lee still not back yet?" She asked concernedly. They shook their heads.

"May Paradiso watch over him." Said Andrael softly.

It is now Phase 53. Phase 53 will end in roughly 24 hours from now.

Players (9):
Andrael
Boone
Brie
Dern
Marek
Maria
Rita
Urk
Walton

Exits:
East
West

^^; Maybe we should've waited...

What!?

Lee... =(

We could go back for him.

This might sound terrible but we're already gonna have to wait around in rooms twice in the next few phases to let the staff recharge. Having to backtrack for him would just draw things out even more. =/

Maybe we could leave a chalk message to give him instructions for where to meet up with us. I dunno. Maybe I'm just too impatient, not sure who else feels the same way.

oh no :sad:
urk. did you leave a chalk message?

Well shit. That was... Unexpected. And he did pass the walkie off? If not, the connection could also have been broken by his state of unconsciousness.

Also i scanned sophia saying "im a good guy" it came through as true.

Lee didn't have a follow on anyone?

He should have, didnt helm go first last phase? Regardless, even if he didn't, he should have followed the first to exit automatically.

Maybe he can't autofollow while knocked out anymore.

I'm thinking this was a 2 phase knockout or something. I think he did mention the effects being random.

So we wait here for him then?

I'm okay with waiting.

The problem with that would be the risk of exceeding the 2 phase limit in a room. Here's what we have to do:

1. use the staff to go to the past
2. stay in here to let it recharge
3. go to 2223 and use the staff again to go to the future
4. free the guardian (hopefully)
5. wait a phase for the staff to recharge
6. use the staff to go back to the past so we can exit the room

Actually, going through those steps I'm not sure how we can do this unless there's an exit to the guardian room. >_>

But the point remains, waiting in this room for Lee would mean we can't wait an extra phase for the staff to recharge, which could be bad for us as far as the 2 phase limit goes.