Good luck with the cleanup,
Fordim. I have been following the news reports and was aghast to hear that officials had even asked people not to drain their basements yet because the flooding is so extensive and may threaten the water supply. I hope at least none of your books were stored in the basement. At least I gather your computer was not!
Everyone,
I have taken a rather large step in my latest post, #81 I think. I deleted my save from yesterday as what I wanted to do was too complex to fit in with the posts some of you had made. I hope what I have done is okay. Here's a bit of background.
The element sulphur has been known since ancient times. Its name comes from the Sanskrit,
sulvere and is known in the Bible as brimstone.
Assyrian texts from 700-600 BC refer to deposits of sulphur along riversides and in the 9th century BC Homer (the poet, not Simpson,
) called it "pest-averting sulphur." I have thus assumed that it would be known to Darash's tribe.
Sulphur is found in volcanoes and hot springs in its natural state. It is not soluble in water. It burns in air to form sulphur dioxide. It is of course found in acid rain.
In high concentrations it causes death by respiratory paralysis. I assumed that the nasty little critters would be more vulnerable more quickly to its smoke than us.
I assumed also that this form of defense would be a way to bring at least some of us together into a more unified action. Please everyone and anyone feel free to take up where I have left off. I don't foresee than any of us will die from the fumes.
Raid the gourd Darash left on the ground. She is carrying another gourd with her but I'm not sure if she will use this means of defense against Shelob.
Mwahaha and have fun.