Ok so they opened it, and kept yelling at me to go through, but wouldn't let me go through! Log follows:
>go gate
A fur-clad Dwarven guard bellows, "Open the gear gate! Second guard, form up and stand at the ready!"
Slowly the complex tangle of sprockets and cogs set into the surface of the massive gear gate springs to life with a grinding rattle in a flood of sound and motion. Dwarven archers, perched along the peak of the outpost walls, form tight ranks and draw their bows as the massive gate slowly begins to tumble open clockwise.
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The massive gear gate continues to tumble end over end in a clockwise direction, following the path of the wide slats cut into the frozen ground. The maze of interlocking sprockets and cogs covering its expansive surface spin in a blur of variable movement, driving the gear gate forward.
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The sun vanishes behind a multicolored splendor of clouds as night slowly drapes its starry banner across the skies.
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Piercing squeals, slightly drowned by the rhythmic rumble of the spinning sprockets and cogs, slice though the air with unforgiving ferocity as the massive gear gate continues to slowly draw itself open.
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The maze of interlocking cogs and sprockets set into the face of the massive gear gate grind to a stuttering halt as it slides to a fully open position with a creaking THUD.
A fur-clad Dwarven guard bellows, "The gear gate is open, second guard take up a defensive position and stand ready!"
>go gate
A fur-clad Dwarven guard bellows, "Halt, the gear gate has been sealed for the night! Only Thieves and Dragon Priests dare wander the Seord Kerwaith after sunset, and none shall pass while darkness grips the land!"
>go gate
A fur-clad Dwarven guard bellows, "Halt, the gear gate has been sealed for the night! Only Thieves and Dragon Priests dare wander the Seord Kerwaith after sunset, and none shall pass while darkness grips the land!"
>time
It has been 384 years, 274 days since the Victory of Lanival the Redeemer.
It is the 7th month of Moliko the Balance in the year of the Crystal Snow Hare.
It is currently fall and it is sunset.
You're positive it's 13 roisaen after the Anlas of Meraud's Cloak.
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A fur-clad Dwarven guard bellows, "Pass now, or be left to the mercy of the Dragon Priests!"
>go gate
A fur-clad Dwarven guard bellows, "Halt, the gear gate has been sealed for the night! Only Thieves and Dragon Priests dare wander the Seord Kerwaith after sunset, and none shall pass while darkness grips the land!"
>l
[Seord Kerwaith, Gear Gate]
"Rough-cut logs with sharpened peaks reach across the rough stone walls to block further passage though the pass to the north. Thick curls of black smoke spiral into the sky from beyond the makeshift walls of the outpost, the air filled with the pungent aroma of blood sausage and smoking cedar. In the direct center of the fortification, a massive gear gate has been sandwiched between the sharpened log walls, reaching across the valley to slide seamlessly into the black rock walls of the valley.
Obvious paths: east, southeast, southwest, west.
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The fur-clad Dwarven guard bellows, "Close the Gear Gate!"
The air is filled with a deafening rattle as the numerous interlocking sprockets and cogs covering the surface of the gear gate slowly grind into motion, sending a fine rain of snow and ice spiraling though the air around it.
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-Vision et al
Also, I can shoot bees.
