[ Well he's spent most of it staring at musty books, but he did spend time researching as an archaeologist and while he used magic to be lazy, he's watched this done before. Istredd is able-bodied, he'll make it work. He nods at Geralt's instruction, having assumed as much, since Geralt will probably be able to do this much easier than he can. Climbing up and down walls is probably part of the witcher training.
He takes in a deep breath and lets it out; it's now or never. He can't avoid it forever, and he can almost hear something below them. Urianger must be there, they were taken together. He puts his wrapped hands around the vine, ignoring that there are prickly parts to it, because that is a problem for future Istredd, if he survives.
He is very careful about how he puts his weight onto it from the start, since they're going to find out quickly if it can handle it. It'll snap and drop him right away, for instance, and so he waits in case that happens, there will be some chance Geralt can snag him. It holds, for now. Istredd drops down very slowly as instructed. He is good at taking instruction, and Geralt knows what he's doing, it's the only thing he's holding onto. And gripping the vine anxiously as he makes his way down.
Luckily his almost overly cautious approach is the best way to have no moments of actual panic since he makes it down and is genuinely shocked that he did. As soon as he can guess that he'll be fine dropping he does, to not test the vine's strength any more than that. There are cuts in his hands but not seriously. ]
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He takes in a deep breath and lets it out; it's now or never. He can't avoid it forever, and he can almost hear something below them. Urianger must be there, they were taken together. He puts his wrapped hands around the vine, ignoring that there are prickly parts to it, because that is a problem for future Istredd, if he survives.
He is very careful about how he puts his weight onto it from the start, since they're going to find out quickly if it can handle it. It'll snap and drop him right away, for instance, and so he waits in case that happens, there will be some chance Geralt can snag him. It holds, for now. Istredd drops down very slowly as instructed. He is good at taking instruction, and Geralt knows what he's doing, it's the only thing he's holding onto. And gripping the vine anxiously as he makes his way down.
Luckily his almost overly cautious approach is the best way to have no moments of actual panic since he makes it down and is genuinely shocked that he did. As soon as he can guess that he'll be fine dropping he does, to not test the vine's strength any more than that. There are cuts in his hands but not seriously. ]
Made it.
[ He shouts up to Geralt, sounding surprised! ]