Mulvey performs an initial assessment of the exit in the southeast corner of the otherwise empty cavern. He calls over to the others.
"There's a steep passage leading down to a pool, but I can't see what's in it. I'm wondering if we can tie a lantern to the end of the rope to see what's down there. I could follow ten feet behind..." Abe retrieves one of the recently removed fire beetle glands from his large sack.
"Or you could use one of these," he says, before adding:
"We might even consider going back to that other beetle and getting the glands from it..." While
Abe and
Mulvey discus their plans to light the area below,
Kernolde and
Luken fail to detect anything out of the ordinary in the rest of the cavern.
Abe hands
Mulvey one of the glands and watches as the elf sends it tumbling down the passage which angles downward at a significant angle; the decline is estimated to be approximately 40-degrees. The gland makes good progress as it clanks down the stone chute for nearly its entire 20' length before catching a jagged edge near the bottom which sends the roundish gland into a spin. The gland begins to wobble and roll in a circle, reminiscent of an egg being spun in the '
Keep on the Table' child game popular in Seaside.
The group watches the slowly circling gland with eager anticipation as it angles towards the pool
Mulvey referenced.
Splash!
The light disappears upon hitting the water, but it did allow the group a chance to briefly see what was beneath them before doing so.
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