IC 1 - Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

[Rex]

Shysie

"That seems reasonable."

She will lead the way towards room 1.

[sulldawga]

Are you going to Room 1 and through that door up (north)? Or going through the open door in Room 2 where the skeletons presumably retreated?

[ybn1197]

Baldwin clears his throat to get everyone's notice. "Not sure if I was seeing some old trap triggered by our presence, but I could have sworn I saw a black cat back in that room." He indicates the room to the north (Room 1).

[Rex]

Shysie

I think the North door.

[shaidar]

Sirius

Sirius is happy to follow whichever way the others want to go.

[sulldawga]

Exploration Turn 18 (DT 4)

Sirius sees yet another torch sputter as it approaches the end of its useful life.

The party returns to Room 1 and walks "up" to the other door. As he passes by the stairs leading back up to the first floor, Baldwin glances over and sees the black cat staring back at him for a moment. Then it darts away.

The defining characteristic of Room 5 is the soft green glow. There is a bioluminescent light coming from moss that seemingly is everywhere in the room. There are patches across the floor, walls, and ceiling.

Pushed against the walls are a number of large tables where different types of plants and herbs were being cultivated. They are all either overgrown or devoid of life. There is also a cabinet with glass doors, with a number of glass and ceramic vials within.

At the far end of the room is another door.

[shaidar]

Sirius

"The cabinet could be trapped, lets not open it quite yet."

Sirius gets another torch ready for when this one is finally spent. He then peers through the glass doors at the contents of the cabinet to see if anything in there is labelled.

[Rex]

Shysie

Shysie will look over the tables to see if the moss is hiding anything of use.

[thirdkingdom]

Drasig Brak

Brak moves to listen at the far door.

[ybn1197]

Baldwin stares long and hard up the stairs at the retreating cat before finally moving into the northern room. "Am I the only one who keeps seeing that damned cat?"

[Rex]

Shysie

"What cat are you talking about?"

[sulldawga]

The vials and bottles have labels on them. Some contain symbols, others abbreviated words. It's hard to tell what's what.

Shysie examines the tables. Perhaps some of them contained healing herbs at one point, but nothing looks medicinal at this stage.

Brak hears footsteps, in a steady monotone. It's as if someone or something is pacing back and forth, back and forth, without stopping.

[Rex]

Shysie

"Someone who might know older or obscure languages should look these vials over and see if they know what this writing says."

[ybn1197]

Shysie

"What cat are you talking about?"

Baldwin shakes his head as if to clear the mental cobwebs. "Never mind."

[shaidar]

Sirius

"Let me check the cabinet first, in case there are traps."

[sulldawga]

Sirius

"Let me check the cabinet first, in case there are traps."

Sirius finds no traps.

[shaidar]

Sirius

"Well, it looks safe enough. Shall we take a proper look?" he says to Shysie.

[sulldawga]

Sirius

"Well, it looks safe enough. Shall we take a proper look?" he says to Shysie.

The pair examine the cabinet's contents. Between looking at, smelling, and occasionally tasting the contents, they are able to identify enough useful herbs, balms, etc to create a Healer's Kit. They also discover a dose of Smelling Salts.

[Rex]

Shysie

"Useful stuff at least. Lets check for secret doors next."

Shysie will search for secret doors and what not.

[thirdkingdom]

Drasig Brak

"Wait!" he says, "what's that I hear? Footsteps?" He tries to listen more intently.