final investigation

[arsholes]

[It's been almost a week since Orthrus' lucky escape. Almost a week, of all calls to Heisenberg going (metaphorically) to voicemail. Almost a week, to rest and recover from the harrowing losses of the previous Friday.

It's been almost a week. And the storms are getting worse.

You know the locked door on the first floor? The one that goes into the center of the tower, right across from the great entry hall doors?

Today, there's a heavy iron key sticking out of the lock. With a familiar crest on the head.

The key is sticky with wet yellow paint, and wetter blood.]

Comments

[arsholes]

[The door opens with a smooth turning of very heavy gears, and swings outward on its own. The stone spiral staircase beyond is lit with humming electric lights that cast an eerie blue glow on the stairs.]

[twibeast]

[ Orthrus looks down inside. ]

I can go ahead if you’d like. If anything comes at us I should be able to shield all of us.

[rikonstructed]

[Nuadha doubles back for candles from the storage room before proceeding, he trusts nothing.]

Practical. But be careful. I doubt your mana has fully recovered.

[twibeast]

[ He nods, and after fixing his harp to his back, crystallizes a shield just in case and starts to make his way down. ]

[spitessier]

I'll keep watch from the back.

[Katsuya moves to the back of the group, ready to be the one to watch out for attackers that may come from the rear, yup]

[arsholes]

[Smart move, setting up a marching order. Very important for all adventurers, as you know.

The stairs seem rather innocuous as they twist down and down. They seem to go down to about the level of the secret passage that passes by the boiler room, if anyone has been down that particular hole, before they end in an arched doorway and a plain wooden door.

Beyond the door seems to be another plain, electrically lit stone room, with one door at each end.

Looks like it might be time to split up, gang...]