Faolan has a moment of pause about the mention of crypts, but if Rin says it's not worth their time, that's probably true.
The room is unchanged, the only sounds the strange ambient chanting they've heard since they came down the spiral stairs.
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Rin's going to lead around the table to the entry on the far side, intending to listen/look in.
Dima, taking up the tail of their train, is thinking on that empty crypt with a name, though he won't prod about it now.
[note: The entry is a hallway; around the corner is another flight of stairs.]
Rin turns back to Sen: [ Too many stairs in this place. Clear this floor first, or down we go? ]
[note: It's still the same level, just about three or four stairs.]
Rin would rather take a look around the other entries leading from the table room before continuing in this direction. They look back to the others, pause, then scuttle past Sen to continue toward the next opening.
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The other doorways prove to be alcoves; in each one is a bed with mouldering straw and filthy blankets. There's nothing else to be found.
Faolan is just watching quietly, almost expectantly, as though waiting for Rin to tell the party they found something.
(It's better than looking at Dmitri. He is trying very hard not to do that just now.)
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Rin gestures for the group to cluster and speaks softly: "Four basement beds. That's weird, right? If the staff lived upstairs, what was all of this?"
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Sen looks contemplative; he's not sure what he thinks, or how all the pieces fit together.
Faolan, however, thinks about the letter and frowns. "'Visitors.'"
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Dima has - of course he has - been watching Faolan, and now nods. "Visitors eager to keep hidden. Or visitors required to hide." The letter; the books; the entire aura of this house. "It might be related to the books upstairs, to the cult referenced." A shrug of one shoulder. "It may not."
It makes sense enough to Rin. They think about it. Think about it. "One way of finding out."
Rin's going to move toward the small set of stairs, and move downward.
[dm: From their vantage at the bottom of the stairs, they can see the room opens up. At the center, they can just see 3-foot high stone rising from the ground in what might be a sort of wall.]
Rin's moving into the room; they'll give the perimeter a check, but they're very, very interested in whatever that stone thing is.
As they move, Dima Messages Faolan: [ Any thoughts on who or what those visitors might have been? ]
As Rin enters the room to begin their perimeter, they'll be on the lookout for signs of movement or traps.
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There are no signs of traps or movement. Upon entering the room, they can see it, too, branches off into five more alcoves. At the center of the room is a well with a three foot high lip. Above it, suspended from crossbeams, a bucket hangs unmoving.
Faolan finally does exchange a glance with Dima, blinks, and looks away thoughTfully. [ The letter said people were being bled on an altar. Tortured in a dungeon. You found those books. Maybe it was a sort of cult. ]
Sen, meanwhile, slinks off to the right to stick his head in one of the doorways and see what there is to see.
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Seeing Sen start checking the right, Rin heads toward the left. They throw a glance back toward the bucket - what's the bucket for? watering the monster? - but want to see what these rooms hold, and whether it's safe (safeish) to look at the bucket.
[dm: The bucket is hanging about five or six feet above their head. The underside looks as though the wood is rotting away.]
Look up, Rin thinks they really want to poke that bucket. Or throw something at it. Later!
Dima is going to hold that glimpse of Faolan's eyes close to his heart. [ Yes. I'd say it's odd that we've found no signs of carnage— But then, we can't be sure how far this house extends. Given the sound we're hearing... I'd guess it's had some distance to echo. ]
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From their new vantage point, they can see at least one of the alcoves contains another, slightly better bed. A chest sits beside this, locked with a heavy iron padlock.
Sen sees something similar in the room he's investigating, and with a glance back to ensure Rin sees him stepping into this particular room (just in case) he moves toward it and will attempt to pick the lock.
Faolan is silent for the moment, then nods in agreement. [ *What we've seen already outpaces the sprawl of the house. It could be vast, yes.*]
And, after another pause, he tightens his hand on the hilt of his scimitar. [ I feel useless here. ]
Sen rolls a 15 total dexterity check and manages to pop open the lock. He likewise tries to see if there are any traps, whiffs his check, and decides the chest is totally harmless.
It is, but it might not have been. Inside the chest, he finds a pouch of strange leather, containing 11 gp and 60 sp.
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Rin begins to make their way in the direction of the room and chest they spotted, thinking ’Oh that's much better!’ They'll have to ask Sen what he found in his room! First, though, they're going to check this chest for traps and make an attempt at opening it.
[PERC: 8; chest looks totally fine!]
Then they’ll open it!
[DEX: 16]
The lock opens easily. In this chest, Rin finds a silvered shortsword.
It sort of becomes clear to Sen and Rin by now that these chests contain the personal belongings of whoever was staying here, and they're unlikely to have any traps on them.
Rin Messaging Sen to ask if he wants to go splitsies on opening and going through the chests!
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The room is unchanged, the only sounds the strange ambient chanting they've heard since they came down the spiral stairs.
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Rin's going to lead around the table to the entry on the far side, intending to listen/look in.
Dima, taking up the tail of their train, is thinking on that empty crypt with a name, though he won't prod about it now.
[note: The entry is a hallway; around the corner is another flight of stairs.]
Rin turns back to Sen: [ Too many stairs in this place. Clear this floor first, or down we go? ]
[note: It's still the same level, just about three or four stairs.]
Rin would rather take a look around the other entries leading from the table room before continuing in this direction. They look back to the others, pause, then scuttle past Sen to continue toward the next opening.
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The other doorways prove to be alcoves; in each one is a bed with mouldering straw and filthy blankets. There's nothing else to be found.
Faolan is just watching quietly, almost expectantly, as though waiting for Rin to tell the party they found something.
(It's better than looking at Dmitri. He is trying very hard not to do that just now.)
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Rin gestures for the group to cluster and speaks softly: "Four basement beds. That's weird, right? If the staff lived upstairs, what was all of this?"
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Sen looks contemplative; he's not sure what he thinks, or how all the pieces fit together.
Faolan, however, thinks about the letter and frowns. "'Visitors.'"
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Dima has - of course he has - been watching Faolan, and now nods. "Visitors eager to keep hidden. Or visitors required to hide." The letter; the books; the entire aura of this house. "It might be related to the books upstairs, to the cult referenced." A shrug of one shoulder. "It may not."
It makes sense enough to Rin. They think about it. Think about it. "One way of finding out."
Rin's going to move toward the small set of stairs, and move downward.
[dm: From their vantage at the bottom of the stairs, they can see the room opens up. At the center, they can just see 3-foot high stone rising from the ground in what might be a sort of wall.]
Rin's moving into the room; they'll give the perimeter a check, but they're very, very interested in whatever that stone thing is.
As they move, Dima Messages Faolan: [ Any thoughts on who or what those visitors might have been? ]
As Rin enters the room to begin their perimeter, they'll be on the lookout for signs of movement or traps.
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There are no signs of traps or movement. Upon entering the room, they can see it, too, branches off into five more alcoves. At the center of the room is a well with a three foot high lip. Above it, suspended from crossbeams, a bucket hangs unmoving.
Faolan finally does exchange a glance with Dima, blinks, and looks away thoughTfully. [ The letter said people were being bled on an altar. Tortured in a dungeon. You found those books. Maybe it was a sort of cult. ]
Sen, meanwhile, slinks off to the right to stick his head in one of the doorways and see what there is to see.
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Seeing Sen start checking the right, Rin heads toward the left. They throw a glance back toward the bucket - what's the bucket for? watering the monster? - but want to see what these rooms hold, and whether it's safe (safeish) to look at the bucket.
[dm: The bucket is hanging about five or six feet above their head. The underside looks as though the wood is rotting away.]
Look up, Rin thinks they really want to poke that bucket. Or throw something at it.
Later!
Dima is going to hold that glimpse of Faolan's eyes close to his heart. [ Yes. I'd say it's odd that we've found no signs of carnage— But then, we can't be sure how far this house extends. Given the sound we're hearing... I'd guess it's had some distance to echo. ]
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From their new vantage point, they can see at least one of the alcoves contains another, slightly better bed. A chest sits beside this, locked with a heavy iron padlock.
Sen sees something similar in the room he's investigating, and with a glance back to ensure Rin sees him stepping into this particular room (just in case) he moves toward it and will attempt to pick the lock.
Faolan is silent for the moment, then nods in agreement. [ *What we've seen already outpaces the sprawl of the house. It could be vast, yes.*]
And, after another pause, he tightens his hand on the hilt of his scimitar. [ I feel useless here. ]
Sen rolls a 15 total dexterity check and manages to pop open the lock. He likewise tries to see if there are any traps, whiffs his check, and decides the chest is totally harmless.
It is, but it might not have been. Inside the chest, he finds a pouch of strange leather, containing 11 gp and 60 sp.
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Rin begins to make their way in the direction of the room and chest they spotted, thinking ’Oh that's much better!’ They'll have to ask Sen what he found in his room! First, though, they're going to check this chest for traps and make an attempt at opening it.
[PERC: 8; chest looks totally fine!]
Then they’ll open it!
[DEX: 16]
The lock opens easily. In this chest, Rin finds a silvered shortsword.
It sort of becomes clear to Sen and Rin by now that these chests contain the personal belongings of whoever was staying here, and they're unlikely to have any traps on them.
Rin Messaging Sen to ask if he wants to go splitsies on opening and going through the chests!
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