Blue looks to his brother's still prone form and frowns slightly. He turns back to Drizzle.
'Menir ehece onidot osobe de ta, ife takanar sorewet tisa nor rel iveceti ocunu po yogena.'
Drizzle searches the ruined dining room. In the sideboard he finds 32 pieces of fine silverware, 8 china place settings, 2 vials or a familiar liquid , and a large bottle of fine brandy that appears to be about a century old.
Drizzle give a potion the the two unconscious members of the group.
He hides the brandy.
The healing potions work their magic, restoring Red and Robious to health.
"There we go. Your brother is confused. He'll snap out of it soon I think."
"Uighur . . . What? What happened?"
"What happened? Well, I am saving your sorry butts once more. That's what's happening."
Seeing his brother come to, Blue cocks his head and looks at Red confusedly.
'Gehat pib marar nih, to re orili popaw ibeheni nabatag rod taset: Si de amepo. Utanatan mutatus edec rir se helitis gipu.'
Red gets to his feet and rubs his temples. He stares at his brother for a moment after Blue finishes spouting gibberish.
'Right, he got dumber... somehow.' Red moves to the remaining closed door and examines it for traps.
If he finds no traps he jiggles the door and listens for a moment to see if anything within reacts.
Red explores the next room and finds the kitchen.
A diverse assortment of cooking utensils hangs from pegs lining the walls here. In the center of the room is a knife-scarred wooden table. A wide, shallow fireplace fitted with cooking hooks of varying lengths occupying most of the east wall. Atop the table is a jar labeled “cookies.”
In an elongated glass box attached to the wall near the door to the dining room and bearing the label “In case of fire, break glass” is a wand of some type.
There are 2 additional doors to this room, one connecting to the adjoining dining room and one on the north wall. Neither appear locked.
Blue continues to babble incoherently.
Red checks the fireplace, gently nudging the ashes with his toe before moving to the norther door.
Again, he jostles the door and waits for a moment to see if the room is occupied before attempting to open the door.
Blue gets a forlorn look in his eyes as he watches his brother leave the room, like an dog who's owner is leaving to the store.
'sal vuri epalak reloyal wec lotukac fi robut lu! Ne rup cadiegom bala renasel tupulel tini gecoto? Pisor talekin ere labecet! Aga nesieli tone; riepum ecehar came nunehiy hir pute ogemetil pat awe ipidi: Cihoto yer atacer halol tata ta, himap teri ca metoti sihenev rococ. Edosup firi uxorag icarica neloma cubeyo; niwoc fi irafa rokiele usimete ra legoton tedito.' While his words are unintelligible, his sadness is clear.
"Relax Blue, he is just checking the next room. You will shake this off soon."
"Ah, a wand. Hopefully one of extinguishing. Let me look. Good thing you have an elf with you."
The elf inspects the wand hoping to find a command word.
Red doesn't find anything of interest in the fireplace.
Drizzle opens the glass case and finds a tiny tag attached to the wand with the word "smotherbegone" written on it.
Blue continues to babble.
Red opens the north door and peers inside.
This appears to be the pantry. Shelves laden with foodstuffs line the walls, and bulging canvas sacks sit heaped in the corners. Some of the food has been expertly preserved in jars, but most of it is rotten or rotting, and the room smells accordingly.
Many of the jars, crates and sacks bear the logo “Gnome Farms.”
Red covers his nose and mouth and quickly slams the door closed. 'You can have everything in the pantry Blue, my gift to you.' Red tells his brother over Blue's incoherent stream of sound as he walks past. The more lithe Petes brother cautiously makes his way up the stairs, hoping they don't open beneath him or turn into grasping undead.
'Segeyo usamoni gose tuyun pune usito.' Blue says forlornly to Robious.
When Red re-entters the room the babbling picks up in speed and excitement, reaching a fever pitch hearing his brother's generosity.
'Yie lun fenanie necidi lel ciemenet. Tone desota dutab ba. Vihen cenoc ereb efi na eda tid ulukege. Yen cisep ogi go nesap uler rit ro na ietazeze; he neqaroy sa so tivuger mohiruh gegiey vut. Aya tapener tahose riw kitarel diehopi alibomu zegines tit bedieli. Nirepet bu eyatite oponucip hi nekato. Teyuwit gel toxere hiyo liharal coqu inoca pok siecore vecuze? Roser rapane do pikihi ura aba miriebof.'
"Ummm, some of that looks spoiled. I didn't bring antacids. Do be careful what you eat."
"This would have been handy and still might prove so."
Blue looks in the pantry and spies a can on the top shelf in the back corner labelled "Whupass."
Blue babbles on at his discovery.
Meanwhile, Red climbs the stairs into a large alcove . He sees an ebony statue of a man with a plaque that reads, "The Spy."
He could swear the statue's eyes are following him.
Facing south, a large open area opens to the great hall below, and he now sees the massive dragon skeleton up close, suspended by thick metal wires from the ceiling. A catwalk surrounds the great hall area leading to additional rooms.
Red waits at the top of the stairs for his companions before moving forward. There's been too many surprises in this place for my liking.
Blue scoops up the strangely labeled can and eyeballs it.
'Gic habuto telof raher. Na go ise rusos amaka isige rer civ. Gurel renovi tecelir netiber lo rit. Riri ene si merared niya mututa idowisied.'