Seren follows Segang up onto the boards, and they begin to splinter and buckle with all the weight.
Seren moves forward away from Segang quickly, slipping into the boat if necessary.
And Segang, weapon ready, moves cautiously closer to the structure.
The boards settle down as Seren and Segang distribute the weight.
While the second group is shuttling over, you get a closer look at the side entrance. It appears to have been out of use for nigh a decade. The door is in the same poor condition as the rest of the wall, swollen and encrusted so as to be nearly a part of it.
Demitri will climb up first and help both Rosa and Absinthe up onto the boards.
Segang stands ready to defend the team, shield in one hand, and sword in the other. He eyes the old swollen door carefully, worried that opening my make the barking of a dog seem quiet.
The rest of the group shuttles over a minute later, and you all gather along the boardwalk. Mimicking Seren and Segang's reaction, you keep a fair distance between each of you to prevent the planks from breaking.
Demitri puts his ear to the closest door.
Seren hisses quietly at Demitri when he starts to move forward, "Dogs! Maybe we should send someone quieter in toward the door!"
Seren, check the door for possible traps, we open it if it can be opened.
"Well then you check the door then." Demitri whispers back.
Seren stares at Demitri for a moment, and then shakes his head, mumbling, "Ah, yeah ... me. Right, of course." He then hesitantly creeps forward to the side door to look it over
Melianthe starts to roll her eyes, then focuses on the creaking wood and the circling sharks below and she takes a breath.
She holds her position and mutters something about dawn-blasted doors with hidden traps undetectable from the other side. "Sun-blasted logfalls any clumsy elf could set up in a trice...how will he listen for that? Bright-blasted sun-slapped plan of a fool's Harrow..." her curses fade to inaudibility as she shivers slightly.
Seren makes a couple hand signs that he taught Absinthe earlier.
Come here
Other than the bar, could the door open easily or is it jammed? Any chance of wedging something slim like a dagger or rapier and removing the bar?
Absinthe ghosts forward, adding her skills to Seren's.
Melianthe continues to shiver, to the point where her teeth actually chatter. She pats the lump on her back as if to reassure herself, and her shaking begins to subside. Her eyes are fixed on the door.
If the door is stuck, there will be no opening it quietly. When we go in, we should be as prepared as we can be to fight.
"Agreed. He'll know we're here as soon as we walk in. We need to move fast if he decides to make a break for it."
With Absinthe's help, Seren is able to use a small gap in the door panels to remove the bar. It lands on the floor inside with an audible thump.
You wait several anxious moments, but there doesn't appear to be any reaction or alarm from within.
The door is still swollen stuck, and will need some force to open.
Melianthe breaks her stare at the door to look at Segang meaningfully.
She then looks at the door again, then does a double take and pulls a small piece of cured leather from within her vestments. Muttering quietly in something that might be Elvish and might not, she focuses on the leather piece for a moment.
"Ready," she says.
"On three?" Demitri looks at Segang.
He attempts to aid the Shoanti in breaking down the door.
"Brother Segang," Absinthe whispers, beckoning to the Shoanti. "Your assistance for friend Demitri, please."
The barbarian will remove a pry bar from his backpack and place it strategically in the door jam. Then with a mighty heave he throws his weight into the bar.
(+2 assist, +2 crowbar, +2 for a round of rage)
The door breaks open with a loud crackle and snap, taking half of the frame with it as it falls inward. Segang can do nothing about the noise, but manages to catch the shattered portal before it hits the floor. Unfortunately, it is enough to alert the sentries. Dog barks erupt from the right and distant left, and you hear an annoyed voice to the left call out, "What in Hell was that?"
Demitri waits for a light source before slowly creeping to O14 and readying to defend himself against whatever comes through that door.
HP: 8/8
AC: 14
Status: none
Since he's moving early, Seren strikes a tindertwig and lights his hooded lantern placing it in his left hand and aiming it into the room. He pulls his rapier out in his right hand next move action (next round, I believe).
Melianthe winces at the tindertwig's flare, her darkvision dissipating. She delays until Seren and Demitri have moved, and then cautiously steps to the doorway.
Sagang winces at the noise but is unable to help it. He calms himself, letting his controlled rage drop for a moment, but being prepared to use it again if needed. Once a light is supplied he will move the the desk partially blocking the door to the left and try to move it to completely block that door. As he moves he will drop the crowbar as a free action.
Rosa cautiously brings up the rear, pulling the whip from its' place at her waist and glancing about.
Melianthe pauses at the door a few moments as the others enter. Seren lights his lantern and moves cautiously inside, Demitri not far behind.
The dog barking from the right (east) grows louder and more intense until you can tell the dog is just beyond the door. You hear it sniffing, growling and ultimately barking. Additional barks can be heard to the left (west), but from a distant room.
Rosa moves up to the door, but it is quickly getting cramped at the entrance. Segang rushes across and shoves the desk against the door, a moment before someone tries to open it. The latch throws a couple times, followed by a loud thump, but Segang holds the desk firm.
"Hey! Who's in there!" a voice (not Lamm's) calls.
Rosa glances around at the others before she smiles and whispers. "Hide now, and quickly. Behind the door, where he won't see you." Then she moves into the opposite position, so that she'll be the first thing the speaker sees when the door is opened....
"What are you.. Nevermind, should have known. I'll be over there." Demitri whispers back before moving to N15 to hide.
Melianthe ducks out of the doorway (to R15) to allow Rosa to take her place. She glances at the bag of candy.
"Treats for tricks?" she mouths.
"More like the currency of choice for bribery," Rosa whispers back.
Absinthe uses her best favour; she quietly draws her rapier -- and hides beside the door.
