Hilde goes back downstairs and opens the west door. The room beyond has a polished hardwood table in the center, surrounded by padded chairs. A small chandelier and fancy curtains complete the image of luxury.
You see no creatures within.
"Anything interesting in here?"
Hilde stands next to the door, letting the others investigate the room while she keeps watch of the rearguard.
Kit will also keep watch with Hilde while the others explore the room.
Min searches thoroughly, but finds nothing particularly interesting in the dining room. Even the silverware isn't actually silver.
When the others finish, Hilde moves to the next room, wait for them to get into position, and opens the door. In her heart, a prayer for the room to be full of enemies to kick their teeth in.
Sadyly, both of the rooms on the east seem to be just bedrooms. No enemies present themselves for Hilde to vent her rage upon.
Hilde, somewhat frustrated by the lack of blood and screams, lead the others to the north-westerly room and opens the door.
Dilwyn follows along, continuing to quietly bring up the rear. He's starting to suspect that neither Lomrick nor the brain thing they're supposed to be rescuing from him are actually here. They've met with a suspiciously small resistance so far. He keeps his worry to himself for now, since there's always the possibility of discovering something unexpected right up until the point where they've searched the whole building.
The room beyond turns out to be a well-stocked kitchen, supplied with all the instruments needed for fine cooking. In contrast with the tidyness of the room, however, is the smell--that of sour brine.
No targets present themselves for Hilde's wrath.
Sick of it, Hilde starts trashing the place.
Kit will continue to follow Hilde as she looks for targets.
Min will examine the rooms as Hilde opens the doors.
As Hilde takes out her anger on the kitchen, Min catches a glimpse of something off... a wet look to a patch of floor behind the group that's moving.
As Min mentions the moving wet patch, Kit will grip his axe waiting for any hostile intention.
Dilwyn circles around the kitchen island to get a line on the moving patch. Such a thing cannot be good, so he flings some electricity at it. Better to be safe than sorry.
Well, something jumps when Dilwyn zaps it. Even looking straight at it it's hard to see--it blends in with the floor so well, but you can vaguely make out a blobby outline from the way light reflects off of it.
Hilde jumps to try and grab whatever is there.
Hilde pushes through her allies and tries to grab at... whatever it is...
Only for the wetness to rise up to meet her. A bulge of nearly transparent ooze slams into her belly, and she can feel a creeping numbness spreading from the point of contact even as the ooze wraps around her legs. Her own hands scrabble uselessly at the slime.
Hilde eyes widen at the feel of the creature.
"That's not good." Min shoots two magic missiles at it. Whatever it is.
The two missiles spatter bits of transparent slime around the room.
Kit will swing at the water!
Iskender will commence his song, +1/+1 for the good guys!
Kit's axe slices some ooze off, narrowly missing taking a bit of Hilde with it.
Iskender realizes he's heard of creatures like this. They're called Slithering Trackers, a type of transparent ooze that likes to ambush its prey, paralyze it with its poisonous excretions, and then suck its blood out.
Which is precisely what it starts doing to Hilde. Given it's transparent, you all get a lovely view of her blood being pulled out through her skin and staining the creature red.
Hilde's eyes widen and change as all of her body transform into her feline form, she tries to rip the creature to shreds with her claws.
Electricity seemed to work the first time, and since there still isn't really any room to get close to it, he'll try it again. Hopefully they can put this thing down before it drains Hilde completely!
Iskender will delay, to see if the attacks from his companions finish the creature, Kit too. If the creature is still alive and grappling Hilde, Iskender will cast grease to give her a +10 on attempts to escape, and to not be grappled.
"That's really gross." Min says as the blood oozes out of Hilde. She casts Magic Missile at the creature.
Hilde's second claw swipe sliced huge ribbons of slime off of her, and then Dilwyn's lightning struck it. The ooze deflated, sliding off of Hilde and spreading across the ground in a wet, bloody smudge.
Hilde turns back into her human form and drags herself away from the dead creature, fatigued.
Unfortunately I'll be thinking of that water next time I take a bath! Kit observes.
"Why would something like that be in a kitchen? It's odd." She looks around the room.
Min sees a spice rack with a selection of odd spices--the names on the labels are completely unfamiliar, and it seems the off-putting smell in the room comes mostly from this area.
Laying next to one of the containers of spice is a lime-green pill.
"Why would something like that be in a kitchen? It's odd.
We've seen a lot of odd things on this world. Kit reminds.
That's true. The smell is coming from these spices. I don't think I want to eat anything coming out of this kitchen."
Min casts detect magic, and picks up the green pill. She studies it.
That's true. The smell is coming from these spices. I don't think I want to eat anything coming out of this kitchen."
Min has no clue what the pill is.
Recovered, Hilde stands up and proceeds to stomp on whatever remains of the creature remains until they are obliterated.
In a foul mood, she proceeds to the last room that they have not explored, praying for Gorum to deliver some poor soul to her to take her anger on it.
This room is also frustratingly without enemies. Instead it holds innocuous foodstuffs, though several of them are obviously chosen for the palettes of creatures never seen on Golarion. It does, however, have a door on the north wall.
Hilde ignores the food and moves to the north door, opening it.
This room seems to be storage for garden tools. Rakes, hoes, pails, and sacks line the walls and floor.
"Aaaaarrrgggg!!!"
Hilde drop to her knees, defeated...
Iskender examines the pill...