Yorikata tells Othdan to lead the way to his parents house. She wants to meet his parents to check if his story was true. Not that she suspects him to be on the side of whatever evil lurks in Trunau. But you never know and one of the group voiced concerns so better be safe than sorry.
Othdan leads you to his parents shop, when he enters his mothers face is full of relief to see her son again, his father looks up from his work and is stern on his son but gives him a hug that looks genuine.
"Thank you for returning our son, he left the night of Rubies Hopeknife ceremony and we were very concerned that he was injured or worse."
Yorikata is glad to see a family happy end. But the sadness, that she didn't get one creeps up in her. "You're welcome." she replies and turns to the others to hide the upcoming sadness.
"What are we going to do now? Shall we go back or is it already time to pay our last respects to Rodrik?"
We should go back. There is plenty more to look back where the boy was tied up.
No thanks needed, just doing our duty. Dain turns to the others. If there are people there at night, we should lay a trap for them. Reset the bear traps and clear the rat corpses and get ready to pounce.
That makes sense if we have some idea where they are, but right now for all we know they could still be there. All we know is they don't like people poking around there at this point and they clearly know who is there. But until we know how it will be hard to set a trap.
"Then let's hurry, as long as my sunrod still lasts." Then she follows Lanneth back on the short walk to the plague house.
Dain dwarf hustles back
The group heads back to the Plague house and back to the Boiler room or the main chamber in the basement?
To the boiler room!
"Aye aye!" Balder says swinging his mace back and forth. "Punishment needs to be served."
Balder goes back to the secret tunnel he found, opening the door he peers down the tunnel seeing only cobwebs and such.
Seeing the cobwebs Lanneth looks more closely to see if this passage looks like it's been used recently.
Lets see if anyone has gone this way... If not, I'd suggest we leave this for last, as it's probably not where whoever the boy heard talking came from.
There is a door to the west of the room that had the sword on the floor, let us try that.
"Sounds good." Balder follows Dain closely.
Yorikata follows, holding the light.
The tunnel leads about 25' back towards the way you came, it stops at what looks like the back of a statue.
The Statue a head of you blocks out almost the entire room a head of you, there are small patches where you can see through.
There looks like something see through in the next room
The Statue is that of Jingh, one of Iomedae’s celestial emissaries.
Lanneth waits to hear what the others see as they peak behind the statue.
Yorikata tries to get a look past the others, and as that is not possible she asks "What is there?"
Dain waits for Balder to tell them what is going on.
Balder tries peeking around the statue.
"Here lemme have a look. Hmm... it's hard to tell, but looks like there's something transpa... transpa-er... something see through in the next room. I wonder if I can budge the statue."
Then he puts his shoulder to the statue and tries to see if it moves. He's not gonna move it completely, but wants to get the weight of the thing.
Balder can move the statue indeed
See through? Like a ghost?
Yorikata recedes "A ghost?"
"I'm not sure. Cover me I'm gonna move this statue."
Lanneth readies to curse against anything that looks dangerous on the other side of the statue.
This is a gelatinous Cube, I am sorry guys this is really here
Balder moves the statue slightly, enough to get a better hand hold
Heeeeaaavve!!
Balder pushes the statue out of the way, as he does whatever is in the room that he saw begins to wiggle itself toward the now moved statue.
"It is really cramped in here. Wasn't there another door that should lead into that room without taking a hidden tunnel?" Yorikata asks. She doesn't like it there.
Let us back up into the other room. I can circle around with Gran't and flank
"Oh balls it's moving! Gaaahhhh!"
With that balder heaves the statue as best his can to try topple it onto the now moving green cube.
Lanneth looks at the thing that's moving from back near the corner.
Hmmm. Anyone know what that thing is? She asks curiously as she backs up and watches what the thing does ready to hex it if it seems to be threatening any of her companions.
Taking a quick peek into the room Yorikata asks "Can't we close the door and leave? That thing doesn't look like this thing going to answer our questions."
We should back up. Balder, don't get caught by it! Dain starts backing up.
Yorikata grabs Balder and pulls him back into the secret corridor, closing the door behind them. "If you think this thing needs to be put to an end, we should find someone who knows what it is first."
"This looks like giant jelly and my mum always said: If your food moves on it' sown, stay away from it."
As Balder is getting pulled away he yelps "But..but.. I had it! Aw nuts."
Balder heaves and his muscles strain for a second before he manages to push the statue onto the creature, as the statue knocks away some portion of the creature Balder notes what looks like a skeleton floating in the creature, most of what would have been the gear the skeleton was wearing is gone but the suit of mail survives.
The cube move forward towards where it feels that it needs to give someone a big acidic hug. The Cube moves up to the secret entrance and begins to squeeze it's way in.
Gran't takes Dain's suggestion and moves around to another door
Dain follows Gran't. Ok, let us see if we can open this door.
Balder see's the cube start squeezing through and see's the floating skeleton in armor... "Ooh look at that armour... oh balls it's coming after us! What the hell is that thing! Move move move!" Balder says and retreats. Grabbing Lanneth over his shoulder and Yorika under his arm if they're in the way, and hightailing it.
'Sorry ladies, don't mean to be improper but we gotta go!"
The Ooze gives chase down the tunnel but it is much slower than Balder even with the ladies being carried along.