Vigny waits for Randel's arrow to fly, then moves up opposite the doorway from Emi. With her tankard now in her other hand, she aims a one-handed slash across the door as soon as a lizardman steps through it.
As the first lizardthing falls, Emi continues her rhythmic movements and lashes out at the next one to come.
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As his companions crush into melee, Jerukh draws his cudgel and tries to hang onto his stomach contents.
The other two troglodytes fall as swiftly as the first. As the last echoes of combat fade, there comes a growling shout from the doors beyond.
"Keep it down! I'm tryna sleep!"
Then all is still and quiet.
Jerukh arcs his eyebrow and shrugs his shoulders, before whispering;
"Not a tongue I know. Not Giant, Orcish nor Goblin..."
"Vell," Emi says with a shrug, "only vun vay to find out then..."
Striding across the room she opens the door to see who or what was talking to them...
Randal moves quickly to be behind Emi. Bow drawn, he continues to fight the smell and whispers "Be careful, Emi"
Emi opens the door to find two snoozing troglodytes in this room full of ruined beds. They are currently laying on a pile of mouldering mattresses, unaware of the door being opened.
Randal creeps in as quiet as he can, looking for traps and other dangers along the way. He stops adjacent to the first troglodyte.
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There doesn't seem to be any point to trying to be sneaky anymore, not that Vigny can really do that sort of thing anyway. Instead she offers Soli a hand up.
When the lizard guys show signs of rousing she figures she might as well try to rattle them a little.
"Give up now or face your doom!"
It probably would have been more impressive if she weren't in the middle of helping Soli up off the floor, but there's no helping it.
The troglodytes stir, the larger of the two snarling something that sounds like someone waking up and being rather grumpy about it.
Jerukh curses Emi's impetuousness as she heads into the room;
Ach! Headstrong as always!
When Soliana falls and Vigny bellows a challenge, the alchemist shakes his head and follows into the room...
As he enters, Jerukh once again brings forth an explosive compound, launching it toward the two trogs ;
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Randals jaw drops when Soliana stumbles into the room. As Vigny moves in and pronounces judgement on the sleeping foes, his shock turns to perplexion.
Finally, as Jerukhs bomb sails by and finds its mark he thinks
Perhaps it's me that didn't understand what our strategy was going to be.....
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It occurs to Vigny that her proclamation might have been ambiguous since she was handling Soli while she made it. Just in case, she adds in a low voice "Not you Soli. Don't give up."
Emi momentarily debates rushing into the room with her companions then decides better of trying to climb over Soli and jockey for a spot near the action. Instead she launches a ray of frost at the injured creatures.
Jerukh's bomb goes off and the troglodytes barely have time to know what hit them.
You find a blue, silk gown set with pearls. Despite being under the troglodyte's bedding, it's remarkably clean, and free of that
"I think red is a better color for you, or maybe green," Emi advises as Soliana pulls out the dress. "Ve should keep mofing."
Without really waiting for a response she moves to check the other two doors off the previous chamber.
Jerukh grimaces as he takes in the damage wrought by his bomb;
"I am a healer. A fixer. Not a destroyer..."
The half orc rubs his brow absent-mindedly as he grumbles.
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"Agreed" Randal responds, to either or both of Emi's observations.
Joining her at the door, he listens.
As the group press ahead, Jerukh breaks from his epiphany and sluggishly follows after his companions.
Vigny follows along too.
In the room is a ferocious looking lizard that hisses and growls in agitation as it turns to the opening door. Its skin hangs off in shredded strips and it is clear that it does not want to be bothered.
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Emi gently closes the door.
"Vell, that vasn't him," she says as she reaches for the other door.
"Nope, not even close" agrees Vigny.
shame...beast would have made a fine pair of boots......
Staying close, Randal looks over the other door for hazards.
Jerukh bids Emi hold before she opens the remaining door.
He pauses, tilting his head to try and discern something... anything on what lies beyond...
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Jerukh hears nothing and sees no danger. Beyond the door is a flight of steps leading down.
From somewhere outside, the wind whistles across the stones.
Taking a moment to shake off the effects of the foul odor, Randal makes his way to the northernmost door they have seen, in the room where the 'performance' was. Taking his time, he carefully looks it over.
(If there are no objections)
Jerukh follows suit, assisting to sweep any rooms they had already visited and barely checked.
Emi waits impatiently while Randal inspects the door.
”It’s a door...” she huffs, ”you hafe doors vhere you come from, yes?”
"I was just waiting for a lovely lady to open it for," Randal replies with a grin, "mind stepping back? In case one shows up?"
Emi rolls her eyes and then walks over and swings open the double doors on the eastern wall.
Since Randal had previously designated Vigny as one such lady, she figures he's waiting for her. She starts toward the door, but Emi cuts her off.
Rude!
Vigny wonders if Emi is hungry. She knows she can get like that herself when she's hungry.
"There ought to be an upstairs, since this is a castle? Also there are a couple of places yet where things have locked themselves in to avoid us."
Randal chuckles as Emi trots away to a different door. Smiling coyly at Vigny, he redraws his bow and follows the feisty dancer to the other door, motioning Vigny to follow.
"Whatever is behind that door shouldn't have to face Emi alone!" He laughs.