Muchorak looks at Wolfspirit, his expression in aggreement with their new small companion; could she be so affected by this place. He shakes his head, no I must never loose faith in her, and focuses on his other senses...
"A woman in trouble in the attic? " Romon smiles as images of grateful damsels course through his thoughts. "I know where that is. Let's go."
The thief walks toward the door, headed for the stairs.
Muchorak can read the last spoiler from Esteriande
"When get out of 'ere," <kick> "I am going to ram 'is razor," <kick> "some place vorry panful," <kick> "until ze only way 'ee is going to get 'old of eet," <kick> "weell be to make 'imself sick!" <kick>
Strength:
"I hear it too." Muchorak looks at his companions, "Perhaps we should go upstairs."
"Yes. 'Maidens over mold' has a certain appeal."
Not waiting for conversation, Romon glides quietly out the door and down the hallway, crossing to the stairs which he begins to ascend.
stealth
trap sensing
Ali looks to the others, smiles when Big Bear says he hears the woman too, then drops to all fours flowing to wolf as she does. She then quikly pads after Romon, looking back once or twice to make sure Lunas and the others are following.
Lunas follows although his hackles have been up and his ears back since you entered this house of gloom.
Map update to come when I get home.
Muchorak ruffles Ursus' hair on his head then follows the others.
Sorry about the Delay
Romon finds himself in a long winding corridor that has numerous doors off it.
"I 'ave given you yourr chonce, Skinsaw Man," <kick!> "an' you have rrespond-ed by tryeeng to destroy beauty," <kick!> "zat ees, me!" <kick!> "Now you and you feelthy pack," <kick!> "must pay ze price," <kick!> "when I am free!" <kick!>
Strength Check:
Escape Artist Check:
Romon moves along the corridor, scanning the ceiling for entries to the attic. Reasoning that the woman is in the part of the attic closest to where Ali first heard her, he goes to the far end of the hall.
Reaching the door, he stops, listens, and probes the door for traps.
Perception (listening)
Perception (traps)
Disable device if needed
Noticing his distress Aliwolf turns to her brother and asks in wolf speak, her ears twicthing and facial muscles moving in a language known only to canines
WOLF
Disturbed you are brother, and with reason, for foul indeed is this house of men and death. Yet is there more which touches your shay'en? Do you sense something your sister does not?[/i]
Inikai stops several steps from the door, his posture stoops slightly. This is another trap set by this house he tells himself.
Muchorak moves along with the others, moving back to his place next to Romon with his blades at the ready.
Ali
Romon goes through his usual routine with the door and, finding nothing amiss, opens it
It's a Bedroom..or it was, now it is caked with a thick, spongy layer of dark green,blue, and black mold.
Muchorak looks in the room, "I don't think she's in here."
Romon shivers. Mrs. Lordship is not houseproud.
"Looks like. Let's try the next room."
Romon backs up to the double doors on the right.
Perception (listening)
Perception (traps)
Disable device if needed
Aliwolf licks her pack brother on the muzzle, once again reinforcing her love and affection for him.
When Romon opens the door, not liking the smell of the room Ali whines and nudges the door with her muzzle, closing if it opens that way, or waiting for someone else to do it if it doesn't.
Romon finds nothing amiss with the door and you open it to find...
This large room features two padded chairs and a long couch facing a wide alcove lined with stained-glass windows. Several music stands lean against the southern wall next to a violin, two flutes, and a large harp; all the instruments are in poor condition. The windowsthemselves depict a diverse array of animals and plants—from north to south are a large pale and ghostly scorpion, a gaunt man holding out his arms as a dozen bats hang from him, a moth with a strange skull-like pattern on its wings, a tangle of dull green plants with bell-shaped flowers, and a young maiden sitting astride a well in a forest while a spindly spider the size of a dog descends along a string of webbing above her.
"It is no wonder the place has become so fouled." Muchorak looks at the depictions on the windows, "These pictures almost seem to welcome in things of madness."
Naria is once again fasinated by the pictures and automaticly heads into the room looking them over trying to figure it out
Spellcraft
Knowledge history
Knowledge arcana
Naria
"Hmm Necromancy related like the previous window might explain why the place is haunted."
Muchoraks face shows confused expression, "Necromancy?" He looks back to the windows, "So there's magic in those pictures?"
"No I dont think the pictures themself are magical. but what they are showing are necromancy related images. Still better safe than sorry" As she speaks Naria casts detect magic on the window.
Perception:
Are those voices below me?
Grimly I return to delivering blow after blow to the foot board.
"Damn ze Varission carpenterrs 'oo made this" <kick!> "solid" <kick!> "well-made" <kick!> "bed!" <kick!> "Why ees eet I break beds from ze passion for yeers but now I need one to break eet turns out soleed as ze rock?" <kick!>
Strength:
I ask you, 'oo'd be a paladeen?
Inikai looks at the windows to see what he can learn.
"No sign of this woman the rest of you have heard" he says. "I don't remember Foxglove saying anything that lead me to believe he wielded magic. Ali, Muchorak, did he give either of you that impression?"
Aliwolf looks to Icky for a moment then shakes her head. It is obvious though that she is distracted as her ears keep flickering as she picks up more sounds. She then begins to sniff along the hallway.
Ali
The windows do not detect as Magical
"He seemed as much a normal man as the next." Muchorak looks at Wolfspirit as she begins to sniff around, "He hunted for the pleasure not the need." Moving over to Wolfspirit, "Have you found something?"
Romon looks around the room before stepping in. Nothing of value, except maybe the windows. No way to the attic.
"I'll check across the hall. "
Appraise
Perception +2 more on traps
Romon
Quickly flowing to Gnome form Ali answers BigBear "Yes yes! Yucky house smell make smelling not so easy" she says rubbing her nose "But Ali and brother Lunas smell..um...not real two-leg flower smell? Ali's friend Kali sometimes smelled close to it?" she continues with some obvious confusion in her voice. Then, adding almost as if she forgot "Oh ya, and noises of hitting on wood, voices and screaming come from up there. Maybe good we go fast fast there, yes yes?" she finishes, pointing at the ceiling.
Looking around first to see if anyone wants to ask her something, if no one does she flows back to wolf.
Looking at the others, "If there is nothing more to be found here." Then turning back to Wolfspirit, "Lead on." And he follows Wolfspirit putting more of his focus on the surroundings than her knowing her focus will be in tracking the smell.
Romon crosses the hallway to the second set of double doors. He gives them a brief examination before opening them.
Perception, traps
Disable Device if needed
Romon opens the door into a room which would appear to have been a Gallery. A stone fireplace sits in the northwestern portion of this chamber.
Paintings hang on the walls to the north and south, each covered over with a thick sheet of dusty cobwebs that obscures its subject from view.
"No woman here, let's check the rest of this floor."
Heading straight to the door at the end of the corridor, Aliwolf scratches on it and looks back over her shoulder expectantly.
Romon sighs at both the condition of the room, and the lack of attic access. Unsure where to go next, he is suddenly worried about the exit route. He turns to the southwest door and crouches beside it.
Listen,
Find traps,
Disable Device,