"Uhhm, no." Tauriell responds.
Niamh distorts her face. "Oh please, Tauriell. You are such a nice person. You can't pass." She stops and then asks "Why not?"
"Cause I'm not here for your entertainment. You don't really want to mess with me tonight. Just stop and take a second. I was fine before you walked into my life. Cause you know it's over before it began..." Tauriell sings a song that is definitely not elven.
"You are kidding me." Niamh looks huffy. "I want a song that sounds good even without singing!"
"Then why don't you write one? You're a bard, aren't you?" Tauriell replies. "Or are you just a copycat?"
"I am a bard who copies sometimes songs, yes. So you are right with both." Niamh smiles at her. "And besides, it is useful to know what kind of music the peolples like. And I have no Elven song. You see, you could be really helpful this time."
As Niamh and Tauriell reach the room there is a swarm of rats enjoying the leftovers from dinner. They are more than happy to have another snack or two walk in.
Seeing the rats Tauriell suggests "How about you take that flute of yours and lead them into the sea?"
Niamh makes a gesture and lets her unseen hand take the leftovers. "Come on little ones." She tries to cozen the rats. Niamh waves the dinner in front of them.
The swarm of rats ignore the food as it is taken out of their reach and move straight towards the two humanoids.
As that doesn't work, Niamh takes out her Transverse Flute and starts playing.
The rats stop their movement and listen fascinated to the play.
"Tauriell do you have a good idea where to lead them without killing them?" Niamh asks Tauriell.
"Technically, leading them into the water doesn't kill them. It'll only get hard for them if they can't swim."
"Other than that, you could lead them in a room with a door. Or even better a room with two doors. You only have to get Jimmy, Gwen and Abomentolor out, before you bring the rats in."
"Or you bring the rats in and tell them to get out fast." Tauriell suggests.
So Niamh leads the rats into the room, closing the door behind Tauriell and herself. "Please wake them up." Niamh says to Tauriell and lets some lights dancing around to see something while she is playing parts of the songs she can remember from her yesterday waiting playing.
"Oh, I'll just let them realize by themself, that you brought into their bedroom." Tauriell replies.
Gwenhwyfar jumps up and checks the situation from the bed. "Are you crazy. What are you doing?"
"Just go out and take Jimmy and Abomentolor with you!" Niamh tells her between two tones. "Oh, and your stuff too."
Abomentolor grabs his bedroll and his backpack. "Should I burn them?
"No! Don't burn them! Just walk out of the room please." Niamh replies.
Abomentolor shrugs. "Ok then." and leaves the room through the other door.
Gwenhwyfar grabs Jimmy and drags him half asleep out of the room.
"See. Worked like a charm." Tauriell states and leaves the room, holding the door open for Niamh.
Niamh leaves the room still playing. "Thank you."
After a moment her face brightens up. "I never saw them jumping out of the bed that fast."
Closing the door Tauriell asks "So you want to do that more often?"
Niamh grins. "Maybe the next time I want to wake you."
Gwenhwyfar looks frustrated. "Where can I see the sunrise here? I need to do my prayer time. But I can't do that in this dark hole. I need a place where I can see the sun!"
"What do you mean 'prayer time'. I'm awake now. First I don't get to burn the rats and now you expect me to wait for an hour before we do something interesting or even getting breakfast?" Abomentolor comments aghast.
"I you're so bored, you can go down these stairs and clear out a few more rooms for us to investigate later." Tauriell suggests.
"If you want to be healed you will wait." Jimmy explains
"Oh! Hear out the master of magic! But let me get a second opinion on that."
"Gwenhwyfar, which of your powers need the prayer time?" Abomentolor asks sanctimoniously.
"For my spells I need the prayer time. And I always prepare at least one cure light wounds with my spells" Gwenhwyfar answers elusively.
"Just as I thought. Do your prayer time all you want. I won't have you moping for your missing it. But I won't sit here and die of boredom." Abomentolor says.
"How about you make breakfast then. That would kill two bords with one stone." Tauriell suggests half serious.
"What do I have to burn to make breakfast? Because if that skill set doesn't do the job you're out of luck." the gnome jokes.
"In that case I'll just eat some leftover bread..."
"or not, because the rats ate almost everything but the bones." Tauriell says with resignation.
Destinée strokes impatiently around Gwenhwyfar's legs. "Meow"
"I'll go to the platform. There I get at least some light. And maybe the orientation is fitting to see the sun." Gwenhwyfar states. "Are you coming with me? she asks Jimmy.
She picks up Destinée and is on her way. Walking the now well nown way through the rooms she arrives at the trapdoor. She climbs down and sits down cross legged. The bay is oriented directly to the east.
This gives Gwenhwyfar a perfect view at the sunrise. She enjoys the sunlight on her face with closed eyes for a few minutes before she concentrates on Destinée and starts with her prayer time.
"So let's go downstairs and see what is there." Abomentolor suggests
"If you like to do so, I won't hold you back. I'll follow at a safe distance." Tauriell replies trying to mock the gnome.
"Great. Let's go" Abomentolor replies and happily jumps towards the stairs. He casts light on his fingertip and leads the way down.
The stairs wind down until they end in a hallway that leads to a balcony. From there one can watch over the room 20feet below. A green, scum-covered pool extends across the far end of this room. Passages exit to the sides, and curving stairs lead down from the balcony. The floor and walls are streaked with dark smears of guano in thick layers.
Also a narrow tunnel leads away from the right back corner of the balcony.
Tauriell follows Abomentolor down the stairs in about 30 feet distance with her bow drawn. "Where to now great discoverer? Tauriell asks as she arrives at the balcony behind the gnome.
She looks around to check for traps, treasures or hiding enemy's.
Also she tries to guess who caused this guano smear.
Tauriell's knowledge of nature wouldn't be enough to identify the creature solely by their excrements but with her sharp eye she finds half a leathery wing of a bat.
Based on the distribution of the guano the bats live in the room to the right. From the tunnel the sloshing of water can be heard.
"If you like you can explore this further. I'll have your back from up here. At least until something bad happens. Then I'm going to run." Tauriell makes sure there are no misunderstandings.
"That'll be great. Do I get to call you big sissy from then on?" Abomentolor asks while walking down the stairs.
"If I run and you live to tell the story you may call me a big sissy" Tauriell replies self confidently.
As Abomentolor reaches the bottom of the stairs. Out of the slimy bath come two blobs looking like dirty water jell-o balls
Abomentolor takes a step back. "Ew. You're disgusting. Let me improve your appearance with fire."
Out of his palm shoots a ray of fire.
Tauriell shoots at the dirty water blobs with her bow.