Kendra agrees: "Being hasty could have let to injury, or worse. Being shut in has no immediate danger, so calmth was the right course of action, I believe."
She looks at her lit sunrod.
"At least now we'll have light"
"Okay, if you say so. You go up front and be considerate. I'll be at the back hastily retreating if something unexpected happens." Jominda replies. "And I'm not going in through any of these doors again before they are destroyed."
She takes out her mace and starts bashing at the hinges of the door to remove it.
"Taking apart the doors might be a good idea, actually." Kendra says, but does not move to help - she feels she would be of little aid there. Instead, she walks to one of the other doors that was half-opened and peers through the crack.
"Which way should we explore first? Through these open doorways?" KEndra asks the rest of the group
"Sure. Once you removed the door." Jominda states. She drags the front door away and then moves to the door Kendra is at. And kicks it.
Kicking the door right off it's hinges and into the corridor.
"After you." Jominda says with a slight bow and pointing her arm in the direction.
Kendra stares at Jominda, and then bursts out in a giggle.
"Yes, yes, very funny. But let's see who laughs last. At least my escape route is secured." Jominda states. "Are you going now?"
"I'm sorry," Kendra says, "I guess it's just the nerves."
She walks into the corridor with her sunrod held in front of her.
Kendra's teeth start to chatter and she hugs herself to keep as warm as she can. "Did it just become a lot colder here?" she asks, as frost seems to form on her eyelashes and hair.
"What's wrong? Get out of there!" Jominda commands.
Kendra takes Jominda's advice and hurries back into the antechamber.
Seeing the hoar frost on Kendra's lashes she states "Let's see if that can be helped with fire." Jominda grabs a small vial from her pocket, pushes the pill on top of it through the lid with her thumb. Shaking and throwing it is one motion and as it hits the wooden stage it explodes and sets the stage on fire.
The stage catches fire and continues to burn.
"Hmmm. How do we find out if it worked? And how do we get past the fire?" Jominda asks mostly herself as that doesn't look like her best idea so far.
"It should burn out. We can wait for it." Grimburrow says walking over to Kendra, "Are you alright?"
"I-I'm n-not sure", Kendra chatters, "B-b-but I don't mind it that much." Standing close to the door and getting warmed by the fire is a big plus in her book.
Kendra turns to Vauran. "I feel really, really cold, Father."
"With the fire as it is... Hmmm..."
Jominda looks at the two but curiosity gets the better of her. As the flames are burning low she runs and jumps over the podium to see what's behind the door.
"There is nothing in here." Jominda states disappointed.
"You have what could be said to be minor frostbite." Grimburrow says to her
"So quickly?" Kendra asks, exasperated. "How is that possible, Father?"
"You just got lucky. No need to boast about that." Jominda replies sticking her tongue out at Jorfa's back. But she follows immediately to look over Jorfa's shoulder.
Kendra thinks on how much she knows on all these people and their irems - and if a curse might be bound to them.
"What are these things?" Jominda asks and grabs the book as the other items are of no real interest to her. She opens it and flips through the pages - as far as possible with all the mold.
At a page she finds interesting she stops to take a closer look. But then she lets out a high pitched scream and lets go of the book that drops to the ground. Jumping back and pointing to the book she tells with a shaking voice "The book knows who I am! It's writing my name in blood on the margins of the page."
"I d-don't t-think it w-would be s-s-ssafe to use these items, unless we can some-somehow... c-cleanse them of the t-ta-taint?" Kendra gives Father Grimburrow a questioning glance. "I t-think we s-s-should assume fffor now that they mi-might all be c-c-cursed."
The father presents his holy symbol and once again channels energy.
"Ah. That feels much better," Kendra says. She takes Vauran's hands. "Thank you, Father."
"It looks like everything in this damn place is cursed. The doors, the stages, the items..." Jominda tells.
Kendra hops and skips past the dying flames into the room with Jominda and Jorfa. "hey, there's more than just that book you got!"
"Oh, I know that one." she points at the Smith's hammer. "The old owner went mad with grief and murdered a ton of people." She looks around. "Then he got put in here."
"You can destroy all that you want here. Including the whole prison. But could we find Kendra's friends first?" Jominda asks.
"Shall we move on?" Jominda asks and leaves the room again. She takes a look at the room through the bars. Obviously the way there leads through the foyer again. And so she walks there.
"Eeeeek!" Jominda voices startled. "Father Grimburrow? You have to have an idea how to get rid of these ghosts. You're the expert on undead aren't you?"