Kaelic summons light on the fighter's staff and bows, motioning for him to enter. "After you."
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Learning from Dagon's haste, Juma points his lighted staff forward and searches the area for danger.
"You see anything, Juma? I've already proven I'm blind."
Looking into the room, Juma sees all that was seen before, but also notices a switch behind a portrait of a man. Moments later, the pit disappears and the floor appears solid to walk on.
"Well then, perhaps you should take the lead then, Juma. Which way do you say we should go?"
Juma furrows his brow in contemplation, then begins to shuffle along the wall toward the switch, careful to avoid the area of the floor that had opened up a moment ago.
Juma easily makes it to the switch without the floor disappearing again. Flipping the switch does nothing, but one can infer that it probably bypasses the pit trap.
Looking around, the are doors on the east and west walls as well as a spiral stair leading up and down.
In the corner of the room is a birdcage. Juma notices that one of the larger birds has a silver charm around its leg.
Juma points his glowing staff first at his comrades, then at the bird. "Hey finger-wigglers, scan that."
"Is it safe? Dagon, stand there and tell me if you die." Kaelic proposes.
Kaelic wiggles his fingers.
if something pings.
As two out of the three begin detecting for magic, a faint aura of abjuration.
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Kaelic examines the charm through the cage and determines that it serves as a key, but cannot determine what it might unlock.
Dagon whispers reassuringly to the bird through the bars, reaching in to try to pull the charm off of its leg without startling it.
"That charm is a key. If I had to guess, I'd say it goes to... a lock. But I can't be sure." Kaelic says as Dagon reaches for the bird.
"Dagon, stop assaulting that bird!"
After several minutes of pursuing the bird around the cage, Dagon manages to hold the bird long enough to remove the small charm.
"Juma, go trip on something. I'll follow you from a distance." Kaelic says as he plays with his dagger.
Dagon sucks on the scratches on his hand as he tucks the charm away in a pocket. "That's it, I'm done taking initiative. Juma, you've been elected to go first."
Juma sighs and gives an exaggerated eye roll.
"Fine, I guess I have to do everything important in this group."
Turning left, Juma approaches the door nearest the entrance.
"Let's start here," he says. Directing his light up and down the height and width of the door, Juma gives it a quick ten-second inspection before continuing.
Kaelic looks to see if Juma is about to kill himself.
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Juma finds no traps and finds the eastern door unlocked. Opening the door reveal a short hall with door on the north and south walls.
"There, you see? Progress," Juma declares. "Honestly, you two would be nowhere without me to get things done."
Holding his lightstaff in front of him, he proceeds with a professional caution.
Juma finds nothing suspicious and creeps down the hall, opening the north door, revealing a parlor. In the northeast corner of this parlor is a huge globe of Golarion cradled in a polished mahogany stand. Sextants, astrolabes, and paintings of unearthly landscapes are hung on the walls.
Kaelic follows along, happy to have the fighter earning his keep at the front. When he sees the room with the nice things, he scans it for magic.
Dagon studies the paintings and instruments, trying to identify what was being studied in this room.
planes or 22 geography
The instruments appear to be on display, rather than currently in use.
The instruments appear to be on display, rather than currently in use.
"So which way from here? Left or right?"
The heads back into the hall and into the southern room, a dining room.
This dining room’s long oak table is surrounded by ornately carved oak chairs. On each wall hangs a large, framed painting of a desert landscape.
Gesturing grandly with his lightstaff, Juma commands his lackeys: "Scan the room, finger-wigglers."
Pausing a moment, he then adds, "Also, refresh my lightstaff."
Scanning the room for magic yields nothing.
"How about you wiggle your eyes in there and look for yourself?" Kaelic says as he begrudgingly detects magic in the area.
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Juma gives his staff a sharp downward bounce, seeming as though he forgot he would need to aim a couple of feet lower to bop Kaelic on the head.
His lightstaff refreshed, Juma journeys back out across the main room to the next door, and examines it briefly for traps.
Kaelic follows, also checking for traps, though making no promise to point them out.
The party moves to the eastern side of the house. Detecting no traps or anything suspicious, the door is opened to reveal the kitchen. This kitchen is well stocked with all the accoutrements needed to prepare gourmet meals. A large cabinet along the southeastern wall contains Hunclay’s silverware and expensive dinnerware. In the northeast corner, a small cubby is obscured by a curtain. To the south are two doors.
Kaelic wiggles his fingers.
Kaelic detects for magic, but discerns no auras.
Juma thinks to himself:
"Hm... If the wizard is in trouble, he's probably not behind that curtain. If the wizard IS the trouble, he might be behind the curtain and ready. Hm...
Juma then approaches the curtain as quietly as he can and swings his staff like he's trying to hit a home run right through the curtain.
Juma loudly sneaks up on the unassuming curtain, and executes a flawless coup de gras on the hanging linen! He tears the menacing wall treatment to shreds, revealing two cots and two small chests, likely possessions of the manor's servants.
"Very good work Juma. I think there's a closet that needs assassination as well, if you want to clang and clamor all the way back over here." Kaelic says in a mocking tone (as though he had some other tone).
"Just remember that whatever you say about me, you're the guy who has to hide behind that kind of guy." Juma quips as he approaches the door that Kaelic was talking about. He then takes another 10-second assessment before proceeding.
Finding nothing suspicious, Juma opens the eastern door to reveal a well-stocked larder. Trying the the western door, it appears to have something blocking it from opening on the other side.
"Uh oh, I think we've got ourselves a dead wizard in the closet. I could probably break down the door, but I don't want to mutilate the body. Can one of you little'uns do something with the hinges and latch?"
"Hey, I'm taller than you, stretched out... But I think that's our gnome friend's department."
"Well I'll take a look at it. Worst-case it blows up in my face and then you guys are left defenseless."
With that, Kaelic examines the door for traps before trying to pop it open.