Lia's embarrassment just worsens when she looks up and realizes Aerodus figured out why she's so embarrassed. She immediately bows her head, following meekly along behind him.
Aerodus goes over to the dead rats to try and salvage his 3 arrows.
Aerodus smiles as two of his arrows are usable again. But one of them broke when it pierced through the rat. Not seeing the point in wasting something that can be fixed, he puts the shaft of the arrow back into his quiver. Turning to Lia, he frowns before placing his hand under her chin and pulls it up. "Eyes front. Head up." He leans to her ear. "Worry about it later. You can talk to me if you wish to vent."
Lia meets Aerodus' eyes, sucks in a breath of air, and nods. "Not now. When we're safe."
Aerodus nods in response to Lia's statements.
Kneeling next to the dead dire rats, he puts his bow down and takes out his dagger. He then begins to skin them.
Lia puts a hand on Aerodus' shoulder as he starts skinning one of the rats. "It'd be a good idea to just leave them. We're being chased by Hellknights, and I'm not sure they'd take ratskin scarves as bribes."
Aerodus looks to Lia over his shoulder, before turning forward and scowling. "Fine. Wouldn't get much from them anyways. Bigger prey out there." He stands putting his dagger away and picking up his bow. "Let's go. He moves forward.
Jirani also moves to recover his arroms:
The inquisitor nods to himself as he moves 2 of them back to his quiver and nods to the others that he is ready to go.
The party moves forward without skinning the rats, moving as fast as they can and paying attention to the markers showing the direction.
Lia makes an effort to keep up, invoking her light spell to light her way forward. She's walking smoothly now, but the rat bites are still visible on her pant legs.
The trip through the sewers has taken its toll on Lia--she's dirty, disheveled, tired and hurt. As such, she's not keeping an eye out for anything lurking in the darkness.
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"Look, there's the hatch to our destination!"
Lia's breathing and pulse quicken. Oh no oh no. Eughhhh... so filthy so filthy rats bit me
"Are we there yet? I need a bath so badly..." She moans, trying to resist the urge to scratch the itches on her legs...
Aerodus looks at the hatch. "Yeah, there's the hatch with the mark... deadbolted and trapped with a tripwire trigger. Can any of us disarm it?"
Jirani offers a sidelong glance and hitches a thumb at Andando.
Lia breathes a sigh of relief. "Come on! Let's go!"
She pushes past the rest of the party if she has to, desperate to get out of the disgusting, claustrophobic sewers.
Jirani hangs back, gesturing for the others to move as he covers the rear and come up last.
Aerodus moves up the ladder and slightly opens the hatch, looking around.
Aerodus climbs the rest of the way through the hatch, helping the others up. "No one's around. Just a stone room with some columns. Half of them are destroyed. There's sunlight coming through the roof."
Lia practically scrambles up the ladder as soon as Aerodus gives the all-clear.
"Oh, thank the gods--fresh air!" She gasps, falling on all fours and taking a deep breath.
She promptly starts coughing again--the lingering stench of the sewers still clings to her clothes. She casts a familiar-sounding spell--the grime on her clothes begins to disappear once more.
Aerodus isn't paying much attention this time around to hear or focus on what Lia's casting.
Lia pushes herself back to her feet, sheathing her sword at her side.
"Anyone else need sprucing up?" She asks, turning to the rest of the party.
If anyone says yes, she walks over and casts her prestidigitation spell on them, with the aim of cleaning their clothing of gunk and grime.
"No thanks, I'm all right. Now, I don't see where should we go..."
Aerodus helps the half Orc find suitable pieces of rubble and places them on top of the hatch.
"The sweet light of day, ah yes dear lia, a quick touch up would do wonders thank you." the impish rogue slightly bowed with a flourish that belonged in a royal court more than a sewer.
Once Lia has cast prestidigitation on everyone who wants one, she looks around the ruined building they're in.
"Where are we, exactly?"
Aerodus raises his hand for a touch up.
Lia's a bit surprised Aerodus is asking for a prestidigitation, but after giving Andando a casting, she walks over and lightly taps him on the shoulder after uttering another incantation.
The reek of the sewers begins to fade from Aerodus' clothes. "Better?"
Aerodus nods. "Better. Force of habit from my upbringing."
Lia blushes a little and nods. "I've found it to be handy for long road trips with the caravan."
Venator is also cleaning himself, a la Lia's mode, so he does not pay much attention to the place around them.