"Thank you for your help in any case."
The tiger-man growls and turns back to his snakes. "Yes, yes. Now, on your way."
Demitri nods to the door and moves to open it.
Ortik narrows his eyes at the tiger-man, but given that it seems content to play with its snakes, he ultimately gives it a wide berth. "Through the door, then," he concludes.
Nalun remains silent while the others do the speaking. That's probably for the best, his acerbic tongue might have gotten them in some trouble.
Yeah, who knows what's on the other side. Nalun says, checking the door out and then opening it.
"Thanks", Lyla says to the tiger-man before turning around. She walks up to the secret door and, standing next to Nalun, does her routine safety check.
The secret door doesn't have any traps placed upon it--it appears secrecy itself was its only defence against unwanted intruders. It slides open with a touch of Lyla's hand, revealing a winding tunnel that opens up into darkness...
Demitri casts on his sword again and walks into the tunnel.
Eventually, the tunnel curves sharply to the north, ending at a set of large bronze doors, each carved with images of tigers chasing other tigers in four adjacent circles. At the centre of each circle of tigers, a snarling tiger head looks out.
"More doors," Ortik says, narrowing his eyes and scanning for mystic auras again.
As Ortik scans the area for magical auras, he detects a pale violet aura manifesting before the doors--an aura that coalesces into a pair of red, womanly lips. They sneer at the party before speaking in an exotic-sounding voice...
"Welcome to the Vivified Labyrinth, intruders. Your allies are inside. Navigate the maze within, and free them--if you can. Fail, and all will perish." The mouth says before evaporating into the air.
Your goal is clear.
"Well at least we know we're walking into a trap. That is comforting."
Nalun smirks Yeah, I'm reaaaal comforted right now.
"When aren't we walking into a trap these days?", Ortik replies.