She nods, "Yes, there is father and others of the green circle that are capable of helping to protect the city. We need to terminate the greatest threat first." Tesia says in agreement with Sadhana and Mirrin before moving forward.
Using all of her senses she tries to stay aware of their surroundings and lookout for any threats that might try to sneak up on them.
As the group proceeds, they find themselves in a long-disused portion of the sewers. The air is quite stale down here. A narrow, stone bridge crosses over a dark chasm and Tesia cannot see the bottom. The bridge looks quite treacherous to the druidess and several bricks falling from it confirms her suspicions. She does not hear the bricks hit the bottom for quite some time and the impact only lets out a faint echo. On the far end, Tesia sees the passage lined with fine wires, most likely a trap.
She sighs, "It doesn't look good, and is most likely a trap." Tesia says before describijng what she sees to the others, "We haved to stop them, so how should we deal with this?" She asks, unsure of what the safest course of action wouldc be.
"I could give disarming those wires a try," Mirrin says. "The bridge would just have to hold together until I do."
Looking a little apprehensive she asks the rogue, "Do you think if I just changed into something large enough to carry just you, so that you didn't have to stand on the bridge and do it....do you think that would work, or would it be too unsteady. I just....I really don't like the looks of that bridge and if you can use me instead then it might be a little safer. What do you think?"
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"You're an easy target in a big flying form, and landing might trigger the trap. I have an idea." Rhadaya says, casting a spell as she turns to rest a hand on Mirrin, a swirl of air surrounding the rogue as she lifts an inch off the ground. "I can cover you." she says to Mirrin.
Tesia smiles, "That works as well."
Mirrin glides over the bridge, keeping an eye out for anything Tesia might have missed.
She then carefully takes out her tools and begins working on the wires.
Mirrin ends up cutting a wrong wire and an explosion takes out the bridge. Several wires remain.
Mirrin mutters under her breath and continues working.
Mirrin deduces a pattern in the layout of the wires and quickly cuts through the rest of them, opening the passage. However, there is now a fifty foot gap between the rogue and the rest of the party.
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She shakes her head, "That's okay, we got this. As long as you're okay, I can make a way across that." Tesia makes a few gestures with her hands while saying some words in an ancient tongue.
Stretching out her hands, a rainbow spreads forth over the gap. Seemingly solidifying, it creates a bridge for them to traverse their way across the chasm.
"That's pretty amazing." Sadhana says stepping onto the bridge and beginning to walk across after a deep breath.
Tesia blushes before taking a deep breath as well and following the others across the bridge. At least she could do some things right, and the most important thing is that they had a safe way across, and that Mirrin wasn't hurt. At some point after dealing with this threat they would have to rest. They couldn't just keep going non stop like this though....but knowing the stress everyone was under she didn't want to be the one to say anything, unless she absolutely had to.
After crossing the bridge and continuing on, you come to a rusty iron ladder. The passage continues and you can see moonlight ahead.
As her eyes shift to perceive anything of a magical nature, she inspects the ladder to make sure it's safe.
There is nothing magical in the area and the ladder appears to be climbable, though a bit unstable.
Tesia holds the ladder, "It's okay, just a bit wobbly. I'll hold it and then follow you guys up."
"Mirrin, you want to fly up and check for any kind of trap waiting at the exit?" Sādhanā suggests to the rogue, nodding as Tesia volunteers to keep everything steady while the rest of them climb.
"I'll fly up right after in case anything needs blasting to cover everyone else climbing up." Rhadaya volunteers, flashing Tes a momentary smile.
Mirrin glides up and looks out for further traps.
Mirrin comes to a wooden hatch and doesn't see any obstacle.
Mirrin opens the hatch and looks around.
Mirrin emerges in what appears to be a ruined barn. There is a curious shrine in the corner and sees bones and ashes scattered in front of it.
There is a small sign above the shrine: "لا تتحرك."
Mirrin calls down to the others, letting them know what she's found.
"Stay there, we're coming." She calls up to her. After the others are safely up, she follows them, remaining alert as always.
"What is it now, another trap?" Cyna asks.
Other than what Mirrin saw, Tesia finds nothing else of interest.
Mirrin shrugs. "Probably. Looks religious. Not my thing."
Mirrin knows that small shrines such as these are common across the land, either for travelers, nomads, vagabonds or those whose particular religion wouldn't be tolerated in large cities. This shrine is nondescript, save for two gold coins embedded in the base.
Rhadaya floats up after Mirrin, making sure to stay off the floor as she takes in the gruesome scene. "No idea what language that is,"
"Can anyone read that?" She asks as she looks around.
Celia climbs the ladder looking at the bizarre glyphs. "Languages aren't really my strength."
Sādhanā studies the almost nauseating glyphs."I think it's Abyssal, but can't read it. Can you make it out Sienna?"
Sienna nods. "Yeah, it says 'Do Not Move'."
Sadhana believes that the shrine is dedicated to Charon, the Horseman of Death.
"Then we should heed those words and move on," Magestreia says, gesturing toward the bones and ashes.
Finally with understanding seeming to come to her eyes she nods, "Ohhh...like don't touch the thing and let's just go after who we need to stop right?"
Mirrin nods. "Sounds about right."
She nods, "Well alright then, let's go save some innocents and kill some a$$holes." She says with a smile as she heads for the exit and looks to see which way the bastards went.
Looking outside of the ruined barn, Tesia sees no sign of the drow nor any tracks to follow. She realizes they must have continued down the tunnel.
She sighs, "Dammit!! I don't think they came this way, they must have continued down the tunnel. Stupid sewers."
"It's an altar to the Horseman of Death, so we definitely want to avoid cintact." the magus adds. "Okay, tunnel it is then,"
Returning to the sewers, you follow the passage to the end. A dilapidated grate heralds the exit from the sewers out into fresh air.
"Any sign of them?" Mirrin asks Tesia.