Deciding the others had the scouting well in hand, Qiu gathers the horses' reigns and stays back from the building. He is perfectly happy to not have to walk anymore then necessary on his battered legs. He does keep an eye out for anything that might try to sneak up on them from the surroundings though.
The group does not find anything or anybody lurking around the outpost. Perhaps there might be something of interest inside?
Figaro gives the party the thumbs up noting there was nothing inside. Over the course of travel his stomach had calmed down and headache dissipated. He was still a bit queasy, but it was manageable at the moment.
Finding the entrance to the area Figaro gave the others the sign to follow him and he let the Meteor Hammer dangle limply while he started to move, being wary all the same.
Poppy tended to Spot. giving him a rest and some water.
As the others approach the building, Poppy retrieves her hammer and shield ready to back up her travelling companions.
If there is anything inside, I can try and se if i can hammer out any differences we may be having.
Poppy attunes her keen gnomish senses to the area surrounding the entryway, especially the roof. ever vigilant of dang....Squirrel
I guess perception checks help :)
Qiu brings the horses closer to the shack but hangs back still. Sadly his muscle cramps and fatigue weren't going away that quickly.
The inside of the outpost is much like its surroundings, empty and abandoned. There's a large counter, and a couple of overturned tables. No chairs, but there is a backroom.
Qiu hobbles the mounts outside and slowly approaches the building.
He misses everything, but draws his wand and is ready to use it at a moments notice.
Whiskey slows his meteor hammer down to a dangle as he notes there isnt much in here and that it'd be a great place to camp outside of this. However the strange Spider attack from before had him wary, so he dropped his shoulders and looked around much more relaxed.
Sanobi looks around, and even looks up and inside and under things.
Syntriani continues sneaking as she investigates the back room.
As Sanobi wanders around, she stumbles upon a trap door in the back room. It is locked, though it doesn't seem to be a very good one.
"Oooh, something someone doesn't want people to get into. Probably valuables. My favorite," Syn adds, grinning.
"Or a hideaway, possibly an escape route. Or even a whole doomsday shelter filled with a thousand folk. But sure, it could also be valuables."
Figaro nods and starts spinning his Meteor Hammer in anticipation.
Hearing conversation instead of screams of heart-rending pain or other battle sounds, Qiu heads into the shack wand still ready.
"I like the escape route, personally."
Poppy was looking around. from her vantage point there was not much to really see.
coming in from behind as the others converse. If it is an escape route it probably goes for some distance, didn't find and exit outside.
She makes her way through the forest of legs around the hatch. Otta the way, unless ya wanna get hammered.
she stops to check out the hatch.
she then gets a grip on her hammer. lets see if can ring the bell and get a prize. as she gets ready to smash the trap door open with her hammer.
Sanobi gets well away from the door, in case of traps. In fact, she watches from the doorway to the other room.
Figaro continues to spin the weapon in his right hand as his left shot out to hold Poppy a little. He points to Syn's work and shakes his head. ' Wait-till-after-Syn-Then-Smash ' he spells out with his hand.
Better late than never.
No traps are found and Syn easily picks the crude lock. The door opens to reveal a ladder leading down into a storeroom. There's several shelves lined with foodstuffs, some casks, and a few crates.
Whiskey checks through the hidden storeroom to see if everything i okay before giving the group the thumbs up for all clear.
Syn will be the next one down, and she'll give the place a thorough search for traps, secret doors/hidden compartments, and valuables.
Perception "taking 20": 26.
Sanobi lays on the floor with her head hanging through to see in the room, watching as the others search, "Anything good?"
No danger lurks in this storeroom, but the air and water kin get the feeling this was meant to be some sort of fallout chamber. Its stocked with plenty of food, water, a fair amount of liquor, as well as all the basic supplies one could need. Taking a rough guess it seems around ten people could survive down here for a good two months, easy.
Sadly, nothing overly valuable is down here either. Yet, the question remains, why is there such a secure, hidden room underneath a traveler's outpost?
Figaro's head pops up after the inspection and shakes his head. He signs to Sanobi ' Food-Alot-of-food '
"Did you check for magic? I've seen some pretty mundane looking magic items before, and an emergency storeroom like this might have a need for an unassuming yet helpful thing. The real question is, what happened to those who would have used this and why did they have it? Keeping a room like this is expensive. Not something a little shack owner like this could normally afford."
Figaro shrugged, as he had no capability to do such. So, In response.. He grabbed Sanobi by the shoulders, and Jumped down the shaft into the storeroom with her.. so that she would see. He smiled the whole way eerily.
Poppy tries to peer inside as best she can, smugglers? maybe? what about that liquor, any value to that?
"Probably somebody's bolt-hole, in case they get in over their head on something and have to 'disappear' for a while. Pity no cash or the like, but foodstuffs can be useful. Assuming they're still good."
"As for magic, I'm no spellcaster. I thought The Great Sanobi or Qiu were? Could be wrong..."
Syntriani will start examining the foodstuffs and supplies, to see how much is still good and usable.
Wisk begins to wet his lips at the mention of liquor, He and Syntriani had dealt with other smugglers before but, as she said, they were no spellcasters. Though they were elemental kin, possessing nothing beyond what they internally had.
Happy, there really was no one in the cabin, Qiu is perfectly fine joining the group in the cellar and even checking for any magic.
Not having any real training in determining what's valuable or not , the blue-skinned woman starts pawing through the supplies looking for anything shiny. 8^)
Edit:
Qiu does see a decent amount of magic, around the food and liquor.
Syn doesn't spot anything overly valuable, but everything is useful.
Qiu, you can tell the magicks present have preserved the food down here, keeping it from spoiling. You guess that any food taken out will last about two weeks before going bad.
Peaches?, check. Pineapples?, Check. Whiskey?, several bottles, actually.