"Maybe I can help." Sara moves up to the trap and tries to assist Marcus in the dismantling.
Sara points out a lever that is attached to a firing mechanism that Marcus had missed. With the two of them working together Marcus is able to jam the machanism ensuring the circuit won’t complete and set off the trap.
Sara worries just a bit about doing so, but tries to open the case.
Sara opens the case she hears a click and freezes... but after a moment realizes nothing has happened. She promptly removes the silver raven figure for Bimble.
"It just looks like a statue, though. What does it do?" Rossana asks as the item is collected.
Sara waves off wanting the raven, tipping her new nifty hat at Bimble. She gotten that, a truly stunning dress, a perfectly balanced rapier...
More than she's ever collected over the years on a meager baker's salary. Which would be great, if it wasn't for the undead things wanting to kill them, horrible traps to fry them, and the bloody carnage happening in their lovely city which might destory all she loves about their nation.
She keeps those thoughts to herself, and simply suggests "We should move on... northward?"
After Bimble demonstrates the function of the Silver Raven and you gather anything else that may be of worth you all decide to head northward. Marcus moves up and takes a look at the door.
When Marcus checks the door, he finds something odd, some strange ruins, barely visible inscribed around the door, it seems that there is some sort of magical trap on the door.
"Bimble, can you come take a look at this? I'm worried that these runes are a sign of a magical trap of some sort that I don't think I can handle on my own."
Bimble examines the magic and determines the aura to be of moderate enchantment.
"That sounds like it would be the wisest and safest way to go about it, master Bimble. How far do we ought to step back? Wouldn't want to lose my eyebrows to a fiery conflagration."
The answer to his question came to him in a shocking fashion - poor unseen servant!
"It's probably nothing more than another light switch." Sara points out, very sure of herself, so reaches out, turns the knob(or handle or whatever) and opens the door.
As Marcus steps back for Bimble to give the door a look Sara steps up and with them taking too long and just opens the door telling them it's nothing to worry about. As it opens their is a brief flash of light.
Shortly after you decide you must attack Bimble.
With the door open you see a ten-foot-wide hallway leads north for roughly forty feet before abruptly ending in a wall of dirt and broken wood. A door exits to the west.
Sara's sudden urges turn dark, leaving her instantly regretting her decision to touch that door, and since she feels so badly about it, she stabs herself with her rapier, cause that is simply what one does in these situations.
Bleeding badly the confused, depressed, and suddenly angry baker then lashes out to the nearest person, which unfortunately is Bimble.
Luckily the gaping wound in her side has thrown off her aim, signifincatly and she misses nice Mr. Ficklebopper.
"Holy-hell-hey-what-now?!", sputters a confused Otavio as he points his sword at Sara, ready to parry the next strike. "You ok? Is she ok?"
Rossana goes to speak, but only a surprised yelp comes out at the sudden bloodshed. Trying to calm herself back down, Rossana finally manages to utter, "Perhaps our priest can heal up those wounds, first."
Sara's mind clears and she feels the horror of what she's done. "Please, I need to." Sara crumbs down next to Bimble. "I am sorry" she whispers, the shortness of her sentence speaking volumes of her intent.
Then in afterthought not caring one bit about the bloodstained and ripped dress, she heals herself and falls behind the others, to be out of the way.
Marcus had moved without thought to intercept the gnome from attacking Sara...and perhaps to attack him himself. He was slightly afraid and how quickly he had acted, how easily he found himself able to engage with one of his new companions.
I’m ready to be out of this place, that’s for sure.
Putting his hand on Sara’s back to comfort her, he nods to Bimble.
”Only one way to find out.” he says before moving toward the door ahead.
After the debacle with the trap and Bimble explaining what happened the group decides to move on, still searching for a way out. Marcus leads the way, keeping an eye out for any dangers, especially after what just happened. Reaching the door he does his thing to make sure it is safe.
However, much like the previous door he finds another trap. It appears the ceiling is rigged to partially collapse if the door is opened. He attempts to disable it, but isn't quiet able to get it.
Capricia seems to be lost in her thoughts. She utters a brief gasp when Sara stabs herself but, unknowing in the ways of magic, doesn't know the right words to say to make the young woman feel less bad about her sudden stabfest.
At the latest trap, Capricia again pauses. "Are we quite sure we want to get out of this place so soon?" she asks the others. "I mean, the purge might still be ongoing, and I didn't stand a chance against that assassin who gashed my side...." The hand of her buckler arm unconsciously moves to her initial wound.
Capricia's words hold some wisdom to them. Otavio wants to reply but swallows down whatever words he felt like saying. "If anything, this place isn't exactly hospitable and as such it isn't the craziest of ideas to try and find a way out. Whether upon finding an exit we actually want to leave is something else and we can leave that decision for then? How does that sound?"
There's more than that just discussion, however. There's also the fact that Marcus stumbled upon a trap and was unable to undo it. "Can we perhaps yank the door open from afar so that whatever comes crashing down doesn't come down on us? Like by using a rope?"
Sara will give a slight 'I'll be okay' smile to Marcus and Bimble as they try to make her feel better. Then will lose herself to her thoughts for a bit.
When Marcus runs into trouble with the trap, Sara will break out of her self doubt to go see if she can help.
When Sara snaps out of her own thoughts and goes over to assist Marcus she points out a beam that if wedged just right should hold the weight even if the door is opened. When Marcus tries it and puts a little pressure on the door he is confident it should hold.
When Bimble asks Zubari about healing, he briefly looks to Trant who just rolls her eye and nods a 'go on' to him toward Sara. Zubari reaches out saying a brief prayer to Abadar as a warm healing energy flows from his hands into Sara, sealing her wounds.
When Marcus gives the ok Capricia forges ahead opening the door. A hallway leads into a small room with another hallway branching off to the northeast. A graying wooden reception counter extends from the eastern wall of the small room, overshadowed by a faded, curling portrait of a group of several Taldan nobles. Comical alterations adorn the portrait, with red and green markings adding in stink lines, ridiculous mustaches, and other odd embellishments. A door exits to the west. Behind the counter you hear noises like someone riffling through something. As you approach, the noise stops and suddenly you see a kobold pop up from behind the desk, he looks at you startled for a moment then a big grin spreads across his face. He holds up his hands as a sign of peace and then speaks.
"តើមានបងប្អូនណាម្នាក់និយាយអួតខ្លួនឬទេ?" "என்ன ஆனந்தம்?" "Hoặc có thể là không đủ?" He is obviously trying to ask you something.
Not sure if he has gotten anywhere he points at himself and says "Mimips."
"It looks like he's not a bad kobold, but...can anyone understand him?" Rossana asks.
Sara starts to thank the priest, but she knows he is only being helpful to fill his purse. So instead she bits back her pride, and gives a brief curtsey to Trant.
Her mood lifts a bit at seeing the additions to the ancient portrait. The stink lines being her favorite, bringing a smile to her lips again.
She agrees with Rossana as the kobold pops up, and doesn't attack them. So Sara looks back at him and points to herself and says "Sara!" with her own grin... but that is the extent of her understanding.
Otavio has troubles suppressing a laugh when they walk past the vandalized painting. Toilet humor tends to be flushed away without a second thought, but for the brief moment it exists it tends to get to Otavio pretty good. Is this how they should fight their Grand Prince? By drawing childish interpretations of doo-doo on his head, richly adorned with stink lines?
The kobold, on the other hand, doesn't make him laugh. "I'm afraid I only speak the noble tongue of Taldor and its peoples ..."
"It looks like he's not a bad kobold, but...can anyone understand him?" Rossana asks.
"I'm fairly sure that 'Mimips' roughly translates to 'Behead me,'" Capricia deadpans. She makes no movement to attack the little monster, however.
The kobold smiles widely when Bimble replies in gnomish.
"លោកគ្រូហ្គេណូមខ្ញុំសង្ឃឹមថាអ្នកនឹងនិយាយភាសាកំណើតរបស់អ្នក។ មិនដែលដឹងប្រាកដថាទោះបីជាយ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយខ្ញុំនៅតែ Mimips ហើយខ្ញុំនៅទីនេះប្រមូលការផ្គត់ផ្គង់ដើម្បីលក់។ តើអ្នកមានចំណាប់អារម្មណ៍ក្នុងការទិញរបស់របរខ្លះដែរឬទេ?"
The kobold pulls up his pack and sets it on the counter top, pulling out various items and showing them off to you before he sits them down on the counter top for you to look at. All together he pulls out five potions, a wand, a set of bracers and a cloak. He looks at you one by one and motions towards his goods with a greedy smile.
"A scavenging merchant," Rossana comments with a laugh. "But maybe we can also trade for the way out of here, too."
Sara nods as she looks on more than a little fascinated, having never met a kobold before.
When Bimble asks Mimips a question he points to the door to the west, opposite from the counter he is at. "មានអន្លង់មួយនៅខាងក្រោយទីនោះ។ វានាំទៅដល់ដីងងឹត។ នោះគឺជារបៀបដែលខ្ញុំចូលទៅ។"
He looks at each of the others in the group for a moment then shakes his head "ខ្ញុំមិនគិតថាអ្នកចង់យកវាទៅទីនោះទេ។ មានភាពភ័យរន្ធត់នៅក្នុងភាពងងឹតនៅក្រោមដី។ លើសពីនេះទៅទៀតខ្ញុំមិនដឹងថាតើវាសមទេរន្ធនោះតូចណាស់។"
"I don't think you would want to take them down there. There are horrors in the deep darkness underground. Plus, I don't know if they would fit, the hole is pretty small."
As Bimble talks with the kobold he looks over the wears finding that there is a potion of barkskin, three potions of cure light wounds, a potion of remove disease, a wand of aqueous orb (1 charge), bracers of armor +1, and a cloak of resistance +1.
As Bimble shows him various items they have picked up along the way he seems intrigued by a good bit of it. He seems particularly interested in 'above ground' items like the cultural artifacts and glassware and less interested in weapons and gear.