Ethyl proposes, "We should attack it from a distance. I have extra daggers for throwing if need be."
Amestri takes another look at the creature. "If we can get through the door safely it might be better to leave it trapped there. If not I do have two of these." She pulls out a bottle of Alchemist's Fire.
Listening at the door you hear a clink of chains as they scrape against a stone surface.
Ethyl says, "Be ready." She opens the door cautiously trying to simultaneously be aware of the trapped body and whatever is behind the door.
Amestri notices Ethyl's divided attention and remains between her and the body, alchemist fire at the ready. "I've got my eye on this thing, my good doctor. You need not worry about your back."
Sturdy racks and toppled tables suggest this space once served as a sizable laundry. Much of the northern end of the room is filled with rubble. Against the west wall are three figures chained to pipes in a line. From south to north: a human wearing stained yellow sheets as robes and bearing a flame-shaped chalk mark upon his forehead, the corpse of a partially eaten patient, and a ghoul.
Ethyl enters the room while smirking and saying to no one in particular, "What do we have here?"
Amestri continues to keep a close eye on the thing in the hallway. She is curious about Ethyl's comment but will wait until everyone is in the room before heading in and closing the door between them and the pinned creature.
Endol holds himself from rushing forward, any or all of the three may be enemies.
Jagray follows in behind Ethyl taking in the scene, he promptly looks around the rest of the room to see if someone or something else was hiding somewhere since the other three seemed to be chained up.
Jagray looks for more immediate threats but finds none. The closed door to the south looks like the only unknown in the room. As you are investigating the rest of the room, the prisoner in the bedsheets suddenly notices you and exclaims "PRAISE!" He looks desperate to get away from the ghoul chained up with him.
Not seeing an immediate threat he asks the man "What is going on here?"
After everyone is inside, Amestri steps in and closes the door so that the thing in the hall can't come up behind them if it were to find a way to get free. She looks at the strange trio chained to the pipe. "Well. That is a little odd."
As he waits for the man to tell them what is going on he looks at the undead creature trying to figure out what it is and what he knows about it.
It looks like your average ghoul complete with paralysing claws and bite along with a diseased bite.
The man focuses on Jagray, "Words... WORDS FAIL!". He looks distressed as the ghoul begins munching on the corpse chained up next to it some more.
Jagray quirks a brow at the mans words "Well, tha' ain't all to helpful..." Careful to avoid the ghoul he goes to see if there is a way to easily free the man from his bonds while trying to get a better read on him.
Ethyl idly plays with a dagger and remarks, "Some undead thing chained up or not is a problem. I am of the opinion we deal with problems sooner than later."
Jagray, you can tell the man is terrified to be in the situation he is in. The man has ordinary manacles around his wrist as does the corpse and the ghoul.
Jagray looks to the others "Any of ya good with locks? Don' see no keys layin' 'round ta get 'im out."
The doctor raises her hand but doesn't move to unlock the manacles, "I don't know Jagray, remember what happened the last time? Now I am not a complete monster. Would you kindly restrain him while I work? Once he's free of the wall we put him back in chains and let Winter decide what to do with him."
Amestri finishes taking in the odd scene before her and approaches the ghoul with her weapon in hand. "If we take care of this fellow then the other gentleman might be more apt to talk to us. I'd prefer that to letting him free before we know who or what he is."
Jagray shrugs to Amestri "Alright, let's kill it then..."
He joins the others ready to attack.
As the group disposes of the ghoul, the man cries out "Zandalus sees!" The is a look of relief in the man's eyes as the creature is slain.
Dr. Ermengarde works at the lock with the tools provided by her surgery kit if Jagray or Endol try to restrain the man. She asks, "Who's Zandalus? Is that your name?" Once he's free of the wall Ethyl puts the manacles back on him and similarly try to get the manacles off the dead man and the ghoul.
Wile the Doctor works on the lock Endol moves over to give the man A good sniff.
"PRAISE!" is the man's reply though he is shaking his head no.
Dr Ethyl removes the other manacles .
Endol investigates the man's scent. He smells bad as though he hadn't bathed in a while but very different than the doctor in the basement or the old woman that ended up being a shapechanger.
Perhaps after we clear the rest of this room we should take him back to the chapel to see if anyone there recognizes him. He's still in manacles so should be safe. We just need to immobilize him until we are ready to go back so he doesn't cause trouble."
Jagray nods to Amerstri's suggestion then looks at the man. "We will take ya ta safety in a minute. Go sit by the door an' wait for us." He points toward the door they came in, then moves over to the other door letting Ethyl check it out first.
The good doctor listens through the door and checks it for anything out of the ordinary. If she doesn't find anything she'll open it and peer inside.
Listening at the door you hear the unmistakable sound of metal sliding through flesh and a mumbling. Moments later there is a wet splat but it sounds as though it's in a tunnel.
Ethyl mouths the word, "Trouble." She tries to quietly open the door.
Endol crouches, tail twitching, and prepared to burst through the door and deal with the foe.
Amestri hangs back by the manacled man, in case either he or the thing beyond the door try anything funny, but she watches carefully as the door is opened.
Sneaking through the door you see several wide tables and gigantic washbasins filling a laundry equipped to service hundreds. The place looks as though it were repurposed as a failed surgery, though, with at least one table heaped with remains while corpses lie discarded in corners. The pullchains hang from the ceiling along the south wall. A stained sheet hangs between two of the basins, dividing the room roughly in half. A lantern shines on the far side. The shadow of a tall thin figure is being cast on the sheet. You can see through a gap in the sheet that there is another grey figure laying still on the table near the shadow. As you watch, the shadow leaves the table holding chunks of flesh and moves over to the southernmost wash basin. Once there, she tosses the chunks one at a time into the basin with a wet splat, waiting in between each toss. "What do you think of this one my pet hmmmm?"
Ethyl drinks her shield extract.
The scene the exact opposite of the expected, catches Endol of guard. he shakes himself, looks quickly to Jagrey, holds up 3 fingers.
Three...
Two...
One...
He charges at the shadow figure hoping to hit it at the knees to take it down, then and snap on that set of manacles
As Endol signals to attack Jagray prepares himself to run in with him for a fight.
Amestri rushes forward towards the sheet, aiming more towards the table than the shadow figure.
As the party begins their charge, the creature turns to look at them curiously. "More guests? How unexpected."
Ethyl will try to get closer.
Endol will try and stealth into a straight line 30 feet from the shadow form, to allow a surprise round charge.
The creature looks towards you through holes in the sheet, dagger in hand, as if waiting for a response.
Amestri rushes forward towards the sheet, aiming towards the heap on the table as opposed to the standing figure.
Ethyl drinks a clear blue vial and steps foward. Knowing the jig is up she says, "Pardon the intrusion my dear. Might I inquire what you're doing?"
Endol steps forward, "Come fight me!, he squeaks dagger in hand.