Lil is busy looking over the booze and magical items she found. She brings them over to Septis with a grin "We should pop these open and have some fun, yeah? Everyone is so tense, maybe they could do with some loosening up?" She waves the two bottles back and forth excited by the prospect.
Septis just rolls his eyes and states "Not now, we need to get out of here..."
As she shows him the magic items he looks them over.
He notes to the others "The wand is meant to create food and water, I'm not sure about the spoon though. Strange to have a wand like that tough, unless you are planning to be some place for a long time..."
When Septis see's the key he picks it up "Maybe this will unlock that cabinet in the other room?" He passes it over to Lil and takes the bottles of booze from her, stuffing them in his pack.
As Sif turns the lights and she explains about the panel, Septis goes to touch the panel in the room he is currently in to see what effect it has.
Lil frowns as Septis takes the alcohol and stomps off with the key to see if it unlocks the cabinet.
Victor reaches up and taps his pin. ”We have all been magicked elsewhere. Are you alright?”
Lillian is in disbelief at the Septi's eidolon and glares at Lil "Are you serious right now?! Focus! We need to get back to the gala! They need us!"
Lillian circles all four room and declares "Wait. Why is there no way out of here? Something isn't right. It needs to be hidden or something. Surely we were not sent away to a place with no exit!"
She systematically sets about searching each room for secrets or hidden areas.
Lil just rolls her eyes at Lillian's reprimand, she hasn't known the woman long, but all she does is scold her, so it doesn't even phase her anymore. Instead she mumbles under her breath "Out of everyone you could do with some booze the most and probably a proper f&+# too, maybe then you wouldn't be such an uptight b~##@ all the time..."
Septis moves through the complex with Lillian helping to light the way. As they discover there is no apparent exit he offhandedly sort of jokes "Well, the wand to create food and water makes a little more sense now, if there is indeed not a way to get out of here. You're right though, would be a poor design to not have an exit... unless whoever built this was capable of teleporting at their discretion and didn't need a proper exit..."
As Lillian searches for some secret door, Septis will follow behind checking for magical aura's in each of the rooms, on the walls, floors, and ceilings.
"M'lady, there is no more f!~#ing Gala. There is only a slaughter. If we got back there somehow, we'd just get killed. Anyway, like I said before, we're in some lodge in Andoran. Betcha 10 gold."
Lillian face flushes red at the eidolon's comment and she turns on Liloria and open palm smacks her across the face. "You do get to talk to me that way you disrespectful little shit! Does anything useful ever even come out of your mouth?!"
Turning to glare at Septis she says "I thought you were going to keep that attitude of hers in check!"
Shs turns to Sif and starts to say "NO! It can't be! We need-" before she stops and realizes Sif is probably right. It doesn't matter where they are, they aren't in the gala. [smaller]"But my mother. Martellea Eutropia. All of those other innocents are in there. We have to be able to do something."
She sighs and looks at the floor, kicking a book across the room. She turns to Victor "Did you get Martella? Is she answering? Do these things have range limits?"
Sif's own countenance is grim. "Yeah. Exactly..." She turns to look at Victor also, waiting to see the results of his attempt.
Lil glares at Lillian when she smacks her and then a malicious grin forms across her face "Oh you like it rough huh? That's what get's you off? I can play rough with you if you like..."
Lil reaches out, claws extending from her hands as she easily grabs a hold of Lillian. Holding onto her tightly and biting her on the neck, just hard enough to draw blood, but not do any permanent damage.
"You like it like that honey?" She laughs before continuing "I can give you more of that if you want!"
Septis hears the two women bickering from the other room, but is too busy looking for magical aura's to get involved presently.
Lillian doesn’t scream, but she does struggle. Completely blown away that this thing would dare attack her when they were supposed to be working together to help people sets Lillian’s mind ablaze. Dagger still in hand from the fight above, she raises her arm up and slams the dagger down into Lil’s left thigh.
With the blade finding purchase in her flash and the satisfying splash of blood all over her hand, she growls back to Lil ”Bring it, b$+&~! Better call Septis in to save you before you bleed out all over my new dress.”
Sif facepalms as a cat fight breaks out. "Oi, cool it you shameless chavs! You can bleed each other up when we're not in an emergency situation! "
Sif flexes her considerable muscle, ready to intervene.
Lil winces a bit as the dagger draws blood, but it only makes her grin more. The woman wasn't a push over even being wrapped up in Lil's arms she still was fighting back. "Oh so you like to give and get huh? Well, get on your stomach b##+$ and I'll give you some more!"
Still not trying to severally hurt the woman, but show her who is boss, Lil kicks Lillian's legs from the back, causing her to fall forward to the ground. Lil follows her down, putting her knee into the woman's back and holding her arms down so she can barely move.
"You've been a bad girl... think you're all high and mighty... maybe you need a spanking?" Lil starts laughing even more.
When Sif starts calling names Lil shoots her a glare "Stay out of this, this little b!&@% needs to learn to respect her superior..."
Septis, off in the other room hears Sif call out and sighs as he starts walking back to where all the commotion is, he calls back as he is on his way "First, no need to call her names... second, maybe you should provoke her then?"
Finally he calls out to Lil "Lil, stop causing problems, we have more important things to worry about right now!"
With her 'Master' still not in the room, Lil just ignores his words, trying to decide how to humiliate Lillian next.
Lillian’s is pressed flat to the floor by Lil and can’t break free of her. She struggles against her, face pushed in the floor. She shouts all sorts of threats but currently can’t enact any of them.
Lil just laughs more as the woman struggles. She pulls up her dress and with her sharp claws slashes off her undergarments, careful not to actually hurt the woman and then smacks her on the ass. "So naughty! You like that? Who's in charge now huh?"
Septis finally walks into the room to see what is going on... at the sight of Lil pinning Lillian to the floor and smacking her on the butt Septis rushes over and pulls Lil off the woman, pushing her back away from her. "Damnit Lil! What are you doing?"
The next thing Liloria sees is the tip of a Falcata resting beneath her chin. ”Let. Her. Go.” Victor growls.
Lil stumbles back as her master pulls her off the poor woman. If it had been anyone else she probably would have fought back, but instead she leans her back against the wall. She holds her hands up to Victor's threat. "Hey, she started it! She's the one that came over and smacked me, I was just defending myself..."
She points to Lillian and notes "Look, I didn't even hurt her, really. Just a small bite, but I could have done much worse! She needs to learn some manners thinking she is better than everyone else..."
Victor sheathes his blade and glares at Liloria before turning to help Lillian off the floor and cover her indecency. He would have acted sooner but was searching for an exit elsewhere.
”Are you alright?” he asks her quietly as he helps her up.
Seeing Victor is taking care of Lillian Septis stomps over to Lil. "Seriously... we have talked about this before! You can't just go fighting people whenever you want..."
He shakes his head and let's out a deep breath. "You need to apologize to her at once! I know you think your essentially immune bcause if someone strikes you down I can just bring you back, but it doesn't mean you need to cause problems because you causing problems causes issues for me and we had a deal!"
Lil listens to Septis as he berates her, her malicious grin slowly fading away, especially when he mentions their deal. She rolls her eyes "Fine, take their side, even though she smacked me and stabbed me and all I did was teach her who is boss."
When Septis just glares at her she shrugs "Whatever..." Staying where she is she calls out to Lillian "Sorry for whopping your ass... literally..." she grins as she looks at Septis after giving her 'apology'
Septis points his finger off toward one of the other rooms "Go do somethng useful and look for an exit out of her, stay away from Ms. Darahan."
Lil begrudgingly nods and saunters off to one of the other rooms by herself.
When she is gone Septis turns to Lillian "I'm sorry she assaulted you, but... I would ask that you don't egg her on, she is impulsive and not afraid to fight back and honestly, she could really hurt you. I know she is really good at pushing buttons but..." he sighs as his apology isn't going that great "Maybe its better if the two of you just keep a safe distance."
”If she ever hurts her again, even a single hair, I will find a way to send her back to wherever she is from, permanently. Do you understand?” Victor replies to Septis, his look reinforcing the intent in his words.
Septis considers correcting the man, but figures its better not to make matters worse as he nods and simply replies "I will do my best to keep her reigned in but, like I said, it would help if you all didn't instigate her..."
Lillian retakes her feet with Victor's help. She undergarments have been cut away and her dress is soiled by the dirty floor she has been laying on. Her face is flushed red with embarrassment and doesn't verbally respond to Victor when he asks if she is okay. She remains silent throughout the next several exchanges.
When Liloria starts her apology, she turns away from her and ignores her. When Septis offers the infamous 'I'm sorry but" apology, she turns away from him to. She moves off into the attached bathroom and closes the door behind her.
With the door closed, she slides down it with her back against it and puts her head in her hands and begins to cry. The weight the being forced into marraible, the events at the gala, being sent to Andoran and being shamed by a demonb###& are just too much for her.
Continuing her exploration of the rooms and through the south door Lillian finds yet another corridor ending in another door and beyond it (after checking for traps) she finds a storage chamber. Stacked wooden crates cover the southern wall, and more crates occupy the northwestern corner. Wooden shelves fill much of the eastern half of the room, each tier filled with dust-coated bottles, crockery, and glass jars.
A routine check of the chamber reveals changes of clothes, condiments, pickled vegetables, preserved delicacies, salted meats, and a well-stocked toolkit and while all the foodstuff here has long since rotted, the toolkit is well stocked and in excellent shape . A door to the west leads to the first room you arrived and soon Lillian discovers you are indeed trapped between four rooms with no apparent exit. The room is so cramped that it will require some rearrangements of the box to bet access to the walls in order to look for secret passages.
Meanwhile, Septis touches the glass panel in the lord's chamber and both the social room (the one with the tables and cabinets) and the storage room lit up in a similar manner. The fact that the panels light apparently random rooms suggest the magic governing them are old and perhaps faulty, unless there is a hidden logic or function in this arrangement. Upon more tests, they discover the which panels light which rooms:
Servant's Quarters -> Social Room and Lord's Room
Social Room -> Lord's Chamber
Lord's Chamber -> Social Room and Storage Chamber
Storage Chamber -> Servant's Quarters and Social Room
Septis notices that the panels irradiate a faint aura of magic and also notices that a similarly faint aura comes from within the locked cabinet .
Victor tries to communicate with his badge but receives only silence in return.
As Lillian raises her head from arms and wipes the tears in her face, she notices a scroll case hanging from the railing of the bathtub in front of her. The bronze and pitted case opens to reveal an old and tattered note that reads: "Fourth bed from the north. Comfforter . Backup key".
Alone in the social room, Lil tries to use the ornate gold key on the cabinet and discovers it doesn't fit!
Lillian sits in the room alone for five minutes before she finally composes herself. As she stands she takes note of the the note anda after reading it, pockets it. She wipes way her tears and clears her throat as she exits the room.
She proceeds to check the fourth bed from the north in whatever rooms have beds as she searches for the backup key.
As the note said, Lillian finds an inelegant brass key sewn into the comforter of the bed.
Lillian takes the key and starts trying all of the locks everywhere she can find. She keeps to her self and avoids Lil, if possible.
Lil strolls back to Septis with the gold key, being sure to avoid Victor or Lillian, and gives it back to him. "Doesn't fit." is all she says before flopping onto a chair to wait.
Septis attempts to discern the magical properties of the panel and the locket cabinet after Lil hands him the gold key.
While he is uncertain about the panel, he can tell that something in the cabinet has an aura of divination magic. He calls out to the others "Anyone good with locks? The one key we found doesn't work, but there is something in this cabinet with divination magic. It may help us to find a way to get out of here!"
"Not I..."
Lillian enters the room and says "I found a key as well. If that does't work I have other methods of opening it." she declares.
Septis gives her a nod and directs her to the locked cabinet, standing by in anticipation, hoping she can get it unlocked.
When Lillian enters the room where Septis is looking over the cabinet Lil is sitting in a chair at one of the tables. As she makes eye contact with Lillian briefly she grins and gives the woman a wink.
Lillian scowls at Lil’s wink, narrowing her eyes and plans to deal with her later before turning back to the task at hand.
The key Lillian found fits perfectly in the locked cabinet and, with a rusted click, it opens to reveal what looks like to be an immobile crystal ball built into the wall. There is a hole on the top of the device in the shape of a curved rectangle.
With the cabinet opened, Septis can clearly see that it is this strange device that is emanating the faint magical aura. There are no writings or symbols to implicate what is the use of the device, however.
Once Lillian opens the lock and Septis has an opportunity to take a look he will see if he can discern what this items is.
He shrugs when nothing specific comes to mind and then calls Lil over as he notes "Come touch this thing and see if anything happens..."
Lil rolls her eyes and stands up from her chair, she walks over bumping shoulders with Lillian on the way before moving over to the magical item. While Septis slowly backs away, she starts to reach toward the item commenting "I guess my perceived invincibility is good for something huh..." As she finishes her snarky comment she touches the crystal ball to see if anything happens.
Lillian closes her eyes and sucks in a breath with Lil bumps her. Se bites her tongue, but fumes inside. I'm going to test her invincibility soon enough! She backs up and let Lil touch the thing, making sure to put distance between her and the demon in case something goes wrong. "I'd really hate for it to melt your hand. That would be so terrible."
As she moves back she leans in and whispers "I'll be coming for you." until she steps away several steps behind her.
Victor steps up and watches what goes on with this crystal orb, but also to keep between the two Lil’s as much as possible.
As soon as Lil touches the crystal ball... nothing happens, at all. Despite magical, Lil doesn't feel anything different than touching a bottle of whiskey.
Perhaps the hole on top of the device is a missing part, necessary for it to be activated.
Lil shrugs and notes "Must be broken... nothing happened." She looks to Septis for further instruction, jumping up and sitting on the nearby counter top.
Septis comes over to examine the item more closely as he notices a piece missing he tells the others "Ok, looks like it may be missing a piece, maybe that's why it isn't working completely. Let's carefully look through all these rooms, see if we can't find it!"
Following Septis's suggestion, the group starts to carefully search all the rooms in hope of finding anything useful. They can't find anything useful neither in the social room nor in the servant's quarters after about twenty minutes searching.
Once they reach the storage chamber, they see the need to rearrange the stack of box into something less hectic, since it would be impossible to search the room otherwise, which takes them another half an hour. Once they finish doing so, a beautiful fresco painted on the southern wall is revealed, depicting Galitian Maramaxus, hero of the Fourth Army of Exploration, battling the dwarves of the Five Kings Mountains. A brass plate identifies the fresco as "Noble Galitian Maramaxus, hero of the Fourth Army of Exploration, champion of Taldor."
While searching the crates, they also discover three daggers, two longswords, a halberd, a masterwork rapier, 12 masterwork darts, and a masterwork suit of studded leather armor.
Once you reach the senator's chamber and start to search through it, Victor takes not of some sort of fixation from the builders with the Fourth Army of Exploration and while the others turn the room upside down, he moves directly towards a book about the fourth army and finds a small, curved piece of rectangular glass, fitted inside the cut pages of the book. Nothing else is found in the room.
”Ahem,” Victor coughs to get everyone’s attention as he holds the apparent missing piece up. ”I believe this would be what you were looking for? Maybe now we can find a way out?”