You hear the faint clattering of dishes and what sounds like.....humming?
"You hear only one person? Perhaps we can take them out like the rat earlier. I say take them out so we have no one coming behind us."
Leaving everyone in the dining room, you make your way to the iron doors at the end of the creepy hallway. You get the sense that these doors are fairly thick. Yet you still managed to hear something. A low thrumming sound and some more of the eerie music similar to the kind that woke you from your slumber.
Hsoa nods nervously, keen for Ghida...or anyone really to do the...charging and knocking out.
"I can certainly try, The Elf responded.
Reaching for the door she took a steadying breath while pulling her dagger. Shadei opened the door as quietly as possible.
The door opens without a single noise into, what is by far the warmest room you have encountered so far in this place, it is currently in use by a human woman in trousers that end just above the knee and a sleeveless vest, her raven hair coming down to just below her jawline. It appears that she is making some sort of meal for several individuals and humming to herself.
Having opened the door quietly, the Elf made her way around into a position that she can gain a flanking position when the fighting starts.
Hsoa hangs back, too afraid to enter the room.
The humming stops abruptly as the woman turns and sees Kamira moving off to one side.
"Well hello there little one. I see you escaped Rizzles grasp. I guess I'm going to have to take you back."
Setting down her utensils, she moved to the girl and attempted to grab her arm.
Fortunately Kamira proved to be more slippery that anticipated.
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Kamira freezes into place, but has the reflex to take a step back when the woman attempts to grab her wrist, narrowly dodging her. The little girl curls up against the wall in a defensive posture, seemingly petrified by fear, but as soon as the woman leans over she viciously punches her in the thigh.
Seeing the opportunity, as she had on so many break-ins before, the Elf moved in and stabbed at the leg.
Getting a good shot to the thigh, Shadei moved off again.
Hsoa swallows, or rather, gulps, then courageously enters the room, utilizing his zappy magic again, targeting the strange woman.
[Spell Attack + 5; Cha + 3]
Ghidas sudden appearance caused the woman to fall back on her heels to avoid the swings of the Half-Orc. It, unfortunately, left her open to assault of Shadei and Kamira. Clutching the wound in her leg, she then noticed Hsoa began casting a spell. The look of fear in her eyes was short-lived as his electrical spell went off. Despite her best efforts, it proved too much for her and she slumped to the ground, unmoving except for the occasional twitch leftover from the electricity.
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Kamira sighs in relief as she is out of danger.
"Thanks," she tells her teammates, cautiously skirting around the woman's still body. "At least we've learned the musician's name. Unless it's the rat's?"
She takes a look around the room, in case there is anything for interest.
"Maybe we should bound her hands and gag her. We don't want her to wake up and scream," she says, looking for some piece of cloth.
”Rizzle sounds like a rat’s name rather than that of a grand mastermind.” Hsoa says simply.
”That was quite intense. I hope we do not have to repeat the performance” he continues, wringing his hands and occasionally glancing at them while keeping a flighty lookout out the door they barged in.
Other than the clothes she's wearing, the dead woman has six daggers in total and a key of some sort.
You don't see or hear anyone.....or anything coming.
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Ghida takes one of the daggers and the key.
"There are weapons here, if any one needs." She says matter-of-factly, pointing at the woman's body.
Ghida looks around the room. If there are no other exits, she'll go back outside and stand by the other closed door in the hexagonal room.
"Kamira, can you listen at this door again?"
Hsoa looks at the corpse, and his eyes widen a little.
”She’s dead?!? I killed her?!?”
The reptilian seems unwilling to approach the body and continues to stand by the door.
”Maybe...I killed Rizzle too...” he murmurs forlornly.
The Elf moved over to the body and scooped up the remaining five daggers along with the sheaths and strapped them to her body.
With a hand on her hip, she asked, "Which way now? We only have two doors left."
Shadei placed her hand on the door handle and looked back at the others to be sure that they were ready.
With everyone ready, Shadei opens the door.
Shadei opens the door relatively small room with six beds and lockers at the foot of each one. Opposite the entrance of the room is a reinforced oak door with a hefty lock holding an iron bar that would prevent the door from being opened. In the centre of the room is a table with four ratfolk in chain shirts playing some sort of game. A mirrored lantern gently swaying above them. Maces and manacles hanging from their belts while wooden heater shields lean against their chairs.
As quietly as possible, the Elf padded into the room and off to the right, ducking behind one of the beds.