TAishe hefts his walking stick as a club, the head now covered in poison, and pads into the room,...
Nahuatl ti quietly creeps into the room to stand over one of the sleeping thugs.
Norbert quietly follows Nahuatl ti, hefting a handy cobblestone in his good paw.
Tragon moves in fourth, as he is most likely to wake someone.
The four advance stealthily. There is a moment where one of the thieves mumbles and shifts in his sleep, but he begins snoring right after. They advance, and with a quick slam all four of the Lotus Dragons sleep much more deeply.
Taishe swiftly begins improvising restraints for the now deep-sleepers from articles of their own clothing.
Belts, sashes, bootstraps, even long sleeves, all become part of the bindings now tying one thugs wrist to his ankles, behind his back, and gagging his mouth so he cannot yell when he wakes up.
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The kobold, with the assistance of the nautical rope master Norveg gets the four trussed easily. There is an open door at the far end of the room. All is quiet ... for now
The kobold points to the newly discovered door, and then points back the way they came, shrugging his shoulders to ask the obvious question.
'Forward? Or back the way we came?'
Before he leaves the first point of contact with the first bandit so tied, he grabs that ones weapons.
Jakun joins the group after a few moments of silence and offers the now 40' of rope to Taishe as well to be sliced up individually to assist with the bindings.
The Minotaur crinkles his nose at the smell of so many sleeping smelly humans, he begins to gather their weapons so if they do wake up, at least they cannot so easily arm themselves against the invading band.
The Wizard searches for anything of interest, cast Detect Magic.
As he scans the room he looks to the rest, "Back the way we came, if we missed any doors, I'd rather nothing at our backs if we can help it".
Norveg assists in the binding, not terribly worried about circulation or respiration as he tightens the ropes and gags.
"At least peek through the new door, see if it's a dead end or leads to more," the ratman responds.
Taishe nods his approval at the Minotaur's comment, but tilts his head slightly and makes a small 'Hm' of contemplation at the ratfolk's comment as well.
The kobold decides, and pads softly over to the newest door, and listens carefully at it,....
Narl now in the room looking around he sees Taishe listening to the door and readies himself to douse his light if he moves to open the door.
He does a quick search about the room to see if anyone needs help tying anyone up or removing weapons and searching for useful items.
Norveg pokes each captive with his hook a few times to ensure the bonds and gags are both good.
Jakun sees that the weaponry of the Lotus Dragons are the weapons of street ruffians: Daggers, brass knuckles, short straight swords, and a few exotic weapons like Theranan-style Kukris and scimitars. It is a simple matter to collect up the ones of the sleepers. There are no others about. There are also four sets of leather armor set near the sleepers. Their pockets contain about 10 GP worth of various coin.
Jakun's detect magic comes up blank. No magical auras are visible.
Narl assists the minotaur in his task, and together they pile the weapons in a corner for now. He notes that one sleeper has a bracelet fashioned of golden skulls inset with semi-precious stone eyes. It is exquisite work, likely old-school original Xoltec stuff.
Norveg satisfies himself that none of the four are lying doggo, waiting to escape. They seem well and truly out and bound.
Taishe heads over to the farther door. Like the one they came in, it is propped open. Likely to facilitate air movement in this humid and murky-aired tunnel. There is a door just outside, and a tunnel that heads back along towards the way they came in
Taishe speaks softly, trying valiantly to minimize how whispering accentuates his 'hissing' accent.
"One hatess to go forward, not knowing what iss sstill behind." He offers, trying to explain how the newest door seems to lead back around to where they came from.
Jakun nods, "Agreed, though this place is such a maze behind seems every way, shall we try the door nearest you and see where it leads first? Perhaps lock the door and jam it shut with a chair under the handle to this room behind us before we go forward?"
TAishe looks thoughtful, and nods in agreement.
"Yesss, Friend Jakun iss right. We should minimize optionss available to thosse remaining!"
The door is easily shut, and the chock that kept it open works well to wedge it shut. As soon as the door is shut, the temperature and humidity of the room increases.
Taishe nods at the handiwork of sealing the door, and turns to point to the new(er) door at the far end.
"Shall we?"
"Roit, mate, let's." Norveg joins the kobold in the undersized vanguard of the party, the better to lend aid.
Jakun checks his spell components and nods in agreement.
Taishe goes to the door opposite teh one they entered, and peers down the hallway. IF he thinks it is clear, (or at least not filled with immediate threats) he pads softly down the hall,...
Magic burbling at the tip of her tongue, Nahuatl-ti follows closely.
Taishe head down the hallway. There are several doors to choose from. No traps detected
Jakun will again hover back as he is not quiet...
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Taishe listens intently at the door, but hears nothing. He gently tests the knob and discovers the door is unlocked. He cracks it and discovers another hallway, headed West before it turns north a few feet in.
Taishe turns and whispers to the others,
"One wishes to check new hallway. One findss it unlikely that leaderss room iss near entrance. Come."
The kobold gestures to the others to follow, and pads softly into the newest hallway, and peeks around the corner, CAREFULLY.
Tragon follows, his blades at hand.
Jakun takes up the rearmost position, he desires to be closer to the front to effectively employ his magic, but with the success of stealthing thus far, it is clear that hanging back is the best option strategically.
He holds the sack of deadly weapons ha gathered looking for a good place to hide them away from the sleeping and bound foes, this Minotaur is a bit paranoid indeed!
The small kobold sneaks a peek around the corner. He sees a large wolf padding down the hallway, fangs bared! The wolf snarls and charges!
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The kobold peeks around the corner, and lets out a squeak. Then Taishe turns his impassive reptilian features to Tragon directly behind him.
"It'ss for you!"
Tragon rolls his eyes at Taishe.
Narl moves up to prepare to cast a spell to assist if he gets a shot.