The plain looking brass key Cyrene found turns out to fit the locked cabinet in the social room.
When you open the cabinet you find something unexpected, there's a device that resembles an immovable crystal ball built into the wall.
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"Can I have a look?" Lope picks up the wand and the spoon and closely examine them.
"Interesting, this will help us feed for a while if we are in need, as it is a wand to create food and water , I do not know about the spoon, but given what the wand is, I may suppose the spoon's magic is to help with nurture as well?" the man shrugs after his supposition.
Lope comes to the farther room with Triphylla.
He does quickly spot the key, so maybe there is no need for the long search "Look here! A golden key, this is worth some coin, 150 golds the metal alone"
As he is scanning the room for magical auras, he halts surprised, pointing down "Wh-what? There is a powerful magic set here, a permanent phase door in the floor, perhaps this is linked to the coin-sized niche somehow?"
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Julia took in Lope's words and tried to keep up with theories that could help them get out of here. "A phase door? I don't know many barracks that would bother with casting such powerful magic, even for protecting their weapons and supplies. This place might have instead been the lair of a powerful caster or group of them," she ponders aloud to no one in particular.
"I doubt any of us could dispel it naturally but maybe we can unlock that niche Lope managed may unlock for us?"
While you were searching, Martella sent you several messages via the badges.
::Where did you go?! I just saw you and several others in the senate vanish into thin air!::
Shortly after she sent.
::Gloriana Morilla’s allies from the Pathfinder Societ fought their way in and secured us an exit from the senate building! The attackers are resisting, they are an organised force.::
Pelligrina starts when the first message comes through. She'd forgotten about the brooch communication trick in all the violence and confusion. She quickly replies.
"We're all in the same place together. It's a suit of windowless rooms so we don't don't where we are. We haven't figured out how to get out yet. If we're all here I would have to surmise the brooches were involved in transporting us. Does that make sense to you?"
::It was not a dream then... we are trapped into a four rooms area. Trying to find exit. How did Stavian managed to organize this?::
Lope nods to Julia "There must be some way to use the magical door. Perhaps we need to put more attention to our environment, these seems one of those games that became recently popular about escaping a secret place"
The man soothes his mustache and points to the portraits "Is any of you good at the history of our Empire? Maybe there is a clue on those pictures."
And then points to the sealed cabinet "And the strong way that cabinet is hold shut calls powerfully my attention..." the Aldori approaches and plays a bit with the lock but it seems beyond his capabilities.
Martella responded a short while later sending, "::Yes that must be it. We're outside now, Stavian’s soldiers still pursuing. There is fighting throughout the entire senate building. Wherever you are, keep your heads down!::”
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Triphylla puzzles at the message from Martella. She replies, "If you did not send us out of the Senate, then who did? Who else knew we were all together?"
Lope picks up the crystal ball that Triphylla points to his attention.
"Look at this, I think this device needs a power source" Lope wonders what might be the story of the thing "With any luck the power source is somewhere in the four rooms" he adds hopeful.
At Lope's question Julia ruefully shakes her head. "The allegedly glorious history of our country has never been my strong suit, I'm afraid. But perhaps Val or Pelligrina paid more attention to their tutors than I did."
She shrugged. Julia was honestly feeling rather useless at this point, trapped in a place where her talents weren't exactly revealing themselves to be especially helpful. Still, the fact that Lotheed and the princess survived was comforting if nothing else. Perhaps it might the children had survived as well.
Valeria did not calm down enough to be of much help while they searched the rooms remaining huddled in her little ball of hurt for some time. She was only partly aware of Triphylla and Julia trying to calm her but it seemed her mind was somewhere else entirely. By the time Martella contacted them Valeria had finally come back to reality enough that she knew something was on and, rather than respond to the noblewoman, she listened to the responses to understand what had happened. The fact she wasn't killed was something of a disappointment, at first, but she felt disgusted with herself in short order.
Valeria approached everyone as Julia wondered if maybe she or Pelligrina had a better grasp of history and Valeria shook her head, "I do not, I never could wrap my head around all of those dates and times." She didn't mention her breakdown and seemed to be trying to forget it had happened. The real question was would it happen again.
The ones you have clearly teleported you out of danger to a safe house of some sort.
Have turned over the bathroom for three hours, Triphylla is exhausted and parched. She returns to the second room with the bar and opens one of the whiskey bottles, then takes a very long swig. Then another.
"It's not like we're going to lug these around. Might as well take the edge of. Anyone else?"
She offers the open bottle to the rest of the group.
Cyrene notes Valeria's meltdown but demonstrates enough tact to not ask about it, especially since she knows something of the woman's history. Her real appearance, freeing though it is, is not going to make the woman feel any better right now.
"If we can't open the lock then there's either a key or we need to break through it." She suggests, looking over Lope's shoulder. "And yes, there should definitely be a power source for this thing. But look, there's a piece missing. We'll need that first. Now where would I hide something like that... drawers, or maybe some other secret thing, like a fake book or a hidden compartment?"
The whiskey greets the halfing like a warm bath. Triphylla instantly begins to relax; the pandemonium of the Senate feels like its a hundred miles away. Maybe it is.
"Has anyone checked the last room yet? If not I'll wander back there."
Setting the bottle down on the bar after one more pull, Triphylla ambles to the fourth room and begins to plunk around.
After a little while she calls out to the others. "This place is like an armory, or more likely a safe house! Look at all these weapons. And if I were twice as tall as I am this armor would fit me beautifully. Anyone want this stuff?"
"Didn't Martella say something about the Voritas family and our badges? This place must have been a getaway for Senator Albio Voritas and his ilk. That would explain why it hasn't been used in ages.
"But if Martella didn't save us, and we're all here, then I wonder if there isn't some remnant of Voritas watching over us. Perhaps he lingers still."
A little later...
"Wow, look at this old painting on the wall. General So-And-So killing a bunch of Dwarves. Typical."
"Senator Albio Voritas?" Lope looks at his badge tilting it a bit with his fingers and then smiling "Oh, I guess that makes sense."
"In fact, this matches with the behavior of a contingency spell of sorts. The Senator must have been a powerful wizard. And a rich one." he adds while turning to Cyrene "Well, if we cannot find a way to open the lock, let's try to force it open..."
Lope takes some running start, then tries to bash the locked cabinet.
With a heavy hit, Lope rears back trying to recover and test to open it now "Well... that's as good as it can be, if that does not work I am going to need some help here ladies..."
Martella responded "::Er I don't know how you got out. Oppara and the city guard are in chaos, the military is split with units fighting units. Lion Blades and Eutropia’s allies fighting back in the senate. There's an unconfirmed rumour that Stavian was killed.::"
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"I got nothing. But I did see Stavian die with my own eyes. He is dead, dead, dead. I think it was seeing me that got him killed. Haha!" Triphylla sounds drunk.
"But you know what that means? Eutropia is the ruler of Taldor. How 'bout that s*&&?"
She takes another long swig from the whiskey bottle and collapses into a chair.
After ten minutes or so Martella sent another message, "::Maximus Solari didn't attend the gala but assassins killed everyone in his town house. Augustus Eiredor was at the Gala and was one of the first to be hacked to pieces. That means Pythareus is second inline to the throne!::"
"I do not know what troubles me... if Eutrophia is now ruler, she is main target for this comparison now..." he adds after Triphylla's observation.
Lope searches around with growing desperation trying to find a way out "We need to get out, things are getting complicated outside..."
If the push against the cabinet did not work then Lope looks for something heavy to bash it "Well, as we are here trapped we can just try to break the cabinet to pieces. I suppose none of us has an axe or something like that?"
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Julia had no love for the Grand Prince before this night and unsurprisingly even less so after his murder spree, but all the same she was taken back by the rumors of his death. "The Grand Prince is dead? That doesn't make sense, does it? He plots this insane self-coup and then... what? Is murdered by his own agents? No. Something else has to be at play here. There always in the plays and most of them are based on Taldor's sorted history.
Whilst Julia would have liked to ask Lotheed for more information of Stavian's supposed death (and whether she thought Pythareus had anything to do with it) she doubted she'd learn much given just how hectic things likely were outside. Better she focus on the task at hand, she thought, rather than getting caught up in rumors and wild guessing.
Knowing that she won't be much help dealing with the phase door or breaking any locks, she spends a few more hours going through the safehouse hoping that could find some other way out of their predicament. In the end though all she finds is a book that strangely catches her eye.
"I found this while looking around," she tells the others even as tries to look through the book's pages for anything related to phase door or perhaps the history of the Empire.
Julia starts leafing through the many books looking for a clue. After an hour and a half of searching, Martella sends another message, "::Out of the senate building. Guiding a dozen or so of the servants to a safe haven, will contact later...::”
Three hours into her search and Julia pulls out a stodgy looking history of the Fourth Army of Exploration and to her surprise a small curved piece of rectangular glass falls out. She did a double take, and discovered a small hole had been cut into the pages...
Curiously enough the bit of glass fits the crystal ball from the other room.
"Right, chain up." Cyrene says, shooting a wink at Lope as she does so. "Not like that, naughty boy. Someone stay here and the rest of you spread yourselves out. We need directions to hit the right parts of the wall." She heads to the fresco and starts pushing parts in accordance with the shouted instructions.
Triphylla squints at Julia, as if it allows the halfling to hear her better. "Make sense? What if it doesn't? Who said he was murdered by his own agents? Nah, he sent them after me cuz he thought I was his dead son. You know, I wonder if old Stavian didn't kill his kid himself. That would esplain why he couldn't be resurrected - they didn't try! Anyway, before I blinked out I saw him die in the melee. A victim of his own hubris and fear."
She belches loudly. The whiskey bottle, half as tall as she, is nearly half empty. Or half full, depending on how you look at it.
She stumbles after Julia back to the fourth room. "Oh yeah, that stupid fresco. I'll press the low bits."
"I suppose that confirms it then," Julia replies to a rather drunk Triphylla. "The villain slain by his own bloody catspaws. Its something of a cliché but a rather crowd pleasing one all the same."
The bard shrugged. She still felt that there had to be more to the tale but hoped that the Grand Prince's failed mad ambitions would at the very least ease Eutrophia's ascension to the throne. It was the least the bastard could do for his daughter.
Turning to the glowing fiasco, she wondered how they'd break figure it out. "I'd wager this is some kind of puzzle. Maybe meant to test our knowledge of the Fourth Army of Exploration? The owner of this place seemed to be obsessed with that war."
With the others already pressing the glowing parts of the fiasco, Julia once again checked the book to see if she could find anything useful within it that would show them how to solve the puzzle.
Working together you manage to touch the six correct ares to open the fresco's hidden compartment. With a low grating noise the walls of the fresco split open revealing a small bag in a niche.
Inside the bag are thirty odd looking coins of some silvery metal, each bearing the Voritas family crest. The coins look like they'd fit the niche in the bedroom with the phase door.
Martella sends you another message which cuts off abruptly, "::I heard a wild rumour that prior to the vote Stavian formally adopted Pythareus! Anyway, made it to the safe house. It’s located at the Dignif—::"
"I agree, it does not make sense for Stavian to make that show or want to kill his daughter for that" Lope looks down for a second then points Triphylla "Same she took the appearance of his dead son, anyone could have taken the appearance of the Emperor. I doubt the guards ever check such high personality as they did with us. And there are other magics, like domination. You think, powerful kings would have crowns made to protect them from such things, but you never know how they could be tricked by willy minds"
The Aldori makes up his hypothesis while Cyrene and Triphylla work on the fresco. Then, hands for the found keys, using detect magic to help himself sort out this.
"Yeah, my tutor, Eldon García, told me about this kind of objects. They are foci for conjuration magic used in the phase door spell which he had to use to escape..."
His speech is interrupted by Martella's telepathy, he sighs, making no comment for now on the news.
Taking the coin, Lope puts it resolved into the niche. With a gesture of satisfaction he observes how the glowing portal opens into a tunnel "And there you have it... a phase door"
He casts dancing lights and send them through the tunnel, following suite himself in person unless some danger is spotted first.
"Better to -" Cyrene starts, but then Lope blunders straight in without thinking about things - typical man.
Well, since the situation has started there's not much to do apart from follow. The assassin shoots a brief look at Valeria, but there's no time and frankly she has no real desire to change back to her less affronting persona, so Cyrene sweeps up two more of the found daggers and heads through the door after Lope.
"There you have it," Triphylla responds to Lope's assessment of Stavian.
The young halfling had completely lost track of time, but the hunt for clues in this uncommon safehouse had taken a lot of it, and she was very tired. But then Lope reveals the exit, and she summons the will to follow after him.
On her way out she claims the second bottle of whiskey.
She tries to make sense of Martella's incomplete communication. Dignif-- could only be one word, or a variation on it, but then what?
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You follow Lope through the portal and into the tunnel which descends some stairs, levels off before rising again. The northern end of the tunnel ends with what looks like the hidden side of a concealed door. There's an elaborate brass lever to open it, embossed with the Voritas family seal. The dust on the floor was undisturbed before your passage, nobody has been this way for a long time.
Discarded in the corner next to the brass leaver is a single hooded lantern which flickering with a blue light. You didn't find out till much later but the lantern was the target of a continual flame spell cast over a fifteen hundred years ago and it's still glowing!
The lever is a bit stiff but Lope assisted by Cyrene and Julia manage to pull it down which causes the secret door to open with a low grating tumble, revealing a rectangular hallway that loops around a central conference room. Chiseled stone statues of Taldan Phalanx soldiers stand atop plinths in the outer corners, visible from any point in this ominous hall. Sturdy wooden doors line the outer edge of the hall: two to the east, two to the south, two to the west, and a single larger door to the north.
The northern most door is locked but the key you found in Senator Voritas’s bedchamber looks like it should fit. In front of this door to your horror is the partially skeletized corpse of a middle aged male senator. Apparently you where not the only ones to have senate aide badges with contingencies but clearly these halls are not safe!
Valeria managed to finally collect herself as Martella updated them on the Grand Prince's death and the events that surrounded it. She was very worried about what this meant but there was nothing she could do about it for now. Once they had successfully figured out the fresco puzzle and found what was kept within Valeria looked over the coins curiously.
It didn't take her much time to realize what they were and said, "These are bonafide relics of the Voritas family, each coin is likely worth 5gp to a collector." she glanced at Lope, "but from what you discovered of them they are worth far more than that I imagine."
When Martella continued to speak and mentioned the adoption and then began to tell them where the safe house was she their benefactor seemed to cut short for some reason.
Valeria quit worrying about what was cut off when she realized what the adoption of Pythareus actually meant. Her eyes widened and she said, "The adoption means that, technically, Pythareus is now the older heir and thus the primary heir. That he was adopted puts them on more of an even footing though since it is questionable if he truly is the rightful heir or not and the other nobles might not like the precedent letting him succeed at such a claim would mean." She looked suddenly worried as she reached and began to fiddle with the amulet she wore and added, "It is more likely he would have Eutropia killed to take away her claim entirely."
When they finally proceeded in their explorations Valeria followed along near the middle of the group. They followed a tunnel at the other end of the portal and then down some stairs, the whole thing seemed to be unused for a very long time so at least they didn't need to worry about anyone attacking them just now. When they found the room with the phalanx statues and the corpse at the far end Valeria felt more than a a little worried.
"I don't know what killed him but I most definitely do not want to meet it," Valeria said.
"It sounds like he needs to die." Cyrene comments at Valeria's description of the situation. "Then there is no issue. There shouldn't be anyway." The demoness seems thoroughly unimpressed by the political maneuverings. "Either way we need to get out of here quickly so that we can help."
With that she steps forward to examine the body, the long slits in her dress make it easy for her to kneel by the corpse at least.
"A lot of bite marks." She comments over her shoulder. "I think something has tried to eat him."
When they reach the large room with the statuary it finally dawns on Triphylla that she still peace-bound and wearing her Gala finest. She takes a minute to shrug off her formal wear and jewelry and stash them into her backpack. Then she makes sure the sickle is ready-in-hand.
"That feels a lot better!" she says to herself, standing now more-or-less in her exploring gear, armor properly fastened for a fight, just in case.
"I've seen this man before, earlier at the Gala or at the Arena, perhaps. He is Lord Develin Manshum. Well, he was." Whatever drunkenness lingered vanishes in a surge of bile.
Triphylla takes Manshum's Senate aid badge from his corpse and pockets it.
"Whatever did this could still be around. It's been too quiet for too long."
Sensing danger, she pulls a mutagen mixture from her belt and drinks it, instantly feeling herself more alert, quicker. Then she holds her sickle and stands like her father taught her when a threat seemed imminent.
Triphylla allows the group a minute to ready themselves, then opens the door into the central conference room.
Even as Julia listens to the others discuss the threat Pythareus opposed to Eutropia, she couldn't help but lock eyes on the corpse of the unfortunate senator. She'd seen death before in the streets of Oppara but the sight still troubled her all the same. Shelyn preached that there was was beauty in all things but Julia found little of it in death... especially when murder was involved.
"Triphylla is right," she says stoically, already drawing her new rapier and keeping at the ready. "We need to stay on alert. Gods know what kind of creatures the Voritas left in this place."
"Taldor can sure solve this in a more civilized manner. I am sure it can be demonstrated this is all Pythareus plot, like he has done before... And besides, how the nobles would support the claim of whomever kills the other?" Lope smirks disgusted holding the edges of his vest with both hands "Can we end talking about deaths? The guide at the Archives explained me how they left trapped here the workers that build the Senate. I pointed out to him about them transforming to undead eventually if not receiving proper burial..."
Just in case, the Aldori makes sure to unbound his peace-bonded blade.
"Your Lord Develin was killed by something with sharp claws, look at the numerous bite marks"
Even though Triphylla seems to carry the continual flame lantern, Lope conjures some dancing lights and sends them forward into the room along the halfling. He follows short after "Well, we will need to explore this area if we want to be of help anyway..."
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As you talk suddenly the temperature plummets and your breath starts misting, and your hearts start hammering in your chests as three humanoid torsos with jagged claws extends outward from a wall! Clearly undead their features are patterned with the texture of the brickwork!
A walcofinde’s manifestation occupies the same space as a 5-foot-long portion of the wall, appearing as if its torso were emerging from the wall but with the texture of the wall (such as wood or stone) instead of its normal decayed flesh. It cannot manifest from broken areas of a wall, nor can this manifestation separate from the wall at any time. The walcofinde can perceive creatures with all of its senses through this manifestation, and the manifestation can make claw attacks against creatures within 10 feet of the portion of wall from which it is manifested. As a move action that provokes attacks of opportunity, the manifestation can reposition itself along this wall at a maximum speed of 15 feet per round. The manifestation can be attacked as though such attacks targeted the walcofinde, but it gains a +2 bonus to its AC due to partial cover from the wall it occupies.
While using this ability, the walcofinde is helpless. It can cease its manifestation as a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity from creatures threatening either the manifestation or the walcofinde.
If a walcofinde using this ability is moved 10 or more feet away from the wall it has merged with, it takes 1d8 points of damage and its manifestation immediately disappears. If the walcofinde is killed, its manifested body is immediately reabsorbed into the possessed wall.
Environment: Normal brightness
Buffs and Debuffs:
Lope
Cyrene
Valeria
Pelligrina
Walcofinde
Julia
Triphylla Dexterity Mutagen (97 rounds)
Lope
Cyrene
Valeria
Pelligrina
Walcofinde
Julia
Triphylla Dexterity Mutagen (96 rounds)
COMBAT ORDER:
Lope <----- WE ARE HERE
Cyrene
Valeria
Pelligrina
Walcofinde
Julia
Triphylla
Lope, Cyrene, Valeria and Pelligrina are up.
The party doesn't have to wait long for whatever likely killed Lord Manshum to return for a second course.
Triphylla says to Lope. "You knew these things were down here but waited until now to tell us?"
Seeing the monsters emerge from the very stone makes her sickle much less effective. She pulls a flask of Alchemist's fire from her pack and throws it at the nearest undead.
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"Well, it is not like I knew we were here until now" Lope moves forward looking to avoid giving cover to Triphylla and murmurs a word, his rapier suddenly shining with magic.
"I am no expert in undeads, but from what it was told in the Archives, I would expect these creatures to be closely tied to the walls, if we stay away from them, they should not be able to reach us" Lope attempts a thrust at the same creature splashed in fire by Triphylla "Or so I hope if things get bad..."
With Lope providing a distraction Cyrene ducks behind the creature and attempts to stab it in the back!
Lope correctly identifies the undead and thrusts at one of the undead, connecting solidly. If he'd been duelling a man, that would have a killing blow, even so he was sure he'd badly hurt the wretched thing.
Taking a terrible risk, but one that pays off handsomely, Cyrene moves to flank Lope's target and stabs it in the back of its skull, ending it. Like a doll with it's strings cut the undead falls to the floor and rapidly turns to dust!
Environment: Normal brightness
Buffs and Debuffs:
Lope
Cyrene
Valeria
Pelligrina
Triphylla Dexterity Mutagen (98 rounds)
Walcofinde
Julia
Lope
Cyrene
Valeria
Pelligrina
Triphylla Dexterity Mutagen (97 rounds)
Walcofinde
Julia
Damage Log:Round: 1
Green was hit by Lope for 10 (total damage taken 10)
Green was hit by Cyrene for 13 (total damage taken 23)Totals:
Green: 23 damage
COMBAT ORDER:
Lope
Cyrene
Valeria <----- WE ARE HERE
Pelligrina
Triphylla Action posted
Walcofinde
Julia
Valeria and Pelligrina are up.
Pelligrina proves to be completely useless for quite some time. The combined shocks of the massacre and the sudden teleportation to the confinement of a suite of ancient rooms seems to put her in a state of traumatization. She dumbly follows along but no more. But the sudden appearance of a real and present physical threat snaps her back to herself.
Ancient tunnels and the undead things that frequent them aren't really her forte, but she does what little she can. She stays quite centered in the hallway, trying to avoid things popping out of the walls. At the same time she casts a quick spell and touches Lope to grant him the benefit.
Valaria freezes uncertain of what to do and Pelligrina casts a cantrip to to aid Lope's sword play. Triphylla throws an alchemist's fire with deadly accuracy right into the face of one of the undead. The jar cracks with a dull thud before going whoomph! Leaving the walcofinde smothered in flames!
Despite the roaring flames the undead didn't even flinch as its substance was being consumes, instead it clawed at Lope. He was able to side step the left claws but got raked by the right, leaving three deep parallel scratches which welled up with blood!
<--- HIT
<--- MISS
The other undead's claws scrabbled to get Julia, but she was too quick!
<--- MISS
<--- MISS
Environment: Normal brightness
Buffs and Debuffs:
Lope
Cyrene
Valeria
Pelligrina
Triphylla Dexterity Mutagen (98 rounds)
Walcofinde
Julia
Lope Guideance (1 round)
Cyrene
Valeria
Pelligrina
Triphylla Dexterity Mutagen (97 rounds)
Walcofinde
Julia
Damage Log:Round: 1
Green was hit by Lope for 10 (total damage taken 10)
Green was hit by Cyrene for 13 (total damage taken 23)
Red was hit by Triphylla for 6 (total damage taken 6)
Lope was hit by Red for 3 (total damage taken 3)Totals:
Green: 23 damage
Red: 6 damage
Lope: 3 damage
COMBAT ORDER:
Lope
Cyrene
Valeria
Pelligrina
Triphylla
Walcofinde
Julia <----- WE ARE HERE
The Party is up.
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Though Julia had hoped that whatever slayed the dead senator had crawled in a hole far from her and her friends it seemed the Gods had different ideas in mind. One second she was trying to stay on alert the best she could and in next she was protecting herself from a wretch that seemed hellbent on spilling her blood!
Fortunately, despite the initial shock, she manages to rise her guard and parry the monster's claws before they find her flesh. "That was a close one! These ghouls are fast but if Lope is right about the walls we may not have to worry," she roars out somewhat shakily, trying her best to summon some bravado to hide her fear and perhaps maybe inspire the others to keep their wits.
Wanting to ensure that her companions spirits were up as they fought for their lives for the first together, Julia begins to sing a ballad about a outrageous Shelynite Paladin who danced in battle even while battling (and besting) the hordes of the Whispering Tyrant.
Lope grimaces in pain as his willingness to finish one enemy left his flank exposed to the other one. He pivots in place to face the other menace, briefly glimpsing at the scrap in his arm "These creatures are fast attacking and traitorous, the Brevoy's defensive stance is in place here" the man performs a spin and slashes forward more to keep the enemy at bay than to harm, with a quick come back to defend from the claws.
But he smiles as he secretly positions himself to distract the walcofinde from Cyrene approaching in the back.
Cyrene grins as Lope not only makes himself a target, but pulls the walcofinde's attention away from her as well.
It seems this one has a head for tactics! She thinks approvingly as she circles around to strike from behind!
Unfortunately its hard to distinguish creature from wall and she strikes the latter.
It is impossible to gauge whether the alchemist's fire was effective against the Walcofinde, but she's sure she can't trip it or stab it in the back.
Triphylla draws another vial of alchemist's fire and throws at at the monster near Julia.
The first time around was something of a disappointment, but Pelligrina decides to give Lope a second chance.