Ankhet hands the group's collection of notes, maps, and blueprints over to the scribe, then shows the scribe through the treasures, showing her the inventory notes match the treasures the group have taken.
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"Are... Are you sure? Isn't your grandma dead?" Ankhet asks warily. "Sounds like a trick to me..."
"Long may the pharaoh live," Ankhet adds nervously. She hoped they didn't realize the trio were frequent grave-robbers here... Best to keep them busy. "Let's get out of here."
Ankhet pulls out a holy water and lobs it over Bunursa, directly at the last ghoul biting poor Kembe!
Ankhet lets out a little shriek as she pulls out a holy water and swipes it along her khopesh's blade. She slashes at the ghoul....
....but the ghoul ducks and her swing goes wide. Ankhet back-pedals quickly, taking a quick five-foot step back toward Usathis. "A little help?!" she asks.
Ankhet pulls out a holy water and throws it at the blue ghoul on the roof.
"I see it!" Ankhet shouts, pointing at a nearby roof as she draws her khopesh. "What is that?!"
Ankhet nods. "Agreed. I wonder if it's persistent or just a part of the lottery... Maybe she was afraid they would betray her if she didn't enchant them or something? I hear such treachery is commonplace among grave robbers. It could have been part of their employment contract." As she watches the woman walk away, Ankhet crinkles her nose. "Or not. She doesn't seem like a very nice person. Do you think we should keep our distance from her?"
Ankhet looks at her aunt and uncle fighting back and forth and shakes her head, then smiles. She steps forward and waves at the other team. "Sorry, they fight like that all the time. We're the Siralop Spirit Guards. Are you in the lottery?"
Ankhet spends her time trying to accurately map the tomb and it's decorative carvings, taking extensive notes on what was found where.
Ankhet coats her blade in another alchemist's fire and swings it at the last doll!
But her aim is way off!
Ankhet swipes another alchemist's fire along her blade, takes careful aim at the red doll clutched in Usathis' hands, and swings her burning khopesh at it!
Seeing how flammable they are, Ankhet swipes another alchemist's fire along her blade and swings the fiery khopesh at the blue doll.
Ankhet steps forward, quickly swipes an alchemist's fire along the blade of her khopesh, then swings the blade at the doll trying to hurt Ava.
"Two of these masks are of Pharasma, goddess of life, death, and fate; and the other is of Abadar, god of law, civilization, and commerce. Both are gods still worshipped today. But the other two are way more rare! They depict ancient Osiriani gods! One is Osiris, the hawk-headed god of the afterlife, and one is of Sekhmet, the lioness headed goddess of war! Neither of these gods is worshipped today. I bet they're worth a lot of money."
Ankhet gasps in pain when she gets stabbed in the hand, but manages to resist the poisons effects.
"Wow..." Ankhet remarks. She moves forward and carefully examines the chariot. "Looks pretty delicate. We might need to repair it before we can transfer it out of here. Or maybe take it out in pieces." she thinks for a moment, then remarks, "I'm not sure I'm up to the task, guys. I can try, if you want, but we should lead that until last." Then she turns and looks around the room.
"Everything looks safe to me, except for this chest. It's got some kind of trap on it... I'll try to disable it. Stand back."
Deciding she's totally got it handled, Anket tries to open the chest.
Ankhet holds out the potion of darkvision to the others. "I can already see in the dark. One of you should take this." Then she drinks the potion of lesser restoration.
It heals nearly all of the damage the poison did to her! Feeling much better, Ankhet grins. "I'd like to draw a few sketches of this tomb and Akhentepi, but first we should check out that other door we never opened. Everyone ready?" When they are, Ankhet checks the door for traps.
Ankhet groans. "Uh... I feel sick." She rifles around in her bag, pulls out a healing potion and drinks it.
She puts the empty vial back in her pocket and looks around the room. "We should finish up here..."
Despite the odds, Ankhet continues to suffer from the poison! Desperately she swings her khopesh at the metal snake!
Ankhet gasps in surprise.
...Suddenly feeling quite sick! "It... It poisoned me!" She runs another acid vial along her blade then swings her khopesh at the snake!
But her aim is way off!
Anket pours a vial of acid along her blade and swings her khopesh at the snake!
Ankhet hurries into the corner, provoking a bite from the cobra. Then she swings her khopesh at the snake.
Ankhet reaches for a bomb, then hesitates.... "I can't throw a bomb at it without wrecking the artifacts!" She pulls out an extract and drinks it instead. Then she draws her khopesh and takes a deep breath...
Ankhet steps forward to check the sarcophagus for traps.
Ankhet looks around in surprise. "Sorry... I don't know how I missed that..." She looks over the secret door again, unlocks it, and swings it open. "It's safe this time."
Ankhet pulls out a vial of alchemist's fire and throws it at the swarm!
"They're in my belt pouch! Grab one, Auntie!" Ankhet tells Bunursa. "Back up, Kembe!" Ankhet shouts as she steps back. "I'll roast it again!" As soon as Kembe backs up out of the way, Ankhet throws another alchemist's fire at the bugs.
Ankhet takes a quick step back from the bugs, takes out a vial of alchemist's fire and tosses it at the bugs!
Before attempting to disable the trap Ankhet pulls out a healing extract and drinks it.
Then she hands out a potion each to Kembe and Bunursa.
With a calming breath Ankhet pulls out her tools and tries to disable it...
Ankhet looks around. "These are Ahkentepi's grave goods. Things that the living buried alongside him so that he could make use of them in the afterlife." She grins. "His tomb must be close..." Ankhet looks through the grave goods for useful treasure. Then she helps Bunursa move everything out into the treasure pile. When the room is mostly empty she looks around for a secret door or hidden chamber.
Ankhet leads the way to the next set of doors at the top of the steps. "It looks safe. Ready to continue?"
Unable to get into the fight, Ankhet cheers on her family from behind.
Ankhet howls in pain! She grabs an alchemist's fire, douses it on her blade, and slices her khopesh down at the red beetle!
Her sword rips into the bug, causing it to crumple to the floor in a lifeless heap. It's corpse catches on fire. The red beetle is no more...
At Usathis' suggestion Ankhet opens the secret door.
Ankhet approaches the secret door and runs a hand over it. "Another secret passage... Should we open it, or take the stairs first? Both look safe."
Ankhet moves over to the southern secret door and activates it.
Ankhet suddenly laughs. "It was a fake! This room. It... It was a fake burial chamber." She drags herself up to her feet. "Sometimes wealthy people would set up a fake tomb to trick thieves. This was Akhentepi's." She looks at the two secret doors. "His real one must be close. Which way should we go first?"
Ankhet gasps for air. "That... was... terrifying..." she groans between deep breaths.
Ankhet lets out a sigh of relief and puts away her tools. "Everyone look around for a hatch, or a drain, or a level or something. On the walls and on the floor. There's sure to be a way to drain the water out of here."
Ankhet pulls out her tools and tries to shut the hatch that is letting in the rushing torrent of water!
Ankhet tries to bounce and swim her way over to the far wall. "I've got to stop the water!"
Ankhet raises her arms up in the air, pulls out a bomb and tosses it at the sarcophagus!
"I'm almost out!"
Ankhet frantically gets out another bomb and throws it at the sarcophagus! The acid sizzles on the coffin but misses her beloved uncles.
Ankhet backs up, pulls out another bomb and tosses it at the sarcophagus!
The bomb explodes, causing acid to sizzle all over the sarcophagus and completely miss Usathis and Kembe.
Ankhet lets out a shriek of panic as the water begins to fill the room. "It's flooding! We're going to drown!" She turns to see where the water's coming from, only to see the sarcophagus rise up on its base. "Uh... Uncle?" She looks at the door, then look at the sarcophagus.
"We've got big problems!" She pulls out an alkahest bomb and tosses it at the sarcophagus. "I'll take care of him! You guys get the door open!"
Her bomb explodes on the sarcophagus' golden lid! It sizzles with acid, but the coffin keeps coming!
Ankhet hurries over and pulls out her tools, hoping she might be able to unlock the door.
Ankhet tells everyone what she discovered. Then she pulls out her tools and tries to disable the first pressure plate. She thinks she did a great job!
She leaves all the secret doors alone for now, but tries to disable the trap on the pillars and the platform.
"Alright... I think I've got everything handled. What should we look at first? The secret doors? Or should I try stepping on the pressure plate or platform?"
Ankhet looks around the room in shock. "I... I think we've found Ahkentepi's burial chamber!" She smiles, moves forward, then stops. "Wait! If this is his burial chamber, if could be trapped. The Ancient Osiriani people liked to protect their dead from thieves. Let me go first and look for traps. It's a big room, so it might take a while." Ankhet checks the entrance for traps...
Then she circles around the room, staying away from the platform for now, and cautiously looking for traps...
If nothing has happened yet she examines the far doors...
Then finishes her circle of the room...
If she still hasn't found anything she checks the stairs leading up to the platform, then the statues and pillars, and finally the platform and the sarcophagus. If she hasn't found anything by the she'll be AMAZED!
Ankhet crosses her arms. "Huh... There's a secret door here, but it can't open from this side at all. Weird."
After looking around for a moment she adds, "This section of the tomb was never completed. It looks like they were planning to continue construction and enlarge the tomb, but stopped partway through the expansion process."
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