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Lafiel climbs back up to the 30' ledge. Eying the drakes, she aims for one with a dagger, throwing it with precision and hitting one of the drakes.
"As you want, Drivish. Lead the way." Lafiel will climb down right after Drivish.
"Qadim-Sul, could I use your climbing kit to decend? I seem to have forgotten mine in the castle."
"So the only way left is down the waterfall. Let's try to do this better than last time." Lafiel leads the group back to the waterfall room.
"I don't really know about magic, but my instinct tells me that a shriveled mummified hand is probably something cursed and not something blessed. Keep it if you wish though."
"So you think you're possessed by someone who makes you feel these urges?"
Lafiel looks at the amulet and comments: "At least there isn't a mummy hand attached to it this time... It's probably another key in this forsaken maze though."
Lafiel advances to look inside the pots, but retreats before anyone interacts with them.
Lafiel considers the situation again. "Rin, can you try and open the pots from a distance? I think it would be safer."
"I feel uneasy about this room."
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Yes, sunrod behind me. Are the skeletons "alive" or just lying on the floor? In any case, Lafiel backtracks to the rest of the group. Lafiel returns to the group, while informing them that both unexplored tunnels reconnect and lead to a room with two giant monkey-like skeletons in it. "Perhaps they are skeletons of those ape-men... We should investigate further."
Lafiel disappears in the shadows almost completely. As Qadim-Sul makes noise, she gestures him to stay back.
"Fine. If you make too much noise though, you can keep on by yourself."
Lafiel offers to scout the other tunnels in the area.
"That's a good idea Barshevy. Knowing our surroundings is important."
Lafiel returns to the group with a strange expression on her face, and simply tells them: "You must see this." She leads them down the tunnel, and shows them the view down the waterfall. "Amazing."
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Spoiler: Lafiel advances silently along the corridor, trying to keep to the shadows. Assuming there's a waterfall, she tries to assess its height and if there's a way down.
Lafiel leaves the group at the next fork and takes the path south.
Lafiel returns again to the group: "Another fork. North or South again. I did hear a distant sound of flowing water to the south." After saying that, Lafiel leads the group to the next fork, and scouts down the south tunnel.
Lafiel walks back to the group, describing the tunnel and the fork in it. "There is a fork with two other caverns. One of them ultimately leads back north, probably back to the swamp, while the other one leads south. I'm not sure, but I think the north one probably ends back in that horrible swamp cave, while the south one is probably the way deeper in this forsaken place. We'll keep going south, right ?"
After waking up and getting ready for another tiresome day, Lafiel offers: "I could scout down the second tunnel now. Should be easier if we know what we're going in to. If Fargrim or Drivish want to lead though - feel free."
"I'll take second watch."
"I was sure we're resting now. I'm exhausted and there's no reason to push foward now."
Lafiel examines the cloak. "If it wasn't magical there would be no way that I'd put it on. From Rin's words, it should let me move unexpectedly faster when needed. Just like the snake whose skin it was made."
"You're right of course. We should check the other entrance." Lafiel follows Drivish to the other exit from the room.
"Hold, Drivish. We should get some rest. This room is easily defendable, although the snake altar is eerie indeed."
"Cursed magic on coins? Why would anyone want to do it? And who is this snake god?"
"Can we can take the gold coins back now? No use to leaving them here for another hundred years" Lafiel whispers to no one in particular.
Group in room
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Lafiel draws her dagger and follows Drivish as the party enters the short tunnel back to the altar room.
"I've been there. I don't think there's any use for me or the priest to go first. Someone better armored would fit better, if you know what I mean." Lafiel looks at Drivish and Fargrim.
"Yes. Although I wouldn't recommend you go there alone."
Lafiel helps the party members get into the side tunnel she's in, but warns them not to wander too deep into the cave, as the snake wraiths are there. After everyone is up, she takes a short rest as well.
Lafiel advances to the edge of the tunnel, aims, then throws another dagger at the snakes.
Lafiel keeps throwing her daggers at the snakes.
Lafiel advances a bit closer to the fighting, concentrates for a moment and then throws a dagger at the snakes from a distance.
"Fine for me. I'm moving deeper in the tunnel."
"There are lots of small snakes next to the entrance, be careful."
"It's there. The wraiths rose when I stepped closer to it. And believe me, they're real. I've seen them real close."
Deciding that it's better that the whole group would join her, Lafiel retreats some more, quite close to the entrance of the side cave, far enough from the snakes. Calling her comerades quietly, she tells them about the fake dead big snake and the 3 snake-like wraiths which rose as she advanced to take the staff, but didn't react to noise made by a pebble she threw to distract them. She finishes while saying : "There isn't really a better choice of path, so we might as well check this route. At least we know it has treasures in it."
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Spoiler: Lafiel retreats slowly towards the cave she came through. Led by impulse, she quietly picks up a pebble from the floor, then throws it at the other cave leading from the room, waiting to see what happens.
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