Back to Basics Chapter 1: Where are we ?

[ewancummins]

Dalorna follows behind Sara, carefully checking out her surroundings.

[Lord Skybolt]

Sara search of the door turns up no traps, only a lock on the door . Taking a few moments to pick the lock she is able to open it . Opening the door into a room with several bunk style beds in a military style arrangement it seems .

[ewancummins]

Dalorna will enter the room after Sara has a chance to check for traps or hidden ambushers.

[VAN]

Sara looks around to make sure there isn't anyone there and then goes inside.

[ewancummins]

''Arnulf, watch out for bad guys.''

[Lord Skybolt]

"Ok Sis I will !!"Arnulf moves to the entrance of the room . Stationing himself as a look out and guard against anything that may try to sneak up on the party while they are in the room .

[VAN]

After looking around Sara says:

"Well this room seems abandoned as well but people have been here more recently than the meeting room. Probably because they were sleeping here."

Pointing at the chests she says:

"I can try to open them if you want, otherwise we can just check the last door."

[ewancummins]

Dalorna points out each chest, ''Open them please.''

She motions for the others to join them.

''Be wary- it's rather less dusty in this room. This might have been used as living quarters recently, or maybe not.''

[VAN]

"Indeed"

Sara gets on one knee in front of 5 chests and looks for traps. Then she tries to open them.

[ewancummins]

Dalorna asks the Professor, Isidar, and Alia-

"What do you think was going on here? Bunkbeds in an ordinary mine? I doubt that. Was this some sort of bandit lair, or something? "

[Lord Skybolt]

As Sara is checking for traps at the chests she opens four of the locks on five of the chests she is trying to open so far . It takes her a few minutes to do this .

[Roofdrak]

"I do not think that human miners would sleep in the mine. That is just something we dwarves do." Isidar muses

[BigBadQDaddy]

"I agree, no human mining camp would make camp within the confines of their dig site. Far too enclosed. Now on the other hand Dwarves would not have a problem. Though the bunks do not look out of ordinary to me. They seem to be more than adequately suited for man-sized individuals. Now the rare and elusive Dark Elves, they would have no trouble taking respite in such a place as this. They would also find the presence of spiders no problem. In fact they may find it comforting. I do believe that if the Drow were suspect the locals would have mentioned something. I think bandits are far more likely."

[ewancummins]

''If there are bandits around this place, they need to get a chamber-maid. The dust in this room isn't so thick as the last room, but I wouldn't call this clean.''


Dalorna says to Sara-
''Sara, if you are having trouble opening those chests, we could also just pry them open, or smash the locks with a hammer. It might be noisy , but we made noise fighting that grick -- and no one came to investigate.''


The young wizard continues her thorough search of the barracks-room.

"'Maybe Alia and the Professor should be on lookout duty while Isidar and Arnulf try to force open the chests? Just a suggestion..."

[VAN]

"Yeah sure, if you want to go ahead, just open those I have already checked for traps."