Ptolus: 165 Vock Row - "Rat-catchers"

[Wool]

Thurst snorts disdainfully at the slime and sets to tinkering with his mechanical mace, a decapitated ratling head the only witness to his grumblings over the nonsense of wizards.

 

[Filthy]

Unable to learn anything from the ratling, Valana cleans the remaining goo off her dagger and sheaths it.

"Shall we continue on, then?"

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Stuffing the last of the severed ratling tails into her pack, Mairan shoulders her pack and hefts her sword and shield.

"Alright," Mairan says as she moves past the group and into the northern tunnel, "let's keep moving."

 

[Voca]

Mata falls in behind Mairan, her eyes focused ahead. "Aye, lets keep moving, I expect we haven't seen the last of these ratlings yet. There must be a central nest somewhere, everything we have seen is too small."

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Aeshen quickly wipes his rapier clean and then tucks in front of Mairan, eyes peeled as he looks out for signs of traps or other dangers.
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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

What might have appeared as the third cell along the north wall is actually an archway leading to yet more of the tomb.

Moving through, the group sees the tomb has another wing similar to the first one they encountered, where the dead were to be interred under the gaze of Blurrah. It extends 60 feet, east to west, with seven cells on the north wall and six on the south.

The far eastern wall though features a 10 foot wide tunnel that turns toward the north. It's less finished than the rest of the complex, and was seemingly still under construction at the time this complex was originally abandoned for whatever reason.

 

[Filthy]

[sblock=ooc]The sarcophagi lids missing from these like the last room?[/sblock]

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

[sblock=ooc]Yes, the lids are missing.[/sblock]

 

[Voca]

Aeshen moves cautiously forward, expecting ratlings to emerge from either the cells or the passage.

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Mata makes sure her crossbow is at the ready, and then begins to move toward the tunnel, gesturing at her companions to follow quietly.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

As the group moves toward the passageway, they start to notice a stench. Before they even reach the corner, their eyes are watering from the smell of rot and filth.

 

[Voca]

Mata halts, a hand over her mouth and nose in a vain attempt to protect herself, and looks back at her companions in distress, whispering a dwarven curse under her breath.

 

[Filthy]

Clearly unhappy with the stench, Mairan continues moving towards the tunnel on the eastern wall. "I don't see any other exits."

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Covering her mouth and nose with a sleeve, Valana looks around for a source to the stench.

[sblock=ooc]Search 5, Spot 1[/sblock]