I'm going to be away canoeing for four days. So for now I'll set the scene for the next half hour or so, and you can roleplay as you see fit until I return. For now, nothing of great substance...
Several of the orcs are puzzled by Kyle's cooking, as if unfamiliar with his style. They accept the gift of food, but do not seem to appreciate his careful use of seasonings. A couple of them say something in orcish to Zurd about it.
In the meantime, you all have the chance to look around the room a bit. It is huge, and there are several more pools. If any of you are going to explore, I'll give you more detail (what's in the pools, how big, etc.)
Every 8' or so on the walls (at regularly spaced intervals) there is a protruding stone. Some of these -- irregularly spaced -- are illuminated.
The orcs speak to none of you except Zurd.
[sblock=Zurd]One of them asks about your origins. "You have some human blood. How did that happen" You do not detect any derision in this observation.
There are more comments on Kyle's "dwarven food" as they call it. "Do you eat this dwarven food all the time?" "Dwarven" is said with a scorn; they clearly are no gourmands.[/sblock]
The room is bigger than you can survey all at once, so it's hard to say how many orcs there are. The ones near the door are clearly not the only ones in the room; several have moved around the room, in and out of your sight at various times.
The chief has left with two other orcs. He did not say where he was going.