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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 8460857" data-attributes="member: 59816">With the decision made to leave the crystal window for now, the Sticks and their allies moved to the Grand Staircase. There seemed little risk in having a look at all the options, so they spread out around the balcony in groups, staying within sight of one another. The further one moved northward (corresponding to further underground) the darker the hallways became as the cracks in the ceiling became less frequent. The foliage receded as well, but the dampness remained.Chrysagon took a few tentative steps down the stairs, trying to see where the figure had gone. At the bottom of the stairs, there was a corridor on the left (heading north) and another going forward (east) offset a little on the right. An identical balcony wrapped around this second level, and probably had more exits that he couldn't see. There was no sign of the masked figure, but they couldn't have gone far. Chrysagon was convinced that he could catch them, but he would have to hurry down the stairs, leaving the others behind.Dellrak checked to the north. At the top of the stairs was a hallway that soon turned westward. He noted it, and waited for Chrysagon, in case he needed to join him on the stairs if trouble started. Ussal stood with him, ready to go in any direction.Ghorukk, Myrral, and the other Broodguard crossed to the far side of the balcony and scouted an eastern hallway. The corridor went straight, and ended in a giant stone skull carved from stone. It was covered in a layer of moss, and flames flickered in each of its eye sockets. Like the devil's head at the T-junction, its jaw hung open, but in this case there seemed to be a dimly-lit room beyond.Yassah and a Broodguard went the furthest, to a hallway to the north furthest from the stairs. There they reported that while the hallway appeared to continue forward, it was blocked by a strange disc of metal blades. The gaps were large enough to crawl (or slither) through, but it seemed unsafe, to say the least.Imogen, Weed, and Qawasha waited along the balcony to see if any of the three groups would need their assistance.[spoiler="Map of Grand Staircase"][ATTACH=full]146896[/ATTACH][/spoiler]</blockquote>

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