Into the Woods

[Neurotic]

Umbril abandons the hall and comes after Albrecht putting his shadowy echo between them

 

[jmucchiello]

Terry waits in the short corridor connecting the corridor the other are in opening a door and the corridor where the stairs are, watching the group's back.

 

[mips42]

The door is stubborn, but opens with a bit of force. Looking into the room you notice something that seems very unnatural, though not unexpected in a place such as this. It is a skeleton busy at work behind a writing desk, frantically writing notes in an translucent ethereal ledger book.

 

[Kobold Stew]

"An accountant, worked to death," says Albrecht under his breath. "Er, Excuse me. Have you seen a boy? One who's alive?" he asks. If there is no response, he'll pull the door shut and continue back.

 

[JustinCase]

”That’s.. not illegal,” Bimpnott remarks after searching his memories of whether the dead are legally allowed to work and realizing there’s no relevant law.

”Does he pay taxes?”

 

[mips42]

Spoiler: If you enter the room

The skeleton looks up at you with empty eye sockets, its jaw starts to move as a hauntingly high pitched voice says “ahh, you are here! He has been waiting for you!... You may proceed Advisor Gertrude!”
From behind, you feel something evil and dark trespass through your bodies, as the aspect of a dangerously beautiful woman with dark and deadly eyes walks straight through you, a smirk on her ghostly smile. She walks straight through the closed door and disappears, whilst the skeleton clerk goes back to his duties.

Spoiler: Not entering the room

The Skeleton ignores your question and continues working.

 

[Kobold Stew]

"Did you feel that?" asks Albrecht, as he has just stepped into the room. "That woman she..." He leaves the thought unfinished, and pursues the spectral form he sees (and only he? He isn't sure) to the next door.

 

[jmucchiello]

OOC: Did you go in? Did the door close while we were outside?

 

[Kobold Stew]

OOC: Albrecht stepped into the room. He didn't close a door.

 

[jmucchiello]

OOC: So the door closed on him? Did those of us in the hall see anything come through the closed door?