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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sephiroth no Miko" data-source="post: 1914073" data-attributes="member: 4796">The room across from the library appears to be another empty bedroom, in the same shabby condition as the rest of the place, though the bed in this one doesn't sport large stab wounds. Blade and Zoe do a quick check of the room and don't find anything more threatening than some dust bunnies of an unusual size lurking under the furniture.Vlad moves into the library only to be summarily ignored by its sole occupant (as long as he doesn't try to take the book it's eating away from it or prod it with a sharp object). The worm thing watches the coming and goings of various people with mild disinterest, making little grunts of pleasure as it gnaws contentedly on thick tome. It seems quite incapable of communication as all attempts to talk to it are met with blank stares and more chewing noises. Looking at the books themselves, Vlad quickly discovers the truth of Kiaros' words-- there are multiple copies of the same books, many of which were of dubious value to be begin with, information or entertainment-wise. Who needed four copies of all ten volumes of "The Temptation of Elminster" anyway?In the next room (C) over, Kiaros and Flaust find another largish chamber that appears to have once served as an alchemist's laboratory of some sort. It is dominated by long tables covered with glassware and tools, most of them broken or rusted past the point of use. Various containers from bottles to jars to barrels line the shelves, labels faded and peeling from years of neglect.The dogs follow Donner and Claw inside, with Rupert bringing up the rear. The kobold still has the little dagger Blade handed him out, and he looks around the entry room nervously, eyeing the ratty tapestries as if he was afraid they'd come to life and eat him. Lots of things ate kobolds. Why not malevolent wall furnishings?Flaust: [spoiler][Flaust rolled Spot 19+11] As she is sauntering down the hallway towards the last room on the left, the subtle glimmer of a planar portal coming from the door at the end of the hall catches her eye.[/spoiler]<a href="http://s92908152.onlinehome.us/hellbound/image.pl?daubei.gif" target="_blank">Map of Mansion</a>Key: A= entryway, B= library, C= laboratory D= bedroom E= ????, F= bedroom, G= ????. (???? indicates unknown rooms)OOC: As a point of clarification, Serpenteye, the unusual concentration of negative energy is only found in the little graveyard in the courtyard; the manor doesn't possess any excess negative energies.And my apologies to any Elminster fans-- just a bit 'o gentle joshing there... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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