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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 8495198" data-attributes="member: 7015827">The petite rogue Shanni was in fact uninjured, having fallen relatively gently into a packed pile of bones, close by the flaming torch Darrow had thrown into the pit. She called out to Dermot that she was all right, then picked up the torch, exclaiming that there were thousands of bones. She then started exploring her surroundings, succeeding in walking with a slow, shuffling motion over the thick carpet of bones, although she found it hard to keep from falling. Aerikoth hypothesized that, if the area was controlled by vampires, then whatever remains they did not animate they would drop into the pit.Shanni’s wavering torch could be barely seen from above and the others heard a prolonged "ewwwwwww" from below as she searched the bone piles. She called up that all she could find were bones, lots and lots and lots – not even clothes. Darrow was nonplussed at this, realizing that meant a lot of folk had met their end on that spot. Aerikoth and Darrow discussed the implications of this as Dermot worriedly looked over the lip of the pit, in which the light from the torch had gone out.Suddenly there was repeated jerking on the rope attached to Shanni and a loud hiss that was audible to all of them. Dermot and Darrow hurriedly began pulling on the rope, the ranger exhorting his dwarven companion to maximum effort. Darrow put his back into it as Dermot gave a mighty heave and Shanni fairly launched out of the pit, having evidently been scrambling up the wall at the same time. She quickly moved away, telling the others that there was something slithering and hissing in the bones. The rogue was slightly shaky untying the rope, as Darrow expressed his hatred of snakes. Dermot thought snakes sounded like a best case scenario.</blockquote>

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