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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carlo-One" data-source="post: 8520901" data-attributes="member: 7015827">It became evident to Shanni that the spike trap in the corridor had reset itself, so she advised her companions to jump over it, past where Darrow had impaled himself. Dermot quickly followed her advice, but misjudged the distance and received a spike through his leg, wincing and collapsing against the wall afterwards. Darrow took a bandage kit out and began working on the ranger’s wounds, as Shanni passed her healing ring over.Having benefited so far from his patience, Aerikoth inquired whether Shanni could flag the exact trap location, but the rogue said she could not see the mechanism. Impassive, the wizard then asked if she could tell if there was another, further down the hallway. Shanni in response moved forward, springing and avoiding another trap. Aerikoth then indicated he would remain where he was until the others had reached the end of the hall.Darrow, scrutinizing the corridor’s stonework, asked Shanni if maybe they could avoid the resetting trap by sticking close to the wall. She thought they could, then was proved wrong the hard way by both Dermot and Darrow, whose blood now coated the stone floor. Dermot said he was getting the eerie idea that they weren’t supposed to survive the hall. Just as Shanni was getting ready to jump ahead, the ranger called out to stop her from going forward, suggesting they go back to what they thought was a bricked-up door before the laboratory.Aerikoth in response said that the heavily trapped corridor and the laboratory led him to think that was where they would need to travel eventually, if they wanted to explore the place thoroughly. However, the wizard stated that he was indifferent to doing it then or at a later time. Shanni, showing some impatience, decided she would prefer to just go look, backing up and doing a run and jump over the blank stone floor. She dropped, to the floor, steady on her feet, having avoided the trap, then found and edged around another one before reaching the end of the hall. Darrow remarked that he hoped they didn’t have to run from anything.She called out to the others that the corridor looked like it had collapsed, but then shortly thereafter found a secret door. Dermot and Darrow then carefully avoided the traps, doing what Shanni had done, while the ranger held a torch up for Aerikoth to see. The wizard saw the torch and then Dermot’s form underneath start moving back towards him, then spoke a word of power and appeared next to Darrow, to the dwarf’s delight. Shanni, slightly sourly, said it was a neat trick, but cheating.The petite rogue, after some sighing at the door and expressing some pessimism about her prospects, shooed Darrow and Aerikoth back, so she and Dermot could open it and scout ahead. Shanni called out that it was okay and the other two passed through the door into a large room, which had a throne in the center but otherwise was a total mess, with all the furniture looking like it had been tossed about.Dermot was about to say something but then yelled as the room’s floor and walls shook violently, hurling him and the rest of the party from their feet. Staggering back up with the others, Darrow wondered what had triggered it, but no one knew. Aerikoth meanwhile had been standing in the doorway, watching the others, so was unharmed.As Dermot pointed out the throne looked like one that had been displayed in the laboratory’s magic mirror, Shanni eyed the coffers that were strewn about the room, fingers twitching open and closed. Eventually she gave in to her instincts and leaned over to reach the nearest one, opening it and scooping some coins out of it. She then started eyeing the coffer in the opposite corner, which prompted Dermot to distract her by pointing out an exit door. Even Darrow expressed concern going after the coffer wouldn’t be the best idea.Shanni managed to regain control over her greedy instincts and somewhat reluctantly agreed to move forward, but discovered quickly that the apparent exit was a false door, pushing on it then sighing. Scowling and bruised, Dermot quickly ran his hands around the walls, then continued scowling at them, stymied. Shanni meanwhile gave into temptation and picked something else out of the coffer.</blockquote>

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