The Haunt

"let us return and see if we can find access to the second level, i believe we have explored all this floor has to offer."

Nods, stays silent

You head back to the tea room. You pass thru the dining room you still get the slightest chill, expecting the room to ignite yet again.
You renter the Tea room. You see through the hall way the portcullis still up and the "hidden room" still open.
You occasionally hear creaking in the house as you continue to traverse the home.

"This floor plan is really weird. There's a dining room, but where are the kitchens? No access to the downstairs at all. What would the servants do, bring the meal on a parade through the rest of the house?" Melissa shakes her head.

"They're g-g-ghosts, remember? They could j-j-just pass through the walls."

Can Dargen inspect the Portcullis for any signs of how to open it?

You believe it is locked magically. Perhaps you could explore the mansion to find a solution. Perhaps a switch opens it?

attempts to enter the hidden room again

Ok you enter into the small room. It Seems baron.

Anyone have. any brilliant ideas?

"I suppose heading out onto the patio is our only option from here. All other paths seem to be dead-ends."

"Don't say 'dead'!"

Estelle smirks, and smiles at Shaggy. Dead? Oh Shaggy....we took a job in a supposedly haunted house. There will be more than just dead ends

With what seems like little options you make your way back through the cold and now creeky house. You enter the ballroom once again and make your way towards the glass doors. You approach the door you can see what used to be nice pool furniture is now been rotted or molded. The pool stagnate. 3 skeletal figures lie prostate on the west end of the pool.
The glass door seem stuck as you tug on it to open. At the last moment the handle is ripped from the glass door as it shatters. The door flying open.
Wafting through the now open doorway the stench of decay and mold. Stepping though the doorway Dargo notices a ripple on the alge in the water.
Everyone but Griol notices a gleaming bejeweled sword laying on the deck beside the pool. Leaning against the East end of the Alfresco area.