Against the Cult: Party at the Mill (1.1)

Sara, Ogbar and Quest easily follow the tracks of memories and blood to the mill to the southeast, leading the group on a wending path through various alleys and avenues of the new city outside Hochoch's walls. Then there is a town green, some open fields, and the mill on the other side, its wheel slowly turning in the current of the Realstream. It appears to be a single large building with two entrances visible on the side facing you across the open space.

The mill building is a few stories tall, and the edge of the mill wheel can be seen past the left/north side of the building, turning counter-clockwise with the flow of the Realmstream. (map posted to thread)

Ogbar and Xana pass a hitching post as they cross the open area in front of the building where carts come deliver their grain to the mill. As they approach, they are presented with two sets of double-doors, with a large window with open shutters just to the right of the doors on the left. Peering in, they can see dim vertical shapes, as of pipes or shafts, and can hear the groaning of the large wheel being turned by the river on the other side of the building. Going back in time a moment to allow you to choose (having more information), you are both about 30' from the doors. Which set of doors do you choose to fling open?

Quest sees that, on this western side of the building, there are several shuttered windows: one on the ground floor (already mentioned: open), three on the second floor (one on the left is open, the other two are closed), and two up under the eaves of the peaked roof (both closed). None of the windows have glass; they are openings with shutters that can be swung open or closed. He gets a sense of movement from the open windows, but never quite catches sight of anyone at a window. Aanbo notes that there are no carts or horses in evidence, so no one is dropping off grain or visiting the mill, except on foot. The fact that the doors are closed is odd for a business during the day.

Klak and Sara have arrows nocked, ready to draw and fire, from a short distance back behind Ogbar and Xana (about 50' from the building). Thacogygax figures that there would be plenty of rocks to hurl from either atop the knoll (which peak is about 100' from the mill) or from the rocky shore (which starts about 50' downstream of the mill). He can't help calculating how many hits it would take to collapse and destroy the building.

Aanbo begins to mahe his furtive way around to the north.

He sees that there is another set of double-doors on the ground level (also closed) and a window (shutters open).

Quest calls out his warning; Ogbar and Xana, make perception checks.

Aanbo continues his arc north. At Quest's call, the monk chances a glance at the mill to see if there is any reaction.

DM note: I apologize; I wanted to put a roll in here to give a hint that it was opposing your roll, but I forgot the bug/undesirable feature that my edits lose your character attribution.

Xana hears hasty muttering from inside, but can't make out the words or even from which window(s) the sounds are coming; even so, it's pretty clear that the people inside are surprised and trying to figure out what to do.

Thacogygax lumbers over to the south, unconsciously exactly mirroring Aanbo's movements to the north. As he steps onto the river rocks - plenty of ammunition here, I could hold this for a day or more - he sees that there's a wide window in the mill facing south, with the shutters hanging partway open. There's also a pier or dock jutting out into the water from the east side of the mill, though there are no boats at the dock at the moment.

Aanbo, are you heading for the doors, the knoll, or somewhere in between?

Long seconds pass, with no apparent response to Quest's challenge.