The Nightmare Switch

"Beware of the garden and those plants. They could be a trap," calls Aduan softly to whoever goes over the wall first.

Raezhon moves near to Nim and in a hushed voice say, "The guard must have a key, maybe Rohim could snag it while she's asleep?"

After two failed attempts at dismantling this lock, Nim disheartedly sits to the side of the gate and starts to question his whole life and career path. What does 'clever' even mean when you break it down, I mean... before being Interrupted by Raezhon. "The guard must have a key, maybe Rohim could snag it while she's asleep?" Nim is awakened from his melancholic musings. "Fair point... Something is telling me I should give this one more chance though... It's weird, feels like the disembodied voice of an ever-observant god or something. I'm gonna give it one more shot and then we'll call it. and wait for Rohim"

Rohim move stealthily toward the entrance, only to find the guard asleep and Nim opening the gate.

"I haven't seen other guards, but the garden plants and the tower might be trapped. Lets make sure Aduan can check them before being to hasty." he whispers to the others.

Karam appears from behind a tree.

Oh, sorry, I was taking a leak, she says lightly, with her usual smile.

It takes her a few seconds to realize her companions could have used her help to get into the tower. She feels bad, but her broken social compass tells her that ignoring it is the best course now.

Hey Nim, do you want me to repair one of your lockpicking tools?

She doesn’t realize that it’s neither useful, nor really appropriate.

Aduan hears some snippets of excited words from the area of the gate and makes his way over there. "Ah, you've got it open. And the guard is asleep. Let's take a closer look at the tower." Aduan steps through the gate and makes his way carefully to the tower door. He holds up a hand to make sure that every one else stops before getting too close.

Nim rejoins the group inside the tower. "Hey Nim, do you want me to repair one of your lockpicking tools?" He turns to see Karam entering. "Huh... sure.. I guess." Nim tosses a lockpick over to Karam. Then as Aduan nears the tower door there is a flash of green light and Aduan looks somehow affected. Sensing something amiss Nim uses his special ability to scan the area.

Aduan misses a step as a result of the green flash of light but uses some effort from his Intellect Pool to try to overcome the ill effects.

Rohim stands guard, watchful for any change or people attracted by the light.