The Oozing Temple (3rd level)

Ooblek happily scoots along with the party, leaving the floor clear and clean wherever it passes. From the filthy stare of this hallway, the companions might guess that if Ooblek passed here before, it must have been long ago. The cube continues its carefree whistling.

The next chamber is far different from the rest of the temple they group has seen up until this point, though the floor is just as wet. The walls here have somewhat clearer designs, carved with worn and faded bas-reliefs. These show strange, swirling shapes that might be waves, tentacles, or some combination thereof.

Along the right wall branch four hallways floored with heavy flagstones, each one extending into darkness. A large portion of the left wall is broken away, revealing another path of natural stone. The sound of falling water that the party has heard seems to come strongest from this open passage.

The companions take a few minutes to inspect the chamber and its exits more closely as Andras magically wards the way behind them.

From what Zigurd can tell, most of the flooding has come from tunnel beyond the broken wall. The water level on the floor seems to have risen about a half a foot in the last half hour.

Corunir notes that the floor tiles in the four hallways appear weakened in places. It is difficult to say how much weight the floor may be able to bear in any of those four paths.

Ooblek stays mostly still, though the floor beneath the ooze's mass squelches on occasion as it shifts its weight. The party gets a sense of immense curiosity as it watches them work.