Episode 2 Scene 1 The Journey North

Brindel examines at the pedestal table for writing or handles. "My mother had a table with a big drawer. That's where we stored bowls."

Lex walks up the stairs slowly trying to figure what went wrong with that fireball, so he doesn't repeat his mistake again. As he gets to the top of the stairs he is surprised by what he sees and how high the pedestal is.

He is trying to price together the layout of the furniture and what it migh represent.

Egret follows his companions to the next floor, looking around with curiosity. His eyes are immediately drawn to the octagonal cube above, the tiefling cranking his neck to inspect it, wondering if it has a purpose beyond just being a peculiar element of decor. Only when he is satisfied with his mostly fruitless gazing at the cube, does he join Lex and Brindel by the table, staying afar to not hinder their investigation but watching them attentively.

"We saw a giant on our way to the tower, didn't we?" He speaks up as Brindel starts examining the underside of the pedestal. "Perhaps they were the original inhabitant of this building before the gelatinous creature destroyed its interior, or another reason forced them out."

Even as he muses about the fate of the tower, the druid - once again - gets distracted by the cube, continuously glancing at it with intrigue. Figuring it won't do much harm to investigate while Brindel and Lex are busy anyway, the tiefling summons his flame again, rising his hand above his head in an attempt to see if the surface above is indeed reflective - provided the light from the flame can reach it.

Shump wanders upstairs where everyone else is, assuming Haelga comes with him.

She does follow him.

Brindel kneels down to take a close look at the octagonal disk. He doesn't remove it. "Speaking of giants, this might be one of their coins." He looks for engravings on the disk and tries to determine if the was stuck there on purpose or by accident.

After a few minutes spent experimenting with the cube and how it reflects his flame's light, Egret decides to wander some more alongside the room's perimeter. He slowly walks in a circle following the wall, looking for anything of interest or note - though he stays a cautious few steps away from the stones, in case some yellow jellos escaped Lex's earlier wrath.

This investigation eventually brings him to the first of the windows, and the druid stops abruptly. He didn't take much notice of the light anomaly upon first entering the room, but now that there was nothing else to explore, Egret actually realized the peculiarity of windows being illuminated but leaving the room pitch black. Intrigued, he steps closer to one of the lit up windows to see what's behind it.

Lex inspects the table, looking at it from all angles as he circles the table.

With his attempts at looking through the windows from afar being unsuccessful, Egret huffs in frustration, innerly accepts the challenge, and walks up to the table. He pats it to catch the entire group's attention, and points at the closest window. "I am going to climb up there," he announces, "by becoming a big fluffy spider. If anyone has arachnophobia, avert your eyes. And Shump, please, don't try to chop me into pieces?" He chuckles, indicating it as a joke, but sends a wary glance towards Shump's weapon nevertheless.