Descending the Temple Depths

- Dirk -

Some 'long-forgotten' tidbit about 'drow traps' surfaces in your memory. You are pretty sure any other route will be riddled with trap-triggers, similar to what Rook found. The only 'safe' way forward is the path he cleared.

Which means the captain is in real danger of making things worse as she makes her way round the bottleneck to the action.

What do you do?

- Roald -

The churned up ground is soft and you footing difficult --and every step needs the focus of feeling for trap movement deep beneath as well-- but you are able to clear a space for Deoring to manoeuvre.

Once upright the skeleton is faster than you would have expected, and, as it dodges out of the way of your blade, it reached its hand into its fetid chest-cavity and flings the contents at your face.

- Deoring -

You sweep the leg and the skeleton goes down --significantly reducing its mobility for as long it remains prone. As it falls it lashes out with one if its feet, striking you on the armour just above your hip.

- Roald -

A moment of nausea passes over you as the stuff gets in your system. Your vision blurs a bit, but you are sure you can shake it off in round or two if you can get the gunk off you face.

- Albert -

Light briefly sparkles off your staff and snakes out towards the active skeleton. Additionally: Thinner, less active, tendrils snake towards the skeletons posted by the doors. Even fainter tendrils also snake out behind you, back the down the corridor you you came through, as well as down the other corridors leading from this room.

Everyone can see these light-tendrils --unlike the dark ones from before that only you could see-- but only those paying attention in the moment are likely to notice that similar light-snakes emanate from the scabbard of Rook and Asha beside you, and Roald and Dirk's weapons.

The captain says a bad word. "... But..." she objects, motioning to the attacker, and indicating the fact that the 'cleared path' is obstructed by people.

Then she sighs, lifts her foot away, and hops over behind Rook. It really looks like she wants to ask him 'can you move?', but knows better than to argue with the experts. Instead she changes her grip on her sword to increase her reach and waits for an opening --wishing she had a bow.

Being careful to not bump Albert off the narrow path, the captain squeezes past and moves up to Rook's position. Not willing to go further without instruction she hovers near the thief, waiting for further developments.

- Rook -

"Hmm? Ah, yes, of course." The captain --transitioning from sceptical to relieved at merely losing a precious dagger instead of risking her foot-- hands over a simple blade from her belt.

She keeps an eye on the action as she does so. "Tell me if I need to do anything." She offers hesitantly. "Or when I can move forward."