What Comes Next (RP)

"You... you sure?" Daryl asks Albert nervously. He wants to believe and is trying not to scratch his face.

On the upstairs landing you can see that are not enough rooms up here for Wayne to have one, so the story of his getting locked out on the upper floor is becoming even more tenuous.

The owners sleep downstairs, somewhere, you are not sure exactly where. Looking that way, the light of your flickering candle reveals that the heavy mist has poured away... downwards, filling the ground floor to nearly head height.

All is deathly quiet.

What do you do?

Theo wakes with a shout, lashing out at Roald, but missing. You know from your trip back to town that he has not been sleeping well since his captivity, and has suffered from nightmares. He is quick to join you, still wearing his night-clothes (as are you all).

Humphrey waves you off drunkenly and falls right back into snoring. It will be an effort to get him up in his condition, and he does not appear to be in immediate danger up here.

The mists has sunk downwards. Those below are probably at greater risk.

What do you do? Do you dare descend into the mist downstairs?

"Um... I don't want to go down there, not without my armour." Daryl says, and you think he may be reclaiming his right to sleep in his armour... even indoors from now on.

Theo has lit a candle and peers down at the roiling sheet of mist in the stairwell. You can't see anything past where the light reflects off it. "We can't leave the innkeeper and his wife in that." He whispers. "Not if there are really things in that mist."

It is possible the mist level has gone down a bit, but you can't be sure without taking some time to measure it.

Below the stairs all is quite, not a sound comes up to meet your ears.

What do you do?

Daryl is among the last to tie himself to the group, after Albert made his plan clear the boy ran to his room and came back with his bare sword in his hand. It looks like he would rather have his armour, but there as not time for that.

Albert, as your foot descends into the mist you feel... nothing, it is not cold or wet or anything. If you closed your eyes you would have no idea there was anything there at all bar the rough grain of the wood beneath your foot.

What do you do?

"My face feels funny." Daryl says, and his speech sounds a little slurred. You all notice that your lips feel tingly.

Is there a hint of mint?

The main room where you ate is silent, the door that leads out presumably goes to the kitchen and also presumably the owner's room.

What do you do?

There is no sound from inside the kitchen.

You can not see the far walls, you can barely see the person tied in front of you or the counters of cooking implements. Presumably the door to the living quarters is to the left, you will need to skirt around to get there.

What do you do?