Gameplay

Robert joined Thomas and nodded, "Yes, Mr. Ackerman, tell me what I can do and I will try to be as precise as possible. But, I must warn you, I do not have any experience in these matters."

"Just hold the light here Doctor. Thank you," Thomas wedges the stick of dynamite under the door in a chip in the stone that he hopes is a weak spot in the slab.

"Alright Doctor, you might want go back into the treasure room and crouch down with your hands over your ears. Make sure everyone else is ready, and leave me a space right next to the crawl space as I plan on coming through fast. Once the explosion happens we're going to want to make our way to the entrance right quick, maybe even before the dust settles. I have a feeling this place is going to come down fast."

Thomas waits for Doctor Whittaker to get to the other room. He takes a deep breath and looks at the candle in his hand.
I really hope I get to die outside, he thinks to himself, and lights the fuse. He turns and bolts for the hole, flinging himself to his stomach, crawling through and rolling to the side, covering his ears and curling up into a protective position.

Eugen opens his eyes and looks around, not knowing what's acutally going on.In a dizzy state he tumbles through the dusty tomb towards the supposed exit, swinging his clenched fists against invisible menaces.

"Harrrrghhh ... Whahh!"

Pow! Bam!

Robert heard the deafening boom of the dynamite explosion as he wondered whether he would finally be able to get out of the wretched cave. When he recovered from the initial shuddering of the impact, he shouted to no one in particular, "That's it! Let's go to the exit, everyone. Quick!" For once, he thought if the dynamite was successful in carving out their exit, but he ran anyway.

Lady Bishop waits with Mr. Chornyi, behind the chariot once again, straining to hear Mr. Ackerman and Dr. Whittaker report they set the dynamite. Was it just her imagination, or was it starting to become hard to breathe as well? As she waits, she looks worriedly at their fallen colleague and then is distracted by the gold of the chariot. Surely, they could take something at least? She grabs a small statuette before she is distracted by Eugen seeming to stir. She starts to shake him to wake him. The event they are waiting for comes faster than expected as Robert arrives to take cover and a hissing sound soon after as the fuse is lit. She covers her ears like the others and the loud explosion seems to wake Eugen out of his stupor.

Through the ringing, she hears Robert shout out: "That's it! Let's go to the exit, everyone. Quick!"

Eugen appears still dazed, but she seems him follow Robert out.

"Bonuses for all of you, let us escape posthaste!"

She hikes up her skirts and tucks the statuette away in her reticule as she runs after the others. Fresh air at last!

Almost as soon as Thomas curls into a ball, the explosion rocks the tomb. Dust gouts out of the small entrance to the treasure room. He immediately rolls back over and starts making his way toward what he hopes is fresh air. Stones from the ceiling are falling all around him and Thomas manages to dodge them. Suddenly his foot catches on something soft and squishy. He looks down and he can barely see through the dust the crumpled form of Eugen.

As Lady Bishop blinks owlishly in the relative brightness outside, she turns around to see Thomas carrying an unconscious and badly injured Eugen. In the rush, dust, and falling debris, she had failed to see their fallen companion.

"Bloody H-HELP! Bring the doctor now!"

She shouts out to the workers she hopes are still there and moves forward with smelling salts.