The Story

Jotna

The woman swallows, quite intimidated by your heavy club. "I don't know what the result would be if we went toe to toe, lady, but I'd rather not find out." She says, trying to hide her fear. "Getting hurt is a death sentence down here."

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Wemut

I might have been, what's it to ya? She says.

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All

Without giving you the time to reconsider, she snatches up the offered coins and starts walking again. "This way."
While you all make your way through the tunnels, she answers Keftar's question. "I survive by staying quiet and out of sight when I need to. If you can figure out the patterns and habits of the creatures here, you'd be surprised what you can scavenge from them." She says somewhat smugly.

She leads you and the barkeep through multiple passage ways and through tunnels. Every now and then she scouts ahead to look for danger, or perhaps it's all a ruse, but you find no ill fortune on the way. During this time you find out that her name is Elma.

It takes a good 2 hours before she stops in a larger hall where you are met by a deep chasm. A single bridge, about 1ft wide, spans across to the other side and there appears to be no other way to go from here. When you peer down into the depths, you see a wrinkling mass of what can only be described as soot-black meat. It has no real shape but just like a liquid fills up the bottom of this pit.

Elma speaks up again. "We can cross this bridge." She grabs a few of the coins that you have given her and throws them down into the darkness. They make no sound as they hit the meaty substance and soon vanish from sight. "You have to pay to cross safely. With coin or any other means of sacrifice." She adds and walks to the other side, putting one foot in front of the other and arms stretched out like a tight-rope walker.

What do you do?

While the last person is crossing the bridge, Elma says "This is where I saw the other 'dreamers' last" A hint of sarcasm is noticeable in the word 'dreamers'. She is standing on the edge of the precipice with her back to it. "They went down that tunnel." She points to the next logical place to go. "You'll find it splits into 3 up ahead, but I don't know anything else about those ways."

Then she gets a crazy look in her eyes. She reaches into her pockets and pulls out the rest of the money that she collected, tossing it down into the wrinkly mass behind her. "Oh, great gods of the deep." She says loudly. "I have paid for my passage. Now take me from this wretched world to the promised lands." At this she simply lets herself tip backwards off the edge.

The barkeep, who also made it across after sacrificing his apron, seems to be stunned by what's happening.
If anyone wants to react, you have only a split second.

What do you do?