Chapter 2: Into Darkness

The flagstone es are large, five by five panels of cleanly weight stone. Likely very thick as they don't give way at all when trod. They are covered with deeply carved swirling lines, designed to mimic the look of fluid in motion. You do notice, through the water, that the ridges and swirls don't seem to be muted, faded, or eroded in any way. These tiles are unique to the four hallways. Not even the space beyond has this type of flooring.

As for the statues, upon inspection they are nearly featureless. Perfectly smooth to the eye, almost as if they were cast purely from liquid. In all your years studying stone and rock, you've never seen something this immaculately smooth. As you bend close you cannot see any imperfection, any divots, no pores. Not even highly polished stone is this blemish free. They stand over 8 feet tall, though nothing but blobs.

In terms of air, you feel like you still have a few more hours worth before it really gets bad. The more vigorous activity you pursue, however, the more air you will consume.

The water is coming in through all of the cracks. As Bildaweer observed the cracks in the ceiling some 9 or 10 feet over his head, he could see bits of rock flaking off the edges of the cracks.

Athletics please.

It's not so much a symbol as the design of the tiles themselves. All four hallways have the same pattern running down the length. I mocked it up for you. This isn't exact, but gives the general idea.

Dustin tries scrambling up the wall, and thanks to the heavy cragginess of the nature-hewn walls, he manages to get himself up to the ceiling. The cracks are large, currently about the size of a slender forearm. Water is coming through at a very good rate. As you climb, you notice the rock is very weak in places, practically coming off in your hands in some spots.

cemos makes his way to the statues and tryst to move one of them

As soon as Cemos touches one of the statues, all four shimmer and drop into liquid puddles before rearing up! You are now alone in the chamber with four gray oozes! They all flubber their way towards you, their skin squelching out into a faint podlike shape, slapping at you.

On your side of the weak point you have Cemos, Stool, Fang, and Derendil (Dustin went back across the gap to check out the cracks in the ceiling).

Two of the oozes manage to slap and hit Cemos! Cemos, you take 28 points of damage (12 Bludgeoning, 16 Acid), and your armor's AC is reduced by 2 permanently.

Dustin, as you tap at the stone in the ceiling, it begins to crumble away, letting more water rush through even faster. You see a faint glow through the rushing water above you.