Floor 1 "Wheel": 1-1

[Anastasia]

Shadow cuts out the junk! Without support the wires fall to the floor, forming little cuts into the ground which they rest into. A path ahead is now open.

[Merc]

ooc: the fires?

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"I'll start going down first, and casting a light spell at the bottom if it's too dark to see our way through."

[Anastasia]

Wires, fixed.

[Dracos]

Shadow takes a good look down the hole now that it's easier to do so.  "Alright, be careful."

[Anastasia]

It's a rather dark hole. It looks like it goes down a ways. The walls are smooth, polished steel. They'd reflect light if there was much light to reflect.

[Merc]

Varian pulls out the lenght of rope again from his backpack, and wraps it around his waist, letting one end loose and long. Grabbing that end, he mutters some mystic words before touching it, letting it glow brightly like a torch. Moving to the stairs, he begins a cautious descent, letting the dangling rope 'torch' light his way.

[Anastasia]

Good call.

Not even three rungs down, Varian can see the walls below have little sliding circular plates. Like little murder holes hidden, ready to thrust out and do painful things to anyone that gets in range of them. There are faint blood splatters around the edges of them.

[Merc]

"Oh, for the...." the gnome begins to curse under his breath in annoyance as he stops his descent and tries to search for the mechanism that might activate this latest trap.

[Anastasia]

<Team_Rat_Fangirl_Bot> Kotono rolled 1d20 search check --> [ 1d20=16 ]{16}

The murder holes are pretty well overlapped. There's no obvious, easy way to avoid them. However, on searching, Varian finds a smooth metal plate behind the ladder. It looks like it can be removed.

[Merc]

Varian slowly ties the rope near his waist onto one of the ladder rungs, shaking his head in annoyance at moving light from his spell. Still, it should allow him some less limited mobility without risking a fall in case there's any hidden surprises behind the metal plate.

That done, he then proceeds to try to examine his latest find, using his small nimble fingers to try and pry it loose.

[Anastasia]

The metal plate is removed! Inside there are four buttons.  Each one has a drawing below it. The first is of spears, the second is of a glowing ladder, the third is of a man falling and the last is of an alarm bell.

[Merc]

The gnome scratches his chin in thought before he calls out above to Shadow, describing his find. "Any preference on what to press? None of the buttons really look that tempting..." he finishes up, briefly pondering if there's a possibility of hitting the buttons with an arrow or crossbow bolt from the relative safety of up top.

[Dracos]

"Let's see...  Try the spears, maybe if they're out, we can simply navigate around them.  It may be an off switch otherwise."

[Anastasia]

It might be possible with a perfect angle or aim, but a miss could trigger another button by mistake.

[Merc]

Varian decides not to try his luck on his horrible aim, and with how hurt Shadow is, better not to rely on his aim either. Taking a deep breath, he puts a finger next to the spears button, clenches his eyes shut, and presses the button.