A book and many things to do

[Anastasia]

'Right,' Emily agrees as Bastian strides forward and...

Who is searching?

[Iron Dragoon]

Anyone who's interested in making it go faster, I guess? Alyssa'll help.

[Anastasia]

Gimme quick Perception.

[Iron Dragoon]

Perception:

[roll]1d20+46[blockquote]'' is not a valid dice string![/blockquote][/roll]

[Iron Dragoon]

Dunno what happened to the last one. 2nd try!

Perception:

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+46 : 1 + 46, total 47[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

The others will take 10.

The hall is fairly plain - nothing too fancy here, nothing of worth noticed. It just continues on to a door at the end - a set of double doors, thick and heavy indeed.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa approaches the doors and inspects them like the last ones!

[Anastasia]

Same round of checks as last time, Spellcraft and Perception.

[Iron Dragoon]

Perception:

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+46 : 6 + 46, total 52[/blockquote]

Spellcraft:

[blockquote]Rolled 1d20+58 : 20 + 58, total 78[/blockquote]

[Anastasia]

No traps but the door is magically bound and locked, it'll take excessive strength or skill undo it. Or magic, one supposes.

[Iron Dragoon]

Alyssa tries the skeleton key again!

[Anastasia]

The door unlocks, just like that.

'That's a lovely little tool,' Bastian remarks, 'I want one for myself.'

Dolmaya chuckles in her mind, 'Better than bashing doors down, it gets so tiresome.'

[Iron Dragoon]

'Well I got it from a Shar assassin, so take a good look around.'

Alyssa opens the door!

[Anastasia]

Ahead is a stairway plunging straight down. From below you hear it, the echoing of strange chanting, words twisting in on each other.

"Mother, mother.

Sister, sister.

Master, master.

Come to us.

Come to us.

I offer my spark and my soul to you, Dark Lady.

Come to us.

Come to us.

I offer my blood and my tears, Dark Dancer.

Come to us.

Come to us."

[Iron Dragoon]

'Well, that's encouraging and disconcerting. Seems we found them. Let's get this done.'