Leap of Faith

[Huitzil]

"Whoah! Whatever it is, you've got it."

Paul then sees if he has something to take off and wrap the stone in, both to protect it and to shroud the light from it.

[Brian]

You've got an extra pouch, actually.  Bigger than this thing needs, but also big enough.

[Huitzil]

"You think we should stash this somewhere for safekeeping?"

Paul keeps staring at the brilliance of the stone. "We, uh, we might want to not have it be so bright."

[Bjorn]

Bjorn snorts rather indelicately.  "Our problem so far has been lack of light, not the opposite.  You can wrap it up, or Master Parthipan can carry it.  Either will work, as far as I can see."

The discussion over, as far as Bjorn can see, he starts to head along the path, resuming his slow and painful tap-and-sweep combo with sword and scabbard.

[Ginrai]

"I don't mind carrying it if we need the light, though it could be a small problem holding onto this and my staff in the middle of a battle."  Ginrai shrugs and continues walking with the others.

[Brian]

Ginrai carrying your extra (mysterious) lightsource, you proceed through the untrapped cobblestones.  After a while they run out, and you get nothing but dirt floors again.

[Bjorn]

Taking a second to put his scabbard back on his belt, Bjorn resumes proceeding down the hall, walking slowly, sword held in front of him, watching for tripwires, holes, and the like.

And lizards.

[Brian]

You find none of what you're looking for.  Which is probably for the best.

After a bit, you reach what you hope is the true exit to this dungeon ... and realistically, that's what this place is.  Hey, you can now credit yourself with an honest-to-goodness dungeon crawl.

Either way, you're faced with some stairs leading up, and you can see light in the room ahead of you.  Your passageway only occupies about one half of the width of the staircase -- there's probably another passage to the side of yours.  (Your passageway would be on the right side, though, facing the stairs and, presumably, the exit.)

[Bjorn]

Bjorn stares at the stairs sourly.  "Now, you can call me suspicious, if you want, but wait here for a second."

With that, he again takes out his scabbard, and begins the same trap-detection process on the staircase: tapping each step, looking for holes and wires, etc., working his way up to the top.

[Brian]

Your ruminations are interrupted by running footsteps.

[Brian]

Leap of Faith now moves on to On The Outside.