Dragon quickstep

[Corwin]

Seira quickly takes a look at the western door as well!

Donald, I know I keep on harping about this, but are we absolutely sure our goal is at the very top?

[Anastasia]

Yeah, it is. I didn't expect this - something might be going on that's unrelated to all of this.

Meanwhile you check the western door. Same setup, save for the stairs here go up.

[Corwin]

Seira closes the eastern door and proceeds to lead the way through the western one! They'll close it too once they've passed, and then head up the stairs once more!

[Anastasia]

As you go, your sharp ears can hear something in one of the doors you pass. A loud moan, a gasp of sorts.

[Corwin]

Cloaking herself in greater invisibility, Seira slips through the solid door with Shadow Form to take a peek!

[Anastasia]

It's...my. A gentleman and lady azer are enjoying themselves. That aside, the room is large - larger than it should be by a lot - and packed with great heaps of what looks to be books of some kind.

[Corwin]

Seira returns by the same means and keeps on heading for the stairs leading up! If the locals are so relaxed, their presence hasn't been detected yet!

[Anastasia]

You go up. As you do, you can hear the sound of metal on metal above, a steady ring.

[Corwin]

Seira decides to keep her invisibility for now, and just ascends ahead of the others to take a glance.

[Anastasia]

Stealth, or just refresh me on what your total is?

[Corwin]

Stealth. Taking 10 for 96.

[Anastasia]

You slip upstairs, stealthy as the wind. In this it comes out into a large room. Another warehouse like room, this one full of ...scraps of various metals. They occasionally fall from above into great heaps. In the center of the room a metal press works, scraps fed in and smooth ingots produced. Several azer work away, stacking up the ingots of various metals by types.

[Corwin]

Do not advance for now, Seira warns her companions, and then stealthily examines the room. Even though she is invisible and has a great deal of magic on her side, she doesn't neglect the more mundane aspects of using cover to her advantage. First, she has to find out whether there are other doors or passages from this room. If it's a dead end, they'll need to search for a new path.

[Anastasia]

It is indeed a dead end.

[Corwin]

Seira retreats back, and takes stock of things.

If I head back down, is there just the single floor where there were a lot of rooms, including the amorour azer?