Intro: Koriand'r, Ihliel, Aella

[CyMage]

"Hmm... Not particularly, but we have a job to do, so we have to."  She motioned for the other to go first.  "After you?"

[Corwin]

"Sure, no problem!" Kory responds, smiling once again. Using her torch to illuminate the way, she descends the Stairwell of Darkness.

[Trunkyboy]

Ihliel didn't particulary care how lame she thought he was, as long she went down the stairs first.  He takes a few shuffles towards the door, waiting for the other rude demoness to go inside.

[Brian]

The staircase is deep.  It's also stone, small, and (just a bit!) slimy.  Noises from the top echo down to the bottom, and then back up, eerily distorted.  There's only enough room on the stairwell to advance single-file, as well.

While the demons are working their way down, an ominous echoing moan rises from below, just barely audible ... and then stops.

[Corwin]

Kory continues her trek down with a shrug, doing her best to avoid the slime.

[Brian]

After a time, Kory is dizzy, but the stairwell has ended.  It's difficult to tell how far down the stairwell everyone's gone (21 fill circuits, by Ihliel's count).  As Kory's head clears, she sees that the bottom of the stairwell is a cramped room with a moldy wooden door.  Whisps of thin fog appear to seep through cracks in it, evaporating within a few inches of their source.

[Corwin]

Kory steps into the room and to the side, allowing the other two demons to pass her. She gives them a curious glance, and then asks, "Think we should knock?"

[Trunkyboy]

Ihliel doesn't take the oppurtunity to pass her.  "Uh, maybe it will be the polite thing to do?"

Hopefully whatever was behind the door wouldn't take it upon eatself to eat them.

[Corwin]

Kory nods to herself, and knocks on the door.

[Brian]

When Kory knocks on the door, it slowly begins to creak inward, revealing a much darker room.  The torchlight seeps into what must be the wine cellar, but only enough to illuminate a small area of the floor past the entrance.  Ancient cobwebs stick to the side of the doorway, and wave in an unfelt breeze.

[Corwin]

"Excellent!"

Kory steps into the cellar, the torch raised just shy of the cobwebs.

[Brian]

Once inside, Kory is standing in a circle of light, the edges of which touch on empty wine-racks.

[Corwin]

Kory explores cautiously, as she calls back to her fellow demons, "Feel free to jump in any time now...."

[Trunkyboy]

Ihliel cautiously pokes his head into the door, the rest of his body to follow when Rude One 2 enters the room.

[Brian]

The room is poorly lit, but appears to just be full of empty wine-racks.  Another door in the back of the room awaits, unopened.

Curiously, it's a familiar looking wooden door, with familiar looking wisps of fog seeping through the cracks.