Knowledge shall lead the...

[Anastasia]

Chomp!

Hm. It tastes like steel, mostly. High quality steel, no taste of impurities in it. It's pretty good. The ball is stopped and now has a hunk bitten out of it.

Donald claps slowly, "Well good, since I forgot to pack you lunch."

[Corwin]

"Vayley wouldn't have forgotten," Seira chides him. "I'll hold the ball in place just in case, get under the wall of force and around it, will you?"

[Anastasia]

It's done easily enough - and with a few chomps to help. Once through Donald calls, "We're through, go ahead now."

[Corwin]

Seira turns back into her humanoid form, vaulting over the ball through the gap between the chomped bits and the ceiling and then approaches the northern door to examine it.

Perception 114, Acrobatics 72

[Anastasia]

Seira makes it through the gap smoothly and you examine the next door. No traps, not locked.

[Corwin]

With plenty of cheer, Seira opens it!

[Anastasia]

A small room, with doors north, east and west here. In the center of this room sits the statue of a dog - a larger dog and with a friendly expression, mouth open mid pant.

[Corwin]

"Who's a good dog?" Seira coos, looking for any signs of magic on the statue.

[Anastasia]

No signs of magic on the statue as the dog comes forward and licks your hand.

"A golem?" Ranbar says, reaching out to tentatively pet the hound.

[Corwin]

Seira joins Ranbar in petting the dog with her free hand.

"Is that you?" she asks. "Did we find you?"

[Anastasia]

The dog pants away, looking happy as a dog can be. It even feels soft like a dog's fur and not a stone statue. "Woof!"

"That isn't what I'd expect to find here," Donald remarks, "Figured it would be a cat."

[Corwin]

"Maybe they're cats if you head east," she suggests, trying the northern door after a cursory check.  She waves the dog golem over, saying, "You're coming with us, aren't you?"

Perception 114

[Anastasia]

A cheerful bark as the dog follows, tail wagging. The northern door isn't trapped but it is locked.

[Corwin]

The lock is no match for her determination! Seira opens it with one hand behind her back, as that hand is used to scratch the dog's head.

Disable Device 119. Let's open the door!

[Anastasia]

Another small room, doors to the north at the end. It seems utterly unremarkable.