1.1 - In Search of Sanity - Prison of the Mind

Razhel goes along, but doesn't seem very keen on hashing through the dregs of the area in search of what?

Grim holds his crossbow at the ready, as the door to the small room is opened and only slightly lowers it when nothing happens. "Nothing to see here. Shall we continue our sweep across the hall?" He gestures to the door unopened (N27).

"Every little thing could help us and those poor people," he said, intent on finding something useful. If not, he'd sigh and continue to the next door and the unknown beyond.

A quick search won't take that long. Perhaps we can find some supplies for these people. Elias says as he steps in to do a quick look around.

Searching the rubble-filled storage room reveals little you might make use of. After several moments poking around, you head across the hall and open the door found along the western wall.

Mighty iron boilers crowd the room here, their pipes piercing the walls and ceiling. Shadows and rust fill the narrow gaps between the cold tanks. As you make your way into the room, Grim, Axon, and Iosef see a faint glow emanating from beneath a boiler toward the rear of the room.

He raised a hand to get the others' attention then pointed with the other at the glow beneath the boiler.

አስማትን ፈልግ።

As he reached out to feel the anagogic auras in the room, he felt less useless than before. He now had a vital skill, one he shared with Glasses, even if he wasn't the strongest or the deadliest with a weapon.

"Well, there is definitely something under the boiler." Grim says crouching down for a better look. he reaches out with his mind and attempts to grab whatever is producing the glow.

"It doesn't seem magical," he added.

As Grim reaches out to magically manipulate the source of the glow, you notice the glow disappear for a moment, only to reappear a second later. It seems to move in the shadows.

Careful..it seemed to move a little bit. Elias says as he watches the others.

Razhel looks on as Grim tries to ascertain what is beneath the boiler. She is ready, with fists and a blade.

"There's something definitely moving around under there." Grim reveals to the others. "Be on your guard."

Whatever lies behind the broiler seems content to remain a mystery at this time. Those gathered are left to wonder: should they approach and inspect more closely, or let well enough alone and explore other areas?

As some of you exit back into the hallway to leave, one of you approaches the boiler and the glow emanating from behind it. As you get closer, the glow blinks out again for the briefest of moments when you realize that what you are seeing are the blinking of luminescent, otherworldly eyes, a pair of them clearly seen now as you draw nearer. No longer content to hide, the source of the glow rushes out from the pipes.

While two of the three creatures that attack appear to be nothing more than oversized rodents of a typical variety, the third is a strange amalgam of beastly appendages and features: aside from the luminous eyes, it sports a rat’s tail, simian appendages, and tendrils extending from a mole-like nose. Though smaller than the rats, the creature maneuvers carefully, allowing its larger brethren to take the front.

"Even the rats?!" he shouted as he stepped back. የፍላር ፍንዳታ

Light burst around the rat things, threatening to overload their eyes and their vocal cords!

Grim hears the sounds behind him and turns to see the rats and whatever it is scurrying out to attack. He takes a shot with his crossbow and continues through the open doorway and back into the long hall.