Judy
Kohm sighed with relief. "Good to see that he was okay, with the Highwayman's usual modus operandi I was expecting much worse. Can you see anything around?" As he says that Kohm sweeps the room with his tremorsense to catch anything noteworthy.
Cora
```Kohm finds a bunch of papers and odd belongings around. A bit of food, and what appears to be a makeshift bed... Perhaps the hostage here was a homeless person and ended up being fortunate enough to not fall to the Highwayman's axe. Goes to show that this guy at least isn't a truly heartless, mindless killer.
Lee on the other hand finds something made of paper, and opens it up. "Ah-ha! Got some blueprints of the factory." She sounded joyous, then seemed to go somber. "There's... Rooms and structure here that should be illegal. That trapdoor you pointed out, how far down does it go?"```
Judy
Kohm files his own findings away in his head- right now they weren't really relevant to the mission.
"The trapdoor? It was... Quite enclosed, but lets see..." Kohm racks his brain for the exact details. "What exactly did you find?"
Cora
```"I found a hidden underground layer. Looks like some kind of laboratory, but I don't know what it's for," Lee says. She folds up the blueprints and puts them away on her person. "Well this is evidence to convict someone related to a different case. Lucky it helps us now though... Let's go find the other group before we take the trapdoor."
She picks her weapons up again and gets ready to head back out, when Kohm is as well.```
Judy
"Well, a small blessing then." Kohm shrugs, following her out.
Cora
```She proceeds out of the room and heads back down to the first floor. Harold has returned now, but he - obviously - doesn't talk about the hostage. Man of action, huh?
Lee explains to him what they're doing, and checks out the door that led into the hallway (option 1 from higher up), choosing to go through there and hope that their trio finds the other trio, unharmed and healthy.
There's some things along the way that may catch Kohm's interest, if he cares to look around.```
Judy
Of course, being the cautious man he is, and one thrust into quite a unique position as a scout, Kohm deigns to track what's around as they move- mostly for dangers, though any more hidden clues would certainly be nice.
Cora
```It's often debris, but there are some pictures and stuff around on the walls. Of course most of them are decrepit and valueless, but some of them are a little bit interesting to look at... Assuming Kohm can see the content.
Likely these were 'employee of the month' paintings, or at the very least decorations for people to check out while passing through, workers or otherwise.
Soon the group make it into the next area. Big, tall, and wide, one could assume this place was a storage warehouse. However, it is not empty. The shelves are structured very curiously, like a maze.
"Hey, you guys still here?!" Lee calls out.
To which there is a response: "Yeah we aren't dead yet!" Manfred's familiar voice. "No sign of the Highwayman! But we seem to be... Lost!"
With his Tremorsense, Kohm basically has the cheat codes to the whole maze. He can direct them on where to go, so long as they can maintain direction consistency. Officers of the law ought to have a compass anyway, so all Kohm needs to do is call directions for them.
He needs to take care though... There's some other things in there with them. It's up to Kohm whether he tells them to keep them alert, or does not to keep them calm.
Here's the structure. Manfred's group is on the yellow cross, and anomalies are present on the blue circles. It's up to Kohm whether they walk into the anomalies or not.```
Judy
Kohm raises his voice, and shouts. Being a merc, there were some things you were bound to pick up sooner or later, and turning your throat into a good substitute for a foghorn was a fairly common one and one quite useful for night shifts.
"Don't worry, we've got you! Just follow my instructions and you'll be fine. In fact, you mind checking on a few things in that mess? Could be real important, just need to be careful as usual. Though if you aren't feeling up for it, we can check on them later!"
Cora
```Manfred calls back; "Sure! And yeah we'll check these things out! I trust your... Eyes for lack of a better term! Lead the way, Kohm!"
You couldn't tell, but it's not hard to know that the craven officer is somewhat disgruntled at having to check out things that could be dangerous. Yet there were three of the guys there including himself, so he ought to pull it together.
"Which way do we go first?"```