(Alrighty, where were we?)<br/><br/>[CC Command: We Don't Want Any Trouble!]<br/><br/>Yeah, screw fighting that thing. You're weaponless, and while you've only just met your new pets, you don't want them to get hurt either. But the only direction to head is back into the rat orgy, or towards the mansion where the giant rat just came from. Deciding you'd prefer to pick your poison rather than be blindly forced into one or the other, you start to carefully move towards the mansion.<br/><br/>The rat bristles as you move, and you quickly lock eyes with the beast... it looks very hungry, though you're not entirely certain if it is a hunger of the belly, or something more ethereal. Given the amount of magic in this place, it could be either. Still, you can't let yourself be intimidated, and you spur your dogs onward, attempting to circumnavigate around the giant monster and reach the house that she guards. You can only hope that you're imitation of a rat has confused her enough that she accepts your presence.<br/><br/>[Intimidation Check: ... Success!]<br/><br/>You should take up a career as an animal whisperer, because holy crap, it actually worked! The rat follows you with her piercing gaze the entire walk through the courtyard, but makes no other moves as you reach the now-damaged doorway of the mansion. You can only escape her eyes by entering the building, at which points you hear a low hiss, and the heavy footsteps as she scurries off somewhere... probably to the orgy...<br/><br/>That's not an image you want in your head.<br/><br/>Clearing your mind, you check on your dogs, the female is back to her usual tsundere-self, while the male you sit on just looks a little disappointed. You're not certain what he was looking forward to.<br/><br/>Turning your attention back to the mansion, you find it to be... underwhelming. It's basically just a cave with a fancy entrance, from what you can tell, but there is a bright blue light shining from way in the back.<br/><br/>From experience, blue lights have only led to trouble...<br/><br/>[Awaiting Input...]<br/><br/>(Oh, no big deal, just walked past the mini-boss like she wasn't even there<img alt=":D" src="./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif" title="Very Happy"/>)