Alizome winces. Well, not quite so stealthy, and not quite fast enough; the acolyte gets around the corner, and she has to assume that the others are well aware that she's coming. So that was the element of surprise busted. When the howling and the chains start rattling, she skids to a halt and reverses course, motioning Xarces into the quarters she'd already found. If they hid in here, either any pursuers would have to bunch up in the doorway and give everyone else a flank to attack or run by them and give herself a rear to attack... maybe.<br/><br/>[[Going into the room Ali already explored]]