Brady was quiet as the foursome marched through the seemingly endless hallways. She'd run out of things to talk about several rooms ago, and had muted her connection with Crew for the time being to enjoy the silence. After a few rooms of wordless shuffling, though, she was beginning to wonder if Crew's chatter might be preferable to the monotonous pad of feet on stone, broken only by the occasional sigh or grumble. If something didn't happen soon, she was going to scream just for the sake of hearing a voice...<br/><br/>And then, something happened.<br/><br/>Brady shuddered involuntarily as a greasy sensation enveloped her body, joining with the vertigo of dimensional magic to give the impression of plunging headfirst into oily water. It took several seconds for her head to clear itself, and a second more to register the startling change in scenery. One thing was for certain: this was certainly no storeroom...<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Knowledge (religion): 1d20 (12) + 12 = 24, success</div></div></div><br/>"Mylaera," Brady whispered in awe, casting her gaze about at the scenery. Then, realizing she'd been thinking aloud, she added, "One of the ancient gods - of justice, I think. This is a fasting room for her clergy - at least, it used to be. Who knows how long it's been since it's seen active worship..."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~Maybe not as long as you think,~</span>Crew interjected.<span style="font-style: italic">~Remember, this place is cultist HQ. This might be the ritual site, for all we know.~</span><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~If it is, we're late to the party,~</span>Brady replied.<span style="font-style: italic">~But I don't think this is it. See, the dust in here's barely been disturbed. I don't think anyone's been through here in - wait, what was that?~</span><br/><br/>Brady's attention snapped to the near end of the room where, apropos of nothing, a young catboy had suddenly popped into being and marched straight into one of the murals decorating the walls. Brady tried to think of something to say, but nothing came to mind - at least, not until the catboy took off running. By then, of course, it was a little too late...<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Initiative: 1d20 (9) + 2 = 11<br/><br/>Brady is holding her action for now.</div></div></div>