"I've been underground before, but not in a place like this," Ellen said to Nys.  "I hope you know how to use that sword, at least," she said to Mel.<br/><br/>Ellen snorted in disgust as she saw Mel's spanking.  "I didn't take either of you for idiots.  Enough of that!"<br/><br/>The dark-haired elf chanted the magic words necessary to detect the supernatural.  "I sense auras in the flames," she said.  After a few more seconds of focusing she spoke again.  "Evocation, modified light spell.  Not detecting anything else.  The doorway at the end is too far to sense anything."<br/><br/>She slowly crept across the floor, crouched over to feel the stone tiles with her hands.<br/><br/>[Anyone advancing must roll a Perception check, unless they choose to rush across carelessly]