Kasumi wrapped her hands around the ambassador's neck, thrusting him into the way of Mark's disintegration beam.  As his body took even more bursts of energy, he died completely silently, body wracked with disintegration beams.  Sam's second sound burst was the final straw, the jerk it pushed his body through making his neck snap easily in Kasumi's hands.  The limp ambassador fell to the ground, while the lights throughout the building flickered, almost as if in mourning.  As he died, a blue aura briefly exploded from his body, from which a 15 foot tall image of blue robed figure with a red energy field where his head was supposed to be appeared.  The being stared at the group, a palpable aura of irritation coming off him.<strong>"I WILL SEE YOU IN YOUR NIGHTMARES!"</strong>He bellowed telepathically, before dispersing into nothingness.<br/><br/>The ambassador had the following items:  Magic Ring, Magic Boots, Dorje, Magic Amulet, Magic Circlet, Magic Robe, Psicrown, Magic Key.<br/><br/>Upstairs, Ith'ika found a trapdoor, carefully locked with a decent quality lock.  (DC 25 open lock check)  If successful, she finds her way into the central monolith, a cylindrical room with a massive green crystal glowing in the center, with about a dozen various Inspired in it.  At the top of the room, accessable via a circular stair around the edge of the room, is a large control panel with various crystal controls.  There's also another door into the monolith chamber.  For those that can read Readran, they can tell the shaft Ith'ika opened is labelled "Emergency Exhaust Vent."<br/><br/>-Kasumi stranglenates the Ambassador.  13 damage<br/>-Ith'ika tries to open the access hatch.  no damage<br/>-Sam delivers the final blow.  no damage<br/>-Garrett sneaks around upstairs.  10 damage<br/>-Mark fires more disintegration beams.   3 damage<br/>-Ambassador dies like a little bitch.