A t-junction made itself known ahead before Artorius could get very far, and as he picked the route that took him closer to the sound he sought out, even to eyes unschooled in the intricacies of architecture, it became more and more apparent that the trap hurled him into the heart of a labyrinth. It didn't escape his keen senses, either, that the sound he was trying to track down wasn't just getting closer, it was getting closer than it should have if it was stationary. Mink only confirmed her master's suspicions.<br/><br/>"I couldn't really tell when we were farther away but it sounds... not exactly footfalls. Like metal boots, bigger than yours, but not exactly bigger metal boots, either.  Something else like that," Mink whispered to him, her senses a little sharper than even his own, doing her best to make sense of what she heard.<br/><br/>Then, up ahead, long chains riddled with barbs descending from the darkness above entered his field of vision. They filled the hallway ahead entirely, and with his armor, it would be easy enough to maneuver around them safely... though perhaps less easy to make it through without making any noise. They hung close enough to the ground that even if he crawled on his hands and knees, avoiding making too much noise would be tricky. On the bright side, it doesn't seem like the thick veil of chains stretches on forever, and Artorius' darkvision can see an end to them on the other side.<br/><br/>"Artorius? What is it? I smell blood," Mink asked anxiously.<br/><br/>Sure enough, there was blood, though old and dried, not fresh, on some of the chains.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rules stuff</div><div class="spoiler_body">The next 50 ft of this hallway are filled with spike chains descending from above, beyond the range of Artorius' darkvision. Artorius can move himself and Minx through the squares filled with spiked chains safely, but treats these squares as difficult terrain. If he does not treat them as difficult terrain, he risks himself and Minx, and automatically fails any attempt at Stealth.</div></div>