<div class="floatright"><div align="center">(http://i.imgur.com/KrlIVQl.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://i.imgur.com/Z6iqg3C.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://i.imgur.com/20nLc8q.jpg)<br/><br/>(http://i.imgur.com/qlyXDHL.jpg)</div></div><br/>Bo harumphed loudly and shrugged her shoulders slightly before sighing and admitting,<strong>"I dunnae care fer that witch Tharja or that bully Yanna iff'n I have tae be honest.  Aye, an I'm sure you've got a few cunts that you didn't get along with so well besides Xara if I had tae guess.  Now enough of that, lemmie see yer map fer a minute before it gets too dark to read it."</strong>Bo had a point, dwarven and drow darkvision was superior at seeing in the dark, but it wasn't very good for reading or seeing fine details.  Still it was only just past sunset and the sky still held plenty of light to look at a map.  Zerxel handed it over to the dwarf who treated it as carefully as a newborn chick.  She unrolled it carefully on the ground and pointed to a spot on Lava Avenue,<strong>"We're here now, an it looks like we need to go east, according to the compass.  But I don't like the way these streets are laid out, like a labyrinth almost.  See how they double back and spiral around?  We could go back down the way we came, and head east along Ash Avenue, but that means we'd be going past that one house we both saw movement in and we'd be close to the lake at nightfall.  I don't know exactly what was in the lake, but it had long quick tentacles, and I don't know about you but dwarves ain't the best o' swimmers."</strong><br/><br/>Zerxel nodded in agreement as Bo continued,<strong>"But to go up higher on the crater we'd have to go south west, take this here looping path up past Magma avenue, up to Obsidian avenue, an then come all the way back east before we could cut back again and get o'er to the east side of town.  At best, if'fn we didn't get stopped, that's at least an hour or two walkin, an that don't seem like such a great idea either.  Doubt we'd be able to make it all that way unmolested, aye?"</strong><br/><br/>Zerxel nodded again and pointed to a pair of buildings on the map, on the eastern edge of Lava avenue, east of where they were currently,<em> "What about these buildings?  We might be able to go through them and come out on the other side.  I thought about climbing over the buildings earlier but they don't seem very sound and I didn't want to risk it."</em><br/><br/>Bo looked at her quizzically,<strong>"Ye think the buildings were too unsound to climb, but ye'r willing to try to go through em?"<br/></strong><br/>Zerxel shrugged,<em>"As opposed to going back down by the lake or wasting two hours?  It's just an idea."</em><br/><br/>Bo turned and looked eastward down the street, but the way the street curved away too sharply made it impossible to see the buildings at the end.<strong>"An idea I don't love, but think is better than the other choices.  Sounds like a plan, lets do it." </strong>She handed the map back to Zerxel and the pair headed out to the east.  Again both of them kept their eyes open and Zerxel took the lead.  Every broken window, every open doorway, every growing shadow a potential threat.  But then Zerxel reached the end of the avenue, a short alleyway leading to the door of the house that stood between them and the eastern side of the city.<br/><br/>Zerxel looked back at Bo, who gripped her spear and nodded down towards the end of the alleyway,<strong> "Don't go too much further past the door, them vines on that fence look suspicious."</strong><br/><br/>Zerxel couldn't help but agree, while they looked passive at the moment, she knew well enough that vines even if inactive could turn out to be rapevines, and being caught out at night wasn't a good idea.<em>"I'll lead, you follow.  Watch your footing, these buildings might have weak floors." </em>Bo nodded and Zerxel pushed into the house through the open doorway  Inside the building looked no better, long abandoned and very run down.  As she had suspected, the floors were in terrible shape.  She stepped lightly and carefully, making sure to test her weight before trusting it on creaking rotten boards.  Avoiding the holes in the floor she picked out a path, carefully testing the boards with each step.  Behind her, Bo followed a few feet back, following the same path that the drow rogue picked out.<br/><br/>Zerxel breathed a small sigh of relief as she got to a section of the house that seemed to be in slightly better shape.  The ceiling above hadn't fallen down and the floor looked much more sturdy.  Even here there appeared to be old furniture that looked too weak to use, but had not completely decayed due to the ravages of time and weather.  What was more, Zerxel saw a closed door at the very far end of the long room.  She continued to move forwards cautiously though, careful of the floor which creaked and moved under her, though not as badly as in the main part of the house.<br/><br/>Zerxel was halfway across the room, with Bo close behind her when she heard the dwarf cry out in alarm.<strong>"What in the hells!?"</strong><br/><br/>She spun around to see a thick viscous goop dropping from the ceiling down around her, coating her as she began to thrash at the slime with her spear.  Zerxel's hands went to the gems at her thighs to summon her own scimitars just as the first cool tingly droplet of slime fell down upon her, striking her in the face.  The first droplet that was quickly followed by several gallons of the slimy slickness coating her in a heartbeat, sliding down her body, leaving a tingling cool sensation wherever it touched her flesh.<br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Zerxel's Stats</div><div class="spoiler_body">Zerxel's Stats<br/>Attributes:       Traits:<br/>3: Body               Acrobatic<br/>4: Mind               Calculating<br/>3: Soul              Diplomatic<br/>2: Minimum Lust       <br/>2: Current lust<br/><br/>    Skills<br/>2:       Swordswoman<br/>1:       Rogue<br/>1:       Dark Elf<br/>1:       Mage<br/>1:       Seductress<br/>1:       Fiendish Corruption<br/>    <br/><br/>Current items of note;<br/>Leather boots<br/>Two plain but sturdy scimitars<br/>Zerxel's Enchanted Lingerie<br/>Black leather boots that strap to below her knee<br/>Pale amethyst nipple rings of protection<br/>Two large blood oranges (These delicious and nutritious fruit count as a very filling meal and drink)<br/>Two small meals<br/><br/>See the OOC thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=234676.msg11913405#msg11913405) for further details</div></div>