Well, there went Mr. Vampire...  Though, Rose had to admit, Aria's 'Lord Neckbiter' crack was definitely the funnier nickname.  Chuckling at the joke, she grinned and nodded, poking at the ashes for a few moments with her guisarme to make sure that the vampire was really dead before speaking her reply.  Sometimes it paid to be careful, after all.<br/><br/>"No problem.  You're the one who did most of the work, anyway."  The shifter pointed out, stepping aside to let her friend inspect the coffin.  "I just took out the vampire and hurt the troll a little.  You actually finished it off, plus the other three.  And that little backup spell Astos had set up to activate when he was struck couldn't have made it very easy to take him down.  Great work."<br/><br/>She meant it, too.  The tiefling was an excellent friend to fight alongside, and their strengths complemented one another well.  Admittedly, a little overt magical assistance would have been helpful now and then, but between her ability to use wands of lesser nature magic and her companion's training in the use of all sorts of magical devices, they were easily getting by without the help of any fully-trained spellcaster.  Her little bits of planar magic were also quite helpful, as well, especially the teleportation, and the magical gear they both had were also more than making up for the many thousands of gold pieces that had been spent on them.<br/><br/>Watching Aria rummage around through the vampire's personal effects, Rose noted what each of the items were as they popped up.  Magic sword, spellcasting component pouch, magical book-holder, spellbook...  And the ward about the room, as well.  Nothing else, though.  Apparently the two apprentices sharing this room weren't allowed whatever fancy magical gear their master had.<br/><br/>"Sounds like we should continue exploring, then."  The shifter commented, looking over at the wall, towards the next room over.  "Given the golems still active outside, perhaps we'd be best served teleporting into the next room?"<br/><br/>Of course, given that their Rings of Blinking had probably expired by then, they'd need to re-cast the magic upon themselves before teleporting...  And after the teleport, they would come out directly in front of the next door over, with the shifter once again farther into the room than her companion.  Ideally, they wouldn't have to fight, but if they were forced to, the warrior wanted to make sure she was the first person attacked by any enemies.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Happy Belated Halloween. ^^; Sorry to take so long to reply, I've been trying to fix my sleeping schedule recently.<br/><br/>And hooray!  Dead vampire!  As with their teleport into the current room, Rose is bring them out with Aria on row 13, and herself on row 14.