Rayne was glad she had managed to put the dwarf down, though the resulting mini-avalanche of boxes made enough ruckus that she feared the patrol must hear, bored though they might be.<br/><br/>But she had to act, and hope - she grabbed the candle before it could sputter out, and looked around the room.  Her chest - her possessions, surely.  But if she took them now, would they immediately be confiscated again?  Surely if she had to go through another bout in the arena, her items would be noticed.  But she had just fought - she ought to be in the clear for a little while.  So there was the question: grab everything now and count on breaking out before she faced the arena again, or leave everything here now that she knew where to find it.<br/><br/>There was another detail ... the unconscious, hapless dwarf clerk.  Once he awoke, and raised the alarm, surely she and the other prisoners would be searched, or worse.  She didn't like it... but she might have to make sure he never raised that alarm.  She doubted many people came into this room... so it was a fine place to stash a body.  She grimaced at the thought - how cruel to kill a helpless non-combatant, NPC though he was.  But she would probably have to... but not quite yet.<br/><br/>First she made a quick search, hoping to find a similar chest marked "Sylvia".  If they both could collect their gear, she would certainly take it now, and they could begin their escape.  But if not... probably better to wait both women were ready to leave.<br/><br/>Then she began riffling his pockets - surely he had a key, which would allow her to lock the room behind her.<br/><br/>And then - as she thought she heard footsteps through the door, just receding - she dared a quick Detect Magic.  Might as well check if anything else here needed "liberating".<br/><br/>In her hurry, and her discomfort with going through the pockets of the slumbering dwarf, her search wasn't quite as thorough as it might have been - and her distraction also tended to make her efforts to understand anything revealed by her Detect Magic spell less than perfect.  She could always try searching again - but before she could decide on a course of action, she needed to know whether she had found Sylvia's chest or not.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">Perception, searching the chests: 1d20a7 Result: 22 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=90176)<br/>Perception, searching the dwarf: 1d20a7 Result: 14 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=90177)<br/>Knowledge (Arcana), Detect Magic: 1d20a9 Result: 13 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=90178)<br/></div></div>