<strong>"Pfft, the gnomes can go stuff it, if I have to eat <em>one more</em> mouthful of soymeal soaked in soy milk served on soy toast with tofu croutons soaked in soy sauce, I'm going to go a little crazy. Seafood-eating crazy."</strong>She flashed a smile at the amphibious woman and her mollusk companion, seeming to be joking. But seriously,<em>fuck soy</em>.<br/><br/>She scampered ahead with the bugbear, then sighed softly at the sound of everyone else tromping right behind them. she muttered to the big guy.<strong> "We might as well install a boombox in the cyborg's head so we can announce our arrival with style, at least... hey. Keep a nose out to see if that smell gets any closer, kay?"</strong>Her ears flatten out sideways.<strong>"I have no idea what it is, but stinky stuff in places like this sometimes... y'know... <em>moves</em>."</strong><br/><br/>And then she was asked to pick the lock. Taria rolls her shoulders.<strong>"What, can't head-butt it into submission?"</strong>A quick glance at Maud, holding up a hand.<strong>"Wait. Don't take me literally. Okay..."</strong>She glances back over her shoulder.<strong>"One sassy-pants lockpicking coming up, boss."</strong>her tail flicks, and she turns to the door.<br/><br/><em>First</em>She presses her ear to the metal, listening for anything that might be on the other side. her pink tongue pokes between her lips as she listens, then steps back. "Kay, looks like it's purely mechanical, so...." She unrolls her toolkit, crouching down to examine the door. One tool, a slender rod of black plastic and chrome, is set between her teeth, before she begins work with the other tools, poking and shifting at the door's mechanisms, every now and then pushing her ear to the door again.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">First off, I work at a tofu factory. The less I think about soy, the better.<br/><br/>Second, Taria's initial action is perception to listen through the door: 25 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=72861)<br/>Second, Disable Device with MWK thieves' tools: 23 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=72862)<br/>And, <em>if</em> the lock is electronic instead of mechanical, she'll switch to her black ePick: 24 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=72863)<br/>And then, after she picks, she will listen again, to see if even the little bit of noise she made, caused something on the other side to perk up: 18 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=72864)</div></div>