<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a6/Neeral.jpg)<br/>Neeral (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1428855)</div>"Yeah, catch, alive," she said to Taran, relieved that her huge friend was back in control of his own body and mind. "I want to see what happens to a living creature that walks into that room. Animals don't like this place, sure... but the tower is bringing them here anyway, just like it does us. It can be anything, though, like a rabbit or a squirrel or a rat."<br/><br/>She peered into Taran's backpack eagerly, always keen to see what her fellow adventurers had stashed. "Oh, you have alchemist's fire? I love that stuff! Probably best to save it if we can, though. Regular old lantern oil should be enough to put this thing to a merry blaze. Baradis, got any oil stashed in that wagon of yours? I've got a flask of kerosene, that might do the trick too."<br/><br/>Neeral stared at the vines for a while longer, then started digging at the edge of the building. "We're here to stop the tower from sucking people in. Maybe if we kill this plant, that'll do the trick. Probably not. I'm betting it won't be that simple. Maybe this stuff out here is just the roots, and the trunk is inside the tower. But maybe, if we kill what's out here, it'll weaken it so we won't be as effected by it, and it'll stop dragging in other people and animals for a while."<br/><br/>She looked over the contents of the pouch. "Well, that's interesting. Looks like this elf was alive for a little while, at least. I guess the plant wasn't killing them after all. Probably eating the remains, though."<br/><br/>Neeral nodded grimly to Kiva. "It seems like the way to go. We do our best to burn these vines, and I'll see if I can dig out the roots."